New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-10
THE MINES or NEVADA CITY.
RECENT DISCOVERIES OF GOLD.


WEALTH IN The GRAVEL or ANCIENT WATER
coURsEs-A NEW IMPULSE GIVEN TO MINING
SOME OF The PRODUCTIVE AND PROMISING
CLAIMS
[FROM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TEInuNEl
NEVADA CITY, Cal, April 14.-Ncvada City
is situated in the centre OF the most extensive and pro-
ductlvc gold mining region the western slope OF the
Sierra Nevadas II is the terminus Of II narrOw-gauGc
railway connecting with the Central Pacific Railway at
Colfax The length OF this railway ONLY twenty-five
miles and the times of the arrival and departure Of pas
senger rains arranged ~ TO afford tourists ana
Others an opportunity all the MAN features Of
mining both in the quartz and hydraulic gravel mines.
with Only days delay the overland journey over
tie Central Pacific Railway.
The town has two irst-cass, cOmmo1i)ns hotels. two
wclstocked livery stables and Other cOnvcnicEcrs for
the comfort and accommodation Of Travellers ana il al
ready attracting large number Of tourists as we'll 40
capaliss in consequence OF the prOductvcncss OF the
mines I'm operation. and also Of the opportunities
for profitable investment and speculation In the vast
undevelopcd mining properties which are now lying
Idle. awaiting the necessary capital to develop them
Many Of the shallow gravel placer mines
were worked out and exhausted at an cary
day, hut there extensive beds OF gold
bearing gravel which undeTlic the volcanic
ridges marking the course Of the ancient streams, and
which only be mined probably on large scale.
Many such mines active and profitable oprr-
alton in this county, notably the Eureka Lake, the
North Bloomfield, tine Milton, the Blue Tont the Sailor
Flat the Omega, the Little York, the Quaker Hill, and
many others. Most of these companies own extensive
water rights in connection with their ines and all
duct their enterprises large SCALE washing OF great
gaps into the mountains, and producing in tho aggre
gate eeveral millions Of dollars OF gold bullion every
In many places the channels arc 80 deep that they
cannot be prohtaby worked by hydraulic power, and
here the drifting process is employed Two remarkably
rich discoveries recently been made In this class
OF mines, and in nearly opposite directions from Nevada
City one, the DerDes Mine, AT NOrtn bOoluHeu ana
the other the Jacobs and Sargent Claim At Quaker
Hal. In each OF these claims the gold rs so
gravel In the latter claim. in the bottom OF u shatt
which is several hundred feet deep nuggets aLc Ionhd
varying IN size from 81 to Sll5 each During the
five days work which they have done on the chan.
5000 per day, 10y tue drifting process The Important
significance OF these deveODmcnls Il not more IN the
phenomenal richness OF tine deposit than the dcinOnstrl-
ton the fact Ihat these rich channels continuous
and underie the mountains many miles In extent
The Derbes Mine ~ only n connecting link between
the North Bloomfield Nine on the one side OF the noun
tam, and tue Moorcs Feet ana Snow Point Mines on the
tlDuatiOn OF the channel from which Brown q Co.. at
You Bet Mines took 100000 out OF 600 feet OF ground
North of TIN claims ana along this channel the mnes
all undeyeloped. although there is every
continues as rich as at the point; where
It has already been exposed. Another remarkable In
stance is ne Broderlcg Mine Columbia Hill. For the
last twenty wears this property cultiva
tion as ranch, aud considered OF little value but
e e%@ cha ebanne of gaTe Hc has sunk At seven
INHERENT places for veelghthB OF niie along the chan
mel, in every instance discovering gravel that
PAID from 8 cents tn 81 rs TO each pan
OF dirt. These aud OtneF discoveries have
gwen "a new impulse TO mining in thus county, aud
many extensive and valuable claims have recently been
located along Tho lines OF these channels, upon which
active operations Will be begun as soon as capital can
DO procured fOg their Development Among these claims
are the Adalantc, the Caledonia, the Nevada County
Consolidated and the MamInOth-caCh OF which exceeds
1000 acres N cXicnt--aUd vast number OF other
claims which, though less extensive, are by no means
less promising IN their results.
The quartz interests IL ana about Nevada CITY at
tracing even more attention from Eastern capitalists
than The gravel deposits, but Of these Will speak n
future lcier Nevada cry nlncs arc often mistaken
for Nevada lnbcs-the latter silver mines on The
eastern slope OF the Sierra the former gold mines In
Nevada County, California, the western Opc or the