The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-04

to work free Of toll or tax while the Democrats are "a
vorsbe TO granting them to actual settlers who ct
Of the United States well all the public lands
The wings favorable to grants Of land by the general
government for educational purposes.
Tho Reported Expedition - Lower Cali
fOrnia.
[From the Alta California, May 81
The steamer Ohio Capt. Robert Haley, arrived from
San Diego yesterday morning. The Ohio detained
few hours by striking upon the bar opposite the North
General Morehead left San Diego on Friday, May 9,
on bis expedition down the coast. When Gen. More
head arrived in San Diego he had with him about forty
The bark poorly provisioned that there not
sufficient food ON board 10 last week and the General
got in debt in San Diego for stores sufficient TO provision
the vessel to Mszstlsn.
report arriving that the Governor had issued pro-
csmstion Offering reward for him. Morehead left the
vessel, and went the line into Lower California
where he remained two days The party made them
selves very unpopular in San Diego, by fighting and
creating disturbances in the streets The bark
searched by the Collector OF the port but her papers
being made out in due form and arms being found
board Of her be did not feel authorized to seize her
the OHIO.
In Los Angeles party of about thirty already organ
lied are preparing to start by land in few days into
sonors The report which they make Of themselves is
that they going TO Sonora to take advantage Of the
offer recently made by the Governor Of that State grant
ing certain amount Of land TO settlers within the ter
rory although IL is perfectly understood from the pre-
parations Of the party that they intend making forobe
seizure Of Sonora.
Filming Ope umrtz.
From ito Alta California, May 3I1
We noticed few days ago, the arrival large guam
ty of geld that had been extracted from the quartz by
the very simple process Of crushing the rock with
hammer. The mine from which this gold was OBJ
tanned Is situated some ten miles from Sonora There
Is every prospect that it will continue TO yield quite
richly, for long time to come, hitherto But the
quartz gold not confined to tie southern mines The
Merida Joroi eivee tho following account OF mining
operations in that vicinity
There are now two steam quartz crushing mills in
successful operation, and five in process of
ton ore Of which ia to be started to work in day
two-this latter by Meesre Collins Cropet having Elk
stamps each weighing $50 Iounds and working together
liz common trough, which is securely built Of the
most solid erals, and capable OF withstaudiug any
force that be applied and TO crush about
10 tons Of quartzper day
Dir Abbeys NH vxs the frs. one which was set to
work having now been In operation since about the Goth
February, and does fair amount Of business About
one and half miles from Grass Valley, and Ophir
bill II mill is being put up Ly Messrs. Richardson &
sosers With prospect Of doing very good business
when once in operation
The heaviest machine in the Valley is now in process
Of erection for Judge Walsh and is expected 10 b. in
OPERATION by the LIST Of June The mill is to
work with battery OF eighteen $50 pound stamps cal
ouatod 20 pulverze forty tons Of quartz per day
the business Of the mill increases the batteries
increased TO forty stamps.
On the Let Of June it H. expected that the mill Of
hessrs Peck Co viii also be operation driven by
an engine Of thirty horse power and running twenty
stamps Of $40 pounds each. These will also be worked
on the improved trough or " box principle"
ue Sacramento City Company, Colonel j. days Co,
vii have their machinery IN operation within few
Gays, GIVING the stamps III Two equal batteries
We have beard numerous statements recently of dis
coyeries Of gold in the State capital, Vallejo but
have regarded them az weak Inventions circulated for
the purpose Of enhancing the value OF city lots We
rot at oil surprised however at any Lora I'D, discoveries
Of that any other precious metal in any portion Of
State and from the evidence We now have are not dis
postd to dJubt the existence Of gold IN Vallejo; but
whether 10 such extent TO enable it to be worked
advantage We are increduous. Time must show. We
have received sample Of gold from nr. A. y Petit,
which lac taken from "A well he il digging
at the depth Of fifty four feet from the surface. Ii Is in
very clean bright scales This sampe, worth probably
fifty cents was taken from single wss basin OF earth
MIR fett wrtcs that. IN the opinion Of many, IL would
be profitable to dig for it; but he himself was only in
search Of good fresh water with excellent prospect OF
success Ii he succeeds in finding the latter 1t Will provo
OF greater ADVANTAGE than the discovery Of any gold dc
We were shown yesterday at the Office Of Moaat Co.
some fifty pounds Of gold specimens brought from gold
mine in Caavcras They had been hammered by hand
out e the quartz rock and from their appearance the
rock must h. the richest we have yet Indeed the
wealth of this mine appears inexhaustibio
The Stockton journal learns that the quartz veins at
CarOn's Greek nre yielding immense returns IL says
In place the WORKERS took out 90 pounds Of pure
100 bs OF unsloyed To those who soeptical
TO tic value of thu quartz veins with which the whole
section Of the San joaquin district IL dvcrsed this
count may appear somewhat exaggerated; but from the
authority which we give this extraordinary
fully assure all doubtcrs that there Is not truth
in the mary and well att. sed every day occur
rtrce than there is in our statement"
The same paper gives the following letter from another
WooD's CREEK, Junction Of sullivsn's,(
May 10. 1851.
GFSrITMrN This creek maintains the reputation
years since for yielding good return Of gilt
tering scales TO the industrious miner party consist
ing 81 eight men, calling themselves the Wild Irish
Company turned bar one-eighth Of mile below the
junction Of SuyAns short time ago; the proceeds OF
last WrdnCtday's work was two hundred and seventy
four dollars and 1hursday they took out three hundred
and twelve dollars and the average TO is from
20 two ounces Tho Bush House Bar Company, hslf
mile below the junction, averaging TO man SIS pr
day The water Is eth very troublesome, Bank d.
= flaaFa a fala Aallu
per day.
The stochholders oftho Deserct Mining Company have
just held their annual meeting 1T loo Angeles This
company are now In active operation Mt their mine.
about two bur - td q miles from Los Angeles aud
have two miis Two shafts have been sunk,
forty and The other eixteen feet deep and about one
ILBdr,d and fifty tons OF rock have been thrown out
Ftt en- men employed. and pr, partitions bens
made 10 erect more mii- The companyis very sangunc
ofsuccpss ard have exhibited beautiful specimens
They have, yet had difficulty with the indians nc
their mine although some Ut their prospecting parties
have been charged upon by the UtaAs Who discovering
them TO be Americans, treated them with the utmost
kindness.