New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-30
CALIFORNIA.
The Quartz ninisg Region.

In all ny travels through the mining districts OF Cali
ornia have place pleasant, more healthy, or
active than this Stages leave for and arrive daily from
Sacramento Marysville and Auburn bringing the mails
ard dali, newspapers The placer mining is very eIten
sve and profitable Wool Creek furnishing good sup
ply Of water on all the hills about Business With the
bankers merchants hotel and saloon keepers is very
active and all labOrers WHO have not mining claims to
work are furnished employment by the many saw aod
quartz mills. large numter Of teams are engaged 10
drawing logs 10 the saw mills ard lumber market,
also in carting rock and wood the quartz mile.
This certainly ia the most thriving town in all the
Mining Region There is every prospect that there VIII
be plank road from this place 10 Marysvle The sur
vey has been made and company about 10 be organ
lied The building of this road wilfgruIsh employment
10 many and market for large quantity OF lumber; be-
sides when completed will be COED payng stock and fur
nsh the facility oget to nsygabe waters the year round
avoiding the mud in the rainy season and duet IN tue
DIV Ii will be great pleasure to ride in a carriage or
buggy over it, The great advantage To- this place viii
be IN enabling the saWm owners 70 get Ia market the
product of their mills Single weayers also, viii come
in for their share Of the benefits likewise owners OF
ranches on the plains will be- enabled 10 get down timber
for building and fencing Every person in this region
will be- benefited ia greater less degree according
to the extent OF Lis business by the stmuant 10 BUSH
ness ard in the reduction of tie cost OF provisions,
merchandise and supplies OF AL kinds brought from
below.
This plank road will be continued to Nevada four and
sane distance below will probably be left some distance
TO one side as the route through that place would not
be as feasible as tie one selected Rough aud Ready Is
as its indicates rough enough and ready 70 sink
into none xeuce, although the poor crsaAen looking
place has brushed up this Soon after the
fire at Sacramento las, Fail many untenant-d houses
were taken down and the material, carried to that city
which cleared of some Of the rubbish. The fate OF
Rough and Ready only sample OF many towns in the
mines that have been butt up rapidly and Aourshed
FIR altff ttsu tho fHa
fouuding the village, or buTeh, ci,y, could not be
erected with sufficient apidy 10 accommodate the in
rushing boards Of miners, store and tavern keepers
gamblers. mechanics, DC
EyerthiD Is il hustle and confusion, many not
wiling 10 avail; the delay OF erecting wooden houses
rot having sufficient iai IN the perma1ancy OF the town
rut up with cloth houses or tents The miners are
making dig strikes Gold is plentiful, and scattered
about in great proiusion
Traders in the cities below send up large quantities Of
Miners supplies. and for fear that th-fe nil not be
po enough there 10 purchase their truck send every
new cCner into the country the newly discovered
" dia pinee" initiating him with big yarns" about the
rclet digging yet discovered in California Some
times the poor fellows confused by the represen
tations Of traders interested in different places hat
tie do lot know which way 20 60 But one thing is
certain, that according to the representations made
them, they cannot miss making their piles at ANY
OF the places Trails and roads ae opened across she
Sierra Nevada Mountains 10 ntersect rmgrnr road
inscription On them to the ciirct that this. or
that trail is the best and shortest way 70 California
good grass and water the route aud the easiest PCS
through the mountains. Soon the scene changes The
dieciras are worked out Then there IS pulling mp Of
stakes aud general stampede You VIII See boards Of
en- with their blankets picks and hovcls on their hacas
leir pistols IN ter belts or rides their shoulders,
With a-se aud mules packed, scattering in every
direction, seebmg dccinrs aud the toxin an lately
brisk end businessISe building uP 50 rapidly, Is nov
quiet deserted place and al that remains is few rough
built uutenantcd houses and around about taem al in
the streets viii be- seen tl0usauds of cards sarile
boxes cmrty bottles, old boots pants has and shirts.
scattered in every direction. evidences o high times
,ug the dggue- we're good All quiet and gloomy.
