, 1870-07-30
NEW GOLD MINES.
(:rcnt Excitement m san S5cruar-
dino California;.


From the !S1n Eerndrdiro Guardian, vu1y 10.
We havc always cor. ended that our county,
II thoroughly prosI,ccted, wou1,l be found 10
contain a greater variety aud richer minerals
than any other in the State, and thai it oniy
needed the advent OF tho hardv rrospector
IL verify the fact. since the publication Of
cries Lass neeu lnadc, 10Th IL goli aud silver si1ser
Lad and tin, but within the past two weeks
mines have been discovered that cclipso
anything III point Of ricllnets that has
been found eince tho discoveries nsar
san Diego last spring. Atont Fort: r'ilea
dino. some gold quartz veins have l'ecn dis
covered tAat show FREQ gold in great abuu-
dance. 31r. Staulpa, an old ~ miner, and q
small party left the San Diego mines, some
Two or three months ago. and commenced
fsnses tst l+ad toward :o1l nsliy III o!s,a os San
Eemar1,po Lasc line. with but little si.ccrs,.
however, until, arriving 1t tho mountains OF
San Jacinto. they discovered a email quartz
vein outcrorping. containing free gold. The
vfin Was only about three inches wide, but
extremely rich. Tley At onse commenced
sinking shaft. and a. they sunk down
The vein Nide.ssl, and st depth of about
Twelve feet it was twelve inches and w1Ieuipg
showing good wall with clay easing, An
arastra was at once erected. aud from tive or
six hundred pounds Of rock upward Of 1900
wn,sh OF gold WAS extracted. Since that tiu,e
other veins have been found il tho vicinity.
The ncus Of this discovery 1aw ike wi1jtire
through the town, and men in wagons, men
on horseback, and men On foot have, during
this week, locked to tho Ell noratlo. None Of
them have returned up 10 the tiuu OF going
TO press, hut VIC will give our Eeaders further
particulars when We receive them. Gold
past two weeks III other parts Of the county,
and in the ..Sdu1w they 2re sinking suaft
to develop it, as also in tho ciain adjoining.
For many years past there hss been Legend
or tradition among the Californians anl miner
that silver mine existed in the surrounding
mcuntuins. from which the oil padres, il:
times rast, had extracted fabulous eums Of
'.plate. Int the 1ucalily of tue mino WAS for
gotten. aud although. from vaSuc informa-
lion. many adventurous miners had spent
their time And muuey in trying to trace it out,
il vas iii vain. 4 rhoEt time since some Cal
ifor1lans found i very 1ieh silver float rock.
but could not find the lead or Vein whence 1t
came. They informed DR.. Bsrtou and Wn
llcCoy Of tho fact, and on Sunday last they.
IN company with ChAtlcs Cfuaker a:ld Mr..
l.islc proceeded to the spot where the t3oat
rock was fuund-foT:y miles iu Al easserly d.
rcction from San Gcrnldino.
Arriving ut the SPOT, they proceeded in 1
syetematlc manner 10 prospect tho mountains,
| 1hcir efforts were after a time rewarded With
| rucccss. Charlie Clusket struck upon we'll
lchneu tfau teau1nE tnto1nd tuoOntAiut, which,
he followed. and soon came upon road we'll.
| graded aad built OF large stone, evidently with
care. which, following, brought him to the old
| Jernit mine.
| Here at list VISA the mssterr solved-the
truth established tLat in the old time, years
ago, men had been engaged in mining. The
| renai,,e Of an old slait were found, partly
filed in. but showing marks Of tho pick and
| CAD. The party at ouce proceeded to clea1
away come OF the rubbish, and soon obtained
! quite d lot OK the ore, which il tieh enonsA so
satisfy tho heart Of the most rapacious ninel
-arsayiug from $500 to Fl 900 per ton
| The 1uinc has been called the Jesuit, and
smother c1oee by the old Padre. Steps were
1t oEce taken to reap The reward Of tLeir per.
I severance, and this week company was
formed. the district named the San Jae 'nte
Mining District, : mining code Of laws France!
and pteliminarr steps taken energetically &c
work the lolee. THIS is good ness for the
miners elsewhere. and should encourage then
| 10 come here II they wi~h 10 make thei1
piles" and they will not only enjoy the hea
climate on earth, and obtain supplies At i
reasonable sur,, hut can Afserwafd nnd 1
suitable homestead unon lsnd that will con-
pare favorably with any III the State