New-York daily tribune., 1852-01-31
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Bean VALLEY DEcoyERIEs.--A cores.
ponCert Of The Sttckton Re7ejltcdn give some in
teIcstrg facts, and just remarss upon the ezag ERA
ted accCnnis tlat have been 50 generally published,
relative to the pTOductiveDCss Of particular mines
g. The cOl1nns of your cOtemp0rtries have lately
been lied with accounts Of n wonGe rl dis roveTy Of
q Co1 VEN made by some Mexlcans, II Bear Valley
Ire statements made OF the amount Of gold extract.
ed. have voftd from $220,0G0 20 S4j0,0Oo Now
as | conceive that such ulju'u6aole e1acseratiOn
innlCts serious Iluy on the community IN general,
tCg eaFe 10 core ct the st3smens 20 made by as
surI 2 You that have visited the spot and have no
hesitation n affirming tna, the whole amount OF gold
extracted mp 10 this day, does no, exceed even
$500 There are number Of excavations made
and bei?e made, bet the eItCTprsing milers are nov
taking OUT Iothing but water IN a5undance-unauru-
clOus stuff and silver from the pOckcts--.neIe are
ahout Ten toGoaqs but could scarcely say whether
they we're going or Tot, as the skeleton mules ~.
t1chtd 10 item appeared famous at Siandstlll.
Only hfoCn wOfkncn are employed, eight by DAY
and seven By Lieh, and tl1if gsInss 90 not exceed
SIS without board. The amount at StuE 10 be ground
amounts " about ten tuns, which may average 80
cents per pound so that they ought not to count OF
more thaI So 600 Of gold till more ore be extracted.
The original OSrers are very poor, and the gold
which thCy EXPECT 70 receive viii probably De insult
fCent 10 pay the atrCciOus charges VIII have been
brought aga INST them by certain lawyers AS IT, the
sLopke.psTS who visited The spot in the expectation
of akng profitable sales, they are selling of taelr
eocts by auction, az prices below hose Of Stockton
Tie miners have found nothing, snd consequent
scene Of general distress has been produced
Il
extract from a letter, 6sted Dec, II We are mach
pleastd wi.h what we see u things ae!e MOI only
is he location beautiful one, but ne people seam
to be aCiualed By desire 10 MAKE pTma4t't IN
rroytmtIts. A Presby teIian and Aet1o-Is, church
are already established, and 0ussalDg school ha2
bCen collected. The quartz mills have Increased 10
an astonishing eegIee. Seventeen are no daily IN
oIeratiUn within u circuit OF Il miles, the mos,
OF them having been started within the past two
weeks. Great Improvements II machinery have
taken place sirce II f.s. mill was STATED and the
prospects Of operations were LeTer better tal1 al
present. Discoveries II the quartz yeias continue
10 Keep pace with progress il osher departments, and
SIX uob;bs Will not have elapsed before large and
fonri,hLg town will be found at this place. Many
families are already here, and many more are non
on tier way from tie States to JON them large
portion Of these people are from the New Hngland
States or frcm Ne~-York, and more intelligent or
tfutd state OF society If no. probably % be met With
elsewhere IN the mining districts OF our State.
IAlta California.
IMPORTANT Discovery NEAR SoNoRA Mr..
A. L,nottrg, Of Sonora, has given an account OF
discovery recently made IN TuolumBe County,
which is likely TO Lead to very important results
Sonora IS surrounded by many fats, which have not
as yet been worked Shafts have been sunk In many
psfts Of those fats. After digging through from SIX
10 len fee. of clay, sand and gravel the miners came
20 solid substance, having the appearance of soup
s.ore. Some OF them tled 10 dig through and went
down teen 10 thnty feet, hoping TO find the ledge
but they found noiair g and lostthelr work IAN
,jty OF this substance from Pyrnon. (Shss's Ea.,)
was bYoueht TO Mr Lnooerg for the purpose OF bsng
sssayed, md tie result oil three different tests was
that this clay or soapstone, yielded from three 10
four cents per pound. The gold va, ez ;eetIngy
ire Mr. L. Gays ths, this auriferons substance is
yery Lard and Of greasy nature ths rockers, toms
or sulcCs IL Lot parate the gold and that must
uIdereo thorough chemical decomposition bsfore
an sm2igama:lon can be effected. Scientific miners
are rot required 10 work in this gold bearing clay
neither is capital Ietded. Any Loaa who can use
pck and shovel, can get il Out Mr L. thinks ihs.
two men can dig eight cubic feet per eay each Gu
bic foo, weighing IS pounds. SIX hundred pounds al
four cents, would n axe s2i per Gay. Alo wing l.
cent ger pound for grinding and amslgans,lng,
would make s. 80 per day for each workman MrL is
of opinion that there abundance of this gar CUE
Ia the Aa.s around SoLc.a. and that !. will pay well
ss soon a. machinery ade Quate 10 tne complete
auasamaiion AID extraction OF the gold can be pro-
cured lStockton Journal