, 1855-09-28
Arnln...Th, COIIrlIIs Gold Mines.

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US "y 0O'' A'OhNoOS' y" '"' ''e VI SO"e
70 press "A more eiaoora'e report 10 u'0'
ed unnecessary at TINS tlme' inasmucn "S
there seems to be no disposition amongst our
people to visit the mines this season ana
in the meantime, the result OF Ut. EVANS
explorations WILL IN all prooao'li'y, De maze
public. COL ANDERSON tells u.s. that "nat-
ever advice he might have intended 10 vol
unteer in relation 70 the MINES mas oeeh
happily anticipated oy our ar.lcle OH '"a'
subject, In our issue Oh lne l4'h sept i
The geographical hmi'S Oh 'ha' region
country in Washington Terrltory, says
Col. ANDERSON, known as the CoiVille
Mining District" are not easily determined
So far as the coun try has been ProsPeoed'
gold has been found almost anywhere be-
tween the Spokan River and the forty
ninth parallel, and the Columbia river and
the old Pen dOreille mission. Indeed, one
stream on the west Of the Columbia, has
furnished quite promising prospect ThlYs
tributary Of the Columbia, mouths about ten
miles below Clark's Fork, and comes from
the Notwithstanding its source, perhaps,
north of the 49th degree Of latitude. It's
known as White Sheep Creek, and is rocky
and precipituous like all the streams emp
tying into the Columbia, and Clark's
Fork, in that vicinity. The latter, or Pen
d 0reille, and its lower tributaries, have
al. yet furnished all the gold that has been
. taken from these mines. Wherever it has
been found. it preserves the same charac-
teristics-light and scaly, or what miners
call, (When found on bars float gold
When first discovered at the mouth of
Clark's Fork and on the eibars of the COlum-
bia below, the conclusion was irristable,
that the rich deposits were to be had high
erlup. Two facts, subsequently developed,
induced the less sanguine to abandon this
very reasonable conclusion. Clark's Fork
was prospectedafo for q distance Of sixty orl
seventy miles above its mouth without find
ing the character OF the deposits to material
" improve, and the hills and mountain
sidas were ascertained to afford prospects
precisely similar TO those on the'bars! From
the fact that earth taken from these hill
sides and carried in q common hour-sack, a
distance OF goo feet to tue water, where it
was washed IN an ordinary rocker-paid
the operator from four to six dollars per
day 4 am forced to believe that with the
improved appliances, the industrious and
petsevering miner will yet find his reward
IN the region Of Colvllle. Sluices and quick
silver Wlll have to be resorted toTsluiclng'
however, viii be- quite expensive in most
places, and in many, quite impracticable.
Oapital must be invested before these hills
viii declare their proper dividend. AS yet,
not an ounce Of quicksilver has been used !;
indeed, the shovel, the rocker, and the pan
have been the miners only implements
With these, no adequate recompense Tor the
outfit and fatigues Of the trip, have been Of
forded.l The scientific art with which mining
isnOw being successfully carried on in many
portions Of California, must be applied to-
the mountains of quartz and sand in the
oOlEille region, before fortunes can be read
lily accumulated. 1t will require one, two,
or perhaps three seasons in which to pros
\Pect the country thoroughly and satisfacto-
rily, As yet, indeed, those who have ex-
plored this region but imperfectly, are un-
able to fix the precise locality Of the rich
est deposites. Doubtless, during another
season, inviting places may be found. As