Mariposa Democrat., 1857-04-01
To OunrfJ Miners.

We respectfully inform all persons owning auriier-
Gus quartz lodes situated within the limts'of our
County that we will be much obliged to them II they
will send us specimens Of their odes, in order That
their claims may be represented in our cabinet oil
minerals We have long thought this most desirable
and agreeable mode of making an expose of our mine
raj wealth, and we believe it will prove as attractive
as 1t will be useful We intend placing the specimens
received by in an appropriate and conspicuous
part Of the Office, which will be open during business
hours for the inspection of the public A column III
our paper will be devoted to the quartz interests free
of charge Those parties having lodes for sale, Will
please send us a short description Of the same to-
gethcr with its probable yield per ton and its precise
location.
Every specimep, will be numbered and the name Of
the mine from which 1t was taken, marked under it,
in plain and legble letters We shall weekly describe
one or more lodes at length commencing with those
nearest this town, and best known to fame. When
properly considered we believe this move will be re-
ceived with favor by mining population, because
they will then have opportunity, free of cost, to
have whereby they place their claims be.
fore the eyes of capitalists. We will always hold the
specimens subject TO the owners order blt we must
insist that they be retained in the office for period
three monhs-otherwise they would be Of little ser
vice in occularly demonstrating the mineral wealth of
the County.
Strangers visiting town cannot fail TO be inter.
ested in resources, when evidences of our mine.
raj riches placed within their view-arrangcd with
order and neatnessand when they leave u.s. they will
carry away with them just and full impression of our
untold wealth. We are without museum or any
other place of public attraction-and who knows but
that this small beginning may finally result in the for.
nation Of cabinet of mineral specimens unsurpassed
ed by any in the State. When water is introduced we
would suggest to some enterprising gentleman, the
proprety of establishing Quartz Agency, for the sale
and working Of quartz lodes in Mariposa County
We are Of an opinion that it would prove most lu-
cntiye investment for a small sum of money, and
most agreeable employment for labor.
Many miners have quartz claims that really val
liable, and yet have not the for working rem
dering their lodes profitable. If opportunity Is af
orded 10 them Of making known their auriierous pos
sessions, they must abandon sacrifice their in
tercsts-driven away from the County by that stern
master-want. To all such we freely offer columns
in the order and mode before mentioned and trust the
proposed object in view will offer sufficient induce
ments for the owners of odes TO readily avail them
selves Of this chance of making known their wealth 10
the public. The County is on the eve of great i'm
provoment, in the way of the proposed Canal, and
when this blessing shall be conferred upon us, we will
then prove to the world that Marposa County is inle
ror to no portion of the State in the richness and ex
tent of its mineral resources