Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-03

tween Contra Caista and coast ranges az noun
tains and four or FIVE miles above The Pueblo
The gold IS found 10 the form Of orer--one spe.
cies being clearly micaceous sandstone-tbe
other blue compact stone, resembling talcoss
slate without the slate texture Several spe-
essaents have been essayed--the highest es-
say yielding 67i cents to the pound, the low I
est about 25 cents. So that itmay be safe
computation at over twenty cents to every
pound Of ore for the whole mine. What is
IS little singular in the case, the people of
San Jose think il is silver mine, while there
10 not enough silver in the ore for the ne
cessities Of the essay. a company from THIS
city have purchased the mining right of the
whole range. Consisting Of several leagues)
upon which the mine is located, and are
about % commence extensive operations with
appropriate machinery.
ScoRproN GvIcH-About twelve miles
from Knights ferry. on the Stanislo1s, and four
or Eve miles back from the river, three men
struck upon q rich deposit Of gold, last winter
and labored about seven weeks withot being
interrupt pted.-Wh hen they struck upon the spot
Il was more matter Of luck than of Judge
nent as they were greenin the art of "pros-
pecting.n two of them using the pick there for
the 6rst time. By management they contriv- i
cd to blind the eyes of the people at the ferry
and no one suspected that they were taking
out gold By the pound daily to each man. At
length an Indian IN the qualification of his
rambling propeusities. stumbled upon the lo-
cality, and from an eminence watching their
movements for awhile guessed their secret
and communicated the information to the rest
Of his tribe.
The next day mea, women and children
tothe number Of four OF Eve hundred, were on
the spot early in the morning for a trial of
their luck And capital ie proved to be-
From half to whole pound of gold, every
one Of the whole number carried away that
nighkin Jumps varying from one BIT to ten dol
lars
As amatter Of course, somany Indians with
s0 much gold about them, followed the ex-
ample Of their white brethren, and upon their
return to camp, passed the nightin orgies of
gambling aud drinking. In the course Of
iheiE feTels, they incautiously let drop hint
Of the discovery, and the next day were sec
reilly followed by white maa. The news was
communicated to a number, who scruppled
net 20 take possession and sent the Indians
adTift An Alcada was elected, the ground
asaked OF and allotted to the several claimants
This eulch although rihed Of itsrichest trea-
sures, afforded good pickngs for large num-
Der Of persous for weeks, many carrying away,
when the water failed. q thousand dollars and
upwards IS theFesult Of their labors.
The three original discoverers ofthe gnlch
took away with them the best evidence oftheir
perseverance, in the shape ofabout forty pounds
Of gold to each one, all scraped up in the short
space of seven weeks.
From the Pacific News. June e.
RIcH D1sCovERY OF vEIS GoID-Thsre is
no doubt or onr minds that the mineral
wealth of California will be found intellectually
greater than even the most sanguine have
hitherto imagined. Every days discovery
70 to ean6rm this opinion; and facts within
our knowledge warrant US in saying that the
present season win bring 70 light the most
startling deyeIopements 10 vein or quarts min
ing. H in The low, or secondary hills, few
hundred feet in height only in the San Jose
valley rich mines Of gold ore arc found, of
Of which We spoke yesterday, what may not
be Looked for il the explorations among the
The mountains where no one expected much
qoId to exist, what viii not the foot slopes
81 the Sierra Nevada disclose 10 the searching
enterprise that's now actively employed amidst
their gorgeg, and on the borders of their
streams?
We are led to these remarks from certain
remarkable discoveries Of quartz gold which
1l1aGr 1LtGAv
unuuestionable source Several gentleman
engaged in mining upon one Of the northern
rivers, in their explorations in the adjacent
mountains during the past winter. came upon
aTein of quartz, where the pure ore was OBJ
: served In threads and spangels, beautiful to
look upon. An examination took place speci-
mems taken from various parts Of the rock, and
such rude tests as were at hand applied, with
most satisfactory and even astonishing results
The vein Is about thirty feet wide in some por-
lions so rich as to produce dollar TO an ounce
of rock! A piece was knocked of weighing
fourteen pounds, and submitted to the action
Of the heat il a blacksmith's forge, e,-when
shs amount Of thirty two dollars was smelted
from the rockl Not half OF what it contained
could be got out in such a way. Other speei-
mans have yielded from dollar TO two dol
lars to 3 pound of rock, and the quantity of it
Is represented as literally inexhaustible. We
shall have some specimens from these mines
II q week or two when We shall probably
speak again The mother mines of California
are vet to be discovered, of which the gold in
the rivers and rayines are but the disintegrat-
ad particles.
Coin SPEcn1EEs saw yesterday at
the banking house Of Burgoyne d Co. the
largest mass Of gold bearing quartz ever
brought to thiscit The specimens is block
of irregular shape, about TIVE feet long, and
weighs I39 lbs. Weregres that the governor
had not seen this mass before the sailing of the
steamer, as it is much larger and richer than
ths one forwarded to Washington. We saw
besides, at the same establishment, tWo large
boxes filed with specimens. exceedingly ricf
and beautiful They came from the Mariposs
mines, and probably amount in value to $24,
600. One cannot longer dishelieve after see
ing these specimens. in the possibility ofa re
voIution IN the precious metals It is very
evident that where those specimens came
from there exists vast masses Of ore, OF grea
richness There is great difference betweet
these specimens and those We saw some day
= arc frar, III Ilcradn f.o,,rtv The latter va