Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-08-06

srn style Of gold mining Is conducted
along the western slope Of The sierra
Nevada. in California. have any ads-
oua,e idea Of the magnitude and sfso.
t~iv.p.ss Of those operations a. Illus
,r.,.d In the heavy hydraulic workings.
Crack, and rivers are diverted from their
sour,ss and made use Of to level bills
and mountains. and tumble things about
In Q way never intended BY nature.
without entering into the great contro-
,srsy. q, present between the ''sliek'ns"
ssuehsros and the hydraulic miners In
that Golden State We will copy the fol-
lowing editorial squib from the Ssers-
mspto Bee. merely BY way OF illustra-
ton:
One Of the hydraulic companies up
country has been playing is pipes for .
y.sr against bill upward Of two hun.
drsd feet In height. and occasionally
throwing down thousands Of cubic yards
Der day By means OF giant powder blasts.
and Tor what1 Simply to get at the
forty foot layer Of earth at the bottom
that eoutsius some goldl Think Of it
they are washing down two hundred feet
lin d-ptb) Of earth. trees. rocks. ETC.
two huudrsd feet 10 depth. and - many
hundred acres In surface sxtsnt.
And this 10 merely the working Of one
company. There are hundreds Of others
engaged In similar work all along the
western slops. wherever the surifsrous
gravel 10 met with. The San Francisco
Poa Of the I'd instant contained . state
mspt, two columns 10 length. BY the
Miners Association Of Cslifornis. giving
large amount OF interesting statistical
Information regarding the hydraulic
mines and miners. The following sx-
tract. however. u sufficiently illustrative
a showing that the gold vsshinss and
gravel dissipgs Of csliforpis are not BY
any means exhausted. but will last for
very many years to come:
California has produced since the dis.
oov-ry Of gold in ls4S. between I'll
lou. 000. 900 aud 81. 2Oo. 0o0. 900 Of that
metal, OF which very much the larger
portion has come. either directly or indi'
rsc,ly. from the ancient or plioesns river
channels. Fully uine-tenths OF the
placer gold thus far produced Was the
yssuls OF the natural washing away oil
thsse channels; the earthly matter hsv'
ing been carried down Into the plains
and inland lakes. thus building up the
great valleys Of California; the gold. BY
virtus Of It's great weight. remaining De.
hind in the beds OF the rs,inss and
rivers. draining the Western slope OF the
Sierra.
A. the plseers became exhausted. the
miners naturally turned their labors 70
the sources from which the placer gold
had BEEN derived. Commencing In 1851
they have steadily prosecuted the dsvsl'
epmsnt aud working OF the ancient river
beds, until the yield from them amounts
annually to = sun varying from ST.
o0O, 600 10 SIS. 900. 900. with the pros
pset .or many years to come OF equally
great returns.
In order to accomplish this result. the
expenditure Of large sums Of money ha'
been required In building dams, canals
and tunnels. The Bloomfield and Mil
ton Companies afford q good illustration
OF the large capital necessary for the
successful development OF such proper.
ties. Work wss vigorously commenced
on The mines OF these companies In 1854,
since when about "a. o00. 900 has beer
sxpspdsd-sll representing ''capital 40
eoun,"-untii 1878. when their works
we're finally completed. All this $4,000
600. with unimportant exceptions. Wal
furnished BY stockholders resident In
Csiiiornis.
We roughly estimate the present &C
t3a, vslns OF these mines In Califorpis
to b. Geo. o0o. COO; adding to this tbs
property whose value 10 dependent upon
the existence Of the mines. there results
total present value Of probably $780,
600. 900.