New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-10

a. amount of .ilvr equd IN value 70 the wnoe % snn
Ia axrsoytsd from California. The Ophfr 10 sniPp'"t
sIc0 oo worth of ore weekly. Ii addition TO bis yAss
monnt being shipped, hundreds Of tups OF r'.k VIZ
g n nav from 5000 500 per TIM, Is being piled up
,te nine TO be worked up when there 10 sutsoie ma
ney ereced this slde Of tne Of The precious
eais from Utah will be the cause OF grea sf Iesui
20 tbe commerce of the world than tnose sgsc'en az
dc Gold discoveries of California and susraua.
Comstock lead is the only lead from wncn any h;
ersLle quantttts Of ore are az PIe pre- 80 n
gso' bnt in few weeks several leads Ia
az fIowerv District, which are opening nclly,
will be Welding their TINS OF sleens sis;Ssd
ore. The mining region OF western o,au 70 av,sn,
to mining districts from three 10 six miles 10 eHNn'.
Taob d;stri has it's code of mining laws regaiains
he lie of elaine the terms for holding the ss'hs o.
Each district has a recorder whose onsinsos ,1
cord all claims located also 70 record ops o.
deeds of the mining or oteT p'Vps eoyer l. paid for
his tToubfe by STIPULATED fee. Virginia t'g nioss
important at present. of the mining dsfIcs On 90
the Comstock lead which extends through, nsuy ~
opite the whole length of the district there are
Cher snch as the Virginia, the Middle, the Dur8an,
the Mountain and the st. Marys; these are All a92 9
and nsralel with the Comstock. The Middle lead ne,
between the Comsock and the Virginia ieaas, ABOUT
100 feet from each. Some ore taken from tns 'ean
yery similar 10 that taken from the 0phr and spaEIa
cIaims The Virginia and DurgaD leads are salo 70
prospect well but they are ss YET sngnuy uoyoi'
and command but little attention RON 1870 ,hsv
They may be very rich bnt a. the rate at when Lnsy
are being prospected it will be long time before nsr
real value is known Below the Comstock, ana 70 ne
east several leads have been taken up, out WIN VIC
exception of the Monte Christie have made no aca
Developments. Ore from the Mo1teChristo u SAID 70
yield by assay 81 900 to the tun. The rock taken ron
It resembles in appearance that taken from the Choier
claims on the Comstock.
Those mt ntioned the principal leads in Virginia
district The ne district in importance is the Gold
Hill district. This joins the district Of Virginia on
the SOUTH and is the seat of the rich gold mine known
as the Gold Hill lead. This lead, where 1t crops out
30 richly il spur OF rough, broken quartz rock, OF
dark red color projecting from the SIDE OF the main
mountain ear ito base it eastern side. From Gold
Hill narrow ravine known since 1851 as Gold
Canon, extends the Carson River For eight years.
miners had been washing the earth In the bottom Of the
canon for gold and the idea never occurred 70 them
that gold existed in the quartz lodes so plainly visible
IL sc ems az if Providence had purpOsely withheld the
rich mineral deposits Of Western Utah from discovery
until the comparative exhaustion of tue pacers of Cal
iforpa should render another Fl Dorado necessary 10
supply the commercial wants che had created.
The Yellow jacket, supposed to be an extension OF
the Gold Hill lead, is opening finely, and bids fair to
be another development of the Comsock Silver veins,
Prospecting better of silver than of gold; Gro wn
Point still below from the Yellow Jacket, is rich in
gold. West from these claims are the Michigan, Sum-
init ard other lodges, all of which said 70 prospect
we'll From Gold Hill TO the north line Of the Devils
Gate distr t. is about two miles. Iris is rich geld
bearing section and for the general miner is the best
district in the territory, natlve god Delng market
able article while silver has first to undergo the pro-
cess of smelling before it can be used as medium Of
exchange. The Sucker lead. which yields at the rate
of $3.50 the of rock in the northern portion
of this district. The Emgrant lead one Of the best
not the very richest in the district, lies jus. west
from Silver City on the Eastern slope of low hill.
Ro k taken from this lead has assayed az high az
g, 600 per tun. The "pay dirt is a decomposed
quartz, similar in appearance to stratum Of yellow
CLAW and a person might search pile Of it for
half an hour and yet be unable TO particle of gold
with the naked eye.
There are many other nch veins OF gold bearing
quartz in the district. Best among them may be men
toned the Orange, the Honey Lake, the Bright Star,
the French, the Lilly Dale, and the Minnie Clyde.
These two last have been recently found. / am told
the Minnie Clyde prospects as high as an ounce to the
pan There some claims which show silver as well
a. gold, such the Slopes, the Sacramento and the
Crysfal. The last has an ore so nearly resembling
that taken from the Ophr as to make it difficult mat
ter to dispg ush the difference. Whether it will Weld
such ore suf lent quantity TO make it profitable
working remains 10 be Silver City, the place Of
trade for the Inhabitants of this district thriving
village of about 100 houses and 300 400 nhabitants
II has not grown with the rapidly of its sister towns
Gold hi and Virginia but its growth Is stable and
sure 1t is situated in Gold Canon, about two and half
miles south from Gold Hill. Two mlesaDd half from
Silver City the Carson River, is Climate wn, col
lection of half dozen buildings. Here are two
Quartz mile propelled by water power. Quartz rock
is haud 10 these mills from many of the leads in the
vicinity for the purpose Of having it crushed. Some
of the companies, however, have constructed mue
arsstras Of their own and by of these work up
their rock Quartz machinery, to be run by steam
mower is being erected. Within few months time
the aggregate yield of gold from the mines of the
Devil Gate district will be considerable. There are
several o.her mining districts already organized and
containing valuable mines, but must defer the de-
scription Of them till my next.