The herald., 1895-03-19
CALIFORNIA ooID|IMINEs
They Still Lead the World In Number
and Richness

Dan De guile. writing to the Salt Lake
Tribune of mining in California. among
other things says
Still, for years some have devoted the :
selves to the development of the quartz
mines of the state, and deep. genuine
mining in the veins that are the SURGE OF
the surface gold may now be said to be
fairly under way. At many points along
the great mother lode immensely rich
mines have been opened and are found to
pay steadily year after year. Although
some of the oldest of these mines have
attained great depth, they still yield well
and the veins show no sign of giving out.
In the vicinity of these rich mines. on
and along the mother lode, is fine field
for prospectors. The paying mines show
fertile belt, and in fertile belt are
nearly always to be found parallel veins.
The best country in which to prospect is
one that has yielded an immense amount
of surface gold, which shows good strong
sources of the yellow metal in quartz
veins. Thus it will be seen that Califor-
MIA should today. and doubtless is, the
best country in the world for miner
who wishes to prospect for gold quartz.
Looking at the immense amount OF gold
that has been gathered at the surface,
then counting the quartz veins that are
known and worked. it becomes evident
that there must still be hundreds OF rich
veins that remain to be discovered. There
are today better chances in California
than in South Africa. Australia or any
other country on the face of the globe.
The chances for making big find are as
good as in any other gold field in the
world. The gold deposit that lies undis-
covered and untouched is as big today as
in the days of 40. Then the miner can
at the present time obtain provisions and
all other supplies at cheaper rates in Cal
iforna than in any other gold-producing
country in the world. In no other state
in the Union can man live better for
small amount of money than in Califor-
mia.
For some years past, until recently.
there has been very little prospecting
done in California. While prospecting
was active in Colorado, Utah. Idaho and
other regions to the east. it was almost.
at II standstill in California. The men OF
the mountains were so worked upon that
they gave little thought of prospecting.
and most OF them were so enraged against
the people of the''co counties that they
hardly would have touched quartz lode
had they known it to be filled with gold.
They resented having their hydraulic
mines shut down by the valley ranchers
and being left to dig quartz or starve.
Almo t every week we now hear of new
and rich discoveries in quartz. These are
not up in the wilds of the mountains. but
in and about the oil camps. as at Grass
Valley. where the fist quartz mining was
done. There is no better place in which
to prospect than in the belts of fertile
country about the old camps in Nevada
co nnJy, Mariposa, Sierra. "uolumne and
other counties up and down along the
great mother lode. Even close to the
towns all has not been found that the
earth contains. Surprising finds are fire.
quently made in and about the Oldest
camps. These finds are generally by some
outsider or ''greenhorn. People living
in mining camp think they know all
about the place. and seldom bother with
Then camp is new pros
pecting may be pretty lively for a time,
but it soon dies out and that is the end
of it until a big find is made by some
tenderfoot who does not know
quartz from granite or gold from pvrites.