New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-05
MINING NEWS,

Cu.yrpAs COUNTY The Chronicle has received
information Of very rich quartz discovery at Angels
The lode in question is located in Lakes garden, and
il is said that boulder has been taken out weighing
300 pounds nearly one quarter OF which It WA esti
mated was god
The bydrsuc and drift claims about Mokelumne
Hill ne Welding handsome profits to operators. 7hc
ClTORicle says:
The fact that we have surface diggings in the
vcipity of Aokelumne Hill operates against the intro
duction Of miners Of limited means, who have
ouain.ance with the rich localities. But those who
have busbanded their means and directed their ener-
cies 10 exploring the hills and fats heresbouts have
seldom failed 10 realize satisfactory haryess iii the
end After al the secret OF success in gold mining
in thing ese, hes IN patience, perseverance and
economy. Ihese qualities, 20 little regarded,
are wearing into general recognition with the miner.
They are no longer OF the cosmopolitan style; they
have given up pedesuianism; they are systemizing
their work and, for the most part, permanently set
tied down in their fayore localities, with view to
lie time labor. We need not speak Of the healthy
effects which this great charge II the order of ihngs
is working upon our future, IN public and private,
in a social ard political aspect In the pat year the
taxable property of the county shown by the Asses
sors books has increased teR! !yeSst PER cent over
the assessment OF 1876 This is soley attributable TO
the causes above indicated. Substantial improve
ments are going on in the mines and mining towns.
So much foT the public wea. In social aud domestic
view the change produced is It'll more sautsry.
There is at this time prospecting being con-
Quoted around Mokelumne Hill than at any time for
several years, and with greater success.
On Chill Hill the miners have recently discovered
mines that cannot be worked on. in many wears This
bill or rather ridge, is about six miles long and ike
Forest Hill on the Middle Fork OF the American
wherever has been prospected has been found 10
pay. The outer, or run rock was first worked by hy-
draulc process; il PAID very well. Some shafts were
then sunk in the inner basi1 and the present rich and
extensive diggings were discovered -Four or five
miles of The bill is now csined and the prop-ie.ors
actively engsged either in taking out gold or In drif.
;re into their pay dirt Many OF these claims are very
rich and il the course OF the next year more than
10 hundreds Of laborers. Kelly Co. few days
snoe GOT through the rm rock, and struck dir. .ha,
psys As 70 the pan. Chill Ridge dggings commence
.t IIappy Valley one mile east OF Mckelumne Hill,
e1,ercitg southwsrd about sl1 miles.
In DeRApo CouSTI.-Ibe following information
ia cord.used from TIE PlGoerrRe Asrercch:
"The miners res- fsLkee Bar Middle Fork Of the
American have constructed continuous line OF fume
from the head of the bar - within mile OF the
pension bridge the nver a; Mu,derers Bar falls.
he Aume s sixteen feet wide and three deep. Each
company, along the whole hne OF tume, has one or
nor I,Ioe wster wheels the width of the fiune ard
frorn 3 70 10 feet in circumference propelled by the
water in the Hume, and 10 which are attached shafts
OF oiyerse lengths turning cylindrical wheels used in
pumpirs the water out Of the holes they make In the
bed The river in their search for the bedrock With
the box pumps which are In use along toe whole line
OF frme from 30 70 100 gallons Of water thrown
up per minute. The dam at the hesd OF fankee Bar
cos abou, 81 lOO Il is the joint property OF the com.
parics along the line OF nane, all having psd their
po rata for us construction. The amount of actual
capital invested in mining on the Middle Fork this
yeaT very large aRd goes to prove the importance
u mimrg operations the principal resource If the
country.
The oornpsriss' eIains from the heed Of Yankee
Bsr dow . 10 Murderer BAr, the Lille Enpgr,
CiaD,' 500 f,st long Yankee Bar ca. N, SyD fee;
long snd the Bay siAte CL'ln, nc feet ianz. Tas