Volcano weekly ledger., 1855-11-03
For the H'seklv
Mining Prospects

town nave ieit alarmed Tor the pecuniar, y.
fare Of the hundreds who have arriyaI +
lately Indeed | have heard many of 4 +
old residents express their utter amo,.-
at the rapid growth Of the town. and III
belief that people we're coming to disapno.
ment and poverty 1t is difficult for r.... |
who have lived for years in place viii
having made any money, to realize the n,.
bility of strangers coming and deyeo,,.
wealth, where they had supposed thers II
nothing but utter barrenness. But if n
victims of hypochondriasis or the blp. Il
you like the term better, would only III
courage to ascend the hills in any direct.
from Volcano, and survey the mining u7p,
which have their reputation for excel,
established, they would find the gloon
PEELED from their minds, and a view Of Y,
eano's destiny presented in light more hi
liant than moderation would permit then
describe.
Though pretty well acquainted with IL
resources of Volcano and vicinity. vet +. i
not rambled much for some time and D,
begun TO believe little in the moody sp-r
ses heard and 70 think that it was n b,
sign of the wealth of other mining distri,.
to Ind so many erowding into this. Sole,
cluded to stroll around and see what tho eb,,,
had been doing. l went sir, but if / ve,.
to tell you all saw and heard. and ub.
were my conclusions as to the prosperity 4
our town, many would say | was casing s,l
the power of forty-horse bellows Sun
it to say that any person who win visit n
mines within circuit of three miles aror \
town, and see the number Of good ella
that are known to pay good wages who,
water can be had, will be very cersain to con.
elude that there are not yet half men enoug9
in Volcano to work these claims at the spn.
time.
Commencing at the mouth Of Iron Bouis
Gulch, there is continuous line Of claim,
running over the hill to Suffer- distance Of
more than mile These range from ten to
fifty feet in depth, besides tmnelilg claim
Thence from the mouth Of Lower Humbuz
TO It's source is another stretch of claims. som
for tunneling and others for sluicing. Ther
Soldiers Gulch from mouth to source then
another mile or so Of tunneling district, run
ming to Welch's Mill--all taken up and beine
worked; then Jaekass Gulch, running fou
the upper end of town n. w. half nil
AT the head Of this there are many deer
claims said to promise good pay, besides a
splendid tnnnel being run in by Scott a. Co
Everything about this tunnel is doing in tn,
neatest and most substantial manner. ia
this had fine ride on their car, propellir g
myself rapidly by pressing my hands against
the timbers ON each side. Then there is In
dian Gulch, with its multitude of uoted
claims From the head Of this tunnel 4
being run under the backbone that divides \
from an extensive Flat above This tunpe
when finished will pierce the fat forty feet be
low the surface, and open tremendous bod
of mining ground
But | must stop, although | have on,y
glanced at a little slip of country along on
side of Volcano, nearly all within the sounc
of the dinner bells +; and yet have not men.
toned the half of the mining ground, pro
pected and highly valued, that is within cr
mile OF Volcano. Then if you extend Il,
circle to radius Of three miles, you will nc
ask where is the work for all these hands
but, where is the water and where are Ii,
hands for all this work 7 And this is no
mere surface, two or three feet deep; ther,
are mountains literally to be moved aud IN
known depths to be explored As an instance
of depth, and by no means a solitary one,
may mention that company in China Gulel
sunk shaft in the bottom Of their preser
cut, which is about twenty-five feet deep, {
the depth of eighty feet, without finding an
bottom, but found the pay to increase as they
went down. From all / have seen, therefore
| conclude that no one has cause for despond
ency here. Industry and economy will NEE
with their reward the ider and the spend
thrift would be poor anywhere.
PR0SPECTER.
Rss-We neglected to notice last week ths
Mr. Lobdell had commenced running stag