The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-13

Correspondence or THE NEW YORK HERALD.


CORRESPONDENCE or THE NEW YORK HERALD.
The Recent Discoveries in Nevada County
Richness Of the Understanding Mills in
OperafiOn- AbundRncc Of Wood and Water
Mineral characteristics sftbe Country. SO.
H NEApow LAKE,, ExcEisIoE DISTRICT,
.4 NEVADA COUNTY, CAL July Is, 1865.
A NEW MINING DIsrRICT--1s LOCATION
This is new mining district, over which quite an
amount Of excitement has ragged in California the
ncghboring State Of Nevada is situated in the north
OF Nevada county, away up among the lofty
SUBMITS Of the Sierra Neyadas. The first OF the
town from which write this was Summit City called
from being located Of the Of range
referred $500 feet above the level Of the The
district is about fourteen miles in length by sevsn in
width
Although rich quartz hedges have been known to exist
here since 1863. the excitemcns raging about regions
much farther from home have caused II to lie In the
shade it being notorious fact this coast that chs
farther mining district is OF, and abe dn.
cult and expensive to reach the greater will be the rush
Of Caornians to Il, distance In their eycs invarasy
lending enchantmcnt TO the view. But last fall this
district succeeded in pushing itself notice by the
hb,ion in tho State Of Nevada and in California OF
merous rich specimens Of gold quartz nom IT, Nov Il
has population OF some two thousand, and thou
sand claims have been recorded in IT, upon MI Of which
tho pretence OF work has been done which the law
qGires before the title made good and upon 9ty
Of them tunnels and shafts have been rank.
Only four miis have been erected Of which aloas
at present working. D4
MINERAL CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT
entirely to that portion of country Of
the Rocky NoantaiRs The quartz almost all thickiy
nierspersed with iron pyrtes and The gold hidden In
them and suiphurets which GO through the roasting
or desulphurizng process preparatory 70 crushing
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action Of the atmosphere, and crusIngs from have
frequently yielded from $50 $500 per by assay
occasionally results Of this Kind footed ar
thousands Of dollars The mill process gives general
average result Of $40 per ton and this has been achieved
by mills not by any entirely suited for working
tic peculiar rock or che district
RICHNESS or LEpGgs-AnuSpASoE wooD AND WAITE.
So far tho lodges have been penetrated the surface
promises OF richness have been more than sustained
dental rich Surface specimens. The lodges worry
broad averaging ten feet in width, and are extremely
many pieces OF the desuphurxed rock The latter
Is genera lily Of dark red color frequently uerspefssA
Of this region resembles that Of Colorado Terrisory.
but Il 10 not mixed 70 anything Ike tho extent
with rebeous, base metals which places there
so firmly tmprlson the gold thai science has not yet
believe, Invented any entirely satisfactory process Of
separating theia Ledges richer In promise and pros
poets wider better defined do not exist the
II the continent, and If the development q
the future reveals a that the present promises thers
viii lie mo district ON the coast 20 blessed nnsraiy -
this one is Then enjoys the Immense ad. antsge Of
having abundant supplies OF timber-pine, ar, spruce
and iainarsc-for from 81 TO 81 per cord. Wood isr
fuel he lad Al the doors OF the milA whiie In tie
State Of Nevadageneraiy destitute OF
timber - New York ponciau OF hcncsty-from SIS 10
valuc Of their sIfr rock per there about SO;
the average cost o. crushing, NC, SO Hcre far the
and this last figure viii be greatly reduced WIN tho
country Is opened up properly by roads and when every
thing gets nlo smooth working shape
plentiful supplies Of waier There are two hundred and
Nifty mountain lakes in IT, some q them are only ponds
in point Of hut all crystal in purity and cold ~
ice even ., this season.
suCcsssrut HiiI OPERATIONS.
One eight stamp mil here s crushing seventy tons OF
naturally desulphurzed rock pcr week. expense Of
$40 per ton This rock Is yielding average Of
$40 yer ton, from which figures Their net earnings
to the company by responsible parties 70 roast and crush
their suphurct rock At $i2 per Ton, and q guar.
will ba saved The value Of this guarantee may be esti
mated, when state that of the mills have been
stumbling along ia the crushing Of rock la no imperfect
: manner that only twenty ave 10 thirty per cent OF
tho prcccuc metal is believed TO have been saved
splendid twenty stamp mil = now IN process OF
erection IN Que 81 the largest and richest promisn<
mnes Of the district and IL viii lie completed In about
forty days The results iron this mill are snxousiy
looked Tor.
Tue greatest drawback 20 shc country Is its long win
ierscxtcndng the last OF November until the end
OF Nay. They attended with very deep SHOWS
acp'n OF fifteen foct helhg not uncommon Frost and
wanting. however, thar, though The snow Is deep,
the weather y never cold as in the states re-
,s,sea 70 la, winter the only means Of communities
man IN SNOW shoes, Who went down sefn-weekiy -
r"iy s,,ien % ,se Dutch Ear stage road from sscrs-
ana lafcrs - Tie ALTERNATING inhabitants OF the buried
town
Tur crvsrit r,urir RAILROAD
Tie great raitoad-the Central psctEr--n which cus
hove. sc .eneseo "ua ior Nnc onr prayers ere offered,