The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-23

another year hardly any good mining will be want
Ing for GOOD running stream Of water The 6tans-
laus, Tuoumne, Aoquelumue, and other rivers which
can De depended on Tor water during the summer,
have been tapped near their sources and the water
conducted by long and expensive canals, to fur
Dish water to an lmmeose extent OF country. One of
them called the fuOlumne Company, has been in op
Grafton for several months, and has been in receipt
OF water money TO the amount of ten thousand dol
lars week, which, as the cost Of the canal not
more than $500, 600, suppose will afford respect
able per centage on the investment Another, called
the Tuolumne Hydraulic Company is nearly ready TO
admit water from the north fork Of the ru,um1e,
The canals or bitches that have thus far been con.
| structed have been extremely remuaera.ive, and
great deal Of capital is now being invested in this
way, which will result in developing the immense re-
sources Of the gold gon to an extent that has hard
| ly been dreamed OF.
1t is subject that may be thought of in respect to
| California, that in case anything In the way Of
| brush should turn up with any foreign power that
regiment or brigade, or division composed of
miners, would furnish q splendid body of men for
military operations. 1t was the lack OF knowing
how to take proper care Of themselves, to COOK,
| the volunteers In Mexico. The hardy, hsalthful,
and self reliant life of the miner admirably supplies
this deficiency Unoer favor of the calm, sagacous,
| and Just policy which hope will characterize the
administration Of General Pierce, hope there will
nothing arise to call out the military energies Of the
country; but if it should be otherwise, it certain
| that the Ell Dorado State could take her place in
lne at least on an equally with her elder sisters.
Having made my coup d. essat at jamestown, where
/ remained for some six months or more and acquir
ed considerable share OF experience and strength
essential to su ,cess in mining, have now removed
| to Montezuma, mining locality about six miles be-
low the other, and which has DULY been worked for
few mol tbs, while the other is about the oldest min
ing ground in III part OF the country. The diggngs
here remarkable as furnishing the fuest gold OF
any part Of California 1t is all fine, there being
lumps sugs, or nuggets, as the Australians say,
at all while at Camp Seco, jamestown, Sonora, Co
lumbia, and all the other localities, you constant
ly finding pieces of gold varying from half dollar
up to many hundreds Several Jumps weighing as
high as twenty-five pounds have been folnd in the
course of the past winter. But at M0ntezuma you
may wash over an acre Of ground without finding q
piece weighing as much as two shlings. This fact,
with Others indicates that all the ground in this
quarter has been the oed of some water course at
some period, and by the attrition among the rocks
the gold has been ground up to this extreme neness
itbeng of the same desert otion as in the bed
of the Tuolumne and otkr rivers where there is con-
slant current As compensation for the slugs,
however. the gold is much more evenly diffased than
In the other localities about and You are pretty
tain of making fair days work in any part you
choose to try III.
A very curious subject OF consideration is the
manner in which the gold has become distri-
buted, as it has, over such vast extent Of
country. Evidently, at some period, it was all
intermxed with the quartz rock, as it still is to
a great extent furnishing the basis of opera.
tons to the numerous quartz mills; but how has it
become separated from this and distributed it
is? To considerable extent, it is certain that this
has been done by means Of volcanic agency. Burnt
quartz, or masses Of quartz bearing the plainest
marks Of having been subjected TO the action OF fire.
are not uncommon. But the greater part of the gold
has evidently been disengaged from it's original bed
by agencies requiring it may be, thousands Of years.
The force of gravita,on alone would no doubt effect
action of the water that has done the most of the
WORK. Whatever may have been the causes, it is
certain that the gold is now widely difused, and
scattered about in the most eccentric manner, so
IN 10 inn To CAV hprp m
pect to find it. The beds OF the water courses are
the most reliable because immense quantities OF dirt
have been carried into them and the earthly matters
washing of, leaves the gold at the bottom 1t is
to these that the miners have looked mainly hereto
fore, but they have been worked to such an extent
that you can hardly find, in all California, any bed
ola watercou however small which has not been
more or less carefully washed But it is not only the
BEDS as they are now that looked to- but the old
beds, buried up to an astonishing depth, in many
cases by some slide or avalanche, have furnished
many al enterprisng miner with his pile, and good
many others have lost their pile in the same way.
Attention is directed not only to the beds of the
streams but to every her place, and rich diggngs
are struck in the most unlikely places, The gold
deposits have yet been barely touched upon, and
their removal will occupy and remunerate large
working population for many years to come.
perceive by the report OF lecture before the
New York Historical So ,ety, that that distinguished
l,teroteur and statesman, the Hon. E. Everett Is of
oiinion the gold Of California is rather a misfortune
t0n it - an opinion with which / am compelled to
differ. I believe that the mining communities OF Ca
liornia will fav0raby compare with any part Of our
county They contain as active, healthfal and ho-
nest minded set of men as can be found anywhere.
and the tendencies OF mining life are in that direction.
If the Hon. E E. would only come out here and buy
cabin, pick and shovel and try it while, be-
, Acve he would alter his opinion.
Although the progress Of California will be constant
It will not be entirely uniform. Very shortly after
, the mines we've discovered, the cry was that they
: were worked out" as indeed they were far q.
: : they could be prcftably worked with the pan
. froolH ~ parstry mill
the rocker, and about two years ago the CT.
was again that the mines were worked out
but running water and the long tom" beinl
put in use, gold was obtained more abundanty thar
ever. Now again. the mines are worked out as ia
as the tom is concerned, but in the fall, when all tn
: canals are complete, and water is abundant AM
cheap, as it will be- there will be another good tim
in operating with sluices and SO it will 60 from
one improvement to another.
: Having read so many contradictory accounts o
California be ore came here, hardly knew wheth
satisfied that the favorable side is the correct
The climate Is certainly much more agreeable thar
, ours. 1t is the climate Of the Pacific. Every one
who has passed round Cape Horn must have notice
how great is the deren ,e after leaving the Allan
tic. In the Pacific there are extremes. either o.
heat or cold, and it is the same on all the Pacific
coast.
/, 1t is said that there is q design on foot here K
effect the Introduction OF slavery into part Of thu
territory of California, but can hardly believe tina
such design is seriously entertained.
CALIFORNIA.
Mad. Gardette-Thc Gaines Litigation, Sc.
Z TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD.
SHIN the obituary notice Of Madame Zulimt
Gardette copied few days since into the HERALI
, from New Orleans journal, there are one or two
errors of fact, which pray you will allow me to cor
rect through y our widely read pages.
However it may appear to the writer for the jour
nal in question, as valuable element in the story
romance interviewer with his tribute to the worth
the dead there are surviving relatives and friends Of
this amenied lady, who have not forgotten the occa
son the purpose for which the false story of her
being Of tie blood of The Gipsies" first promu
gated, ard who cannot nsocd for past Injuries
by crocodile teal shed upon her bier Madame Gar.
dttte was born at New Orleans of pure French pa
rentsge and was, at the time of her demise ia her
sevcnty'seccnd ar seventy tnird year.
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