New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-19
THE SILVER MINES or CALIFORNiA,
NEVADA, AND NEB-MLXICO
From Oar Onn Correspondent.

territory on tie PsciGc: Washoe, in Ncvadai Esmc-
rslda md Coeo, in Gallo MIA and Arizona and Pc'cs,
in New Mexico. Silver has also been found nj many
laces eycnd the limit Of these districts IL exss IN
all oar gold both in l:,rs AID qua ~ in come places
amounting TO fully half she weight Of the gold aad sell
don less IMAM tenth. All the dstriots which have
named above are east Of the Ses Nevada, hut lodes
o, silver ore have bern discovered weet OF the summit
Of hat chain. Al Grass Valley, come argentherous
veins have hem discovered ard tie newspapers OF that
vicinity clsin high ne for them. At ADIal, III
Monterey COUNT, at Grihams ranch, IN Santa Cr'Z
County, and reas Warmers ErIt, N San Dirgo Conn-
w. odes e lver ore have be,R opened, but not with
rroft. Washoe Esmefala ami AriZosa are updonbt-
ly rich IL silver but Coco and POtos tbough they are
mush gTied W IN the rewrp"lers are looked upohh!
many il iell.r,ni rerrons With great suspicion.
Vys,hoe . about rs niles ds,sn' in direct Ire
nolss.stwa-d from San Francisco and is part OF tae
bAfiE 81 Cars River, rear the extern bass OF che
Sierra Nevada II Lar IN elevation Of about 1900 feet
above the sea. The climate !, cry and wlndy-coId
u ,he Writer, and hot IN The Summer. The surface u
tie county IL very mountainous and the coll barren
Most ~ springs warm o. hot ana CONTAIN a. r.
e subSauces ia solution TIe't are scarce, stunned and
clook-9 and Gt only IA rewced. Tie gratis is Of The
aind a., led bunch grss, growing in small soaaeEed
tuits, ad the only busb Is he Wild sge WHICH i -
most 10 ,hcere-s in appearance as tie barrrn s''f
The d. lance from san Fnincisco 20 Wsshoe by tie
Travelled route il ~ miles: from San Franeifco to
~ Pm cuto i25 mics by tbs riveri from Sacramento
% Folsom, % nile by railroad from Folsom % the
nu,t - uiles; from the nit 10 u level land o
Carson Valley Is mics and thence ~ mies t. Nir-
ynit CITY the largest nil ny town # the district. The
I 80. r.rfsrf
las Of the Sierra Nevada is nearly doe ward, and
then il tun. rorthuard. warboe di,iric r about ten
u,es rquare but rhst portion Of it considered very rich
/. 20, more II Mi tall nile wide by four mileo long
III course q the rsh streak north and south. along
a seeu r.yIne called 'GDld Canon which has been
wrought snce ls.lg foY ~ gold Iac ~ Tie god bere
~ a aong the Eastern base o. the Sierra Nevada con-
tains large proportion Of .yer. Amer tie pl.ceIs IL
~, bottom Of tue God Canon were exhausted the
miners conn enocl 70 work auri.,rous QuGnz IN II.
s,de. ard hi, wa- oaHi 70 be yey profitable lndeed
IL il asserted hai there il no district in California coz
tanning ~ much rich eu,fs'ou- quartz in smll space
q. there IL nj Goli Canon ia Washoe. In the Summer
! of 1859 while zone quartz miners were eDiuged III
sinking sbaft, they came upon dark gr"y mineral
full Of little sIecks Of gold Some Of ths they ground
| in their urptras au6 found that there was enough
free god in ii Ia pay hem. Willie they wee work
iny IT, some MeIicans osd it rich silver ore aud
various perous who had teen in mining districts
express d a similar opinion. The owners Of The siai
we "a induced by leaing such remarks, % send some
,smIles 10 Sau Francisco for assay, and Tie 'sait war
q discovery that the mingraI wa an exceedingly reh
suphurei OF silver. Thu discovery was npsde public u,
! October 1889 but mech faith was given by the
Public generally the.s.tsmen until tie neh ore De-
Pen 10 arrive in Nosembtr al Sun fancisoo E7here II
was emeed ii charge O. sax per tun, and yielded IA
p,oii to the war, ing from s9,s0 ~ Low per
TIN. In the Spring Of 1870, Tie community weit crazy
about Washoe. Everybody speculated IN Hashoe.
| Everybody wanted 70 make his fortune III Nsshce
Every body bought claims in Wnsboe; and neaiyevefy
boty that bough, claims repea:ed of "iter"ard, Tor
nineteen claims in twaaty worthless, and gre "
Tai. dCy.
Very little silver has set been extracted at Wachoe
Tie owners Of the claims have been Specializing, or
have been waiting for Others TO Commence mining and
find toY the business mig DE prosecuted to the uos
advantage. Many tunnes have been cut and shafts
dug because these were necessary 10 get al tie ore 20
TINT there would be bar for speculation. All the
most valuable claim. are on the Comstock lead, vein
If argentiferous quartz Which ia found on the side OF
high ILL., and has been cd distance OF two miles or
nore al lead II 10 known to Ia rich for that distance.
1t has thickness varying from five to Iirty feet, and
descends steeply with dip toward the wesi. The
country or main rock OF tie hill, through which the
VEN runs il porpLyiy tie southern pstsf TIE lead
and mygdlloid trap ut tine northern end Tne most
valuable claims are tnose Of the OPLir, MeAio, Gould
g. Curry, Central, and California Companies. The
0plir Company owns 200 longitudinal feet OF iie
Conistock lode and their claim Ii supposed to be The
uost valuable In the tefrit,ry. The members OF the
Company are mostly wealthy men, in San Francisco,
ind they have made progress IN their mining ope-
rttions than any other silver compenyin Wanhoe Ihey
have erected "a large stamping mil! and reducing
works in Washoe Valley twelve miles from their mlne,
and have cut an excellent road to connect the Two
placoa They have also taken out great amount of
ore enough if report be true TO produce si,,Vo wv
when reduced. They are at work energeticaly, and
will doubt continue for some time TO be The wealth.
iest silver company ON the coast though 1t may be that
other claims VIII prove equally ricu. Tie Mexican
Company have 100 feet in the Comstock lode and their
claim is known 10 BE- very rch, but the owners boT-
rowed large smouIts Of mo!ey Of Alsop O. Co., bank
ers of this city, and gave possession Of the mine to the
NJ oney LENDERS, who worked it for a while, and now
the property is in litigation Senior Maldonado, Mex
lean, who owned half the mine, has brought suit
seInst Alsop g. Co., accusing them or their chief man
a,er of gross frauds against him. and demanding pos
sessiou of the mine again. The Gould g. Curry, the
Central and the California Companies are actively at
work cutting tunnes taking out ore, and preparing for
erecting szteasiV reducing works Greet diaeulnss,