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Cftlaoetas <£l)ronuic. VI. i, tit COCRSV IDITO3. Saturday, October 25. 1151. Quartz lu O.lavcras. I'p to this time, bi« little Ua< been said of tht 1 quartz veins of Calaveras County, altli .ugh in richness or extent they urc unparalleled. Tlie principal reason of this is the apparent inexhaus tibility of our placer and coyote dig gings, in which no outlay of capital was required but the purchase of such implements i>f bilwir us were absolute ly necessary to the immediate prose u lion of work that needed no machinery to carry it on, greater than the strong arms of our hardy miners, backed by their indomitable perseverance, and the occasional aid of a windlass to hoist gold-bearing earth from the bot toms of those dark holes, sunk deep into the mountains, and which, as a general thing amply repaid them for their labors. Whilst working thus, however, veins of quartz were frequently found, all of which gave evidences of containing more or less gold, and went fur to prov£ that the mineral wealth of our county was scarcely known as regard ed its real permanency. Few of these leads were worked to any extent, un less they showed signs of extraordinary richness, and up to this time, number less veins can be found /k putcropping at intervals along their icourse, unnamed and unlocated. There are now in this county only about six or eight crush ing mills in progress of erection—own ed by capitalists who, with far-sighted judgment, hare taken advantage of the present’position of affairs, find located their claims before the furore com mences. One mill, we learn, is now in active operation at or near Suttersville, and is yielding handsomely to its own ers. Other companies, |we have beard of as owning rich claims, upon which they are placing machinery, are the •» 1-4. U Artmrvinu nml thf* Oneida company. The Amadore company is-also mak ing extensive preparations to put up heavy machinery, and expect to be in operation in a short time. In the southern portion of the county we hear of a great many rtch veins having been discovered and-located, but as yet have received no definite information of their whereabouts, or the names of the com panies who own them. Some speci mens, however that we have seen, from different quarters, give unequivocal signs of the richness of the veins from which they are taken, and leave us no cause to doubt the immense wealth still locked up in our mountains, and the large fortunes that will hereafter be yielded their holders. Ourselves. —Oti Monday, the 6th day of October, at four o’clock p. m., our printing materials, packed in boxes, were shipped from Long Wharf, in San Francisco. Notwithstanding bad roads, broken down wagons, and other ills too numerous to mention, our establishment was delivered to us here on the follow ing Thursday. Unable torent a build ing, we secured a piece of ground, and on Saturday laid the foundations of our house. On Wednesday, the 15th, the office was so far completed that we were enabled to move in and commence getting things to rights, besides putting up the press. The type boxes were knocked open on the next day, Thurs day, and on Sunday morning, three days afterwards, issued the first num ber of the Chronicle, not having had any other aid than that of those interes ted in the office. Our first edition was worked off just twelve days from the time our materials left the Bay. Salmon Fishing. —The season for salmon fishing has again come round, and great numbers are daily caught in the Mokelurnne river, some fourteen miles below the Middle Bar. Several companies of gentlemen are making a regular business of catching and suiting down the fish, and have many hands, both whites and indians, employed in the operation. At one place, about ten miles below the Bar, a dam has been uilt across the river, the more effectu !Jr to ensnare if* finny inhabitants. Division. —There is a movement oi foot, north or the Mukelumne river, in petition the next Legislature for a di vision of Calaveras County, We are informed tiiat many petitions are alrea dy numerously signed, not only by citi zens of the northern part of Calaveras, but also by large numbers of residents of the south-west portion of El Dorado ivnd south-east corner of Sacramento counties. Although this movement is said to be generally popular in the north, we do not even hear it mention ed south of the river. What views will be taken bv the residents of the * southern portion of the county, when the proposition becomes fully known, we are really at a loss to say. Com munications upon this subject are in vited, and will receive a place in our celumus. Cave. —There is said to lie an extra ordinary cave in our county, about six miles from San Antonio, which has been entered and partially explored to a distance of over fourteen hundred feet. It is described by those who iiave seen it ns being divided into countless chambers and apartments, all of easy access, and adorned with curiously shaped figures of stones, making them resemble well furnished rooms ; and from the ceilings, hanging pendant in huge masses, bright crystals flashing in the light of torches, give the appear ance of gorgeous chandeliers suspend ed from some richly finished dome to shed their lustre upon the magnificence that lies scattered around, while in some of the apartments door, walls, and ceilings reflect back such a flood of light from innumerable stalactites as to be almost blinding. There is a gentle and regular descent to the cave of about thirty-five degrees. Rancherie.—This is the name of a very pretty valley, in which is located an extremely rich placer, situated some twelve or fifteen miles from this place. Several new buildings are in process of erection in the village, for the accom modation of travelers and residents of the valley, while mining promises well ■*• * i « ing winter. As in most other placers, water is extremely scarce, and the min ers are driven tothe necessity of throw ing up their earth preparatory to the setting in of the rains, when a rich har vest of yellow gold will repay them for all their patient toil. Thousands of tuns of earth are now lying upon the banks of the various ravines in the neighbor hood, awaiting a supply of water. Another Bridge.