The weekly Butte record., 1862-01-18
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Letter from the Humboldt Mines.
lFrom the Red BIur Beaoon-l
Santa CLARA, HouBoLDT Co,
\. T December l. 1861.

There undoubtedly viii be q
large immigration here early next Spring and
during the Summer-p probably larger than ever
before stampeded out OF California to new
rnines-which vii come principally from the
northeastern counties: Butte. Plumas Teha-
ma. Shasta and Siskiyou Yuba and Santa
: Cruz will also be well represented. All OF the
various routes over the Sierras viii be travel
led although the chances are that Red Bluff
arad Oroville viii be the principle starting
points, the places from which the main sup
plies to this region will come. 1t is folly for
any one place or route to calculate on control
ling the entire trade as all Of the eastern
counties have roads suitable to their OWE con
venieuce. However, from the number of Te-
bamaites here engaged in mercantile business
2 aud mining, it is safe to predict that Red
Bluff will have the largest share Of the trade
j Pony Express Company has
lately been formed in Butte County. which will
8 make weekly trips between 0rovilie and the
mines They say there will be travel enough
on their route to keep it open all winter-and
in the event Of It's being closed they will cross
the mountains with the express on snow shoes.
This company having stationed relays OF horses
along the route, and provided for the same
made their first trip, arriving here on Thurs
day, Nov. 2S, 1861. All letters and papers
.
company should be Gerected to Orovilie or
Susanvilie by mail. l have been informed
by Anan Fargo, Of said express company.
that early in the Spring, they will establish
a branch between Susanville and Red Bluff
Tor the accommodation OF your citizens /
also learn that daily line of coaches will be
nut on the route between 0roville and the
Humboldt, early in the Spring there is no
question but what the travel viii Justify such
4 and enterprise. And / presume some Of your
enterprising citizens who have the capital and
are not afraid to take some chances Will estab
I lsh such line between here and Red Bluff
1t is a well established rule that trade and
travel increases between any given point in
proportion to the facilities afforded for the
same. And if your people assire to control the
trade and travel with this, the most extensive
mining region that has been discovered since
40, and which will, in less than two years.
give profitable employment to more miners
than are now engaged in the entire placer dig
glngs of California. and produce a greater
mineral wealth, annually than those diggngs
they must exert themselves in the way of build
ing roads and aifording eonvenienccs for said
I trade and travel, and show by their industry
/ and enterprise that they are entitled to the
same.
Although these mines cannot be made so
soon available, yet they afford mach more
permanent and durable basis for building up a
country than the placer diggings Of California.
where towns spring up in u day and 90 out of
, existence as quickly, and to use classical ex-
preston of Dow Junior.
q Fill the land with woe and sorrow
Ragged miners here today and there tomorrow
/ suppose you heard that the ore
from the Sheba lead, shipped to San Francisco
: l. Il.
Assayers gave their certificate for that amount
The Ophir Co.'S claim op the Comstock
lead, in Washoc, averages $3.50 per tun, at a
depth of l75 feet-the Sheba ore was taken
from the groupings. The Comstock sells in
San Francisco at $4,000 per foot | have
heard few feet in the Sheba offered at Sl0O
per foot. This and numerous other leads here
have produced richer groupings than were ever
found in Nashoe or any other country and
herein lies one great cause of the entire and
absolute confidence of ALL, in the richness of
these mines.
The Sheba is not considered the richest lead
here, by any means, although it has got a great
reputation. It has the advantage of many
others, in being located favorablv for easy
prospecting the tunnel was started directly on
the lead aud few feet it turned up rich ore
Tunnels on the Wyoming, Magma Chartn and
or down hill from the leads in order to pene
trate them at a greater depth it will therefore
= take longer TO prospect these, but the chances
are they will prove equally rich
Very often the novice in mining
affairs, on arriving here, for trlng conside-
ration. becomes the fortunate p0ssesSOr OF
several hundred feet in extensions on the
Wild Cat, None Such, Whaugdoode or some
other lead OF equally good repute He now
imagines 4 fortune within his rrosp: : and all
at once becomes satisfied with himself the rest
o' mankind and the Humboldt mines in partjc.
ular. But alas. human nature IS doomed to
universal disappointment and he who invests
in the " extensions above mentioned is DOOM
ed to L" loose his grip" and utterly dispair of
making a fortune on the humboldt He finds
his valuable interests are located somewhere
between Gravelly Ford and the Goose Creek
mountains-and coming to the knowledge
thereby he loses all confidence in human na-
tare aud the veracity OF Humboldt specula-
tions.
l have Just learned that the half
tun Of ore from the Sbeba lead sent iato Wash
oe a short time since, has been worked hv the
p Ophir Co, and yielded at tha rate of ST00 per
tun-thlS Information IS reliable | also learn
that arrangements have been made 10 freight a
large quantity OF II there during the present
Winter. until mills can be constructed here.
and that there Is great excitement in Washoe
concerning these mines. The miners here have
M confidence in the san Francisco Assavers,
ana W.. send 20 more ore there for reduction.
for various .-eaSans In the FIRST place. all here
are satisfied VII che richness of the mines
they have now been tested enough to demon
strate that fact beyond d9abt; aud no ore
will be sent away which viii NOT pay the eX-
penSes Of transportation and wGrN 'ns' Waiea II
will not do IN san Francisco. In aSAoe
they hNye superior land perhaps more b 'nSStl
process of working silver ore, aui DO il Ior s>4O
per tun, wilhelm the former place they cba-ge
Sl50.s
There are now eight tunnels in process IN I
this district, to prospect as macy different
leads; and probably as macy more will be
started within the next thirty days, The
names OF the leads 10 which tunnels are now