, 1860-08-27
FROM THE GOLD MINES.
$ll, 600 In Treasure by Express.
QUICK TIME FIOM DENVER.

[F1om the s. Jose,,h Gaz.,te ArEu7t all
The G. q. C. and Z. T.. Ex2rc5s arrived YES.
terday, bringing dates from Denver 10 the lJ'h
inst, and treasure 10 the atnouat Ct I'll 0uu.
This trip WAS made bs the Express in five days
and seventeen loufs, not" outstanding the less
Of eight hours at one Of the Stations. This is
quick travelling.
The news fran the mines, Rs Cleaned from
the Denver Tttos. is more favorable thun recent
accounts received here. The rrports 1ha. tho
quartz mills are generally proving failures, is
a1tly contrxdicted. The editor Of that paper
llEs been on tour to the mining districts, aud.
under date Of the Sill list, he wri1ea thus frcnl
Mountain City and that vicinity:
The first mill We risited WIS that Of Col. Cru.
tiot, large eight stamp mill with Chit:an lait-
crs. It has been 1unniny but 3 few days; has
been cleaned up but oncs, a:ter its first Fifty
two hours run, and yielded in that tine ore
ounce less than nine rornds Of ama.;an, gold.
distinctivc feature being the Chiltan attach
ment, consisting Of four iu:. ense wheels weigh
ing twe.re hundred pounds each, rerolr.ne n q
sircular groove Of chilled iron, through which
all the quartz passes after leaving the stamp
mill In consequence it is reduced to at x5so-
iutely impalpable powder; end " the passage
throug ID lhe Eureka a;aulganator the gol.l is as
nearly all distracted as probably can b. will,
apy profit. Gel. G. freely offers his tailings to
any ore who wants them.
Next we visited the st. Lou:s and 1}Iack Hawk
roads, Of eight and twelve stamps respectively,
bolh Of which are doing good work, and, We
learned, giving satisfactory results. Six or
eight other large mills are already running in
the Gregory gn1c:1, hrt"een its junction with
tue cree4 and tie old yaudeven:er mill huff q
mile above. OF their working we could. in our
hasty visit, and being unacaua,nted With the
proprietors. learn nothing. Wehearaott dayB'
work ranging from seTen1y-Gvs up to four a1.d
| fye hundred dollars to the mill.
Great difficulty has 1eea experienced ID git
ting to Tie bed rock; in fact. ne be:{eve il has
not been reached ut all on any Of the large bars
except the Sll3a,sh, from which great amotint
| of gold bus been taken. The bars are composed
| wholly Of water.worn bou!ders and pebbles
through which the water fows with per|ec. free
dom, and when pit is sunk below the surface
Of the creek, it requires vigorous pumping, te
keep it clear. For ills purpose a vast nuinbe,
| Of water wheels lnye been constructed aad pi5
| their labor day and night. When Aomed fol
| mifef, and q regular system Of mining cstab
lished, the bed and bars Of this stream will riet
their hundreds Of thousands Of dollars; but un
/ der the present system Of each for himself, tht
results will be remunerative oplI to ths fass
fLis stres1h very much resembles the Anne. i
9an river in California, and we believe its yield
Of gold will not fail short Of that famed rirer.
| The great quartz leeds first rTc-e ~ r-n-r .
| short distance above 1dAhoe, and so tar Rs nos
known II intersects tlleu in frequent succession
to ITS source in tho snowy rapse. Two mile:
abore, the Idaioe Co., Criuh Turner, Eresident
a1e opening sone rich leads and preparing; II
work the bars extensively. Six miles furthe
up. on the Downievilie bar, the keystone Co.
Dr. Cartwright. President, hive located thei
headquarters, and arc preparing TO set up 4anr.
| mills. mud also 10 work cut mile or more d
The bar. The two companies named have cor
trac.ed for four 4uarz mills Of twenty -Inu
stamps each, to be constructed by Maison. VII
son! { c., of Leavenwor,h, two IF the mills t
be set up this fall, ard the otaer two early ]
the: spring. They. will ush "ater Poser, "
| +he%pr}d,