The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-10-31


writes an interesting letter to the State
Journal, regarding the recent discoveries
of gold in Arizona, the mines being about
five hundred miles southwest of Santa
Fe. He says that letter received at
Mesilla, says:
I'VE have still astounding reports
from the new mines in Arizona. Tucson
is deserted, allsAEe by women, soldiers
and old men. Two or thee government
trains are standing on its streets, and net
wagon master or teamster TO be hired
at any price A soldier writes to his
cOmrade that he saw brought into Tue
son, by two men, thirteen pounds Of
dust; and Mexican writes 70 his broth
err that himself and partner took out
three thousand dollars in two days. About
two hundred men will leave here in tae
next ten days; and il reports contiGue
favorable we will soon lose thirds of
our population. All will go who can
raise the wherewith."
Another reliable gentleman writes
from I'll Paso, Texas, on the 18th ult
HThe news from the new gold mines is
almost too good to be true. Two Mexi-
cans came in here q few days ago with
eleven pounds of coarse gold dust, which
they say they dug in four weeks. All
the QuArtermsster's men have gone to the
mines, and in every instance they write
they are making A'pile. "
Another letter says;
''What is very wonderful and what
strikes the Californians with astOnish-
ment is, that the best of gold is found on
the summit of one of the highest noun
tAins in tue country, and the coarse gold,
which is found varying from one dollar
to eight ounces in weight, is dug cut
with buleher,kniVes, and is found only
from one inch 10 four inches below the
surface. The writer himself cav two
pounds Of gold taken out in less than
three hours; and, trying his hand
by way OF experiment, made SGT 90 by
his days work, One man took out his
hundred dollars day for ten days, and
still persisted in doing IL Walker, the
old mountaineer, with a large party, were
at work fifty miles distant, and he and
his men were each making from eight
dollars to one hundred per day. The
average, taking all together, appears TO
be about thirty dollars TO each man.
Goods are selling at the Jews one per
cent? profit, that Is dollar for dollar"
The Surveyor General of New Mexico
has made personal examination of
these new auriferous regions, and we
take the following extract from his re-
port:
Many we're opening their claims and
getting no gold, but saw no one who
had worked his claim down to the bed
rock, and had water, who was not OBJ
tanning gold in paying quantities.
Z" Between the Antelope and Indian
Creeks, Is the Antelope Mountain, on the
summit of which is place Of most ex-
traOrdinary richness owned by Mr.. Jack
Swilling (whom you know aud five
others. The popularity Of this place
deserves more than 3 passing notice.
On the very summit Of the mountain
there is a depression between rocky
peaks, descending slightly to the west
through this there is a quartz ledge crop
ping out, running In Asouthwesterly aud
northeAsterly direction. The solid rock
on either side OF this quartz ledge, is
covered with reddish earth, few
inches only in depth, and hers Mr.. Swil-
ling informed me, they have taken out
since the discovery a few weeks since
twenty thousand dollArs. The quartz
ledge which probably furnished the gold
has not been prospeoted, and its value Is
unknown. The gold shown me from this
placer is all coarse, 10 parcel Of six
hundred dollars, could not find piece
worth less than ten cents.
Knoxville letter says
Col Crawford Of the lat Tennessee
ARTILLERY, has just returned from an ex-
pedition 10 distribute arms through Yir-
GINA and North Carolina, and receive re-
crui,s. lie was suceessful in both. The
hpeople are rising everywhere,
Among tue prisoners sent inby him 10
the infamous bushWhaoker from Upper
Clineh, Moneyhue, whose murders sad
barbariies ace horrible