The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-06
From CalifOrnia..Th The Silver Mines..
0reat Discoveries Of Gold I'm South.
oxn Oregon.
MALLoY's STATION. March 20.

MALLoY's STATION, March 20.
The overland mail coach, with regular
San Francisco dates to March 9th and tele-
graphic advices to the 10th arrived here at
three o'clock this morning.
Orders continue to be received at San
Francisco for the construction of considera-
BILE machinery for the Washoe mines. Many
men of means are leaving here for the Wa
shoe region, and the amount of capital leav-
ing US for that region Is prominent reason
given tor the light shipment east by the last
steamer.
The Senate of California has special
committee out investigating the country
east OF the Sierra Nevada, designed to in.
quire into the expediency and practicability
of annexing the Washoe gold and silver re-
gions to the State of California. The PROMO
sition is to substitute the ll8th for the l20th
meridian of longitude as the boundary between
California and Utah Territory, BY which
about $4,000 squares miles Of the Terri
tory will be brought within the limits of
the State, including the settlements and all
the arabic and inhabitable land on the west
ern rim of the great basin. It is stated in
the Legislature that $4,000 Californians may
visit this new mining and agricultural region
during the ensuing season, and that it is
proper and advisable that Congress should
extend the borders and government of this
State 80 as to include and protect them.
This plan will be urged upon Congress as
preferable to creating the proposed Territory
of Nevada.
The news from the Washoe mines con-
tinues of the same character as heretofore,
and the near approach of warm weather
there is having its effect in brisk emigra-
ton. The Grass Valley National has news
that the owners of the ground known as the
Shaft claims have struck the continuation of
the Comstock silver vein about one fourth
of a mile from the rich mine already opened
at Virginia City. At last accounts, on the
original Comstock lead, the Ophir, the
Mexican and Central Companies were en-
gagged in extracting silver ore of astonishing
richness. The Mexican company had re-
fused to sell any more of their claim, de-
Ginning an offer of 81 900 per foot. The
Ophir claim was held at even higher rates.
About 100000 worth of ore was visible at
Ophir, being already extracted from the
mine.
A correspondent of the Aha California,
writing from Virginia City on the 29th ult.,
closes his letter as follows Il have seen
almost every mineral in the world here
gold, silver, copper, lead, copperas, antimo-
ny, plumbago, &c. Lead and copper have
seen in almost pure state. Already mines
of silver, or at least silver indications, have
been discovered for an extent of country 60
miles in length and perhaps Is in or 20
width"
Very exciting accounts continue from the
new gold mines in Southern Oregon. All
accounts agree that the quartz lodes at Gold
Hill, near Jacksonville, are among the very
richest ever discovered on this coast. The
ledge has been opened 10 two places. Two
men have already taken $4,000 from
one of them, with nothing but ordinary
mining implements. The people are flock
ing from the northern part of the State to
Jacksonville by the hundred daily