New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-24
CALIFORNIA.
Quartz nIining-(;rass Valley Mines.

Correspondence OF The y. T. Tribune.
STOCKTON, Saturday, March !, 1852
Since | last wrote you from Sacramento
City have made a trip through the whole of the mining
region and have everywhere been a-tonished at the
vast OF labor performed by the miners in their
efforts to the precious metals 1t Is little re-
arkable that the fret explorers for the gold places In
le49 and 1880 stumbled the very richest places in the
country and obtained results that have not since been
surpassed yet since that time great and important DIS
coyeres have been effected and quartz mining has not
only attracted the attention OF capitalists abroad but 10
here regarded the OF wealth from which CALI
forna supply the world with gold t has long been
conceded that the place washngs deposits that had
been washed from the mountains, where the gold ID
found embedded in its native position in the quartz rock
Yet you must not imagine the place washing nave begun
To Give out Thousands of individuals during the past
sea- on have realized and acted that The
of mine Is entitled to hold it, and by that discovery be-
comes it, lawful owner, subJectto such regulations
eminent may hereafter adopt Not less tilan sUUU per-
sons directly indirectly ia the place wahings for
this kind OF geld hunting requires nothing but robust
constitution and strong determination. IL Is labor Oh
the kind and tries the endurance OF the strong
est individual does require any capital and con-
sequcnty all who into the country in quest OF for
hasten 10 the place washngs, and from the result
there obtained they have the necessary means 70 en-
gage in scme other what has been more generally
the case they direct their attention TO the quartz rock.
BY the Let OF next May there will be not ess than 10 en-
gnes scattered through the gold region or nj least ar
rangomlnts made for that number during the course
Of the What the effect Of these increased Ia
ces in the extraction of the gold IL 10 have upon the
currency O. the world il left for you In the Atlantic
States, to determine. Not but little more than year
ago there had been but few discoveries IN the quartz
vens because all the people were attracted toward tho
place warnings but this IL not so now. All along mo
Grass Valley Mines in the northern section Of the Sate
above Sacramento large deposits OF the god-bearing
quartz have been found and TO which machinery Is now
being applied This rock Ia said to yield from si0 W
$500 pei un and from the experiment that has been
made there can be doubt t IL placed nj low ave-
rage Bur thus the Southern mines have been found
the profitable and extensive, and from what has
already transpred, the source seems observation-disclosures
Many Of the veins large and plainly dsccrnible
some are convenient wood and water others whero
they cannot be worked for the present at a
You sometimes the gold In the quartz lodges
exceedingly rich but generally here and there speck
indicating its being genuine gold-bearng rock In
opening the mines nests have been found yielding almost
pure gold and in quantities weighing hundreds OF pounds.
Such was the the famous Carsons Creek Mine;
and also the great Caayeras Mine situated in the south
ern dgengs. This whole section Of country seems
to abound in gold bearing quartz and no one can tell
their extent and richness II l. nj the foot and around
the base OF the great collaborating hills that the ni-
nenely ich place Of diggngs have been found proving
what mineraogist end gcoogss have said that these
places OF deposits OF gold but the detriius accu
ulated by age. from the gold by the aconof
decomposition of quartz veins Il Is my opinion inc
average yield OF the quartz vein VIII prove 70 DC almost
from to lOc. per pound in gold. am now speaking
of the whole rock broadcast The veins In this country
vary from to 20 feet in thickness, taking their dip
downward TO unknown depths, probably richer IN me-
tai as they 90 down An engine OF ~ morse power,
with heavy Virginia stamps, and other machinery -
of any use. Stamps weighing from ooo 70 W. IDS, i~
in O battery, will crush almost 23oo Ds oil ore per
day. taking cords of wood daily, and sufficient water
for steam and washng over by increasing the power Oh
your engine you do much more and at greatly Oh
ininished expense. Many Of the Companies are con-
stluetng machinery calculated 70 crush Tour umes
this amount Of in day that have specined above
but have made the calculation in the most modesto
way and greatly prefer to be under than above me
marx Ii you ark my opinion about sending CUT inc
machinery and the necessary means 70 pf0sccusc o
mining Of the quartz rock, must decidedly say yes
Captal can nowhere on eafh DC 90 adssnesyeoY
employed in this kind of labor In California; ou
important that you have competent ana r.'d Re
agents and employers, If you do not snperintend Io
osrstons yourself Yet there II very great mistaAo
in the minds Of the people IN the Atlantic stat taaS
lsborcrs here In the quartz veins retain mas , :"
GOLD and defraud the employers or owners oil the isaes
for in every instance where have made inquiry VI INC
superintendent how he prevented the 1888 OF g9a
the wOrkmen, have been assured they nah no ohoSy
In that respect and again, the most hncnui $3.50
preya in the States about the hnrdshps mar al csPes
TO endure here. No greater folly can exist Inc ~
Try hs- only the disadvantages incident 10 a.i n ,e
tries The climate is delightful travel IN ,ne -
MOI III IN the country pcasant and the roaas sS
the winter months the roads are nes'y n-s-rsesbe
and the travelling, except y ,resdv get every luxury
~, The n,ost fastdious desire while ~
CIV and tocktonse former he dspM; ., sar the
pa. the latter the RnSs 81 Snd thriving citss and
n the fashion Of the oldest cities ia the Az
a,ie s,ses While mining aud always mus pc III
fertile and d; s4. s mI III ssor sa a.n r aes
surer oi o nreyeils abroad about the security OK
eea' M rouerry here la the oldest Of the state
p1on.rv i not more than here for every ngst
J.J ei,izen feels the responsibility OF DONG al ne
nueu s,.rt each rian ia the enjoyment Of his earn
shn IA the necesiy OF the determined course pdr-
.ued by the euens Of San Francisco in Kidding them;
.ye Of the desperate characters wac were attracfed
nr IN the hopes Of page would be readily excused
Nv snv Of the srctest friends Of order In the States
thew had been present but such necessity no iongerex
;ss and the law IL enforced and each man secured m
Lis personal rights here with much certainly a. VI
any Of the Atlantic States. y