The Nevada journal., 1852-01-03

each subsequent WaSI1HS
But Nevada's bright futnre is re-
flected from the abundant glittering
gold which rests in the immeasurable
auriferous quartz veins that permeate
nearly all the hills and ridges and
plateaus for miles around. AT every
turn mans industry is visible and Ma
ture's generous response equally so
Quartz veins have been opened in all
directions, yet probably the great ven
tricles of wealth have not been
reached.
We spent the best portion of day
in visiting the different placers and
veins. In the former an immense
amount of labor has evidently been
expended, and well has it been rewar-
ded. The last dry winter, and conse-
quent lack of water for washing, forced
upon the miners the necessity Of obs
tanning it by artificial means. Com
panies were formed, among which the
Bear Creek and Auburn Company
stands foremost in point of boldness of
conception, and magnitude, and ex-
pense of the work. The water is ta-
ken from Bear Greek and carried by
the main channel of the canal some
sixty miles, besides its branches of
twenty miles--eighty in all. The
water is carried at one place some six
teen hundred feet by viaduct, three
fourths of this distance being more
than one hundred feet above the
ground beneath, and portion one
hundred and twenty feet high. The
company are cutting tunnel sixteen
hundred feet through mountain, this
portion of the work being nearly ac-
complished. The whole cost to the
company for their grand work will fall
little if any short of two hundred thou
sand dollars. Some idea may be
formed from these facts, of the wealth
of this vicinity, or at least of the con-
fidence of those who best understand
the country and its resources.
There can be no doubt that this will
prove an excellent investment. The
water will supply not only the placer
mines, but also saw.mills, crushing
mills and stamps. The canal passes
through twenty miles Of fine placer
diggings, and from all these sources
the receipts must be immense and the
dividends most satisfactory.
But, as said before, the great de-
pendence of Nevada, for permanent
prosperity, is upon its auriferous veins.
The placer diggings will last and pay
for perhaps FIVE years-the gold veins
for all time. They are abundant,
countless, measureless, rich, but not
known how rich. Hundreds have al
ready been opened and great many
mills are erected or in progress. We
visited some of them. Mills with
eighteen stamps, are producing from a
thousand to fifteen hundred dollars
per day--daily expenses two hundred
dollars. The small machinery at the
Gold Tunnel, about which SO much
has been said, is said to be paying
richly, although the works are capa-
BILE Of crushing only five tons of min
eral per day.
Some Of the works in process of
erection are upon grand scale. The
Bunker Hill Company have splen-
did mill, embracing smelling as well
as crushing apparatus. The mill is
propelled by water power. Some idea
of its force may be formed from the
fact that the overshot wheel is thirty
six feet in diameter, and when put in
motion, which is readily done by a
very thin stream, it moves with a dig.
nifty and power that seems to say il
could crush mountain without distnr-
bing the even tenor of its way. But
enough perhaps has been said about
the riches of this locality. Nevada
has the promise Of a brilliant future
Already the people there and in Sac
ramento city are stirring themselves
earnestly for the construction Of rail
road between the two cities. There
is not doubt on my mind that were
one ready now to 60 into operation, i,
would pay dividends from the start en-,
tirely satisfactory to the stockholders
Nevada has within its grasp the Ger
tain elements of success, of wealth, Of
magnificence. And the time is moi
far distant when it will be looked up
on and regarded as the Potosi of Cal
ifornia.
Muddy Streets. and San
some streets, at the point where they
intersect each other, at this time, pre-
sent n most attractive appqaranca -