, 1870-07-19
THE GOLDEN STATE
extraordinary Gold DlxcoScry-Iho
Curfosixics OF Mining.

Extraordinary Gold Dlxcoscry-Tho
Curtosisics OF Mining.
San Frant7seo tJuty q Correspondence Of tie x<,v
Rattos1 Standard
That there nre more things in heaven and
earth than our philosophy dreams Of is proved
every day to an extent that must make tho
wiscst among MS unplessantly conscious OF
helpless ignora uce. Prospecting for gold has
been bit ieIto conducted on strictly scientific
prncipiss, guided bs the lay Of the ground,
and the general geological textures of
the nelghborhood Dut it lss now
been shown that q forked hazel wand il =
better guide to hiddeu mineral wealth than
anythsng else yet known, Some years ago i
man named Mallory took up his residence near
1reka, and commenced wandering through tho
mountains with piece OF forked stick IN his
hands: Many people thonght be WAS crazy,
out others Of more experience made known
ns oo1eet, 90 That his actions we're watched
"lth considerable interest. At length the
workings Of the aisining rod indicated to him
tEat saddIe-shapel bed of silver ora was
snneiy wrapped up In an adjoining hill, and
without any other encouragement be COM
menced to drive tunnel to it. For seven
long years he labored patiently. satisfied
that his simple instrument. guided ty tho
nys' etious 1awB OF att1Fction, could not bo
1T fault. and last week his perseverance, Wa,
rewarded By striking the golden ponmel Of tho
Saddle; the first substantial proof OF the i'm
e1nshed in mortar. has yielded IN average OF
II! 10 the pound, a,,l the rest Of tho rnasa in
sight is apparently ss rich The curios,ies OF
mining would form very readable book. es-
pec'slly that portion Of it describing the man
ner N which most Of cur richest leads have
been discovered. The New A1madep hui.ksil-
yer MINI was found BY an Englishman. who
observing that the Indians went to certain
spot Tor peculiar rcd earth with which ,hey
painted their facer, Was induced to examine
the localtF, thus revealing the largest deposit
Of c1nnabst in tho new wor1l. Tie Rc,ilinr-
ton quicksilver mine was discovered By so1ie
laborers making road, who, noticing that
some Of the stones they lifted were unusually
heavy for uleiE eize, broke piece uG and
sent it to San Francisco for examination. Tho
celebrated Eberha1at eilser nlino in White
tlne, pne.ha1f int crest III which sold last week
10 Engilsh capitalists for $1,000. .0uU, Was
pointed cut to camp Of loggess by Indians,
who brought in Jumps OF natlve silver, and Of.
cred to show where thoy gut them for i moder-
ate recompenee OF tiour and tobacco, The
famous blue-grayel lead, one mile OF which,
yielded from 1854 to 1860 tho sum Of IS 5,G95.-
NO, was accidentally st1uck by man digging
= well. and the Hutte mine, IN Sicora County,
from which e1 ,Si5, ,0o0 was taken in sir yeara.
Ras discovered BY hunter, who, sitting down
70 rest, saw dis'ntegEatel quartz richly streak
ed With gold scattered about, and was thus led
10 mike further researches Nor have Ill tho
great prizes yet been drawn. Canital luck.
and labor, separately and combined, are con-
-tautlE finding new wealth in our mountains.
ard probably will continue to do 20 for al time
to come.