, 1860-06-01

LATER FROM PIXIES PEAR.
Letter from P.ss,. Pesk-:A chto.eo
counts Of tho 0igxfngs. =
Tho following letter vas addressed to P. ".
/. Gates, E*9, Of this oity. BY = partner In big
manufacturing establishment thoroughly
honest and rrliable n.ns =; :.
~, .;Aocs1Alx Cur; May Is lsse.
DEAR S.n-1a your last letter, you desired
me to give you correct abatement in reference
10 tho yield Of gold from ordinary quartz. I
heretofore avoided making any statement, as l
coaid not speak from acin41 knoK1edge; but. L
attn now prepared to answer your questions.
from personal obrc,vation, aud ftom s,ntenents
that can be relied upon.
tle5sri: cfo1ch 4 blair; owners Of tie Cole.
man Mil's ,iuforn me that their qunr'z yields
from 800 to 500 per cord, md some has paid
Is high. 81 $500; but this last is In small
qusuttties. / think this statement correct.
They tod me 4hat it their mil! would crush
4ulrtz Us last as the mill Ne aold Van De Van
ter. they could soon make a pill. 1c4led upon
tho present owners of the Van Dc yunter mill,
and they told nc ,hst they we're making al least
81 ,90u per week; orcr and above eli expenses,
and working part Of tho time on poor quartz.
They told NO this morning that ttoy rcn thirty
six hours on headings, which do not yield Us
well as tie ordinary quartz, md took out $3.50.
Que day, after running fifteen hours. they
cssaaed up $3.50. NcxtIun Of twenty 6rs ho,irs
,i:odueed *4y0, aud the neat Of twenty four
hour~ s1ss rh;s .to+am.nt 80, b.. -.,;., ,,.an
rhc, n,e .rti,r,, satisfied ,rd ortv uort -.
o,bor az atamo, If ,ix.e.,mns ran m.t.
81 zoo prr ". *. 1bev shcuEd nat rnn less .ha,
txelve. a, the cost Of operating II en- viii h.
but q triaa more. Tbsv Lave been burr,ro
son,e nyr1,es of iron. aud thu experiment =; i
suo,eel. think. u II will enable theto to crnsh
th.es or four times az murb. rn;x ov,;te. of
iron is vsry rich. and tbete are bu. few 1eaas
without il. Tie water they now hare is nurh
better than at first: ttey hare two engine, ari,
thu 1u.chipc is well taken cars Of aud. you
may be assured, 1t is grat,' yipg to me to i 4ye
our maehine work so satisfactorily.
Ou Tuesday. l went with Il ce- L. CoGch tn
End & location tor tLe:r mil. Ai1e. some hurd
travelling, we succeeded in fiudina Location
here there il good spring aud THOUSANDS uf
tons Of ric!, quartz, and IN asuodance Of wood
near b.. Cot:eld sass, tha. Is soon a. bis teams
ur1ive, le will send back for six or uiue more
staupa. 10 you see ,hat he tas x,ron,7 fuith in
the SUCCESS Of bis enterprisc.
I.~a. h-ar,ily clad to meet Mr. whitcomb.
sho called u ION ma a fex deys since. and
I hare bcen hel,;,o him =, 1o.t ~, q
]oca,,on in, b;z Mil w. had ,o,,s ar
fculty in finding. n sufficient on,nt,,v of
c.e,r ra,ar h,t ,ra s,.oa.5o3 =. s.:a:.
n ,nr;np wbrre he a;o,;n., ha ,an he
aoundantlv .rr,,i.d a,so .snt =, ~ g.
fields n1ace with him be w,a n,c.eea w;th:;.
and NAV ,cca. = ,,,er. hnt ,,,.-a 49,, ,,-, o,Ea~
place, that I am co,no N t.te him n 1,sfo,a hs
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a..,, I.. ls;.n.,,1 e..:e.
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~ ' A"1.a' "uen ~
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~ 'Aes s.ee'e 'es' o.su':
:, s''. oa' nls e'a!ua ne'o 'of se'"'''
' -. '.o e4'sn VIC
...m ,:NN.,,.. s ~, 20 ;-'' Wv 1n'5
. p1' 10y
Nv '"~ - - o'ssat w. Anqai.
''eo . De''s na'e every nas 'or 'n'lls, ano
aa' suse ''a' "nen some o' '"ese m'1's ge'
s'ss1eo' 80 tna' owner" o. q"aT'z eau ge' OUT mo
soA'' son "a'i naFe all 'ae 0loess you can ns4'
thtFe Is out little money here except IN The
quartz oas "ien Tue 1nH'S no" o" tne way 8e'