Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-12-09

The Richest Deposit Kn0w N In the
History OF the World' Tremendous
Excite sne emit I'm Consequence

History or the " GRID! Ire m ndCus
Excitement I'm Consequence.
Upon the arrival Of the Helena stage,
last Friday morning, the people of Vir-
ginia City were thrown into guild ex.
element, before which all former ex-
citemeuts must pale. The facts, as
we get them from apparently we'll au-
thenticated sources, are briefly US FOL
lows:
Mr.. Brown, a German, or Norwegian,
and one Of the original discoveries of
the celebrated Gould and Curry lode of
Nevada, ard afterwards Of the Brown
lode in Nelson's GuIcb, in this Territory
was engaged in siuking a shaft on the
Uncle Sam lode, about the head of Dry
Gulch, some foor miles from Helena. He
had sunk Lear twenty feet, when the ia
dicatious not suitiug him, ho concluded
to change his course by drifting up hill
from the bottom Of his shaft He had adj
vanced in this direction about ten fact,
when he reached u god deposit which, in
richness and extent, has, perhaps, no par
allel in the history Of gold mining. Gold,
in almos, solid masses, glit,ered before
his bewi!dered vision. For two weeks
longer, unknown to others, be tuunelled
into the golden wall. Secreted about
him, he had accumulated several guuny-
sacks, literally filled with The precious the.
tai, when longer secrecy became imprac-
ticable, from the extent Of his unexpected
wealth, aud Mr.. Brown proceeded to re-
cord and secure his property, when The
public were Informed of The great dis
covery. 1t is said that he now keeps
strong guard, night ard day, over his
seemingly incompatible wealth, while be
himself, uuassl,tel, delves into the golden
walls around him, and continues multi.
plying his sacks of precious ore. One
person who WAS admitted info Mr. Browns
DRIFT, states that it presented scene OF
wealth more akin to picture OF the i'm
agination than actually. Gold gold
gold met the view On every siIe-above,
below, and all around and reflected back
its rich hues in the glare of the candle,
as if this subterranean vault had been
hewu out of the solid ledge Of the yellow
metal.
This gold is found in a we'll defined
ledge, fully five feet in width The gold
vein 10 three fee. wide rec -!ourtbs of
the entire substance therein being pure
gold ; the remainder mainly bismuth. On
each side Of! this vein, there is a casing of
one foo. of quartz which will assay from
$500 to $4,000 to the ton. The very wall
rock is rioh. Specimens can be seen a,
the City Book Store.
Whether this is, to use familiar min
ing terms, blow out" Or pocket" we
are not prepared to admit or deny. Blu,
be it other, millions are "lying around
loose We can hardly realize that this
is distinct, continuous ledge, as in
that case. so vast an amount of gold
would effect the standard of gold valua
ton throughout the commercial world. -
but our informant, whom wo know to be
a man of reliability, assures us that dis
tinct ledge has been traced fully seventy
FIVE feet
Further and more positive information
will be given in our next Hon .ana Post
The Davenport Jail was never so
crowed with inmates a. it wa. before the
recent session Of the court. So says the
Democrat.
Two women were arrested in Musca-
tine The other day charged with shop-Iift.
ing. 50 says the Musca,ine .Journ1L