Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-06
LYNCHBURG THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER
Gully Tirsiniau.
Col Fremont's Mines.

The public are generally aware that Col +.
purchased from Mexican at an early day large
tract or grant Of wild mountain land lying among
the foot hill, of Sierra called By tho Mcxicans
lor Marposas the Butterfly), after wild flower
known to abound here. ltis known also ,hnt this
tract was some wears after discovered or presumed
to bc rich i'll gold first piece Of rich vein stone
hcing taken out by the proprietor's own hnnd. 1t
is further known that all nunner Of difficulties
and instructions were nterposed to defeat the CON
fmation of the grant under which Col. i. holds
his title, and that protrnoted and most expensive
litigation was thus forced upon him. Meantime
the property was wholly unproduciive-that il, to
lis owncr-and the mos. inviting portions of it
were cutohed by squattcrs, who eailnod, ns they
still clam, right to dig Its soil into utterly
worthless chasms aud heaps in quest uf gold to
cut down ITS timber and feed of its grass at their
own discretion, leaving to the fortunate owner
only the privilege of pay ing tho taxes, which,
under the management of public affairs politically
and personally opposed to him, have been swelled
| to not less than SlG,000 per nnnum-hiS tnxos..
remember, on IN estate which everyday used r
wasted Us they s,,w fit, aud which was yielding him
no income whatever For the feeble efforts at
| quartz mining made in his behalf in his years Of
abScnee-in the absence, too of all successful OK
pcricnce III such mning-only served to involve
| him still more deeply in debt, which was further
swelled by unfortunate agencies and business
necti,ns, unul theuggregate of his liabilities
account OF this property can hardly have iallcn
short of half Il million uf dollars.
Such werc the circum ,ton les undor which hc de-
tcrmine in s61, toreturn 10 his California estate,
and here, surrounded by his family, devole.al his
| time and energies tn its Improvement and renoya-
| ton In the spiri Of that determination no has
srrc lived and Inbored. rising with the lark. aud
striving Ia Obj ain complete knowledg &c and mas
terry of the nitro business, taking more and more
labor and I.-r"nelhiliiy on his own shoulders
hr felt hin elf able to bear it, until he is now
| Manager, Chief inGlnccr Cashier, Accountant,
and at the hrnd 4 every other dcparcment but
rh,t uf Laa, II which he finds it necessary still
tu rely on professional MD And his mines are nj
iru,,th becoming productive and profitable His
fist Steam mill, near his dwelling, runs ,,lt
STAMPS niI't aud day; his second (waicrl mill,
three mill, distant, the Mcrccd, Mt the north
end Of lis estiu, lnns twelve stamps, alsu, con
stanlly; apd Tie Two are producing gold ut the
rate at least $3.50 600 per amman, ut an all.
salute tns., ! AIN confident, not more then Sl5O,
600. o. cau,sr he neels all the profits, If not
more, 10 cxterd and perfect his works, having
already mueh l"rger wa'rr-mill nearly ready
! tu - into operation beside that on the MERGED, IN
! which he expects c,ie,t, to run fifty stump,
| ap he huncs tu have one hundred in all running
! before the clo.c ut lsGo With that number, | be-
( Ie,o he would be able hy giving his constant
personal attention to the business, aidci by faith
/ lul aud capable asst Sants, to realize net profit
! ut at least SlOhW per week. which would very
Oh clear hin, OF debt and savehim u.incumhcrcd
in the ownership Of pcrhans tbs finest mining
| pr.rcrty in lhe world.
S,ll. the spanish proscrh, 1t takes n mine
to work mine, is cxcmpllnel in his case as ia
/ nhcis. y lar.r additional Investment IL needed
Ia lrnd"l bis ntorerty Productive it might be-
For Instance lr has ust contracted for the trans
| rtati u Of "0.V9o tors of ,cir-stonc from his
| great niua to his rlill the Meroel (barcly
mill and a hall down him for 100000. Onchulf
# tie sum woH,d Construct n railroad from the
heart Of til" mine DOWN to the floor OF the mil,uni
take down this am ,unt Of rock. leaving tie rail.
read aud 100000 clear gain Bur he must have
the rock at once, while the roilroad wonid
qurc time. aud heavy outlay Of ready cash. A
| X, th-child would build the road forthwith aud
= We $ 10 000 But Col. f., MT being yet Eot'l,-
chiid, whatever he may in time become must b.de
his time.
II great mino, though not the richest, is pro-
hably the INST capac"us Of any in California.
it, thickness varies from eight to tblty cishl feet
-- believe 1t j. in one place sixty feet wide. 1t
is in fact elf or pyramid ot gold bearing quartz
ucpscd i'll II mountain Of s!tte-a mbunain deep
y gashed aud scanned il various directions ly
the water courses which run down it to the Mer-
ccI. These raHines. the river, alol by proper
engineering. obslate all the usually heavy often
ruIuuus. expense Of pumping; the mine pro-
pariy opened, Will not only clear itself of water.
but the ye~-sto may be easily run out on in
cliued tram roads Instead Of being lusted to tho
surface tnlOH N sudIIS ny All vi
power
Then the width Of the vein obYatcs all neres-
sity for dead work, in sinking shafts and
ming up adlts; the principal work is rather quar-.
ryingthan miuing, and there can be no apprehen-
>iou that the vein will give out Or grow puor be
cause it has already been tested atlis various out
crops to depth Of fifteen hnndred feet and is
richer AT the bottom than near the top, where it
has mainly been worked to this time. | have no
Doubt that there are so 000, 900 in this mine n
loyt water lr,r--that is tho level Of The MERGED
and that though the yield of & Id tlns far has
fallen rather below 800 per N, it may even N
that rate be mined nt II net profit Of at least
fourth Of the gross producer. Oh. +. is confident
that his present woks do not separate half the
gold contained IN Tie rock. and that by the use
of the ueW ANA gamators he is nb III. to apply, he
viii double his weekly product without an increase
, ui cost. THIS conviction is founded ou chemical
experiments aud tests which seem Ia leave no
doubt OF the fact that the additional gold is in the
rock. but whether the means ni extracting it have
yet been discovered rcmnius tnbe seen. At all
events fee" thnt the pruductivencss uf th So welks
will increase much faster than their expenses so
long as Col I. shall devote himself to their nau-
, agcmcnt so entirely lie is doing In tie
hands of agents and attorneys, they would pro-
ably become again what they once wee, and
what all quartz-mining works managed at second
hand have been.
! PARIs.-The Paris correspondent Of the Boston
Advertiser says paris is being torn down and
rebuilt with un activity that horders upon he
marvellous. Marrow streets that had been for
| centuries damp dark and nnheauhy, have disap-
peared as IT by enchantlpent. und long rows Of
white palaces replace tho old tumhledown, iumb-
led,updwellings that have been demolished. Light
aud air have TINS gained access to portions Of the
city that knew them not, and great s The conse-
quent reduction in tho brls If mortality. The /