The Nevada journal., 1853-11-04
Quar!g Mining.

IN Friday .aS1We TOOK OctAs4oi' " - s
o,,artz mills below this city on Deer Creek IhI
- ,srt Of theeco1rllty have heavier investments
r,oon n,,da IN 50 small an area but With two
or +bree executions the returns have not rlsti-
fed the continued funning Of the mlils- '1ne
Cola Tunnel is the oniy company mat has az
aavs paid richly 1'fa woeks Of this company
s~c CRY extensive. ana their NH never s2s-
,ends yefk TIE Wyoming MI : now o.
work sgsf martial saesss5. But the 42s I sri
Ino (t,.re in this matter rs the great amount
Of valuable machinery, engines, %e'' al IN pee-
fee5 r,unipg order, that lie useless. THOUSANDS
OF dollars ago pye5s5rea IN thiy way o. re
crael, that we believe might wyh proper man
s~gneot ard sufficient tapltqf be lurned toi
good ase. the difficulty IS she Inadequate
process for. .saving gold. 50 Ere employed. IN.
less loads are Of inlaen ritbness, it IS actually
;p,nossii.le b stsna up against the heavy per
cantaCc ST loss accTuing from bad amalgama-
ting nrocssss. That the leads on, the creek
win gaY ii tlle gold could be saved there is no
room to doubt. Assays have prosea their rich
ness IN most cases, nnd the only requisite as 10
rr,l;zc nv machinery on a large scale what can
il, nrodscod bv sl,llal assaying Some very
hnrgliur but costly experiments have noeh
,,.5o o1 the creek, as tl.a5 Of The Bunker I'M
"a mich have thrown discrclit upon al. op-
orations in quartz, save where they have Paid
80 veil 70 ad4r.itit. But practical men aiways
.,oaro5 these experiments merefolly, and urged
80 rii,,re should not be laid 10 tie charge
of a logitimats business
RocI that will pay twenty dollars to -he ton
,vitb adequate power, viii pay richly We be-
l;acs our veins that viii pay cent per pound
ftbe experience Of tie past is obses7ed, may
he made profitable. Wei have made caicuia-
-tion in reference to this matter, in winch
the probable expenses are estimated, and the
nrobabls result from heavy null great
f,alt in quartz working IS "A the small, lnSafl-
cient machinery used, the cost (which is great
and the work small We give below the costs
Of running mill by arate' Po'eef. oftt,y stamps
or eight hundred pounds each, which will crush
TWO tons Of quartz each per Dag. Two and
half tons have been crushed by stamps OF SIX
hundred wcght--but leave iarge margin
ll''ii'''o.' ,ao .oas - n4r .on, s5oo,oo
/ superintendent at In'l' fot uSS 80 90
- eaIPsen1eH of. .P'sar. a each, 1000
4. otIct iaoorerS = t-
Total S'9'v' ,.oo
Donfled for .yventy hours le.03
Wenr and .ear and incidental t9,'oo
Possible COatu6chc-ts'
r,a $4,000
One hundred tons Of quartz al one '''' I s. 10000
Expense per Day. $50
n..et. r 3.v $4,000
The above is certainly & very satisfactory re-
snlt. but it viii be observed that no carriage Of
quartz is reckoned, and no expense for steam
roxsr. TIE estimate viii hold good where the
auo-t5 Is 10. Go8n to the mill in railways, and
.rbe~e water poweris used. But quartz can
bc orarried for two and half fdollers per ton
which rate we have doubled above, so as to en-
brace cases of difficulty.
The extra cost Of steam engine Of one hun
dred horse power per day, and for carriage would
a as follows
coming steam engine per day sl23VS
Carriage IA mite. at $l,5u per ton I95Gs
Other expenses IS Astinated s0o'oo
r...1 1,07500
Yield Of quartz ~3oo'0o "o0o
Expenses, @'''''9
Profits per day. ssa5'oo
5 uill one half this size can b; lun at about |
twc-.l.sri5 .be expense, ana thus as The mill de
c7s,=se se IS the richer quartz reqsired, TO
We la r bee, able to eelleet any ade-
iato slzt.s5s-s sewipg the average value oi
,a. goslaa & MS county, bat that immense
aa4s Of The sdg 'npposed by the above cal
s.viation exist there is noreason tc doubt Some
9easls lave yielded as high as $50 per ton, and
Il. rary greatly in different parts,
There have been % quartz mills erected in /
.ais county. OF these arc nov IN operation.
We believe in process oftne work will be re-
sumed in most Of the others bat closer caicula- /
aud more caution viii be r"nnired thanl