, 1859-11-22

CALIFORNIA.
GSsst Diseocsrtss Of &tiesr 0rs.- Wbsa4rfal
Gfyssrs-4asta Clara E'ANev-~3ksteMl-
The Overland Nail puts us in possession Of
California papers Of late dates, from which ITO
make the following extracts:
sFron the eaa Francisco Ba1eta.l
b. Mr. F. J. Hughes arrived in this city lastnight
from the new mining region in the washoe
M Ii: MHagiea went to Il 'siirgipi, town, the local:
ity Of the richest discoveries. in June last. md
relnaiutd there until The close Of last week, 10
that his opportunities OF observation have been
a1nple. The existence Of silver in that region
was discovered bythrse men rho were Wosking
n good claim in 6ix.mle canon in june Of the
they At length struck the gold lead consisting
OF black soil without lustEe, so rich that por-
tions Of it yielded 5so to the pan. Ther found
pocket, rs 1t Ia called, filed with black metal,
from which they made 400 per day with 4
rocker. A number Of Mexican miners from So
nora examined the tailings or refuse dirt; and
informed the miners thnt they Tere throwing
away two dollars OF silver for each one Of gold
that they collected. 4 company Of three OF
four Mexicans commenced working these tall
ings for the silver, aud for some time collected
from $500 to s4oo per day. .-......
About two months ago Judge Walsh took enc
fon OF tne elacS metal in which the silver &C.
CURED, to San francisco, IN order to procure g
reliable assay The result was from $500 TO
5000 per ton; according 10 the parts Of the
mine from which the specimens were taken. It
is remarkable property Of this Is black metal"
that it decomposes and becomes soft from expo
sure. to such . degree that it can even be
crushed between the fingers, The claim lad in
the meantime been divided into six shares, two
his for S5.5o1, and Mclaughlin his portion for
s., GU. Riley is now the only one Of the oEigi-
nd parties interested in the iead and he has re-
iused-so ar. hughes says-$lo,000 for his
SHARE '1udge walsh owns two-sixths, and is
ssu TO hare been offered 500 QUO Tor half his IL
tere&t.
4r unrees has with him mass of silver
mixed with cold. weighing At ounces. anu 7.,-
| lied at 81 rcr onusa. Th;s bar was obtained
from, one arroba or Is pouuiis of The ta,lin-3 b.
fora snaten ~ conid th;s 10 ~ t.ten IL 80 fa;r
| samnlc of The who'll Il vnuld ;nd;cs,e the ~.
tonishipr result Of rn.ss Of refase dirt from
which the gold had been extracted by the orai.
| rnrr rIocass. tr,r+h ~, 5a1ia-. =. H. s.ns1
The lcdre in t;,c fomstact e1.;1, tas f,x%r % icads
| Of ma "a o3n # s;1ce1 aIa Tba I cn1d ~oc;.
h,s heen nroro, hv -. nrd;no-r ta.t ~ -. xnrth
from s5nI tn 70 III ner TN Ths silver ies.i
consists Of In b'act metn1 which il ststed tn
produce x1M1(} In he Tn in the nronnrt;on nj
Il; Of silver to4 OF gold. The gold leads are
from fTe to ulnk feet thick, and the Dip Of the
goiu anoas o. degTesi o. nearly
and 20 feet wide, The silver vein il from six to
II inches wide The deposits are at Virginia
town, which Il 90 miles from Carson Valley, Il
from Carson City, and about 1co from Saera.
tneuto. There IS ledge Of gold rDcE neat
81. 1,a, in r;,Ia In ths TN
Nora th,u t,reniv ot;,ar rainx bovo t.s,
onanad ~ .ha r;n;n;;- oai ~. ,,.,.r ~ ~. ..a
.asa ~ fdaraia,,,sr+ T. - .ho.,sr, 49, iHi'ar
e~I.,'d ri ~. ,x.,r Tron, 1ioner ats,n W,iEs'
p;r.r Tha srns3.a.;n.. ans,s,;.e -ss.n1 .reit
~ ~ s,rfofa r. s;1.a, sn,asr: a;,.ht ~ ~
E.e, he,ox *. nost -,,grtfesnt .ianoe;, ~
oo15 svor :,scnvaraS :, ,H;s ca.t;n.e. r.
rnri - +enrnsan,aa ~ hara haan nesnad ~ - :.
co1d i1;i} ~ c.nnn =. -a.hsr reiav naa an. q
oha1f mile. frcm y;rs;n;o town Ths h;tI !. ;sn
iotad fro1, H. ..,nrs n ,r,nh I. ,,1o
i,,hix ooco Ssinngo5 nnd e nroncr1v ,,ennJ ~ paJ
ohnHt St, feat h;ah iSo fae{ iop,, II ssa ] faa
;Jo " 'ts' trys sgv -, Ises i9as - ,s .s
nua1tz narttr acco,onose3 r;sid;nr frnr, s:ss
T. O. ea, ~, ,..a.s .'om g.. =
.as1,S ,xes d;.cors,.d h,, nh;ste.dr;ns,n' irH
] characte, fror V;r.;o;a :; honnr 81 ,rha1, ~,
ne;ahhor;nc r;,,anre vas naneJ % n;s ro,nnnts, 49,
thaI Ills fortunate psrsonare w ] has e1nande' e'
| within 4rre rnnrf},a airnf nr 4hasta nd III
"n;a .,e a1 u.e"s sen a'';i aI
: s - ~ .sI:ssus,r m No.: s.;snds '4 IVA ~
consumption OF himself ano 'fieuus'
Those who think the precious metals are il
DANGER of ei4ior out in California will do ve)l {,
'. :;
read the following from correspondent Of tn
Masysville Democrat:
AT the hills 10 .siahs Of Eagle Valley hav
been prospected. Foriy and tlity thousand dol
; lars we're offered by San Francisco capitalist
for some Of the claims discovered. Investment
bare been made. and tons of ore haYe bee
transmitted over The mountains. 5y .:achns: 70
the purpose Of being tested. Returns hare bee
received as high as 81, go ton. q Gold Iii
is celebrated for constantly increasing disco,
| cries. Companies nre constantly putting IL :,
astras on the east side Of Carson River. With
the last few dass, Bibbs / Allen, accompanie
by Thomas McCrum, formerly Of Marysyille
i discovered silver vein, mixed With gold, on
mile in length Tic 61e Is +alutd 1t SET per tor
4 1argcexteat Of land surrounding this vein
+ also taken IN by the satne companT. some Of
, containiur mineral. and The rest being GOOD IA
cratinc AID farnine. C.rsoa City nosy nuT
f,cra tR;+t1 J,oraps 9nd o.hera ara snntrar.a