New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-09
The Mines Of Californin-Wiu tae,
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have ,;sked their all on a California gold
hunt. nor even to the hundreds OF thou
sands at home who are consected with
them by relationship or business, but to eur
whole people and to the world, by reason
of its momentous influences on Industry,
Commerce, Currency and Prices, the ques-
tom Will the California Mines hold out
Twill they continue to yield as abuadant-
'ly this year and for years to come as they
'have done during the last three years -
is of the deepest interest That some In
dividuak will do we'll and others i'll In gold
mining, is sufficiently understood; that
many will go hence to California who had
much better staid at home that thousands
will reach the Land of Gold only to be dis
appointed ard spirit hroken-so much is al
ready plain enough. But what will be the
general result Of California Miniug in flu
ture?-How will it affect, not individuals,
but communities and the world lis still a
theme for careful Inquiry and patient eluci-
datiOn.
The following data bearing on the sub
ject, mainly drawn from private letters from
California, have been gathered and prepared
at our request by our fiend John A. Col
Inns, late Of California, now Of No. 200
broadway
The Superintendent of the Grass Valley
n
OF that Company
$50. The rams during the past month have
been lieht, aud have oDstruc,ed our operations bat
for few days The putting In the new boiler,
which spoke OF in my last, detained US some Twelve
days. Our month net Iecepts however, have been,
tssipg al things into considerable exceedingly good
= - The quartz In this region continues 20 yield
ss well, and even better than had heretofore an
ticipaed. Several of the mills and indeed all, as
far as can learn, with one excepton,) are giving
large renuDeraons for all the labor and capital IN
vested. think three cents per 10. BY no means an
overest'maie, BY the present mode OF working, ano
when We can get machinery that will save all
the gold the increase must be very much greater
month, has incrt ased more than thirty per csat.
large amount OF California capital Is being invested
III this business. Some of those who, few
months since, were the mort okeptlcal are nos tho
most enthusiastic and hopeful.
gentleman writing from San Francisco to
his brother, merchant in Boston, says
Thus you see, that in regard to Quartz
Mining am full in the faith. But let what may be
the result Quartz Mills else where as TO Grass VAL
lev am confident there can be no mistake. AT this
place devo'ed many days TO the investisa OF
this subject treasufrg up ali the Information could
obtain, either by personal observation or from the
experience Of those resident there. The discovery
OF Quarts rock at Grass Valley is not recent event
for many months they have been kno Sn, and new
veins have been opened nearly every week. made
the acquaintance OF some men VINO nave been Tor a
long time engaged IN taking out r0ck, who assure
me that from what gold they could extract with hand
mortars only, they have become rich. Every hill
In this neig hboIh0Od seems filled with the precious
rock and will furnish enough TO keep several mills
in operation for many years After as thorough an
investigation as could give It, concluded TO make
an iDvestme Mt there, and accordingly TIED to pur.
chase an interest Of the mills In progression,
but could Lot hRd any one disposed to sell. One
Company (RichardsoA's) wished more capital, and
would admit another partner, but they had made the
offer to another man before l applied, and he ac-
copied
popular, and thought promised the best, though,
being repaired, 1t was not fully In operation was
particularly anxious to purchase share In that bat
no one of the partners would listen for moment to
any proposition which thought reasonable or with
in my means This Company ewn several very val
liable Quartz claims, and II their affairs are well
managed cannot but yield them fortune
You may think that this is o0ly a fancy specula-
ton, by which sm willing to be gulled bu. as
sure you is so substantial that many othe leading
merchants and most stable men OF this city are anx-
ious to invest in it their surplus capital and some
are giving up business in the city to embark their
whole means in this mining.
A distinguished gentleman, for more than one
year in California, in writing upon Quartz MI
ming says:
Quartz Mining is yet in its infancy. The ore is
both abundant and rich. have seen quartz enough
In Nevada, Grass Valley and Auburn to keep many
mills in quartz for long time. There have been
some failures, but the causes for this are very
evident to anyone at all acquainted with the rash
and headstrong manner which men, destitute OF ex-
pefience or the least practical or scientific knowl-
edge, and with 10, 1.-THE Of the capital necessary
to prosecute their have rushed into quartz
mining. With US, many are waiting 20 seHd 10 the
AusRtic States for machinery. few OF US have
sent out skfu man to prospect for the best local
ity, and If pessiole 10 procure US good lead. We
shall have report in a few days
Another gentleman, in speaking of the present
ana future prospects OF quartz mining In Califor-
MA, writes:
II have been over the Northern and Southern
Mines, and from what l have heard and seen am
conhden that the gold is xhaustible and tina, $780,
600 or SEQ GOO men could find profitable business for
a century TO come. particularly In quartz mining,
which likely TO be. ifnOt the only the best mining
In the country Ii only needs proper machinery and
experience, With economy, to make It the most prof
table and sure business kno~a. Fortunes can DO
mace at once AL tire quartz veins in Sonora, and
It's ycinuy and those Of Grass Valley very rich
and only neea skill and good machinery to collect
millions OF the oro"
An old resident Of California gives to friend
OF his in this City sketch of his tour through
the mines, rs follows
Since last sa yoa lat San Francisoo) | have
tskeF NV jops npated journey over .he South
EN- ara No!,3sIn AaeS 10 satisfy my self IN relation
70 The prospects and chances OF quartz mining. left
s city on ,he 18Th of January and returned on the
x'tn ut. vert 20 Stockton BY way OF San Jose,
ana crosstd the mountain at Livermore's Pass From
stockton wentto Grsyson, Mercer, and the famous
Mafiposa quartz region. After prospecting about
hafiposa, followed the quartz lead to Sonora,
Coloma, Auburn, Grass Valley, South and Middle
Yuba, Feather River, and as far up as Honcut Creek
was, am fee 20 admit, astonished as the extent
aud richness N the auriferous quartz la many Of
h. nj oh Ar hat \ ~ vtnS