, 1870-04-02
THE SAN DIEGO MINES.
Rich Qunrtz Lends Alleged to have
been DlAcoyercd-Thc Placer Mines
Superficial.

SuPcrxtctnls
c.s7naea Di<srte, tNayeh ls ca4rr.pona<set Of shz
San Diego {CaL) Union
The fact il thss hero tho excitement is 50 IN
tense that one scarcely Knows whether lie is on
his head or heels. Imagine 500 men turned
out loose in the Inountains, with "a little sense
and as much " "fHskncss as 30 many horses.
The people here arc positively wild Such
NOR comes that Tom, Dick, or Harry has
..etruck it," and forthwith the whole camp
rushes pell-mell for the ''new diggins." Peo-
pie don't sleep here at all {or il they do they
aso- more lucky than y. All night long
tho ferocious prospectoss make tho hills re-
sound with their stories Of the days adven-
ing out in the mountains hA-eAbuuts and he
viii realize the for~t of the quotation. ''eon-
fusion vv.oe confounded-" OF recent discove-
riee. perhaps the most important Is that Of the
Hayden !eaa. This mine Is considered BY old
quartz men to be - rich "a the George
Washington" 1t was discovered March j, by
Paul HAYDEN. and the ledge has been opened
in three different places- Mf. Hayden has
located 1000 feet for tho company. fcster-
day saw SONG specimens taken from a hole
four feet deep which would certainly yield Fl
10 the pound.
The ore Of al the newly discovered lodges is
similar to that Of the 81 George Washington"
The 'casing is Of the talcose slate, and this
formation may bo trseed throughout tho
country.
Mr. Hayden. previous to the discovery Of his
lead, wss engaged in placer mining with four
others. They packed their dirt 800 yards to
water. and averaged $50 per day to the han1
This il the best placer mining yet doue here.
The placer deposits aro undoubtedly superb
cia], aud will not keep 100 lnrn employed for
two weeks. Til. il my opinion. after an e,-
ptrience OF nearly twenty years in placer min
ing. Very few rersons here have, made more
than Il 10 - per day. The country does not
bear the aspect of{e1tensiyc ptscers. There is
no heavy "wa.h, and the diSginSs are no.
where more than six to eight feet in depth.
The ''t;ood Hope" IL the lame Of another
location. made on tho 7tt. III the Julian lis
trict, n. ledge was discovered By George ".
Swim and Captain Miller. It is half mill.
north of the George Washington The rocl
taken out is very ricL, specimens Icing thiekIy
studded with gold. At the point where tho
ledge was opened tho vein is Two feet iu width.
very valuable fetl6ea hare undoubtedly been
found, and believe many more are get to he
discovered. This whole region is evidently
rch in mineral deposits. It il srur Of tho
Sierra Serada range. splitting of at Owens
Lake, one srtrr running s,ntherly through tho
counties of Los angeles, st. Eernarslinn, and
san 1IisEo to tic Peninsula OF Lower CaItos-
tia. at4d the other running knutlerls a,rn=e
Arizona iuto Mexico. Like the ranges above
Overs lake, the elopca On the cast are arserl-
tife-oua, wllile those the west arc aurifeE-
OTIS. It IL in this western range that the re-
cent gold discoveries have been made. MT
ulhrc than sixty milca north OF the Cuyaulaca
Mountains. in st. bt.nartiino County, are tho
gold deposits Of I.ytlc Greek. which. have been
worked for the past Rlx year,, and from
Which several hunslres, Thousand dollars llav.
been extracted 1alnl1iug noaletly. tlese
gravel deposits continue almost uniuttr-
rupsr,lly. terminating III what il known at
the San Feliriana district. in santa lsar-
1.1, Il
are these vi t1 :'nle,la! si-trir: III T.o@ -lnsc-
len County, midway b.twe-n San Feicana anu
Little Creek. wliic!. ar&. paving wcl- san Fee
riara il the tr.lt where Et,hi Wa. lint .liscov-
eres, in Calif"Hia.. At I.ytle Greek tlsera are
now hytirau. works. wIirll are said to pav
from y ,'Ihl to Il. .:dsl lseF week.
