Nevada national., 1859-03-12
Gbt 0ttaOa q atiouaI.
RUFUS SHOEMAKER. Enron.
GRASS VALLEY, ,rsARCH 1850.
The sne, hans,ibicness OF the Mines.

The snes hanstibicnsss OF the Mines.
A. ID" more We know. the --eaier s our
capacity 10 und r'Iund 'lr limitation Of our
conf rehrrsion. 81 the more We mine and ex.
plorr the earil for ils hidden Il. o.rrrs the
more extended oud universal the diau.icn ur
gold seems 10 De- through the mountain,
Gus regions o: ID, STATE. IL e., ,rr'y t','o-
~ OF the mining ~ ihi~ State: Il was con-
uoulv thought llpi Nitl the exhaustion u
IL, raviu".. in.s ara rit,r >. d. ti.r u.iuess
Of gold mining would =" al an end Suisse.
qurui experience La. ptuv,d ard the expert
encc al every 3'y j. siill proving that the
great iuuuin ~ uf golden wealth is ,carcrlv
iorch'd If it hns been d., covered at all in
th' Qurriz l,ads.
Th' hills overlooking the Western Hotel.
and the site where stood in ih. early seiilr-
mrut uf this place, all there WAS ~ the
town or Grass NAil'y. are paying largely
throughout their whole extent. from the sur
f,c" ~ the hrd rock a depth ranging from two
to ten feet. the brd r"ok is pure slate. quite
soft.anl will pay we'll To thrd p.h of t,yo fe
iu IT,, formation. Mn>srs rurtrs. TOWNSEND
& Co ha,e Ind m loyrd su 'h,j7 dr-iuge
five men fur th, iva months last past aud
have nv'ractd twelve dullar~ in the hand
rer dus .iu.t nlnvp ti,.m ~. two nih.r
cnWpnn'c,. that are doing nearly - we'll
though rh'y have ot VI got scarcely under
". y--'hr gold i-co ,r-.'.
tn, amounts ot loid = l'ch nave lccn ~
lcn ir' IN the IL. st"uii III, rlnc".ur d"uI
have pll l,,n wa.l,d it,m N tie suri,nndiug
hill. mi rh'sr The v'ry fountains Of the
piActr-' are ,"i ~ t- wrsh,d. II e,rns
the coarse gold la> - IL Weight resisted
wa.hiua ahd r. maiu,d ia the lnls TOR the
ra,iurs that empty into Grass Valley. and
the gravel Of th, V ,ll.y itself has generally
yielded fine gold There is no dnuh; hut
all The hills around ihis place will pay when
industry and water sufficient to work them
shall lee supplied. As that man is the tar
thrst from market who has nothing to sell.
so. no man IS 80 Far from good diggings ns
the bar room. stove nursing idlcr. luller aud
wilmer. Get mp and besrir yourself and the
first thing you'll have little money aud be
considered of some account
Mr. DELANG showed US sweet looking
har OF 50 ~ taken out hy the Em ire Com
pany after tour days run. The Empire Co
have just started again and expect they will
improve on the 50 ". The upper md Of
"Old Block no~c' j. paying handsomely in
the claims Of BRADY a Co. Various claims
on the side OF that hill have been yielding
about an ounce to the hand per day.
FALL. ROE & Co took four hundred dol
lars from their claims on Massachusetts Hill
last week. in a few hours. The rock conIiu-
ues rich. and so impregnatcd with gold, that
specimens. tive. or three cubic inches in size
are worth seventy five dollars. They have
eighty tens Of rock above ground, and will
crush A. soon as the roacs are favorable for
hauling it to the mill. We wish them sue
trous men. Wi,h such capital faithfully used
all men can get rich in California II j.
all nonsense To say: 4 be day for the pick
aud shovel miner hiss gone by" TIE slnr-
dy aud courageous lahOr-r has the same gd
vantage nOtr that he had in 10 and so. A
little more union among laborcrs ia all that
is necessary. It's lra that 4 working man
cannot do 50 much sncle haudrd. a. be could
years ago; but 10y forming into Jo,ut stock
companies from i've to thirty m,n. they sue
coed best of all miners arou.id Grass Valley.
When mihe fails in the hands OF q c,pi'-ii-t
around here the next move is to lr, il to an
association of practical miners. and succe,s
has ia no instance hat Ne know of failed to
follow.