The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-04-07
Gold in Southern OrcCnn.

i"e oregon ana 'a!llorllla papers ior
the last few arrivals are largely occupied
with stories Of the immense riches of the
new gold mines recently discovered in
Southern Oregon. If half they tell of
them j. true. these are the richest gold de-
posts that have vet been laid bare west
Of the Rocky mountains or anywhere else.
We COPY few IaragTal rs trom the
jacksonville Oregon .Sc,t!Hd, published
near the mines.
We have.in the past few weeks publish
ed statements OF the astonishing aurifcr
business OF the quarts rock gathered and
quarried at Gold Hill, but this week we
have TO record still more astounding facts.
Since our last issue the owners OF both the
Ish and Ross claims have crushed con
siderable quantity of the quartz belonging
TO them. and extracted therefrom gold -
In both instances the extracting process
has been Grade and imperfect We will
give the figures as they have been proved
IL will be remembered that at the lower
claim Gross y Cos) no regular ledge has
vet been worked; their rock was taken
from the surface and At depths below.
averaging from one to four feet They
have already crushed about three hun
dred pounds of this rock. which has given
an average yield of so to the pound Of
quartz One piece weighing four pounds
gave eleven ounces and thirteen dollars,
Another weighing three pounds, nearly
six ounces and another piece weighing
fourteen pounds, gave thirty-six ounces of
gold TIE ho,ccst product Or any Of the rock
that y, ,rhirh no ;oi ,cas cis.bL,-js abo,a
81 70 tie pound The company have used
large mortar and pestle as their crush
ing apparatus, but during the week a
transfer was made Of one fifth share Of
the claim to James Vannoy. of Josephine,
who is an old practical Carolina miner, and
this gentleman is erecting a crushing mill,
which shall better answer the company S
requirements The price paid for this
onc-ffth was $500 in cash, and the pur-
chaser to receive no share of the quarts
rock taken out previous to the sale The
seller was Mr.. Loudon, who has besides
an interest in the ISh vein, which he pro
poses to retain. The company have yet
nearly ton of quartz to crush, with
prospect of their claim still yielding as
abundantly e-er
The Ish company have completed their
arastra, and up to Tuesday last, (2lst Feb
ruary) had crushed and washed out some
four h,Udred po,0,dS Of tie rock TIE product
OF MiSi,raS to,,r hpHdrtd and forty .to,r ounces
Of god Four pounds of the large piece
which we saw broken up during our last
visit there. some two weeks ago, which
weighed tifty-tivc pounds, and in which it
was estimated there was 81 900. was crush
ed in n small mortar. and twelve ounces
and half of gold extracted from it. The
balance of this rock promised equally
rich, and was sent to the arastra. On
Tuesday the vein was again opened. In
six hours, nearly three tons of rock, and
all of the most extrayagant richness, were
taken out.
On Wednesday. over ton more was dug
from the main vein, at n point where it
was first struck some five week ago, and
we are assured by perfectly reliable gen.
tleman who saw the quartz, that it was Of
even surprising auriferousness to any he
had yet seen taken from the ledge. 1t
was estimated that already the company
have extracted fully Sl25,O00 worth of
gold quartz rock, while the ledge gives in
dications of increasing richness and ex-
tent. Two pieces, one weighing about
seventy pounds. and the other about twen-
, ty pounds, is to be forwarded by the next
stage to San Francisco, to the care of John
W. Tucker of that city, in order that the
people of California may witness for them
selves the SURPRISING rlchneSs OF these new
mines. A gentleman who has got a claim
near the Ish vein informs us that he saw
a large piece of the rock taken from that
ledge. on Wednesday last broken apart
and that. to sunder it, the men had really
to wrench it, so thoroughly interviewer
and dIffused was the gold through the
whole mass.
Two weeks later advices from Gold Hill
read as follows:
A telegraphic dispatch from Yreka last
nieht saws that George Ish and three 9th.
ers concerned in 1sh claim, Jacksonville,
OREGON. have arrived there en- route for the
Atlantic states. A ledge of almost solid
gold has been found on their claim, TWEEN
to feet below the surface. Thomas Con-
roneh was offered $4,000 for his fifth in
terest. bat refused. saying that the wealth
of the Rothschiids would not tempt him
to sell
LIFE JUDGE DoUGLAs.-Mr; Sheahan, the
able editor of the Chicago Tin,4s, is now in
New York, revising the proof sheets Of
his Life of Judge Douglas, which will be