Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-21
NEVADA CoUNrY,-The Nevada National

NEVADA CoUNTY.-The Nevada National
of yesterday, has the following:
The MineS-There seems to be no end tC
the gold.-Dirt that has been washed foul
and five times even, is now washed over fol
the fifth and sixth time, and the workers o.
these diggings are well remunerated for theil
labor When the dirt will cease to pay, or
how many times it may be worked with pro-
TIT, is as yet an open question about here.
Messrs. Shepard d Co. are about to com
mence tiume on Pike Flat, one thousand
feet in length, and sixteen inches square,
The earth will be washed indiscriminatelv.
They have been indded to this undertak-
ing by the tests they have made with short
boxes, from which the work of two men
yielded last week eighty dollars. The hume
will be set from five to six feet below the sur.
face to secure advantage in handling the dirt.
The Alta lead has been worked vigorously
during the summer and the enormous pile of
gravel above ground will gointo liquidation
as soon as the rain comes. A ditch has been
recently constructed connecting these dig
gings with the water works of the Yuba
Ditch Company, so that in the future no in
pediment will be offered to the washing de-
parment of the mine
Within the week past quartz mining has
been conducted with more life, spirit and
encouragement than at any period heretofore.
This autumn has ch"oniced a better busi-
ness in quartz, by far, than has ever been
known in Grass Valley. The poorest leads
are paying twenty-five dollars to the ton, and
rich spots are struck in the course of work
ing that pay from sixty to two hundred dol
lars to the ton.
The quartz mines about Grass Valley will
easily support twenty thousand people; the
extent to which they are worked, in this vi
einity, is scarcely sYmbolized by a pin mark
ON an apple.
The old Eureka quartz lead-we call il
old because it was Umong the first discovered
in the neigh6orhood-is yielding large
amount of rock, which is paying the proprie-
tors handsome profit, after being hauled
more than a mile to the mill A little more
than a year ago this lead could have been
bought for few hundred dollars. Men IN
Strengthened circumstances held it fora long
tlme' and 1t was mooted question whether
! II would ever pay although ample crushings
OF the rock had frequently been made Mr..
Lamarque finally became sole owner of the
lead, and sold it to the French Mill Co., who
INV MoIh IL, lur SiiOOO. III Is now worth
double this sum- The ledge is heavy. easily
extracted, large portion of it lies above
water, and its yield is regular and remunera-
tive
The Gold Hill Mill is crushing a large
amount of rock, and is doing fine business.
Within the last few weeks the directors OF
TINS mill have caused n new opening to be
made on the famous Gold Hill ledge, develop.
ing rock that will keep the mill pounding
Tor years to come and, if it should pay as
now' the return will be highly satisfactory.
Coal Wime.-Rumors that vein of coal
had been been found near this place, have
been In circulation for some time past We
have taken some pains to find out the truth
or ialslty OF the rumors, and have learned
the following tacts:-COal has been found in
state that leads to the belief that il is a ma
tive, being scattered about in considerable
quantities and found in the dirt as it is thrown
out. Experiments have been made upon it
which show it to be excellent in quality. so
much like the imported article as to give rise
to doubts whether lis indigenous. No oreg-
uar vein has yet been found. The location
is about two miles from Grass Valley and
three from Nevada