San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

- hicH QUARTz.-The Handy Hill Mining
Company" working near the junction of fSpring
Guich with the Calaveritas, have struck a
quartz vein, which, so far, yields richer metal
and better pay than any other vein yet dis
covered in the county The gold appears to
oe equally distributed in different parts of the
Vein-sometimes in the slate, and also in the
talcose clay, convenient to the quartz. The
white quartz however, is the richest part of
the vein, being almost spangled with fine par
ticles and crystalized fakes of gold As
much as from $500 to 5000 worth of gold was
thus shewn us in less than one hundred pounds
of rock
The company have been working the claim
4surface diggings,) about one year, and some
time last spring struck rich quartz lower down
the hill, which was, no doubt, boulder from
this main vein, as they sunk down some dis
tance and failed to find the lode. They, how
ever, continued their surface operations until
water failed. This season, their claim paid
ADORE the old "strike,n which induced them to
continue on up the slope until the present dis
covery was the result. 1t is worthy of note,
that the rich quartz vein at Angels was dis
covered in the same way by washing up the
surface, which paid well on the slope 6elow
the ledge, but above. The Angels
quartz ledge, also, was worked at different
times and abandoned, before it was discovered
to be a paying lode.
On Wednesday last, the Handy Quartz
Vein" was struck, and on Thursday afternoon
We visited the place, but did not see the vein.
as the boys were uncovering, to open a lar
ger and wider space, and as curiosity or inter-
est had led SO many to visit the place, they did
not wish to keep "open house. and quartz
vein also for al who wished to partake but a
quantity Of the rock was shown US, which
would probably yield, UIi-sR average, an ounce
Of gold TO a pound Of rock some of the
lighter slate had au equal weight of gold
plainly visible. The vein runs north and
south, nearly, and appears to border on a sec
tion of the limestone ledge, which crosses from
Murray creek, (at the claim of Corcoran, Has
kell, & Co.. to the north eastern spur of Bear
Mountain Ridge, near the ranch of Henry
Schroebel. We think should the claim prove
permanent, by proper application and indus
try, it might be traced for miles north and
south.
Oudging from the quartz shown us, we be-
licve it is the richest vein or lode in the Coun-
ty, if not in the State, and we feel great anxi-
ETY. to sec and know whether the main ledge
is now struck, and is equally rich if SO, the
company have a claim worth hundreds of thou
sands of dollars, and Calaveras a wealth of
untold millions We are indebted to the COM
pany for "spall' containing about Sl2 worth
of gold-an ounce of rock-for a pocket
piece, to look at but did not learn the names
of all the company, only recognizing Charley
Neeks, Mr.. Lee, Mr.. Read and others. They
are all old miners and have long resided at
the Kentucky House, where they are we'll and
favoraby known as the q 'Shortys," and the
"Ponys," headed by "Charley Meeks, the
Tinker, who left his own trade and turned
honest miner.
By next week the ledge will be opened,
when we shall be able to give more definite
description of it, and some idea of its value.
At present, we speak only of the rock shown
us, taken from the lode.-s