San Andreas independent., 1857-11-14

ties to save the gold introduced, which
Will make it one of the best water mills
IN the camp. The mill cost So, ,0OO.-
The rock is taken from the Brier claim,
on the hill northeast of Angels, on the
same range with the rich ssCrystp' claim.
No. l3.-Water mill (the secon d built
in the camp, is owned by Mr. William
Maultman. 1t is located Just above the
creek, at the mouth of China Gulch. and
below DIR. Hills, and has good road up
to the claim and other convenient facili.
ties attached to the mill The wheel is
thirty feet in diameter, and works twelve
stamps, eight of which were humping
away like some internal machine in the
hands of an Alchcmist, turning the solid
rock into gold. We failed to see the
gentlcmanly proprictor-although we Wis
-ited the claim and the mill for the pur-
pose-he being so actively employed in
carting and experimenting the mill and
the mine, that We just missed him. We
were informed that the mill crushcs if
teen tons of rock per day.
Thus ended our jaunt among the quartz
men and quartz mills. There are other
mills and many rich claims We have not
noticed, for the very reason that We were
alone, and had no data to make truthful
sketch; but we shall, in few weeks,
speak of the claims i'll detail, as we have
now noticed the mills.
Going up China Gulch on our way to
Washington Flat, we came to the large
hydraulic claim of +. F Purdy & Co,
which is now, and always has paid we'll
The claim is divided into four shares, is
located ON Matteson x Torrey's Gulch,
has plenty OF big rocks and hard work in
reserve for future operations On our
left, we noticed large piles of dirt taken
from tunnels in the adjacent hill, but did
not have time to visit them Passing on
to the ranch of Messrs. Reynolds & Hook
man, we had the pleasure of seeing one
of the little Eden's now springing up in
the mines, in the shape of a carefully cul-
tivated and nicely irrigated garden-an
oasis in the desert. The garden contains
Il general variety of trees, plants and
flowers, but more especially, the straw
berry. Longworth's Prolific variety;
millions of these plants are now weaving
their work Of beauty and wealth over
the alluvial soil SO bountifully provided
in this garden. The proprietor assured
us the vines produced berries last year
measuring three inches in diameter
Ripe berries were growing on the vines,
and a sudden yearning of the taste invi-
ted us to pitch in but the ripe ones
were few and far between. A peach tree
was shown us about the size and heighth
of a walking stick, off of which S65 worth
of peaches were sold the past season.
The Strawberries were sold at 81 per pint,
while other varieties only brought ST per
quart From the Ilocknan ranch we
passed up Angels Greek to rich valley,
where are several ranches and much
mining, of which we will speak in fu-
ture letter, as time and room admonishes
us to '.hold up"
ANGELS S CAMP.-The town of Angels
is improving rapidly-new buildings are
going up in every diriction, and if the
quartz continues to pay well, in future,
as it has i'll the past, Angels will be the
largest mining camp in the State, I'M
few years. business is lively, and many
dealers and traders are doinga brisk trade
and have large stoc!:s of goods The
stock of goods on hand is superb. Mr.
b Strauss, (of Strauss & Levy showed
us large supply of splendid clothing,
fashionable in style, and elegant in texture