1ut X re. il. San ne:n Culsaty, lrat:z Is oar
reliance; 6no it il tt u:un Of ..slartz miners
Of 1nAuy wears experience thar nowhere i'll
California las s,' 1nnrli ricf quartz leen found
distributed nvt'r 70 large sllrfaH of country.
4 ledge that las no. yrt attracted special
at san ra7,n,al. II has been mIfesfeetly
wtlie, :..ul l41s siekitl iii a,crA;;e Of S.si to
lie ton. II W.. ;.,.sisllaA.d tSa years since,
owing tn the want ri ca!'ital to pump thrw7:er
ont. Ills mine Is on the western edge OF the
tHlynmaa district, aH.} ..Laft. 1tA1+s- aro trace
ali. iry,n this point to and beyond the CayA~
maca Mountains.
intermediate between tho Weshersv 1nino
| and tao tuSau,ara District liz the santa 3[atiA
placer anineS. which have f,ern worked At ill.,
trrva!s turing the past Twelve yca.s. Yielding
fair returns III the rainy scAson. The wait Or
| water during great portion Vi the rear pre-
ycsts 1xtei4siye ol,efatios.s.
The Cusanlaca District Possesses great value
in view VI its proximity to the llarbor OF San
si1ty miles from tlic ba:, hut tLis distance cal,
be shortened hy a. least twenty miles, and il
tie present excitement Aolls it will not be lup:;
kclurs Z new road is opened. Indeed, some
Of The farmers GU the route are already nj woTk
| nIA,tl short cat.
lIc1e. too, Ne have an abundant timber s.,I-
| ply, arI "a:cr sufficient for the demands uf .
l.rSc community, anil for all the waits VI a
quartz mining district. The climate dur;u;
tile E..atcr rar, Il the year is delightful, and
t:at snil in the ncighhoiiuS valley Is YET, rich.
I sEtGs1 !..en;iuu, FOR ;:lc benefit Ut sto!o-
| Eistt, tl!at the crlcrateI TcnlcscaI Tin mines
lie Eliaway between t'uy2rlaca al:1 Lytle Greek,
| III tlr ~2nse raliEe Of 1.!sIlntsius.
| I lle Hs.sA tines nf Cnhfv1nia Seem 10 lie re-
! yivc1l for q season here. As III days OF gore,
tacn sleep uron the I1us:.ps anil cat around
lively sIc.kiEe, have &c: been rut NJ. Al
'Julian City there arr two leg cabins ard
Eeme twenty t.ll tenta, anil a; "Cv!..la,
City" three nulc5 west. tI1ete are dpzc1
tents. 1'rcla! " $50 people are tueaEl,~l il
tlle 'Inia1 district, and about l5J at Coleman
City 4 town site LA. been lsi:1 off OH la
| near tie Washington mine, ami the ]oIa
tc7t have gore to your city to SILL lots. But
in tri:c Of tho lack Of l4abitahons. men con
t.VcElte III Knots and talk exciedly over tho
"It..|tcts- VI lave two trim mile ia
full blast, which are well patrnn;zed, and .
grocery store il likewise dining thriving hus;-
le-F. People arc aochinS in daily from Los
angeles ai:.l Sal; 1,lr1taTdiEo Counties, taeidcs
! liz. ;hr,:.ee fIcm San Diego. and VIC have ;1,,.s
at the niiI-s an aggregate population Of not
| Ear from 1.u00.
T1.c1c has hcen considerable suffering from
tic rcc.nt cold weather. Tie night Of Thurs
day, March III, was really terrible. very
larEs proportion Of Tic people were without
shelter. and tie driving eiorm came upon them
with full force, On tie whole. afser having
travelled user this country for two wecLe, and
after having rrosrecscl. ansl talked with other
| rrc-rcc:nss, telev: that I am warranted il
saying ,lat no richer quartz district than t1is
LA. yet sccn opened in California Here i. .
teld "l4srein lts capitalists Of the grea. ci,iet
! u:hy o{crr:c with rrtt. and the ri;v OF San
/ Iirrp y i'll s1rp1y [e rich]x herctitni t,- ~,