, 1860-07-30

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iu operation, un<l hundreds Of guich aud ouart;
Lead mines now in Irocess Of working. FRI n
the.e personal bstfvalluns, a. well as teon
'rst:1n@ny Of luutireds OF practical riirera m.
"b>eFssag busiE ess men, thr conctuslou is int r
1'ahle that these ul3uhtAins contain untold min
+ral wesi!E. Th.re IL gold in nbuod4 4nce hers
and appereut1y in tne1dau.tAbie quaLt,,;rs. bu,
| Cal assure ) on that it is not to be got for .
song. Csl1taI, 4kiil, energy aud time arc st
ntcsasary to the successful dtyclup1neut q,
these LII nrt. AID the certain procuring Of tht
htd3eu "esllh of these rugged mountain. ~
Maa need 70 ccnis here with kid gloves on. ex.
| pectiag to pr~cuto fortune for The a.kipv,
Hold IL nut "!}iny round loose" here, that d
! ! y, Al" n..s nink hAt full and return to his
! come wl't u conpetecce- Bat god, honest
hard lttuF, long enopKh continued, with the
Ecera-Ary LIT ana and skill, will without ques.
ilon yield rich return
The pre+ent .ea>on il to iest more fully th.
":n ci6c r.cLness Of this mineral regioi-aI.
though thousands OF leads have been ,.,scoy-
cred 4na partially worked-stili vesy few have
been tested sufficiently to determine d.tiu.t.l "
their real va.u-. Many are known to be itch
a.d are now fielding M abundant harvest to
their owEeta, but am satisfied that n,1ny lead )
are being worked in which The quartz is 20
poor that it will not pay for crushing
4he quartz mills now in operation sud vet to
be erected will. during the se4son, test their
Various qualities and settle .he question as to
the value Of hundreds Of leafs frum vhtch
quartz Is no~ being taken. There is now quar-.
ried and lying By the months Ut Ike mining
sna'is more quartz than = thousand LII Il could
erush IL year; and thousanda Of men are
eEery day raeing more, expecting to get it
crushed when the quartz ,oir;a get ID operation.
Many poor fellow will work nut the summer.
pile up the quartz BY his mining pit, and finsl
" 90 home IN the fal; leaving bis pile of quar,z
unSrnsled. 1t u believed that zoo quartz Kills
VIII oe IN operation in the mountains this sum.
mer. An confident that tha General weld will
be satisfactory, but there will be naur faiIuras
9nd many mure that will no: clear expensss-
IN Tact this year is The experimental year with
qunrfz mill men. Much Of the machinery ia
crude and imperfect, and the process Of sa1in9
'he gold Is BY no means perfected. Many men
are here with imperfect machinery aud WITH 10
pr,cs'cal knowledge Of working even good na-
chfnery; there must certainly be deiaFs. euba1
r4ssme1ss aud loss to many. All these ob.ta
caes are TO be overcome, ind they Certainly will
be overcome While some faint by the way
aud others are swamped by embarrassments
aud overwhelmed By accumulated expenses,
men Of energy, skill and requisite means wli
90 on with the work until it il perfected, aud
quartz mining becomes q pcrnauent ana Ia.
crntise branch Of busin:s 50.
for these varions reasons, judge that the
coming Beast n Will be more success full MINING
season than this. There Is no dapger Of az,
hausting the material. WHIST is needed. is 10
perfect the process Of procuring it. From nll
me ., facts That can gather, Judge that the
r1'ls now in operation, with .ix staups. .re
liking out from $500 10 $500 PET day-w1eu
rnnnlng on good quartz. They frequently run
. day and get comparatively nothing. owing
e1ther 70 poor quartz or imperfect sAving Of the
gold, or both.
The guch and bar di9gings are paving better
tuan anhc'pated. The miners are o1king
m9sn has more 11 Thorough Than last year, aud a.e
rock and find coarse gold, lie lie CalIfornia
RoA. l saw 8 mau pan up the resulta Of one
and halt hours work Of three 1aep. uuount.
lug to 92e. There were pieces II geld Of tbe
Ta.ue OF e and 81. This was better than their
average yield. Ny impression is, that ,Lu. :ar
this SEASON more gold has been taken out o. the
gulches and bars than has been crushed iron,
quus'z By mills. 1t mus. not be concealed, tixt
While many are doing well in gulch diygines,
many others are working Just as hard an1 ret
ting noth'rg while hundreds, and NAV BE-
thousands, are prospecting and digging il tie
!soanta1ns =; a.d sulches from the South Pass 10
M.3 geo, suosstIug, 10 man Knows how, and en-
other set Of men Living.
ny conclusion is, that if man has fair
paying business IN the States be had better
stay with It ard hts family. But it he wants to
rough it, lire hard and work hard, and 20 witt-
out most of tue comforts Of life, and run The
r1sk Of getting poor rs well AZ ricn, lie mar fit
out Tor "Pike'a Teak" Muny who tfy tue ex
pertinent will get poor or keep p or. More,
th'Ik, will better their condition. i few will
make =" fortune; bu: the fortunes viii be 1nado
only ey p-rsevesing iabor and industry.
Eh'cago is well represented in the mines.
ihlhk there are mere men here frcm Chicago
'han IRON any ether town in The United Slates
Among tue many hare met, snay meution
Gen. Ne, Col. Baker, Captain Leayenwor.h,
Messrs. ElmoEe, Martin, ilrgers, and others. ::
Grn; ifam Sye. Of Chicago, who is by my
s'de while write, desires ne to say to you that
he has thoroughly prospected the mines. and ia
astonisned ut their richu:ss, that one half has
not yet bern told Of thai. -aiue, or of r.. b:il
liant business prospects, Of this region. must
Truly yours, Joux F, DaGGE1r.