The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-02-05

Attc QuickstlVer Mines.
THe GUADAIouPe MINE-A Rentleman
who recently made an examination of ilis
niue, bas plseed upon our desk specimen
Il the ore now obtained there, wh,cG Il full
" equal to ihe best cinnabsr We have ever
seen. From him ne Learn that the vein is
daily increasing, aud is found TO extend ia
Ill objections. presenting on every side a
nearly solid mass uf ore. ,iel1ing 6om 90
10 So per cent. oi pure mercury. The niue
; reached bya leauiiul road. good at aR
seasons of'ihe year. ID IS ia The same hill
rs lheNew Almaden mine, fuor miles dis
'unl from il, aud only nbnUI eight miles from
.lhe city. of S4n, I0se,s Theecompany ale
aOR erecting mn extensive smelling apJarn,
ius, aid in short time will he able TO ruu
opl some thousands Of pounds Of quicksilver
per day.
The value of the quicksilver obtained
from this aud The New Alpladen mines this
year viii amount 10 several millions Of dol
lars. Oar readers may not be aware that it
teqares two pounds Of quicksilver TO pro-
duce each pound OF silver; and that hun
dreds Of silver mines, in Mexico and South
America, canuot now be worked in conse>
qaence Of the impossibliy OF obtaining
lhls supply, The demand Tor quicksilver
in this country will, as the rich placers fail
and The quartz becomes more worked, aud
silver mines are opened, be teiy great; and
except for lhese cinuabar mines in our midst.
impossible TO be supplied But these will
nol unlv fully Sunti, uA b,t to,ya n a,,,nf,,a
TO be senl abroad. Thus California moi on
ly yields he richest treasures of gold, but
in her quicksilver she holds IN her hands the
key 10 unlock the silver deposits Of our own
and other States, aud the means to extract
the fpes PARTICLES Of gold bearing rocks.
GOLD BEARNe QUARrz. We had the
pleasure, day or Two ago, OF examining a
large collection of specimens Of the gold in
quartz rock from the vein on Carson's creek,
on the Slanislaus river, These exhibit a
magnificent richness uf The precious metal
snpassing all our former noiions OF lis a
buudance - showing Iha the representations
which have been made Of our quartz rock in
the Atlantic States are sustained by facts
Indeed we begin to believe that our gold
has Just begun 10 appear. aud that The great
qnarz veins Of the mountains are soon to
be the theatre of mining operations such as
The would has moi YET seen.
In this vein the gold is distributed in i'm
mense masses of rock, in all degrees Of
iichness, from minute paitlcles to solid mas
scs oil appafenty pure metal, and il seems
70 be in nniaIing quantities.. Where The
end will be, none can tell. The vein of
quarZ is represented to ex,end through
nlI slx hundred feet high, and topping OUT
on the summit in large mass, twenty feet
or more IN thickness, aud rich with gold.-
Al The base Of the hill, SIX hundred fee, low.
er in vein, gold is also found sticking oul Of
he rocks.
We learn thar iile company owning the
nine intend beginning immediately the OPP
eration Of crushing The rnck and extracting
he metal. For this purpose The best tn9-
1h'hery IS TO be emp DYED, and operated both
y steam and wa'er power, for whieh there
ne abundant facilities III he immediate vi>
Unity. Indeed, we begin to look now for
arge mining operations 10 be commenced
. an extended range Of country. The DIS
aoveries made within HE last few months
~" n"o convince us thal the god and o'h
81 hlheI"I Wea'h OF Cal'i"rnia are exhaust
ess, Our prosperity is jp,l brgun.
49, uyLn DUST IN PAssENeERs HANDS =
+" l"ls we were standing on Laws "mp' 70
see '"e antelope ~ cart dumped a
PFe''S s@sao'e ron SAFE upon ,he wha'''and
'"e way one @F i"o men E"p' 'heT eyes hx>
60 60 " ~ mace ! Pfs,'y eY'leM 'hal "iheie
was s""e'h'ns n IT, ny ana oY when the
/ 5,oM' "ete iusl''pg 'helf Daggase on board ;
~ ~ Sp'o W's seen progressing up we
''"'N' : nc NEeh 9 20 maze h"WeEtf' 'hnN-
~ an wv W. y y sac vas l'Afly 70 CONAN some
,'.s 49, oos.pes Solfls ono woo'ion s1o'klHgs'
'',; iues,,'hsa we owners prel'y shafPiN % Tue