New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-22

the VEINS on Gold Hill" prove, even by the
slow process of crushing il hand mortars and
washing IN water only. that shafts were sunk on
almost every hin for several miles around, in
nearly every instance striking rich veins. A.
this ume there are between 80 and 10 hills
opened IN the single township OF Grass Valley.
-four and 4 halt miles squaTe,) and exhibiting
lpcon,esfab,e evidence that extensive VEINS Of
eold.bearing quartz underle them all.
In Aprll last two small mills only were reSdy
10 commence operations, with capacity for
crushing no more than SIX or eight tunS IN each
,wenty-cur hours At the same time several
others were begun. two OF which were TO have
engines OF twenty-five and sixty-horSe power
respectively. The first OF these was completed
and commenced operations on the 2lsi Of July.
Twas then residing at the Valley, and witnessed
the admirable movement OF Its eighteen heavy
stamp heads. striking forty -elght blows each per
minute, and us numerous malgamatlng tables.
Onthe second day, Hon. WV UwiN, our Sent-
tor IN Congress, and party from San frAnoiseo,
visited the mill, and saw It's oeauthui operation.
The product for ten hours WORK, as stated "
Mr. Reed. one of the editors oi The Pdcihc Sv.
who was present was SIR pounds and sereH-sighiis
II a po,,na Of pure gold taken from the aualgs-
mating tables-lt being estimated NAT me nol
trough or battery In which the stamp heads PLAY,
(Which was not cleared OUT would nave Yielded
about three pounds more. The produc, was thus
nearly TEN POUNDS, In as many hours the ore
crushed and washed being 10! tuns, giving over
one hundred dollars per tun, or iive cents PEI
mound Let me here add that samples OF pIyer.
lied and washed rock, from which al. The god
had been taken that could be extracted by tie
present machinery. has since been tried by ire
In San Francisco. and found 10 yield al the ns
of ninriv dollars per ran additional The mhg
which | speak was erected by Capt feckG
San Francisco, under the superintendent Il
W.R KING. Esq. for a long tlme ongagan
tho Virginia Quartz Mines believe tho%
Com. Stockton Ii is owned by the Gold Ha
Quartz Mining COMPANY ot which Capt BIZ
ell, late or now Of the Pacific Mail STEAMSHIP
Company. Is President Stock IN this Compau,
unobtainabie al any pnce.
In my private correspondence tom Cahioma
by the mail which arrived on Saturday, mpgl
n possession of additional facts touchlng he
enormous product of Captain Peck's mill upto
near the middle of September. lquo'e as Nl
lows. from a letter dated the 18th OF September
at San Francisco
~ have been to Nevada, and have Just returned.
The quartz mining Is attracting general attention
among our capitalists. Captain Peck'S mill gives
him net profit OF one hundred dollars per houi HIS
receipts III one day, while was there, were TaRtf
HUNDRED AND sEvENry-rwoouNcEs'I saw Hre'gsd
II made those who had no interest IN quartz mining
crazy to buy into some good company
Let me inquire of capitalists m Ncw-l@t
whether they consider an investment IN quaS
mill that produces from tretre TO thirty poundig
goId m each twenty four hours. from forty toa
OF ore. is any better than bond and mortgage G
seven per cent per annum, or shaving notes a
TWO peJ cent a month And vet the above mag.
nifcent results OF the first introduction OF heavy
machinery, III the very infancy OF the business,
attest its capacity TO pay good round prom.
When some scientific man has discovered pro
cess by which al the gold known to be contain
ed IN the ore can be gathered. (less than halt
a an hlUa
figure that murt be reached IN VEN mining
Does the reader ask If the gold-beanng quart
is sufficiently abundant and rich to continue thu
product for any considerable period Of time !
venture the opinion, founded on long resdene
and extensive travels IN the mineral dls,rleh
that a thousand mills, IN thousand years, car
not exhaust the supply OF ore.
In closing | would take the occasion 10 say,
word about the Rocky Bar Company, the only
one that has offered stock in this market. Be
fore leaving California received many latten
from this City, Philadelphia, and other places,
inquirlng II 1t was, or was not cheat ana
humbug Similar inquiries have been PROFOUND
ed since my return, by my friends, knowing ina
my means Of information on INNING matters wep
ample OF the claims" OF this Company
Rocky Bar, on the Middle Fork OF the American
River know nothing from personal examns'
ton This know, however, that Rocky Bars
situated in the midst of one OF the richest mine
raj districts of the State No stream IN Callior.
MIA has yielded more gold than the American
River and It's Forks" nor has any other been
more steadily worked since, on the South
Fork" of this river gold was first discovered N
May, 1913 The Company, a short time since,
owing probably to the superior facilities OF trans
portation, and the abundance of the finest timber
at Grass Valley, purchased valuable claims on
Massachusetts, HILL from which, NmmedlsfeV
adlolnlng,) some Of as rich ore has been ralsn
as ever was seen IN the township. Here. wr
told by one OF the directors III San traDcEcs,
their new and powerful machinery was 10 be vi
up. Whatever their former location may be,W
fact that their operations are 10 be commences
on the rich ores of Nevada County, stamps ne
stock as highly valuable and no doab: can b
entertained that magnificent dividends viii Be
made in 1852. have seen and carefully exam
med all the kinds of machinery now beng lnlfs
duced into the quartz mining business, and an
able 10 say that the mill of the Rocky Bn
Company" Is equal to any vet manufactured, for
It's power and adaptabllityt TO accomplish the OBJ
Ject proposed.
There are now about eight mills N successful
operation IN and near the village OF CeLlervlle,
In Grass Valley township. Many others are N 1
process Of erection at the same locality, and stu
others III various parts of Nevada County. Gen
teryille is already thriving village OF l,JO0~
1000 inhabitants, with some good dwellings, no
tells, stores markets, &c, and saw.nlll IN H'
tive operation, turning out 5000 feet OF lumber
per day, which finds ready sale at SIS per thou
sand.
brought with me a small quantity OF the Of
dmGJy quartz ore, from Grass Valley. 10 "hicn@
gold can be seen by the naked eye Portionso
this will be tested here, and those interested cav
see the rock at No l07 Futon-st., second storI
where am at present staying, and "1ere s.aI
cheeriully give any gentleman Whatever lnlor
nation am able on this or any subcc relatis
TO the state OF things in the Gold STATE.
AeU. Y~k, Oct. 20, 1851. J. WIscHgsrEG
OUTRAGEOUS AFFRAY-THRgE MEN SBoT,
"A dreadful series Of alrsys took place onIaesdY,
at the Page place what Is called toe ilfsegAS
house on the - Charles road it seem mat ann
named Frantz iIelnrlch schelldel had hecn ID ne