Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-05-23
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Unparalleled Energy.

Irue merit is always modest, and new
er goes unrewarded, though that the ,e-
ward is often tardidly bestowed. Her
culean efforts and iudomitabe energy will
always achieve success, no mat er in what
capacity or what field they are displayed
Some men acquire wealth and independ-
ence in single day, while others spend
years of patient toll and suffering 10 reach
the same coveted position. The differ
enee in the two, however, is, that the
one acquires it by ;hetaid Of tgeacheyous..
schemiug maEipulalicns in which others
are often ruined, while the other, by en-
crgy and industry, succeeds in digging
it out of the ground, or acquires it by
close application to manufacturing. trade
Or commerce. By the success OF one, he
alone is benefited. but by the success of
the other mankind in general is benefit
led. AS proof of this fact we viii cite
a case in point-Mr John r. Hie, OF
Marlposa County, Cal. Mr.. Hite came
from Virginia to California over twenty
years ago, then mere boy, without
friends and money For many years he
worked i'll the mihes as common labor.
er. where his geueros'y and Roman in
tegrity made him a host of friends. To-
day he is millionaire, aud to all general
appearances he holds his immense fortune
without apparently knowing it. The his
tory of his success is as follows: In 1868
he Lett the settled portion of Mariposa
County Tor summers prospecting tour
in the Nevada Mountains, in The East
eru portion of that County With his
tools and provisions strapped upon his
back, he wandered for some time among
the rocky cliffs of the mountain gorges
with but little appearance of the "yelIow
stuff to cheer him, till be reached the top
of the mountain between the main MERGED
River and the South fork Of that stream.
Here. some 2 QUO feet above the bed Of
the river, on the West side of the noun
tain. he struck large vein Of very rich
bearing gold quartz. As soon as he
found it, he found it was likely to ba
Of permanent value lie set to work with
his own hands to make a trail through the
mountain to Mariposa; in order to get
provisions, proper tools. etc., to enabl lie
him to prospect the vein. These he car
ried on mules aud mediately set to
work getting out quartz, which. fortunate
" for him, was very rich on the surface
He got ont sixty TONS OF this rock aud
carried it on pack mules several m lies
down the mountain to little aras ia on
the Merced River, where it yielded him
about $4,000. He then made new
trail to tire Top of the mountain. which,
at bis place. is about $500 feet high,
and in many places almost perpend ocular
Tor hundreds OBJECT. Down this trail,
which traverses over precipice and under
cliff distance Of some four miles. he
carried down, BY the help of Chinese, all
the heavy shaltings, stamps pars. etc
of frst-class twenty stamp mill, to.
gether with thousands of feet of lumber
to build fumes and houses &c. To day
he has IN cove some twenty or more
houses. large baru store house. mill
house, &c and a strong and durable sus-
pension bridge spans the river at his
mill, all the result of energy and human
strength
For some years no has been con
stantly employed ip developing and work
ing his niue, during which time he has
added to the gold circula ion Of the
world about 81, 500, 000.1 After sinking
upon the vein some two hundred feet, be
ran tunnel two hundred and twenty feet
and topped it at that point. He has
worked the vein now to the depth of
about two hundred and forty feet below
this tunnel, or. a total depth Of near four
hundred aud fifty feet below the surface.
The thickness of the vein varies from
four to twelve feet, making an average
of about nine feet throughout the entire
length of the vein as lar as prospected.
being distance of some six hundred feet.
For several years past the rock has paid
about $50 to the ton. From 1869 to
1871 the monthly yield rarely ever varied
over TWENTY-FIVE ounces recently,
however, in the lower level he struck
vein of about eleven feet in. thickness,
which pays from $50 to $50 per tou.-
This vein isnow well developed, and is
one Of vast proportions and immense
richness.
For more than Eve years past Mr. nite
has been engaged III running lower
tunnel, which is now in about l, $50 feet.
According TO survey. he will reach the
vein again 10 distance of some 70 or
80 feet. at depth of something over