Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-04-04
Wonderful Deposits Of Gold in Ore
gon-Thirty-Five Thousand Dol
lars to the Ton of Quartz-Two
Men Take Out $4,000.

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lars to the Ton of Quartz-Twc
Hen Take 0ut$50,000.
The Oregon papers are enthusiastic
over the marvellous richness of the de-
posts recently discovered in Southern
Oregon. "Gold HILL from all ac-
counts, well deserves its name. The
Jacksonville Sentinel, of February
95th, SAYS:
We have in the past few weeks pub
lished statements of the astonishing
auriferousness of the quartz rock gath
cred and quarried at Gold Hill, but
this week we have to record still more
astounding facts. Since our last issue,
the owners of both the Ish and Ross
claims have crushed a considerable
quantity of the quartz belonging TO
them, and extracted therefrom gold
In both instances the extracting pro-
cess has been crude and imperfect
We will give the figures as they have
been proved. 1t will be remembered
that at the lower claim Ross d Co. S
no regular ledge has yet been worked !;
their rock was taken from the surface,
and at depths below, averaging from
one to four feet, They have already
crushed about three hundred pounds
of this rock, which has given an aver
age yield Oslo to the pound of quartz.
One piece, weighing four pounds, gave
eleven ounces and thirteen dollars.
Another weighing three pounds,
nearly six ounces, and another piece
weighing fourteen pounds, gave thir-
ty-six ounces of gold The lowest
product of any of the rock { that in
which no gold was visible) is about SO
to the pound. The company have
used large mortar and pestle as their
crushing apparatus, but during the
week transfer was made of one-fifth
share of the claim to James Vannoy,
of Josephine, who Is an old practical
Carolina miner, and this gentleman is
erecting crushing mill, which shall
better answer the company's require
ments. The price paid for this one
fifth was SO, 500 in cash, and the pur-
chaser to receive no share of the quartz
rock taken out previous to the sale
The seller was Mr.. Loudon, who has
besides an interest in the Ish vein.
which he purposes to retain. The
company have yet nearly a ton of
quartz TO crush. with prospect of
their claim still yielding as abundant
ly as ever.
The Alta Californian speaks of the
arrival from these mines of Mr.. Philip
Meagher, who had with him num-
Der of specimens OF gold quartz, which
were the subject of admiration. Says
the Alta:
"One of these weighed between two
and three pounds, and was broken off
ad libitum by Mr.. Meagher, from the
Maury mine. II is perfectly filled
with gold, so that it may as appropri-
ately be called quartz gold as gold
quartz. In fact, the gold is apparent
all over and through it. This splen-
did piece is to be sent to the Wash
ington Monument, and will be a splen-
did examplar of the immense richness
Of our Pacific slope of the continent.
There were also half dozen smaller
pieces. which, with the large one, will
be exhibited in this city. Our infor-
mant is perfectly reliable man, well
known in this city. He says that the
story of two men having taken out
$4,000 is quite true. He went into
the excavations of both of the mines
the Ish and the Maryland saw for
himself the wonderful richness of the
placers. 1t was more like scene of
= Aladdin's wonderful
amp, or some other fauciful creation
Of the Arabian Nights-than the reali-
ty OF sober facts. Above, around,
everywhere, the very walls of the ex-
cavations were specked with gold.-
Indeed, such, it would seem, must
have been the case, to accord with the
Geographic dispatch which reached
here on Tuesday night, that $4,000
worth ofgold were taken out of the Ish
claim on the 9Th inst"
These facts place this mine as far
beyond the famonus Allison lead, Ne
vada county, as that is beyond the or
binary quartz leads. Gold Hill seems
to be the headquarters of the gold, as
none is found along Rogue river, above
that place, while below. for many
miles, the canons, gulches, and banks
at the river have been found to pay,
some as high as ten or fifteen dollars
to the hand, and others showing only
the color. The present season has
been an unusually dry one, and this
prompted many men to start out pros
pecting. for want of water, when these
general discoveries were made. At
ter the Maury claim was discovered,
one of the men, who had been heard
ing cattle at or near Gold Hill, remem-
bered that he had found piece of
gold quartz on the top of the hill,
some time before, and this led to the
revelation. The Ish Com
pany, with common arastra, crushed
up four hundred pounds of quartz,
from which they extracted four hun
dred and forty-four ounces of gold,
which would make the rock average
about thirty five thousand dollars to
the ton. These are extravagent fig
ures, but the sober facts seem to sus-
tain them.
HENDIcKs COUNTY REPUBLICAN Nom
NATIONS. - The Convention of the Re-
publicans of Hendricks TO nominate
county officers for the election next
October. was held last Saturday at the