The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-03
The pines.


The aggregate product of the placer mines during the
last four weeks may be assumed in the absence OF re
month of october This d. crease is attvbutabe 20 VA
rious causes but principally to very general cessation
OF active operations by he miners preparatory to goug
into winter quarters snd TO the annual rise in the
nounain streams in and the beds of which I'M
mepse amount of labor has been expended during the
months Of August, September and October These
streams usually commence swelling previous to the set
til in OF the rains and suspend labor in them before
there is sufficient water in the higher localities en-
able the miners to commence work in the dry dggings
The river beds which have yielded very largely during
the season just closed are by exhausted
In such places as have been most worked. The works
are abandoned and will be materially damaged by the
wLtc foods but not 10 such extent req uire
very great outlay IN recommending operations another
season From close observation and experience acquired
by residence OF nearly two years in the mines,
hazard nothing in expressing the opinion tnat by the
sgency of improved machineiy and the dopton of
Efficient modes OF working the mines the annual
yield Of gold from this alone will, in less
than five years, equal the entire product of the
present year from all sturces. This opinion will be
sustained by most men who acquainted with the
er at richness Of nearly ell the thus tested
AID the comparatively limited to which they
been worked Even the bars that have been the theatre
OF the most extensive operations generally continue
as rich apparently, as they whsa first discovered
ihe continued rroductveness fsu.h Of
attributable to improvement in the of warkng
by which the gold previously passed is collected.
Wa doubt IL population equal that enga red uIny
the part would be able exhaust this branch Of
mining in half century II ever Nevertheless the
perencs OF every succeeding day to deveepe the
gate, than the dry, or csyote" pacers
Until the past year the impression was common that
the 8urferous strata confined to very limited dis
ots If more extensive buried at insccesibe depths
beneath the hills The faacy Of this neton has bsen
shown BY the discoveries that have been
made in s parts Of the country Of rich deposits in To-
caltes where, year since t would have been deemed
folly to look for gold 1t can now scarcely be
doubted that the entire district within which gold
is Known to exist, is continuous mass OF aur-
ferrous formations and that almost any spot that
may be selected will prove Of sufficient rich.
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From all parts Of the country We have the most en-
iase srnea of ,he continued productiveness
OF the ordinary rhaow placer mining, to which atten
ton was smoet exclusively devoted during lSi9'50,
and which very reasonably, supposed to be well
neh exhausted during those two years But one OF ths
great sources OF wealth to the miners during the coming
winter, will be the immense quantities OF earth thrown
up during the dry season, and which will be washed
soon sufficient water falls for the purpose.
The amount tf earth thus prepared is almost ncredi-
be, and is generally known to TO rich We may there
fore, anticipate an immense yield from this source
Without anything Ike reliable data believe 1t Is safe
to estimate the whole amount of earth ready for
washing and which will be worked before spring, at
S0eC0 tors and equal in vane to S,5 per ton. which
will give aggregate OF s22 500 600 From theindens
information before the subj, Ct believe this
estimate to be every way below rather than above the
truth.
Cayote mining by which the great bulk Of treasure
has been produc. since tho close of the last rainy
son. will be measurRbly suspended during the winter
months, but only TO be recommended with renewed
Gers in the spring In the meantime those who have
been engaged in that branch Of labor will to the
yield
locality of very considerable extent has been re-
Gently discovered in Meriposa county, which, from the
scc UNITS received, excels in richness anything yet
known in the country II the stories OF this wonderful
place be not greatly We think more
than pro babe it will itself swell the monthly product
Of the country to figure above that OF any
month Of the past season Making allowance for exag
geration have doubt but the unusual richness OF
the point in question-Bear Naley-wl make percep-
be increase in the average yield From other parts Of
Narposa have favorable accounts of the general
GEES OF the miners in every department. OF labor.
In the next great mining district Tuoumne county
even in localities that have been incesaaty worked
since 1919 the miners resppg rich harvest and in
pacefs more recently opened the yield is more abua
csnt In Calaveias, and the counties adjacent the
north profitable is anticipated and miners
only awaiting the coming of the rains to commence
winter operations The whole region Of country the
sevcra branches OF the American and Yuba rivers, in
which there dense mining population than ia
ary other section OF the State promises prosperous
in ell the departments Of mining labor. Privats
advces from the klamath represent the mEes ia that
giop as more productive than az any previous period
but owing to the high latitude and other
yorable TO winter mining, We do not anticipate large
receipts from that quarter during the present
Experiments in quartz n nding cont inued in
ricus parts Of the country extensive scale very
large capital has been invested in machinery
NC but, thus far, without any remunsratng return.
But il Is than probable that most OF the expert
ments thus far made will fail But small portion OF
the machinery in of sufficient power, simpi.-
yty, and durability to answer the purpose Of crushing
the rock while nearly all the various modes of ssparat-
ing the gold from The crushed rock have been found de
fectve But the indomitable energy and enterprise OF
those engaged in this business will not Test until such
adegree ofsfciency and perfection has been attained
IN the construction Of machinery, and the details Of
working as will ensure the general Of quartz
mining.
Altogether the prospects from all parts OF the State are
highly favorable to unusually successful in
mining and we diet that the products and shipments
OF gold during the fret Fix months Of 1852 will be larger
than during any similar period Wewiil venture to esti.
mate the amount at $50 900 0o0.