Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-03-11

recollect which--of the richest kind OF black
sand i1
Gen Wilson says that thousands Of men
cannot exhaust this gold in thousands Of
years. and he gives all who doubt bis state
ments the liberty of going and ascertaining
these facts for themselves.
The company will send up 100 additional
aborers as speedily as they can be embarked.
They also design purchasing steamer and
running her up to the Gold Bluffs Sixty
men are now at the scene Of operations. We
await with anxiety further reports. Numer-
Gus specimens of the sand and gold were ex-
hibited to the stockholders at the meeting
last evening. rrI
The Pacific Ne~s says, in relation to this
discovery:
That on the line of the coast from 25 miles
north of Trinidad. to 8 miles south of Kla-
math river, there is very rich deposit OF
gold la scaies, interrnixed with black sand,
is beyond dispute. The gold bearing range
Of the interior here strikes the ocean. and
running down to line of bluffs from 100 to
500 feet high, more or less precipitous, skirts
the coast for nearly ten miles. These are
the celebrated Gold Bluffs. Old Father
Neptune here carries on gold washing op-
Grafton on his own account, precisely on the
principle Of the miners gold washing, but on
colossal scale. AS the waves ebb and
flow, they wash out the Bluff. carrying back
into the sea all the lighter sand, gravel, Sc,
and leaving behind on the beach the heavy
black sand containing the gold.
The very richest portion of this deposit is
confined to q strip of coast nearly two miles
long; although for about seven miles more
tht sand is all more or less aboundng in
gold. We have been shown one sample,
which we are assured has yielded upon anal
ysis at the rate Of six dollars to the pound;
which we presume, of course. to be very
favorable specimen. The more sanguine
members of the Pacific Mining Company.
are confident that the poorest sand will yield
from IS cts to 81 ,25 q pound For all which
estimates we wish to be in no way response
bic, although the Company is giving the best
evidence ofits faith in them by its expend-
lures in the enterprise, the purchase Of tho
Chesapeake, &o.
That the gold exists all along the coast at
the foot Of the Bluffs, and in great abun-
dance. seems TO be ndisputable.
How to get at It in any available shapeis
another affair entirely. The ordinary meth
cd (by washing winnowing, &C. of separa-
ting the gold from the sand in which it 10
found, fail in this case, the black sand being
nearly or quite as heavy as the scales Of
gold which it contains. We presume that
there is, within the resources of modern sci
ence, mode Of obtaining the gold by sou-
tion or otherwise; and we learn that Prof.
Spicker, of this city has the secret, and had
it in successful operation. We believe il is
now in the exclusive possession Of the Pa
cifc Mining Company.
The San Franc isco Herald says:
That very largo quantities ofthe precious
metal arc to be found on Gold Bluff can,
we think scarcely be doubted--but fromth
fact that no landing for passengers or goods
can be obtained within 81 miles Of the scene
ofoperations, the immediate road being Of
the most rugged and impossible nature, very
serious doubts arise as to whether il will be
at present an available discovery.
The Pacific News thus describes the or
gani7aiion Of q joint stock company for wash
ing the sand
The stock was divided into $4,000 shares
of 300 each, and 1000 shares were thrown
into the market, for which the original hol.
ders expect to realize Sl00,000-a very
small compensation for a division of their
prospective wealth. The sand was display
ed throughout Yesterday, in all its richness,
and numberless were the American eagles
that changed hands at Kendig and VAIN
wrirht's Tho entire store had the appear
ance of mass meeting. The result will be,
of course unless tho whole thing turns out
TO be stupen6ous humbug, as is not unlike
ly, tho original stockholders about thirty in
number, will take the proceeds of eleven
thousand shares. while these who mako up
the aggregate Of 100000 in cash against
tho fictitious capital of the others, will re-
coive q dividend upon one thousand shares!
The proportion is about as a hat full OF sand
for tho latter to a ship load for the foImer.
The Sacramento papers say:
Vessels for Gold Bluff are being nut up
at Sacramento Everybody seems to be ex-
cited about the black sand
The Hartford took down load Of passen-
gers on Sunday, at Sl,50 per head, one half
OF whom. it is said, were on their way to
Gold Blnff
MINING. GrNERALLT.--The prospect OF
our miners is Of the most encouraging char-
acter, and they are only waiting for rain to
heir regular winter operations.
Within the last few days the fact has been
discovered that tho banks of the streams oon
tain tho richest deposits. instead ofthe beds,
as has heretofore been supposed, and to
which tho attention aRd labors of the miner
have been mainly directed; that tho banks
are mado up of a succession of layers, in
some instances as many rs five in number,
varying from ono to three feet in thickness,
from one TO four hundred feet in width, each
one of which has, at some remote period OF
limo, formed the bed of the river, and recei-
we'd the bulk of the deposits.
Since this fact has transpired, explorations
have been made in several quarters, which
have all resulted in confirming the opinion
that this description Of diggings promises TO
yield far more abundantly than any hereto
fore discovered, and will open TO the miner
a field for future operations, as extensive in
territorial limits as it is rich in deposits.
California Courier.
From the Sacramento Transcript
QuARTz MININs.--A company has rscen-
tly been formed for the purpose of working a