The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-12
rTE ; sI0TNTMN DEMOCRAT.
q Rreae Rivet Item.


ss..r;n9 tho location and discovery If this
- district. Il is situated about one
hundred and twenty-five miles due south
of ofAustin, on the foothills Of the range
n mountains which forms the eastern
Sonndsry of Smoky valley, at point
srbsre t6sy are cut by valley which in
'srsects Smoky at right angles. 1t was
S;scovered about four weeks since by
Uarty of Spaniards, who we're employed
e. rTosuect. Since that time about TWEEN.
tv.6ye ledges have been discovered and
ioeated, and fully seventy-five persons are
there At present busily engaged in pros
nectiug.. Among the ledges which have
beeu discovered, and from which we have
been shown specimens, are the Liberty.
Potomac, BGnker Hill, Susquehanna, and
New Hope. Assays have been made Of
nearly ail Of them, but Of course always
ftr,n rock taken off at the surface, as none
of them have been sunk upon to any
derth. and the Weld has been between
seven and nine hundred dollars. At the
surface the ledges vary in width from
four to twenty-five feet The good yield
obtained from the assays, aud the fine
.nuearance of the rock, have caused much
excitement in that vicinity, and the whole
country is being thoroughly proSpectcd.
A number Of ranches have been taken up
and a town has been, laid oil called san
Antonio. There is but little pine timber
10 be found there-aS about Austln-the
xood. an abundance Of which Is within
\ distance of three miles from the town
site, being mostly cedar. y number al
fine springs conveniently situated, iu'n'
ish q sufficient quantity Of good drinking
water, and within twenty-five miles l.
an abundance for milling aud al olh !
purposes. A number ut Frr>oa> intent
remaining there during thr winter aL..
prosecuting work ST. lar a, able. lh,!
vii! obtain their winter supply of pIoNl>.
ions hom this section.
4 WEEK. CKUsnIND. - We have obtain.
ed some facts in r,gaiI 10 amc,k crush.
Ing at the Fountain Ma IL J,,"l>, lie,
which will asionish evct uaGy ui o4i ""h
ciuzebs. Some Ganh,c Biluc "tr Jtc.u,T
S425 to the ton, the bullion hru Ahtct,
can be seen at Haynes sA,,.o" Ia .Au>iiu.
Anador ore yielded more, bat NC "iI 1T
obtain the exact h-n,>. lhr Enn.
Fusion, the rich Ioch G,- Z taN II not.
which we alluded 10 Ia aI,c,nt i>>..,
worked up 10 the cautin 'ns >nin 81 - 100
per ton. Daring thc ",,H Ills ti,u, :.a>
worked ore from III, Nrt, ,>u..., M4Ir. : .,
Saulatha, Dunkik and S.h.r La-ir, TIA.
CON Jlvte returns have III Vt beet mad.
Ii may be stated however WltI ccItuutA, g.,
that the weld OF nouc vii tai tcloA S2Vp
per ton, and IN SuEne WuI he It,di c1,rVJ
We know that eotne at tu,Sc ,.aI,"s an
new locations, and t.,.t the shafts uY IL
them arc only icw tret deep, ;" thn. td>
rock must have been taken ti"ru t,ai II
surface. So SOCn as Ne eau sccdle tie
exact figures tor these returns, We vi,
give them, and We precinct tn4t taeY Mi"
satisfy all Us to the vast tIchh;s> OF oar
mines. When It Is rcincHhtrcd ia; TIE
average yield Of the u. lir at Il d,r,a ui
over TWO hundred feet Is hot more than
$50 to the ton, and Of the Plato. the OO,G
Hill CLAIM, which paid Il d,vncnd ioi S.r-
tember OF 81 ,339 per foot Is uo, so, thc
magnitude Of the hsurcS which We have
gwen Iay bc realized. Such wuihlns 4,
this Is credit 10 tie county, AID sc
hope that this mil will continue 10 give
such returns. lfit dos, it viii vast!
benefit the whole county, viii soon Ihahc
dividend-paying mines numerous, ana
will acquire for itself an euy!aOie ickuta-
ton and plenty OF work.
WASHINGTON DISTRICT Day before
yesterday We were shown some very tine
specimens from this District by Mr.. Ii. {.
Patrick, from whom We also gained some
information as to the progress of minin.
in that section. The specimens shown
US do not exhibit as much chlorides and
bromides as the quartz in this vicinity,
but sulphurets abound and the ledgcs are
large. The famous New Hope is between
width at depth Of five feet The San
Fernando upon which, adjoining each 9TH
er, are situated the claims Of the San Fer
nando and Ohio Companies is fifteen feet
wide. The Geneva a late discovery is
twenty feet, the La Cruz ten, and the
Mary Blind twelve feet, and the rock at
the surface Of all Of them looks to be very
fine. The Trinidad ledge is being worked,
and tunnel being run for the Mary
Blind. Afr. Patrick says that several
hundred persons will remain i'll this dis
trict during the Winter prosecuting work
us far as possible. The weather up to
this time has been very pleasant.
MILL AT AMADoR. Last Saturday the
machinery for large quartz mill arrived
at San Francisco Canon at the mouth OF
which it will be erected 1t belongs to
gentleman from San Francisco. Nine
large OK wagons were required to haul the
machinery. When the wagons arrived at
the mouth Of the canon, there WAS No
road by which they could enter, hut about
twenty five men bvin= put to work, in Il
few hours fine and easy grade was made.
About twenty men are now at work era
ding and erecting the necessary timbrrs.
II the proprietor continues tn push the
work forward as rapi .ly as he has 50 lar,
1t will be but a short time before the mill
will be in operation. 1t viii 'ln much tn
wards the development "f that region.
BEVERLY COMPANY .-rEiS COMPANY
claim fifteen hundred feet on each OF four
different ledges, one of which, the same
as the Mountain Queen, rams north aud
south, and the others east and west. rhe
three last converge towards each other,
rendering ii probable that they will unite
at a short depth and farm only one large
i'dge. A large tunnel is in! run tn
ick them near their junction. one hun
...-, feet below the surface. 1t is already
seventy feet-in length. A ten foot lie Ise
has been struck, but the work is being
still pushed forward as it is thought that
this is not the main ledge.
TOLEDO LEDGE. This is the name Of
ledge recently located by james Ilorlcr,
in the vicinity of the Vineyard, Not
much work has been done upon it, but