The weekly union record., 1864-04-30
Visit TO Browns Valley.

rlence might coufrm the jusiness of the claim
set up BY the Marysville press to the prospective
wealth and significance Of this point as gold
qaarts mining region. We took occasion, Thurs
DAY OF last week, 10 make has;y survey Of the
chief points OF interest. In company with a
few friends. behind Frank Multuer's span of
dashlns grays, the distance, some % miles from
OFoville, via Roses Station and Antelope
Ranch, was accomplished in some three hours,
and we entered Browns Valley about Q \. NJ.
he section Of country Of which this Valley is
parcel will be associated, il the recollection
Of our pioneers, with some Of the richest bar
and river mining in the country. Every one
remembers Long Bar and Parks and Roses
Bars, aud the time when these now deserted
sites were busy with life, aud afforded one of the
chief resources Of Yuba county Browns
Valley is only about tive miles off, and in sigh.
OF Long Bar, and the mining district which it
includes embraces also these bars. The in
preston prevails that the many ledges now
being opened may be the original reservoirs.
which by slow disintegration have supplied
with riches the stream and the bars. Acting
upon the theory. q more ready cot to fortune is
devised to search the penetralia itself, and, as
will transpire, with al energy Of purpose de
serving the utmost success. The history of the
town dates back only year and a half In
that time, it has grown to perhaps $50 houses,
with q population estimated at thousand
The town site is well selected, pretty and
tempting-an intervale, formed by parallel
ranges OF wood crowned hills q rivulet supplied
from water tapped in the working of the differ
ent lodges, and used by the mills, passes muddy
off. Descending into the town proper one
notices the preponderance of hotels and saloons
over other branches of business There are two
we'll appointed livery stables. drug and book
store, one retail grocery, tin shop the balance
of the town is made up, with few exceptions.
OF private dwellings, hotels and saloons. Indi.
cations of lively aud fast community NAV be
discovered in the presence of a hurdy -gurdy
house, and in the fourishing condition of
monte and faro" 4 school house we noticed.
well attended, exercises against these, it is
hoped, some couutervaiiing virtue OF the
Interests upon which the town depends, perhaps
the truest exemplar is the presence of costly
mills. OF these there are five, four of which
are running incessantly, night and day. These
mills employ from fifty to seventy FIVE hands
each. Two of them run eight stamps, one
twelve and one twenty. With an exception.
they are all worked with new and improved
machinery, aud the "inclines" are substantially
and neatly timbered. The Sweet Vengeance"
mill, (PhGbus, what name J recently COM
pleted, is about the best appointed mill in the
State. 1t runs twenty stamps. Its construc-
ton, and all the appointments, are models of
neatuess and good taste. The cost of building
was sixty thousand dollars. As general thing,
the mills average about ton per day to the
stamp 1t is difficult TO get at the returns
thirty five and forty dollars are given. One
thing is certain, the jefferson" has been paying
dividend of $50 to the share per month Their
cleauiugs-up seldom amount to less than Sc 600
per week. OF the size of the lodges at
any dapth. the "Pennsylvsnia" may be taken
as an Illustration. 1t was the only one we had
an opportunity to visit. At the foot of the
incline some 400 feet depth vertical perhaps
l40 feet) the ledge, perfectly encased and well
defined, exhibited a surface of eight feet
breadth portions glittering with suphurets.
Aside from those ledges which are paying or in
process of paying dividends, there are many
others being prospectcd which promise well.
From indications, six or seven mills more Will
scarcely ell the future demand Our invesiiga-
tions though necessarily restricted, have been
sufficient to confirm to our judgment the truth
of impressions heretofore received Oh report
and we predict for Browns Valley career
of prosperity and peTmaaence.
By the way, our old townsman, Geo. Leland
oficlates as mine host" of the Pennsylvania
Hotel. His friends and the rest of mankind
should make note of this, If good table,
excellent beds, and withal the most courteous
treatment are any recommendation in land
lord, then George fills the bill' to perfection
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