The union Democrat., 1869-02-27
Letter from White Pine. /.

We publish the following extract from
letter written by S. W. Craigue Esq, former
ly Recorder of this County, to citizen of this
place, feeling confident it will be read with
interest, coming ms it does from one 30 we'll
and fayorablv known in this County:
TREAsuRK CRY, Feb. l4;h, 1869.
FRIEND RANDALL 81 am now going TO
write You few ideas Of mine about this Sill
vcrado. When | arrived here and looked
around u little, concluded to turn my atten-
tinn to prospecting, have in company with
Carrinctor and Oliver of Tuolumne, located
several clnims hut mono of them are rs rich
ns the " "Eberhdrltn The whole county here
fer miles around has been located, and in
mnuy places the locations are about ten deep,
Won find n notice duly recorded on every
point Of rock in the country, men arc sinking
shafts so near together on "Chloride Flat
that they do not have room TO dump their dirt,
and strange to say, most of then are taking
out rich ore There is u "good time coming"
for Lawyers, when the ball opens there will
be fin for some, and death to many.
Ia what is called "Chloride Range there
seems to me, to be no regular well defined
veins with walls as we have in California, but
hlotches or pockets Of Chloride Ores in pure
Limestone formation, varying in size, from
bunch as big as your fist to God knows how
big, in many, very many instances, these
pockets are wonderfully rich, so mnch So
that n very few tons is fortune. Running
along side of the Chloride Range is belt of
mineral in the same formation, called the
"Base Range" in this, the ore is mixed with
Lead, Copper &C., but many claims are very
rich in Silver, here the veins are better de-
fined, and appear to have foot and hanging
walls as our California mines. a great many
men are Of the opinion that eventually these
mines will be more sought after than in the
Chloride Range, but the fact is, don't be-
lieve ANYBODY knows which is the safest to
prospect in, or much about it any way. For
tunes are being made here every day, but my
day has not come as yet. | think, however,
NV tarn will come.
All the Ranches of every description for
miles and miles, was taken up before | came
here. Hay has been selling all winter, from
one 20 two hludrei dollars per ton, it costs
tcamsters with two animals, ten dollars day
f.r feed. Lumber is worth now, two hun
dred dollars per thousand at the mill, and
costs fifty dollars more for hauling, finishing
lumber is worth four hundred dollars per
thousand. At these prices, it goes oft like
"IIot Cakes" A lot sold to-day in Treasure
Stty tOr clHut tHuuSAUu uuiiotS, " 10 All GA
citemert- every ybody thinks they have for
tnn--so it goes, some will float, others sink.
Within a radius of four miles, we have four
lawns Of good size; first, comes Hamilton,
about as big as Sonora, and doubling every
two or three weeks. lots, varying from two
hundred to FIVE thousand dollars. The next
town, (up among the clouds, is called, Treas
ure CITY. and here is the center Of business,
here the "Jayhawkers" congregste, and also,
the San Francisco Sharpers, and hundreds of
g-eenies stand around hearing them tell big
yarns, with eyea as big as plates. Gambling
gaes. Whisky goes everything goes. Lewd
women travel in fine sleighs. and are treated
10 fine wine on the public streets. About
half mile South Of Treasure. is the Eherhardt
mine, and town called White Pine City, this
place, like all the rest is growing very fast,
next comes Silver Springs, a thriving place,
the lowest and pleasenteSt of the lot, with
good supply of water. Hamilton. also, has
water, but Treasure and White Pine Cities
have mono, except what they buy or melt
from snow.
This last week, we have had the heaviest
snow-storm of the season, it fell sixteen inch
es IN one day and night. but the weather is
new very pleasant. the sun comes out quite
warm, in the middle Of the dav. Give nv
warmest regards to oil the boys | think
they all better come and look at this plaee
anyway, II is glory ta forty-niner to see neo
pie so hopeful, and feeling so rich. even If
he can't ''see it, in that light.