No sound Of music and dancing a. during the s, s-i-
of prosperity His It. the 'He ot hundreds 81 mu-.
room towns IN tits county bar such is not thc ease ith
Grass VALLEY. WI ch Las gone on ally Increasing Hrh
permanent htsiby growth. an is stall improving hay
rc fixed. permanent population aud business. the IN
habaIss not squatters in tie ~ tne towns
nendon,d) who do uor rely upon placermoney alone,
hut Up'n work ing zap tie hesutiui timber into plinh and
other forms fer maih't, mechanical branches If di.r-
oIt kinds and the IeNhausfbic quartz vein, wch al -r
al. are The basis Tor lastn. extensive AMI pritibe
business. You sill hear the Lose % the jill rent
quartz Mills along Noof Crock. pounding AMI hla.
mering away from Monday Morning until saturday
uiiht, incessarfy, aud Why should these mills have
been continually running for over to wear, II tie
business has bot been profitable The best 80 l-nce
ton still larger scale than any nov TO oDc.i 90.
with improve uelts Competition caunot affect this bi
siness Il does oil cfi e. iar gold s 10. cre.so 10
value therefore tine prUgr-sc, al. quartz business
vii he more profitable ou upro. -mr,', ue. sl-e re
ed Ny experience. and be- fh- reduction n BE- p.-e Il
labor and aerais Ia ear! o. oa TIE sr.ud profits.
from those cau.e- are u"r, tt.u dol- att rb- were
two years ard viii sLl c.u.lle % il.r.,.- iOu
The sane causes.
hi. village is even supplied sil pst-r from spring
broull IN through pes and conducted info fh- d rr
houses. lie vater here is delicious cold sweet All
Is much better, ard j. growing 10 fepute If t,e flourish.
liz rditi ut The Order O. the IN, is - b, regarded
fair criterion. IN Grass Valley there az, app.ica-
tors for a1uiss.'n 90 every uee'iHg e the snowy
" Mouuai bnisi'n, nov numbering over ei-h'y mr.u-
hers 100 fA- COOL NHN' Hg springs upon every hill
side end in ey,y ,a 81 Pre- &C. l,u Lind g.y ,alul
u"t tie cause 90 Temperance gross siih q strong anI
vigorous growth
We are 10 have third Mtetug louise built rhs s1n-
mer o- he lretl;cr-rs uuter b. pastoral cta--, OF
Rev NJ. bale, from Neu-ott il god 0li.r morals
auc Gutt few towns il Gle Union en- exceed cur oTn
leu ifl Valley
Our long rary season Is over 90 last T. began w.-h
az u.rittory shower the o.l nf September ssr AMI
lIsltO mp viii tlu.fer -l.in. i1i. aud tsrTsn-. II
ltin ou ihe 2'd Of Mas, inst Three days previous on
tie @Oth. the rain falling heavily Tor twelve or fifteen
hours II al tie Tss RAINY season. exceeding the FAM
Gus year ls49 nearly fire a OF water fell 10 this part
Of the mouutans-numhrr OF days upon which rain I'll
not more than serenity i've; some Of them mrasuraby
fair 80 in eur Unprecedented rainy Of l-52-3
If over SIX months from first regular rains IN Novrmber
II och tie greatest number OF cays Of tie most
lovely sumner Kind such seldom seen on the Al.
lantic side, even in April aud May.
II we're. perhaps useless TO awe any particular ac.
count, Of quartz mining seeing Eastern people are pre-
determined TO believe only the enemies Of this great AMI
growing interest The hult Of Americans in this kind
# investment is hsg eaHt KaR the English -
tenn 10 o. Tor the result The divdendseTs, con-
months n months bors it is possible x comr., ,be
works and set the machinery in moS. else /, h an