Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-10-12
LETTER FROM HUMBOLDT COUNTY
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UsIoNwLLs, HUMBOLDT Co., |
:: October 9Th, 1867.

nave Always eAPEooeoot w "p' Auas
this will be the banner county Of Ne
yada. 1t will not only have the rude
cabin of the miner, with oil its sur
roundings, but here, too, will be homes
good farms on which men will settle
for life and adorn and beautify the land.
The hills are ribbed with mineral veins,
inviting tho capitalist and the man Of
muscle, promising to each an abundant
return for their investments. Fertile
valleys, watered by streams of pure
crystal, and possessing On atmosphere
purer than that Of Italy, invite the Ia
Dor Of the farmer, and with a market at
his door promise ample reward. The
question will most naturally be asked /;
why, then, has not Humboldt kept pace
with Lander and Nys counties in devel-
opment and consequent prosperity ?
| Some of the reasons for this hardness
will appear in the progress of this
letter.
THE OLD TOWNS
| Have all gone into decay, with the sim
ole exception of Dun Glen-that place
appears to hold its own by some strange
| ~tenacity of life, and even shows some
| signs of future growth. Star City, the
former Humboldt metropolis, is now in
ruins. Broken walls stand on the hill
| sides and torn canvas ~flutters in the
| wind on either hand; tho busy crowds
| of miners who used to fill the saloons
every night, the gentesl looking sport,
| LAWYERS, doctors, etc., have all depart
ed. In Western phrase, the place is
ssplayed out" 1t went up with ''Sheba'
and went down with it. The rich ore
that at first was found in that mine and
| along what was called the "Sheba belt"
built the town and the hopes of every
mar who owned "feet" in the District.
| The ore gave ont, and there was no fur
| Their use for the town. So of Humboldt
City, Prince Royal and Winonville.
Each had its pet ledge or series, and it
was the misfortune of the people that
none of them met their expectations.
| There is rich ore in all these Districts,
but the veins are narrow and the coun-
try rock of the hardest kind. The peo-
| pie who hocked out here during the
"fush times" of '63 were ignorant Of
mining, and took it for granted that
every vein an inch wide would turn into
Ia "Gould l. Curry" as they "went
down." Deceived and disappointed by
their W ignorance, the greater num-
Der cursed the country aud left, while o
faithful few remained to prospect the
"outside" lands. The new discoveries
are Humboldt's future hope, and from
all appearances those who have held
steadfast in their faith are about to re.
ceive a generous reward.
NEW DISTRICTS.
I.may mention under this head Arabia,
as it is among those that were discoy'
cred after the towns that are now faller
into decay had reached the zenith o
their glory. Here are located the mine:
now being worked by Mr.. Mason, a,
Oreaua, and by Dir. Torrey at a poinI
on the river two miles above. There is
no other limit to the amount Of bullioE
that may be produced from these mines
than the capacity Of the works. Vari'
GUS explorations have been made &c
ascertain the extent of the ore beds
but as yet the bounds have not beer
reached. The line of the Pacific Rail
road will run close to them, and with
reasonably cheap freights and a fail
policy in management, this District
alone will give employment to two oil
three thousand men, and add q million
or two annually to the wealth of the
world. Next comes
GOLD RUN.
This is among the latest Of tho nov
things in Humboldt, having been dis
covered only last November. 1t is 10
Gated about eight miles from the Hum
boldt river, near the end of the secont
East Range. The first lode d%iscovsret
was the Golconda, and upon this NOR
work has been done than on any other,
They have a shaft down about seventy
FIVE feet, and have, all the way down,
selid lode, twelve feet wide, of decom
posed quartz, containing load and sill
YER. A mill of eight stamps has beer
erected seven miles from the mine, ant
O contract let to haul five thousand tom
of ore at four dollars. The ore is soft,
requiring the pick only to break it out
and has proved, by actual test, to be &
splendid milling ore. The whole lode
works at least fifty dollars. Severa
thousand tons of this, what anywhere
else would be called rich rock, is now
laying at the dump. The next mine O
note is tho Cumberland, situated two
miles south of tho Golconda, and in the
same belt. The owners of this mine ART
themselves at work on it, and taking ou'
splendid ore. From the development,
now made it promises to be better thar
the Golconda.
Several other companies are at work
with most encouraging prospects. Some
gentlemen from Austin, who have tn,
means, propose to erect smelling works
believing that the ores may be NOR,
proitably worked in that way than By
mill process. The miners Of the distric
want capital to come in and develops
their mines, or build custom mills Il
work the ore that is o laying on tn,
surface, and they offer robustness mel
great inducements to invest ; but they
are not willing to be swindled out o
their hard earned mines, by soulles'
DapkS auu iOUuiou ooyo, oohs ous iioh
the East. They have learned q lessor
from the experience of the past. A nov
ffteen-stamp mill is being erected atDur
Glen, by the Essex Company, and vii
be ready for work some time in Decem
Der. 1t is said that the company have
a fine looking mine.
ANOTHER.
From way up the river comes news o.
the discovery Of immense lodos of ricf
lead ore, bearing a good per cent o
silver, but not enough has yet beer
done to form any definite idea as to tn.
character of the mines. Copper is sale
also to have been found in the same sec
ton, in great veins of carbonate. Thii
new section is yet without a name.
With such prospects of future great
ness as the discoveries of the past tive
years have developed, who will wonder
that the people of this country are full
of hope. As I before remarked, give us
tho Railroad, and a generous Railroad
policy, and Humboldt will be the ban
ner county of this silver State.
Yours, SQUEED.
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