The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-04-14
NO. I55.


sss WH0TE MI 1T
- -. ~ - - - 81 a n. q.
wONDKnSUL DEr0ss19s - oee0 ~
go
Ise Oregoo pAPese - essn?slaesss ~ sy
me marvellous r,cnneses - sne eeyse -
Gently di.eossred in SoatheFn Oss9es.
Cold HILL" from al aceoonisy Wall -.
serves its nsme. Ins JacksoesilIe SeatssAss
of February 10th, says
We have IN tho past few weeks Yuo'sshes
etafsnents Of the asson'sh'ng scr'ssreeseese
o. the qu1rts roek gsshered ana qsasrSso'es
Oold HI!!. Dns tnss pass week ws lsse -
record still more ast0nsshlnk t.ess. osese
our last issue, the owners u the !.a -
koss claims have esushed eesssasseose''
quantity Of the qsarts beIonking g ensos--
and extracted tnefeIrom tbs gots. - esse'
instances the extracelsa procese bae eeee
crude and imperfect. We VIII 8svesno
urcs - they hase been proved. u VIII -
remembered that q the lower clains Heass
b Cos, NO regular ledge he's yss bss1.
worked; their rock vas taken fron she sur--
face, and at depths below, averaging Ssoo
one to four feet. They have already cFusa-
ed about three hundred POUNDS o. TIRE reeks-
which has given an average yield Of ?lO ss-
the pssnd 81 eoarts. Oss ppesss vs,esaegs
-FOUR pounds, gave eleven ounces anu 10y
teen dollars.
Another weighing three Poundss y.s!oee
SIX osaces, and another piece wrlenlaf:
fourteen pounds, gave tbiriy-s'x ounces 81
gold! The lowest prcducs o. aoy g! ne
rock that IN which No gold - vsssose) -
about W to the pound Ihs 1SanJ es.e''
used . large mortar as9 nestlc - tnsss
crushing apparatus, but during the wees
t,snsfer was made OF one nite snare o..
me o.s'n 20 james sannoy, OF sessPss.
VINO - 40 old practical Cassisna n.ioeFs -
this gentleman is erecting crushing mill.
wnicn snall better answer the companys
requirements. The price paid for thi. one
NTH Was $2,3uo IN cash, and the paSehesss-
to receive no share Of The quarts scox sAksAs
out previous to the sale: The seller w:s-
Mr. Loudon, who has besides an interest y
the lsh VEN, which ne purposes TO fsss'n.-
IAe company have yet nearly ton OF qaaric,
to crush, with prospect q their claim sssA
yielding ~ abs0dantly ne ever
Inc isn company hssc compnnd sneir
arastra, ana up 70 Iuesoay iast (Ilst fe0.J
nao cfusne0 ana wasneo out some toor nun.
dred pounds OF the rock. Tho product oI
this was four hundred and forty ounces OF
gold Four pounds OF the large piece
which We saw broken up during our last
visit thcre. some Two weeks age, wnicn
weighed 6fty i've pounds. and IN which ~
was estimated there vas 81 900, vas srsshr-
ed in q email mortar, ass twelve ounces
and q half Of gold extracted from il. The,
balance Of this rsck promised es..l!s sieh,.
and was sent to the arastra. On TsesAayy
nearly three tons Of rock, and ell Of the
.....-... .:.l..-. .....t...s
On Wednesday, over ton more was duer
from the main vein. at a point where il vas,
first discovered some Eve weeks ago. and
We arc assured by a perfectly reliable gen
tleman who saw the quartz, that il was %
even surpassince auriferouEncas to any Be-.
had vet seen taken from the ledge. Il vas
estimated that already the company havae
extracted fully $l25,OOO worth OF eolk.
quartz rock, while the ledge gives indica-
tions of increasing richness snd extent.
A gentleman who has claim near the yAk.
vein iuforus " that he SAY lasge piece eli
the rock taken from that ledge on Wrdnes.
day last, broken apart, and that to sundss
it the men had really to wrench it, 90 thor
ougbly interviewer and difused was the Golda
through tho whole mase.
The Alta California spcaks of RE arrivals
from these mines of Mr.. Philip NraZher,.
who Ind with him number of specimens.
of gold quartz, which were the subject III
admiration. Says the Alta:
! 6 One Of these weighed between two and
three pounds, and was broken of ab ibituMs
oy nr. Msaghs', from the Macy -':.
Is pesiectIy nleo WIN goio, % s"s.' my.
appropriately oe called quarts goio % 4oi0.
quartz. IN tact, 'ne gU,o sPP.!sot az
over a3d tnrouEa ~ inis sP'snolo P'ecs
IS 70 oe sent 10 tue Hasnlss'on Monu"enss-
ana VIII Do spienoio eaemp'aI % 'as N.
mense richness @ Of our racine eope o. w
continent. 1nere were a,so n"n eo1ea
smaller pieces, .nicn, WIN 'ne 'nreel onss-f
VIII oe eAnio'ea 10 ,n's Guy. ooI ,naoI-
an. 10 PeIieS,y 'e'''u.e a'""' .en
IN shis cry. lie says tna. nc nc ssosy noy oI .ae
TWO men nas'ns 'aAen ou' voV,ooo !" 9un
true. ne went ,n'1 .ne cl'"s Nv. "'sSns .S " oo'
OF the m'hcsIsns e. lsn S.S'.i sna .ss -"ss-
saw Tor himseii TUG "ouoe,'os s's""ess
inc placers. as;n "a s .naS..,.,' ia ~. -" .s>
enchantment-A Aiaauip .onuclu "
or some other fanciiul creation OF the As.-.
bian Nishts-tnan the reai'y ~ sooeI I.cs -
Above, around everywhere t"s veIy w
OK the excavations were specAieo VIM foo'
indeed, sncn' u wooia :eem, mss' nv
oeen Tue case, 10 "cco1u ",'u sHe se'c.' =
night, that $4,000 worth Of gold we're
taken out OF the lsh claim on the loths
inst" -
These facts place this mine as Tar beyondi
the famous Allison lead, Ncvad" county, -.
that is beyond the ordinary quarts irad'.--
Gold Hill seems to be the head quarters Of.
the gold, as none is found along R'Gus'
river, above that place, while below, Tor
many miles, the canons, sulchcs 'nd banks
of the river have been found to pay, s"ns
as high as ten or fifteen dollars T. the hand,
and others showing only the color: The
present season has been an unusually Dry
one, and this prompted many men 70 sisss'
out prospecting, LOT want o. ~Mer s. .nse