The Nevada journal., 1851-12-06
Quartz Investments.

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Fnty. and adjacent, under such cir
Instances as to prove the amount of
}ing quartz is inexhaustible. The
rensive operations in working quartz
" in progress are but small item
hparcd with the immense masses that
popened and proved and the quartz
els on which expensive machinery
J been erected, and which are paying
, general thing SO well, are not on
average better than those as yet un-
sked. Specimens from lead at Eure-
were shown to us last week of lich-
IS VIC never saw exceeded, and with
per machinery, in such n lead,
,ge number of fortunes are sure to be
thcoming. We have demonstrated
previous article that quartz paying
more than one cont per pound, with
Nquatc machinery. will produce a
ar profit per day of one thousand dol
}. The general average Of the worth
iuartx worked in this county at pre-
h is about three cents. Much of it
bcher than this, but with the poorer
| richer together, this is about the
I'd. Millions on millions Of tons
quartz that will pay at this rate
now laying discovered, yet unwork-
Capital is needed to put in opera
, machinery. The leads are owned
men who hold by miners laws, and
), knowing that their fortunes are at
ir feet, are patiently waiting some
Prablc turn of affairs by which they
secure the working of their leads
,italists in the cities below and in
States, hesitate about embarking in
business, fearing deception or fail
and thus mines of wealth that in
try and capital would bring to light,
useless. Caution in business is GER
bly, an admirable trait in any man.
for want Of it many have been plum
into irremejiable difficulties. But
great reserve manifested in enga-
& in quartz mining, is not justified by
degree Of success already secured
the inadequate means now in opera
i, or by the tangible, golden eviden-
presented by acres on acres Of quartz
nations in this State. We want to
more confidence manifested by those
B have the means to develope the re-
rces Of California. Merchants build
J n their stores, and cram them with
uable goods, to reap small profit
! id the uncertainties and competition,
n an overs ocked mart; and when they
1 just about to pocket the proceeds Of
tience and enterprise, fire sweeps
vey their property by the Million
ct these same men look with suspicion
quartz specimen, pry into its fis-
Tres to see by what mechanical opera
on the gold was 20 ingeniously placed
ere, and listen with incredulity to ac-
,unts Of extensive leads Of paying
hartz, inviting investment. The capi-
Il destroyed by fires in San Francisco,
nd it been invested in quartz, taking
very possible contingency into view,
,ould have produced gold enough to
ave built in it's present style, ten such
tiles. There is no necessity for reck-
sss investments, for there are enough
PADS Of evident richness already opened
b last for twenty five or an hundred
ears. Nature has buried in our soil
er richest gifts, and enterprise can ex-
ract them and nowhere on the broad
lobe is there more magnificent open
ng for capital and intelligent labor
han in the various quartz leads that
raverse Northern California.
THEATRE.-No Notwithstanding the ex.
RENE inclemency Of the weather, the
Jenny Lind was well attended on Thurs