Nevada national., 1859-08-27
Mines Giving Ont.


A correspondent o. the Standard, writing
from this place uadcr date OF the l5th inst
gives very uHtrufhfui statement OF iht
present condition Of quartz mining in This
neighborhood. He gives the names OF a
number Of companies operating here, and re-
presents their business as being in fearful
condition-nearly all broke, or preparing TO
break. or about suspending operations.
lie further states that be had .'been resid-
ing in Grass Valley for about ten days, for
recreation, in which time he came to the
( conclusion that our mines were about "give
OUT
! What induced this sage conclusion we are
at loss to know. We have the charity to
believe, however, that somebody has been
selling the Standards CORES pondent, dur
ing b is "visit of recreation" in our town.
Certainly. bis conclusions were not based
upon facts. II is true that some companies
bave temporarily suspended operations, in
order to open their mines. The Allison
Ranch Company, for instance. have dischar-
gcd the greater part Of their hands, but they
are making preparations to commence work
in short time on a much more crtcnsire
scale than erer before,
The IIelvetia and Lafayette mills are now
crushing rock worth from $40 to $50 per
ton, which is much better than the lead has
been doing for the past five years. Hastings
mill, as we are informed by the owners.
will saon be supplied with an abundance of
rich rock from their lead, which is now thor
oughly opened.
The Gold Hill Co. for long time have
been crushing the red dirt from the hill.
which paid small profit, but they now have
their lead opened at greater depth than
ever before, and are getting ore of exraordi-
nary richness. They have taken out over
sir thousand dollars in specimens dnring
he past ,oeek.
Messrs. Lee d Simpson bsve been crushing
rock at their mill, for the past two months.
from the Lone Jack ard other lie ads. that has
paid from 500 TO 500 per ton.
A great many leads worked by indivdu-
ais not owning mills, are psying we'll We
have lived in this place since the fret dlscov-
cry OF auriferous quartz on Gold Hill in 80. !
AMI at no time since then have our quartz |
mines presented more encouraging pros
pect, OF their almost iucxhaustible extent !
Inl value, than at the present time. Croak !
nrs are TO be found however. at all timcs Z
and in all countries. When xe were eros
sing the lsihmus Of Panama in the spring Of I
80 we met number of returning Caiifor. T.
mans. vho sagely counciled Us 10 turn our
steps homeward .'as .he mines were all work 4
ed out in California. When we were wend.
ing our way to this place, nine years age. we /
were frequently warned hy disheartened .
gold seekers, that tie digginss up here uo'd .
not pay. It's somewhat incredible. however
that at this late day, when millions of dol I
lars have been expended in opening our
miaes. now dotted with fourishinc villages
and towns, that these croakers should con I
tinue their wbinin ngs about the mines giving .
out.
We can give no better evidence Of the
wonderful riehne sand extent of our quartz Z
mines, than the general prosperity, and cou
tinued growth or our town. We have n pop-
ulation Of near five thousand. that depend
almost entirely on the quartz mines in this
vicinity, for their support. We seldom hear
onr merchants or business men complain Of
hard times; our bankers are pnrchasinga
larger amount Of gold taken from ouariz
leads than ever before; We can boast of finer
churches, schools and honses more beautiful
private residences, aud as much general
as any mountain town in Califor-
MIA. Let unbelieving Thomases come aud
see for themselves.
Messrs. Lee & Simpson sold three aflhs /.
interest in their quartz leads and mill. few /.
days since. for $4,000. The properly is
thought TO be cheap at that price.