San Andreas independent., 1857-11-07

substantial hotels and stores; and travel
ers can always find abundant accommo-
dation and good fare, at moderate charges.
At all events, | can vouch for the gen.
uine good cheer and attention to the
wants of visitors at the hotel where | had
the good fortune to put up. Altogether,
Angels Camp promises well for the capi-
talist, miner and trader; and | unhesita-
tingly affirm that investments in this dis
trict will be surely remunerative.
w. w. d.
In connection with the above, we copy the
following from the -4Ha:
A friend whose theoretical, as we'll as
practical knowledge of quartz mining in
all its phases, renders any information on
this subject that he may impart exceed
ingly valuable, has just returned from a
visit to the mines of Calaveras. We are
indebted to him for some interesting
facts respecting the resources of that min
ing section. Who, for instance, has not
heard of Carson Hill, once the rich mine
of the world, where in 1850, according
to the statements of the letter-writers of
that day, ten men in two days took out
over three hundred and fifty-fve thous-
and dollars. A contest grew up between
two parties, each claiming to be the own
er, and great excitement existed, when
suddenly the vein run out, and it was al
ways suspected that the Mexicans then
working the mine lost the lead pur-
posely. All the difficulties which ex-
listed then, are settled, and Messrs. Nor
gan and Rowe are now at work in the
Pacheco shaft, drifting southerly in hopes
of finding the rich vein. The gold is
there, and, with perseverance and judi
cious prospecting, must be struck again.
There are other veins in the same noun
tain. The Revere, and South Carolina
leads are both very rich, and it is sur
prising that capitalists do not give some
attention to that locality for investment.
The town of Angels, three miles from
Carson s-the Grass Valley of the South
ern mines-is rapidly growing and must
become from the richness of the district,
one of the most important towns in the
interior of the State.
There are several mills now in opera
ton, and others in course of erection
On entering the place one is reminded of
lively manufacturing place, and attract
ed by the steam and smoke pipes in every
direction. A new mill has recently been
erected by Wentworth, Benjamin, and
others, and is one of the best constructed
mills in the State, containing many of the
recent Improvements. The lodes of An
gels are Of a rich, sulphuratc character,
and the proprietors are full of enthusiasm,
having great confidence in their richness.
The rock of Messrs Winters lode is so
rich with sulphurate that they are select
ing it for shipment, crushing at home
only the inferior rock. Some of the ore
sent to the Bank of England for assay,
produced at the rate of seventeen hundred
and twenty-three ounces to the ton. DIR.
Hill owns the adjoining lead to the Win
ters on one side, and Major Fretz on the
other, both working their ore with mills.
Difficulty seems to be experienced by
those engaged in quartz mining, and much
loss is sustained in consequence of the
very fine particles of gold refusing to
amalgamate with the quicksilver, and this
is attributed to the fact that the small
particles were almost invariably covered
with pyrites or sulphurets. Many differ
in opinion, and believe that the few par
ticles are impregnated with the pyrites of
all the other metals that are invariably
found in gold-bearing quartz, and not
covered with them, and that, in consc-
quence, a large proportion of the gold
was lost because the quicksilver would
not amalgamate.
We are pleased to learn from our in
formant, that there is remedy. DIR.
Hill, gentleman of science and expert
ence as quartz miner, has invented
machine for saving gold and sulphurate
by simple process of hydraulic pressure
An experiment was had in the presence
of many experienced in quartz mining,
which proved highly successful and they
accredit to that gentleman discovery
which the mining world has been seeking
for the last three hundred years.
FAST MEN.-The vicious die carly
They fall like shadows, or tumble like
wrecks and ruins into the gravc-often
while quite young almost always before
forty. The wicked "liveth not half his
days" The world at once ratifies the
truth and assigns the reason, by describ-
ing the dissolute as "fast men" that is,
they live fast, they spend their twelve