The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1866-1887, 1866-08-04

ANOTHER QUARTZ MIIL-Forbestogn is making
progress that promises permanently The Quartz
mill Of Messrs- Parks L PIArT, viii, We under
derstand, commence the work Of crushing on Mon
day. the 9Th instant, with all the modern improve
anents for working ore and saving gold Their lode
i rich and extensive oae and their prospects are
good for profitable run There are other leises IN
that vicinity, which are beiag prnsFected aud pre-
pared for working. Messrs- PLUM. HaREis, and
MADDOX & FLINT. and others. are at work on Lodges
with view to the erection Of Mills. Under the
law recently passed by Congress. title in fee nay
be obtained to this species Of property. and its ef
feet cannot fail 70 prove salutary and beneficial 70
every interest in the State by inducing greater IL
vestment Of capital in quartz mining. Il viii Sc
cure title in Lodges 10 those who desire to WORK
them. the intention and effect Of the law apparent
ly being 10 sell the title to the ledge, notwithstan
ding the amount Of surface earth disposed Of. This
viii render quartz mining real estate Transaction
and as safe an investment as farming. for there Is
scarcely Quartz ledge in the State that viii not
pay a profit if properly worked. The great draw
baci, to river mining was the temporary character
of the costly works necessary to drain the claim,
in which work could be performed The fabulous
sums found in the bed Of the streams induced in
vestmeuts in huning operations, which, as gen
eral rule mag be regarded as a failure. Could the
millions thus invested remained as permanent cap
ital. the State would have been much wealtler. and
Bate one of its most productive counties. There
is now no reason why capital should not seek invest
and 1an-l and
productive. There are other counties where this
interest has been more fully developed than in
Butte. This IS undoubtedly owing to cur former
river operations, which captured all by the daz
cling promise Of immediate return. and the slower
but more certain road to prosperity through our
numerous quartz lodges was neglected. Bat there
is no county in the State that promises better or
sarer investment 10 the quartz miner. The lodges
have not been worked out. They have scarcely
been prospected. They were abandoned for river
operations which seemed to promise more speedy
returns but failing, left those engaged in them in
no fit mood for further investment in Butte. Other
counties, where there WAS little or no opportunity
for engaging in dazzling but llusory river opera
tons, attention was turned to the development of
quartz lodges Investments became 50 much fixed
permanent and remunerative capital. Hence the
advancement and prosperity of Nevada and Plu
mas counties in this respect. Qlartz mining in
Butte is yet in its infancy. The county is decade
behind others in building on the true and perina-
nent basis Of her wealth. It is beginning to be
seen and acted upon. however. Quartz mills are
springing up in various portions of the county and
away quietly that their existence is
a.
rounds. There is room for thousand quartz mills
and material for them to hammer on for a thousand
years in Butte county alone. Many of them will
Weld richly any in the State while ali cannot
faitto prove more Or less profitable if worked. Ii
those who have amasSed fortunes in the Atlantic
States desire to invest their greenbacks in prota-
bic gold silver mines they should cease to dabble
in mining stocks and decline 10 invest il the wild
cat claims that seek the eastern market, but come
themselves with their capital, choose their ledge
procure title in fee from the government. erect
their mills and pound away. Their greenbacks
would soon be redeemed in coin. Such Investment
may be regarded as certainly remuneratiye and
stable, as that which peopiei the western States
and gave them wealth and prosperity. 1t is the de-
veopuents made in quartz mining that prove our
mineral resources to be inexhaustabe. and to this
branch of mining the attention and energy of our
people is being applied.