Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-26

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We yesterday morning gave article upon ihe mineral
resources OF California; more particularly and devoted to the
operations and investment Of capital h quartz mining which
always remain the more legitimate and abundant
OF wealth to those who here to make their fortunes bv
patient labor the expenditure Of money Wenow propose
devote little spacein this mornings issue ihe Quicksilver
Mines Of Cafomaa SUBJECT but little referred to by journals
or ietterwiiers. tts1s n an ny er fFdf ls&l a,FF
The richest mine yet discovered is located in the Santa
Clara Valley, about twelve miles from San Jose which il
worked by an individual company who hold possession uI
der the old Mexican title Of announcement At this mine
large number OF furnaces are in operation These furnaces
resemble IN appearances long steam boiler set in BRICK with
res underneath The cnnabar quicksilver ORE shrown
INTO ne boiler where il is left from thirty forty hours BY
wnicn tme Is smeed, and The quicksilver in fluid state
drawn on IN vessels, after the observed In iron
ne ore does not require to be crushed, except
to q convenient size for the boilers
The color of the Ore Il vermion resembling red chalk
piles Of which are constantly hand prepared for
the smelling process and which not unfreouenily vied @
per cent? sometimes the nett profits Welding hgb ss s o
per day. The mine Il worked by Mexicans and Chilans
who carry the ore 10 raw hide sacks upon their shouders
from the bottom Of the vein to the opening aboye distance
Of between three and four hundred feet The mne i rob
bly, the richest in the world and with the same facilities and
machinery used elsewhere would yield most enormously far
beyond even what is now produced. m
one time during the past there were 5000 aar
gas or mule loads) Of the ore lying al the mouth or b
mne each being three hundred pounds or an
Of 2,4OO0O0 pounds At average yield Of y Der cent
the product would be 900 pounds pure quicksilver
wnlcn, market value OF one dollar per pound would
yield the enormous Of Sl2000O0 This nds its way
to market in direction and another but its value Is en-
BY the fact that California itself affords good market
large quantities beng used n separating fine particles Of gold
from the sand and dirt and which cannot be procured ID the
ordinary pocess ofwashing By the use Of quicksvs the
gold taken up and adhees in Jumps while the dirt floats
on the surface and is easily separated.
In addition to the quicksilver mine to which we have par
cuary referred there three four oihers in the SANG
valley though not worked The same extent yet are re-
ported to be equally rich in yield Of ore These mines
were worked long before this beautiful country fell into the
possession Of the snegec people whose cabins are now found
every valley BY the side Of every seame and through
out the mountains tits said BY Of an eastern
paper that the sborgnes had known and resored these
deposes Of cnnabar for centuries for the purpose of procur
ing coorng materials with which to adorn their faces and
PERSONS and it was BY following their trail that knowledge
of the existence Of this valuable mineral obtained.
From this Il will be been that gold alone is not the only
Of wealth those who seek for
or with the less commendabe dissemination of
sudden fortunes The quicksilver deposes alone
will afford sufficient iDducemen for the investment Of large
capital and when this is added the silver ore and last
md greatest the golden treasure the world need no longer
wonder that the eyes Of oneyed every locality are
urned 70 California; aordng the safest investment and
unrest and largest return