The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-05

another $50. Several oi the largest specimens
bad been deposited at Reynolds u Co.'S office,
and we did not see them. A short lime ago, IT
was estimated that the company had ilken ont
$4,000 during the preceding seven weeks.
Four shares in the company have recently been
sold for 5000 each. The nancS of the present
members are David d. Davis, Hamilton Ellison,
Albert Grant, ]. w. Vaudeville, George C..
Roberts, John SERVER, Bernard Laurex, John
ii. MilligaH.
Since that visit this company have been doing
even better than before. One day this week
they took out $3.50, and offers have been made
them Of $4,000 for only 20 square feet Of the
portion still unworked
The company immediately above them is also
doing equally well, and all the other companies
above and below, are averaging, as we are told,
from sSs to Sl5 per day to man.
In Holden. garden the work goes on as
brskly as ever. .cs
Columbia ia growing very rapidly, and will
De, in the course Of two months one of the most
active camps in the Southern mines At Pine
Log Crossing we have conversed with several
men who are highly pleased with their success;
and we believe that nearly all who are working
along the Stanislaus river are better rewarded
by far than they were last year.
On the Tuolumne, the operations have been
carried on with great deal of spirit. AT Ste
vens's Bar, Hawkinsville, Harris and Pane's Bars,
and all the way down to Don Pedro's, there has
been good time" and as general thing, the
miners have been doing well. Al Jacksonville,
which is now very fourshing place, the Grisly
company have been and are still driving great
business Their claim is kept clear of water by
pump worked by water wheel, which saves
much time and manual labor. We are sorry to
say that the ground embraced in the claim of
the Jacksonville damming company, has not
proved as rich as was expected. Most of the
members feel as though their immense labor in
constructing the dam and digging the race had
been entirely thrown away. The bed of the
river which was drained by their work, was d.
vided into lots, which were drawn for by the va
rious members, and now, each having prospected
his ground, the greater portion have entirely
abandoned their claims. They have only lost
two months labor, and now have found better
diggings. What is their loss compared to that
of the residents in San Francisco, who have had
their all swept away by repeated fires, destroying
not the labor of two months only, but OF as
many years! At Red Mountain Bar We learn
the company have succeeded in turning the
river, and after working four or FIVE days unsuc-
cessfully, were about giving up 10 despair. 1t
was resolved to give another days trial, which
resulted in their taking out $4,000.
As regards the Quartz Mines, we will refer to
the communication signed Miner" furnished
by gentleman who has had very great expert
ence in this department In sdditiont to what he
has stated, we may give a few facts gathered
from other sources. At jamestown they are
tunnelling quartz mountain in two places but
we know not whether they have yet succeeded
in finding gold. At one vein, however, belong
ing TO Messrs. Cooper, Klemm, Turner, and
others, opened directly on the banks of Woods
creek, a rich lead has heen struck, and the com.
pany are entertaining the most sanguine expecta.
tons of success.
The Tennessee company, about a mile and q
half north of Sonora, are still working their vein
and quarrying cut the golden quartz, wskh con.
iinues as rich MS ever. Their machinery is not
yet up, and nothing definite can, therefore, be
said in reference 10 the comparative amount OF
gold contained in the stone. IL il admitted
however, that this is oze Of the richest veins
ever discoyered-one which presented sufficient
temptations TO Thos. Butler King to induce him
to purchase two thirds of the mine, as We are
told, at very heavy cost.
The Repubicaneompany last Saturday struck
gold, after working shout ten weeks. The gold
Is now in sight, and promises exceedingly fair
shaft has been sunk about thirty feet This
claim Is about 900 yards to the south of the Ten.
nessee claim.
Jose Arias, n Peruvian, the discoyerer Of the
vein now being worked by Fowler Van PrAag
a. Co, has recently sold his interest-one-teuth
share-for the handsome sum Of $4,000. The
company have many tons Of rich quartz ready
for the large machine which is being erected for
their use.
The Louisiana claim, commonly known a,
" Bill Ford's clnim," has changed owners since
the death Of Dir. Ford. Mr. Lneberg has the
control Of IL now, and has been working IL with
energy. They have again struck a very rich
portion Of the vein, which is yielding more than
ever before. About two weeks ago, not far from
$4,000 were taken out at n single blast. Mr.
Lineberg informs Us that last Saturday, they
blasted about three tons which were estimated
10 contain mol less than thirty FIVE cents per ID
Some ten tons in all are now lying ready to BE-
crushed.
The South Carolina Company have their claim
in Calaveras county, near Cayote Flat. Thi,
mine has been successfully taken up and ahln.
doned by several companies, prior 10 its occu.
pancy by the present owners, who commenced
work last April, and who have continued TO vol
ever since, under many disadvantageous and dis.
couragng circumstances. TIE lead is from six
to ten feet wide; and in the best part, which is
near the middle, embracing a stratum say eigh.
teen inches wide, it will pay from one to six
dollars to the pound. The stone on either side
OF this stratum pays from twenty five to thirty
cents per pound. We are informed that shares
in this vein are now selling at two and three
thousand dollars. There are sixteen stock.
holders. Three shafts have been sunk, one 10
the depth Of sixty feet, the other two about
forty.0ye feet each. Some Of the original share.
holders having sold their claims, the mine is now
in the hands Of the following individuals, all Of
whom are said TO be en- erprising men, TO wit
James Conner; p. Devlin, Jdnes, Duncan, Smith,
Liuoberg, Lesinzski, Philip -, T.. Hunter
Captain DE La Hay, Talbot, Goldsteive, and
others. These men will see il through. The
mine is yielding nearly $1,000 per week to the
Rastro or Mexican mill. Capts. DE La HAY and
Hunter, shareholders in the above, have also
shares in the Arkansas and Texas mines, each
Of which, II is thought, will pay handsomely for
all the labor and expense hitherto incurred.
Avery rich silver vein has lately been disSov.
cred about fifteen miles from here, in the monn-
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