Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-07-25
From the st. Joseph Gazette.
LATEST FROM THE GOLD MINES
Over sec, 900 Treasure Received Failure
Of Quartz Mllls-NeWs UnlavOTable-
New Discoveries.

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New Discoveries.
The c. O. c. and p. p. Express, arr.
we'd in this city yesterday from Denver
with dates to The 18th inst. Over $780,
900 in treasure was brought; we did
not get the exact figures. We compile
the following interesting summary Of
mining news from the Denver Neacs:
From California Gulch we hear of a
tremendous stampede for reported new
diggings farther west, on what is sup
posed to be the head of Rio Glande.-
In one, day, no less than thousand
men left the above named Gulch, to
scramble over the snowy range, on their
way to this new EIderado.
In the California gulch, and neighbor-
ing patch diggngs, the claims are get
ting well opened and paying remarka-
bly, well. Full reports OF operations
will be found in the letters Of our cor
resp ondents elsew here. A fall 10 the
waters of Blue river has enabled miners
to advantageously resume operations in
and along that stream. Miners seem
we'll satisfied, and we hear of $50 to $50
per day being made by some men.
Returning prospecters bring reports
Of most astonishing discoveries away be-
yond the Blue and Arkansas mines, but
their exact locality we are unable to
give.
In the Gregory mines great num-
Der Of quartz mills are being set up
Some OF them arc doing well, but many
in their first attempts to operate do not
meet the expectations of their owners.
The great cause Of failure, we believe
to be in the inexperience of the men
having the mills in charge, which time
will remedy.
Mills in various districts that we're
set up by experienced men are doing
well turning out from one hundred
and fifty to SIX hundred dollars per dav.
To prove our asserted cause OF the
failure Of mills, we will mention the fact
that two mills working quartz from the
same lead, produce widely different re-
suits. Whilst one perhaps saves moth.
ing. another yields thirty or forty dollar.
to the ton Of rock crush. Supplement
tary mills or pulverizers, on the princi-
pie Of the Cohilian mills, or the old
Spanish rastras, are absolutely unneces
~, rs attachments to all the ordinary
stamping mills. A crusher or grinder,
and that only, will reduce the quartz to
an INCAPABLE powder and free all, or
nearly all of the gold.
Quite an excitement was raised on
Saturday last. respecting some new
placer gold washing. We have not
learned the name Of the discoverer, who
only learned at this late day what has
been known of the "early emigration
tor more than year past.
Monday morning opened with a rush
to the diggings. Clerks in some of the
the stores stampeded, and theatrical
company that had ordered bills printed
for tour to the mountains, counter.
handed their orders, and proceeded in
body to the new theatre Of operations
Claims we're bought and sold, at ad
vancing figures, and in one instance at
least, we heard OF trade in which q pai,
Of mules and bank claim were the on y
articles Of barter.
Claims have been staked for six O,
eight miles along the creek, and pros.
pectetS are still moving up its course
That motley will Be made inmsdsately
BY working any Of these diggings, w
J have gIsat doubt; bat that they viii pay