, 1860-05-29
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NEW D1SC1FEhA6.
From Mr. B. 4. Franklin. a 1e!isbie gentle
man rscsntly down from the Lang rear hinea,
va LEARN that two new leAds hare recently hoen
discovered m St. Vrain river. One Of them
was found bT Mr. Scott, and the other BY
m An nhpse name We did not learn- a careful
test Of the quartz yielded 1our grams OF god
q little over thirteen cents-to tne pound Of
rock. These leads are doubtless very rich, and
We learn 80 situated rs to be worked very easl'
II and cheapiy.
New discoveries continue to be made in and
around the Gregory diGgings that equal, and in
Rome inBtances far excel toe- famous gregory
lead. In addition to the Secreto, described
few weeks since, and the heTioundland and
Baker leads reported last week, two others have
been discovered since, by Morton, Smith / Co.
They are called the henosha sud Canada leads,
and ara Of simil r character, and richness to
The Nswfoun4laud lead. They are both On
North Nevada Mountain, but short distance
apart, and have been traced for more than 4
thousand feet The Newfoundland, We are told,
has in no instance yielded less than eighty centa
to the pan of dirt. and ranges from that Sum up
From Mr, Russell We learn that the Copsoli-
dated ditch is progressing RAPIDLY toward COM
pletion, aud will positively bring water to the
miues in less than one month from this time.
From Mr. Taylor, an experienced geoloE1st
and mineraiogiss, who has spent the last ialf
md winter in t mines, carefully prospecting
and testing their resources, We learn that kilgeE
ore, in The form Of ar.eutiferous galena, has
been found in such Quantities ns to encourage
further prospecting in its search. Ar; 7. has
tested some specimens that yielded as high as
800 OF pure silver to the ton Of ore, mud in one
Or two instances has found nuggets Of pure Sill
yer near the surface. From his III experience and
observation, be is Convinced that silver mines
Of gre0t richness exist in the Immediate vicinity
Of Mountain City. lie says be expects yet to
..1- $f1k,u - a. LAX
Washoe mines Of Carson Valley. Mr. Taylor
has also tested cinrabar ore that yielded very
large per centage Of quicksilver. It is found in
an immense vein, which is said to have been
traced twelve miles, or alu.ost to the Snowy
Range. Tbisreport, however, Mr. 7. dlscredlts,
must necessarily pass over, cinnahar lead
could not be traced with any certainty Tor SO
grent distance. The ore isa light reddish grey
rock. in appearance dotted over with white
specks, which are really the cinnahar. 1t is
found scattered over the surface, on the hill
sides, but We btl'ere no effort has Jet been
made to pss etrate the VEIN 1t is The opinion
Of those who have recently visited the Gregory
mces, that = few weeks wilt see m immense
yield OF. gold. Shafts are sunk, hundreds Of
tons Of rich quartz are already out, and IN the
gulebes bitches are dug, s]uicea made, pay dirt
stripped; and every where all things are in read.
mess for successful and extensive operations.
From Clear Creek and Boulder, reports are
equally favorable, and q few days will witness
busy times in the mines.
DR.: Earl has returned from the mines on the
head waters Of the Arkansas. From him VIC
learn many important and interesting facts can.
corning the di9gings. The first paying dig
giugs discovered neIe found lat fall. They ME
known as "Kelley's Bar" "Cherokee Dig.
gipgs," II X L District" and two or three
other localities. They are principally confined
to bars in the river bed aud its immediate
kAnh = H. sAu FaAn
known distance, increasing in richness as
the stream is assembled. Their yield is
au average of about eight dollars per day
to the man, working with the ordinary
hand rocker; though as high as twenty and
twenty five dollars per day has been realized in
come instarees. As yet the bed rock has not
been reached upon any If the bars, because OF
the water. which it is found impossible to keep
out with The present mining facilities, there
baing as jet 10 pumps or other means Of raising
water with rapldity. When pumps are intro
duced, the river turned or aumed, SO that slulces
can be used, and the DIRT to the bed rock hand
led with rapidity, the yield Of gold will no doubt
the man. The gold obtained in 1hege washings
is about the size. and not unlike in appearance,
except cofor, TO hax seed, the scales smoothly
worn and Of exceeding brightness. Pieces of
twenty. five and fifty cents in value are not un.
frequently found. Dr. E Earl was one Of party
AAab AEI<Ati3 1tIk hEHe} . A4C ~ pEQfpEEk lar
ther toward the head Of the river. They fol-
lowed up its course about thirty miles, finding
good prospects along the river aud in the
gulches coming in from either side
Finally at point where the 1irer had
dwindIed down to creek scarce rod
wide, they found gulch-.to which the name Of
California Gulch." has been given coming in
fr,m tie east. directly frcm the head OF the
snowy rapgc: which from the prospecting ii
teadv done, is doubtless the richest deposit Of
placer gold ever found. The Guch is about ten
mlIes long. the upper four miles Of which Is
deeply buried IN snow, and consequently un-
known. The lower six miles las been hnstil5
cu1st.ons and observati~as.
The DR.. describes it rs evidently originally an
ordinary guIcb, with its qaalities, expansions
and CONT actions; that at tue tina Of the erup-
tiou Of quartz and minerals, its whole bed
>eems to have bean filed with the decomposed
soft mortar. Of a creamy COLOR and interml1ed
With fragments Of hard quartz, iron pyrites or
sulphate*, and pieces Of volcanic sccria, and
iron ore. This deposit is in fact precisely the
substance that is taktn from the rich leads
Gregory, Gnnnell. and others-and known as
shs "paT dirt. suitable for washing riihout
pu1ver1ziag; but instead Of being confined to q
narrow crevice penetrating the earth vertically,
It is here spread out in Ereat sheet, teu miles
or more in leog,h, from tfty to two hundred
feet wide, aud fsoni three TO seEen feet in depth.
Ia prospecting. tie yield raried, near the sur
face IRON ten to 1orty cents to the pan; incress-
ing as the bed rock is approached, to over do,s
lar on its surface. t. obtain IN average. DR..
Earl washed thirty pans from the surface Of the
pay dirt. from two holes forty feet apart across
the gu'cb. the result Of which be has shown us.
The amount is a little over four dollars, OF
about fifteen cents to the pan. The gold is ot
medium sized particles, rough. and mostly dis.
co'ored BY the oxide Of iron, though h some pieces
are very bright.
DEA1n--1n Nevada District, May sth. at
o'clock 4. ", Ne1s S. johnson, late Of fAndoyer,
Henry Co., ILL.,, where hs lett wife and sir
children. he was Sxede by birth; aged
about 80; disease, Group