Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-02-14
Geld aaa silver On tho Peuinsula or
~ san FFaneisco.

From the Ban Francisco Bulletin, Feb. al
In the absence OF anything else cal
culated to furnish an exciting item,
the locals Of the different daily papers
are making the most out Of the discov-
cry of traces Of gold-bearing quartz In
the stone quarry at the foot Of Tele-
graph Hill, from which stone Is being
taken for the concrete foundation Of
the new City Hall.
The discovery Of small quantities of
gold, and even silver, Is nothing new
In San Francisco. Traces Of the pre-
cious metals are found all over the
Peninsula. but unfortunately the geo
logical formation Of the district pre-
cludes the discovery Of them In paying
quantities or large deposits anywhere.
A few years since when the stock ma
MIA had first taken a firm hold upon
our population, and every man In the
town-to say nothing Of the women
and c~hildren-was rich In Quires or
v reams of shares Of stock, the hills
around the city were tunneled In many
places In search OF gold and silver.
Among the discoveries we remember
the following: On Clay street hill
several small boulders which yielded
$l2 to $40 per ton In silver by assay,
with q trace Of gold, In the street. just
west Of the old Marine Hospital, on
Rincon Point, q thin seam Of quartz
which contained u trace Of gold. A
claim called "The Green Emlgrant"
was located at that point, and we be-
lieye Q joint stock company was organ
lied to work 1t. In Leayenworth street
near the cornor Of Green, traces Of
gold-bearing quartz. On tho Potrero
near the bay, collaborating quartz,
from which a bar Of bullion worth $l2
was produced, at a cost Of only 1920.
In the Mission mountains, north of the
road from Laguna MERGED to the Mis-
sion, traces Of gold, or what looked
like 1t, In the common red country
rock. A tunnel was run deep into the
hill at that point, and tho curious can
entor and inspect 1t to this day, no
precautions to keep the inqulsitlve out,
such as are in vogue just now In Vlr-
glnia City and Gold Hill, being taken
By the liberal-mlnded proprietors. In
San Andreas Valley something which
looked like fine gold In red rock Col.
A. w. Won Schmidt can probably show
q few samples from this deposit now.
There have been numerous other dis
coveries Of nearly or quite equal value
with those above named, made OH the
Peninsula within the past ten or twelve
years, but we do not remember them
all. The most promising gold discov-
cry ever made In the vicinity Of San
Francisco was that ON Angel Island,
some eight years since, A oross vein
Of pink or rose-colored quartz, tolera-
bly, we'll defined, and yielding some
fine specimens of free gold, was found
cutting through the western part Of the
island, from southeast to northwest.
1t can be seen distinctly with the ma
ked eye from Telegraph or Russian
Hills. There were q number Of claims
located on this promising lead by par
ties who went over from tho city In
the night for that purpose, but the
claimants were summarily ordered Off
by the military commander Of the dis
trict, and the excitement ended quick
ly as 1t arose. Gold has also been
found from time to time in the vicinity
Of Lime Point, Marin county, opposite
the Preside, but as on the Peninsula
Of San Francisco, never In paying
quantities. The simple fact Is, that
the country rock OF this section only
produces gold by accident as 1t were,
and a paying gold mine can neyerfbe
found In 1t.