The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-03-26

towns are fully enjoyed. Titles to landed
property are good and always rcspcctcl.-
The town of Mnatillan, tho capital and
emporium Of the Territory, has at prcscn,
Il population of about five hundred. The
commerce in the native products of the
country, mahogany, dyewno,l, coffee, &c,
is large and increasing. The last quarter
MIR. l.. cleared twelve American vessels,
averaging 200 tons each, and the iorcisn
export business WAS about the same. The
Government short time since, approiria-
ted the handsome sum OF $4,000 for the
erection Ul Il new custom house.
GOLD MINING IN CALIFORNIA
The San Francisco Huiiriin furnishes an
cXIcn!.l account of mining operations in
that State fer the paat year, procured l.;
currc>poidencc witt, miners in the several
counties. Some Of the statements, uoin~
to show the enormous extent Of canals al-
ready iini>hc'! or i'll progress, designed to
irfga!e tho dry portions o! the country,
AMI the amount Of capital invested, are ~,
most Incredible. In Columbia county, for
instance, there are five water comp,nirs
each Of which has !. capital of ut least
500, 600, the lury".t having :GJQ, 600. and
tl,.: length OF cana varies from TWENTY
seven to sixty miles. Hcsisc these there
are i'll the county some ten or twelve other
, companies, with ,i;'clics ,in:; fru,.: :No
to fifteen miles i'll lcrSsl:. iii Shasta co;:u-
~ there ar" at least eighty in operation,
som. Of Will: cost $4,000, :;uh arc J..
prnJcn: upon s"owo i'll til: mp;,nt,ns Cor
their supply Of water. In Ncva,la there
are NEW over 100 miles or canals and
ditc!,rs, costing not less than five million
! dollars, anil more are being added. Still
! there is Il !argi arc:, Of rich ground in tlla,
part Of the State upon Which no,!iing
Is doing for wan: Of ncedIul supplies o! w;,-
ter. In Sacramento county there are seven
principal canals, with IN aggregate Of ono
hundred and eighteen miles, Which orini-
ally cost $3.50, 600, and arc said to Weld III
annuaI nett income oE S270,OO0. In
Placer county there arc twenty four canals,
! the actual cost Of which is represented to
have been 81 ,22S, 900 but these are com.
paralivc Y unproductve. The value Of al!
the canals and bitches in the State h,s
been estimated at 81 100000, and those
works arc wholly owned Is the miner,
themselves, Or Eers"ns rs:d;r;, in their
immediate vicinity. Tie Importance Of
these works 10 the dry Jigyyings, is very
great, and from the improvements recently
malc, the prospect Of IN increased yic.! oi
gold from this source is spoken .! as very
l!attcrinS.
But the leading object .: interest now
among miners Is the quartz rock, winch,
although it very early attracted the attcn-
ton ot Eurapean miners ami capitalists
yielded unsatisfactory results, attributed
chiefly to their Inadequate machinery, their
defective organization, and the unexpected
expenses incident TO their operations in the
early days Of the Stale More recently,
Lowcver practical and experienced miners
have entered vigorously into the business,
all with with some degree of success, aud
many Of. them Obtaining remuneration
beyond their expectations. 1t appears to
be til general belief that, according AS tl:c
"scicncc' Of quartz-mininy becomes better
understood, this process will hc the most
popular AND ctlicacious. Tie bulletin
says:
The most extensive operations in quartz
are conducted in Grass Valley, where there
are altogether eleven steam and two water
power quartz mills, exclusive Of the one Of
the Alison Ranch, which yields III the low
est So, and at the highest 5000 per tom
The whole country around confirms quartz
rock, and we are assured that capital, en-
pc,;cDce, and judicious management are
alone necessary to make all these mineral
riches Of tangible value. a gentleman Of
superior intelligence and possessing the lest
opportunities for observation remarks that
the existing mills and machinery would rot
crush out the rock known to exist in the
valley in a century"
Cunrobert on Uoops.-Caurobert's Ion
mot upon the subject, is recorded with great
gusto. One of the numerous assailanls of
his heart, the Marquise de T, had been
watching with evident anxiety his approach
across the ball room to where she was
seated. After few Of those little minau-
derics for which the Marquisc is rcmarka-
ble, and one or two killing glanccs in the
Generals face, seeing that his attention
was attracted by her toilet. she exclailaed
with an affective lisp "Well, Murecbal,
what do you think Of my dresss tonight ~
Madame" returned Canrobert, with "a
/ smiloof gallautry, as lie surveyed It's; vast
expapsc, II connot but admire IT, for it re-
calls to mind the dearest sourenir of. my
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