Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-04-18


ring our last visit there, some two weeks
ago, which weighed ffty-fve pounds, and
in which it was estimated there was ST.
600, was crushed in a small mortar, and
twelve ounces and half of gold extracted
from it The balance of this rock prOmis-
ed equally rich, and was sent to the aras-
ira On Tuesday the vein was again open
ed. In six hours nearly three tons of rock,
and of the most extravagant richness were
taken out.
On Wednesday, over ton more was
dug from the main vein, at point where
it was first struck some five weeks ago, and
we are assured by perfectly reliable gen.
tleman who saw the quartz, that it was of
even surprising auriferOusness to any he
had yet seen taken from the ledge. 1t
was estimated that already the company
have extracted fully $4,000 worth of
gold quartz rock, while the ledge gives In
dications of increasing richness and ex-
tent.
A gentleman who has claim near the
Ish vein informs us that he saw a large
piece of the rock taken from that ledge on
Wednesday last broken apsrt, and that to
sunder it the men had really to wrench it,
so thoroughly interviewer and difused was
the gold throughout the whole mass.
The Alta Californian speaks of the ar
rival from these mines of Mr.. Philip Mea-
CHER, who had with him number of spec
linens of gold quartz which we're the sub
jects of admiration. Says the Alta
'One of these weighed between two and
three pounds, and was broken off ad hbi-
tum by Mr. Meagher, from the Maury mine
1t is perfectly flied with gold, so that it
may as appropriately be called quartz gold
as gold quartz. In fact, the. gold is appa-
rent all over and through it. This splen-
did piece is to be sent to the Washington
Monument, and will be splendid exem-
plar 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 informant is perfectly reliable man,
well known in this city. He says that
the story of two men having taken out SJ0,
600 is quite true. He went into the ex-
cavations of both of the mines-the Ish
and the Maury-and saw for himself the
wonderful richness of the placers. 1t was
more like scene of eHchantment-Alad-
din's wonderful lamp, or some other fanci-
full creation of the Arabian Nights-than
the reality of sober facts Above, around,
everywhere, the very walls of the excava-
tiOns were speeked with gold. Indeed,
such, it would seem, must have been the
case, to accord with the telegraphic dis
patch which reached here on Tuesday night,
that s75, 900 worth of gold were taken out
of the Ish claim on the 9TH inst =.
These facts place this nine as far be-
yond the famous Allison lead, Nevada coun-
ty, as that is beyond the ordinary quartz
leads Gold Hill seems to be the head
quarters of the gold, as none is found along
Rogue river, above that place, while below,
for many miles, the canons, gulches, and
banks of 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 mon to
start out prospecting, for want of water,
when these general discoveries were made.
After the Maury claim was discovered, one
of the men, who had been herding cattle at
or near Gold Hill, remembered that he had
found piece of gold quartz on the top of
the hill, some time before, and this led to
the marvellous revelation. The Ish Com
pany, with a common arastra, crushed up
four hundred pounds of quartz, from which
they extracted four hundred and forty-four
ounces of gold, which would make the rock
average about thirty-fve thousand dollars
to the ton. These are extravagant figures,
but the sober facts seems to sustain
them.