Grass Valley telegraph., 1857-01-31

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.taria4a l11unnf lla sasa 81 - Fal5ss< lase
sf7 per 81 wilIsgisesths sSEhof s263 3s9g, ,eg7.
The same authority further states that the.
yield of the second half of the year VIII
probably exceed that of the first. ~
The Journal of Oct. 22nd gives, as tie
latest accounts FROM Melbourne, the amount
of gold shipped for 1856, to August lst, as
1,89O,772 or. (about $4,000 O0O9 This,
it would appear, is in addition to the ship
ments from Victoria. At the above rate the
yield of the Melbourne district will be not
less than S65 900, 600 for the year, and that
of the entire island $4,000, 900! The
statement seems almost Incredible, and yet
the authority and data appears to be berfect-
ly reliable.
Quartz mining is attracting considerable
attention. particularly at the Ovens, at
CastIemain and at Mount KorOng. At the
latter place the quartz is described as being
of an extraordinary richness. Mr.. George
Milner is about erecting an extensive reduc-
tion works at Daisey HILL There is evidently
a fatrore existing with regard to this branch
of mining, which some of the more consider
ate correspondents are striving to allay. A
writer in the Geelong Observer, speaking of
the disposition to rush recklessly into the
business, says -"Warnings seems to be un-
needed by these mechanical gentlemen. We
are afraid that in great many cases heavy
expenses are being incurred, with a very
small chance of any adequate returns, and
that. sooner or later, this will be found to be
the case"
Still. notwithstanding these warnings"
there can be no doabt but that in Australia,
as we'll as in California. some extraordinary
rich veins occur. Extracts from the books
of the "Steiglitz Co." near Victoria, give
the following data, which we state in Ameri-
can currency ;-16 tons Of quartz from Box
ing Reef gave S4.046. or $253 to the ton ;
tons from the same vein yielded $164 to
the ton 26 tons from The New Chnm vein
gave $135 to the tom another lot of tons
from the same vein yielded $285 to the ton !;
third lot of tons yielded $3.50.
Half ton of picked rock from the Great
Western mine, at the Bendigo diggings yiel
ded $2.125. A lot of tons from the Mel
son vein, near the same locality, yielded $l87
to the ton.
The limits OF the gold districts appear to
be constantly extending by new explorations,
undertaken, in many cases at Government
exgense.
Discoveries OF TIN AND COPPER.
In addition to gold mining, tin and cop
per is beginning to excite considerable inter-
est. The Victoria Gold Circular, in addition
to the first. SAYS: Tin ore has been arriving
pretty freely, and prices have been steady at
from $50 to S55 per ton, according to sam
ple The supply from the Ovens is likely to
be large so soon as carriage rates are lower.
We hear that the diggers at Tarradale do
not vet think tin worth looking after, but
several have assured us that in paning out
the gold they frequently throw away some
pounds weights of black sand. We would
earnestly advise them to save all they can,
which is attended by no more trouble than
letting it go to water, and very frequently
they might get sufficient in claim to pay
them WELL" i
Copper seems to be of very general occur
renee. At the Burra Burra mines, the aver
age raisings amount to about 1000 tons of
ore per month. At that locality $1,000 tons
are upon the surface, awaiting the season for
hauling to port for shipment.
Smelling works are about to be erected at
the Kanmatoo copper mines, where there is I
an abundance of wood convenient and
large amount of ore already on the surface.
280 tons of ore were raised at the Kapudu
mine in the month of July last About 25O
hands were employed at the NINE The pro-
prietors have already reached a depth ofs3OO !
feet and it is the intention to drive the main
shaft l2O feet lower Immediately. Smelling
works are already in operation at this mine.
which are to be greatly enlarged. New mines
of copper are being constantly discovered.
Coal, ALUM, &c.
Just previous to last advices from Mel
bourne it was announced that Coal field |