—A party of gen tlemen. Messrs Palmer, Messer &, Co,, are building with great rapidity a strong and substantial bridge across the Mo kelumne river at Oregon Bar, with the ultimate intention of opening a road from the Hill to that point, by which a line of stages will be run tg Sacramen to. It is said the new route will short en the distance considerably between the Levee City and Mokelurnne. Jack son, Dry Town and other places on the old road will be left to the northward, the new route passing through the beau tiful lon Valle}', of which spot we shall probably have something to say in our next. Amador, —lt seems that the residents of the county are determined not to be “caught napping” in case we should have a wet winter. Among the many means now being arranged for the pas sage of swollen streams, we notice a new bridge now being thrown across Amador Creek at the point where the stage road crosses it. This will be a free bridge, and is built by Messrs Kel la St Hill. Dry Town. —We learn that a great many new buildings are going up in this thriving settlement, which already has, within the limits of the village, a population of from six to eight hundred souls. Dry Town has, heretofore, proved very rich in in its diggings, and the prospects are that they will contin ue lucrative for a long time to come. Quartz Mills. —We learn that Col. Platt is at present building, at Sutters ville, two large quartz crushing mills. One of them is to be driven by steam, and the other by water power. The quartz veins in the immediate neigbor hnod are represented at being of extra ordinary ricbn» CQ . Placer Copper. Wo have b< en shown .some very beautiful specimens' of native copper in its pure state, which in shape and size, much resem bles the fine gold which is dug out of the plaoers. The specimen* now be fore us were taken out of the earth at Campo Seco, wliere it is said, that while washing for gold one frequently finds in bis pan from an ounce to a pound or so of copper, sometimes, though seldom, mixed with gold. It iias not, however, been loiuml in suffi cient abundance to justify a regular system of mining to obtain it. Oxe or t hr Piles. —Near the cor ner of Calaveras and Lafayette streets there is a pile of earth that was hauled down from some of the cayote holes for washing when the rains set in, for which the owners have been offered ten thousand dollars ifti cash. The bid, E however, wits"fyrtnnptly refused. One sack of earth from the pile, washed for prospect,” yielded seventeen dollars and fifty cents. There are about eight thousand sacks of earth in the pile. Rich. —lt is said that the Mexicans in a small gulch between Campo Seco and Winters’ Bar are packing dirt to the river, a distance of three miles, to wash, and are averaging half an ounce a dav to the man ; sometimes taking out even as high as two or three ounces if they strike a remarkably rich spot. — We are not advised of the name of the gulch. Water Company. — A Water Com pany has been formed at New \ ork Flat in order to of bring a supply of water from Dry Creek, to wash the cold-bearing earth of the Flat and its adjacent placers. The work has alrea dy been commenced, and will be pushed forward with the utmost vigor to its completion. Rich Gulch.— We are informed that several large lumps of gold, (one of which weighed two hundred and sixty dollars,) were taken out ot this gulcil on TnesdK* 1 Ye were unable to learn the X - Chinese. —ln the immediate vicinity of Jackson there are several Chinese camps, with a population of Celestials estimated at two thousand souls. What an “orfultime” there mnst bo when they all get talking at once! Going Home.— The annual “ migra tion” of the Sonorians has already commmenced, some four or five hun dred having “ pulled up stakes” on the Calaveras last week, and moved to ward the more sunny clime of their nativity, again to return when spring once more comes round. Acknowledgments. The enter prising firm of Reynolds, Todd & Co. have laid us under deep obligations for the favors which they have conferred upon us, since we commenced the pub lication of the Calaveras Chronicle, in first furnishing us with the Stockton and Bay papers. We are also much indebted to the gentlemanly agent of this firm, G. D. Brush, Esq., who has shown us many little kindnesses which we will gratefully remember. Enpat tern 1 , we will remind our readers that Mr. Todd, weM known ns the pioneer of expressmen in the southern mines, will take his post —which he has recent ly filled to snch good advantage when connected with another express —at San Francisco. We would refer our readers to their advertisements in an other column. [communicated.]* Mr. Editor: — We noticed in your paper a few days since an article refer ring to a robbery of a watch and 9187, said to have been committed in the “ Our House,’ 1 kept by Manuel, of this place, and believing you to have been wrongly informed by some malicious person, whose statement is calculated to injure Manuel’s house, we feel it a duty to contradict the same, and say that we believe there is not a better house or a more correct and good man than the said Landlord in this part ot the country. By inserting the above in your paper, you will confer a favor on the undersigned. G. W. WILSON, and many others. Campo Seco, Oct. 23. 1850. We refer our readers to the legal ad vertisements on the third page. The information contained in these is of great importance to someTsf our citi zens. ( New Work. — We have just recei ved a valuable work upon the “ Resour ces and Policy of California,” from its talented author, Mr. John J. Werth.— Mining of every description is discuss ed at length by Mr. Werth, whose rea soning upon the subjects he has taken in hand L so plain as to conic home to every reader with full and convincing force. The agricultural and commer cial advantages of California are also treated of with great ability by the au thor, who seems to have a perfect and just conception of the vast superiority of our State over almost every other portion of the globe. As a work of re ference it is invaluable, and we shall have frequent occasion to refer to it hereafter. Newell &, Co.—Attention is called to the advertisements in another colum of Messrs Newell &, Co. Their express lines to this place, and other points at which they have established agencies, stand high in the public estimation, and enjoy an enviable reputation for prompt ness and dispatch ; while, as the agents of Adams Co., one of the oldest and most responsible houses ever establish ed in America, they cannot fail to com mand a liberal share of that patronage which the junction of two such power ful houses must attract. Messrs N. &. Co have also established in connection with their express a general banking and exchange office. The many years experience these gentlemen have had in this branch of commerce renders them peculiarly fitted for the busiucs Returned.—Mr. Hinckley, a young gentleman of considerable talent, went to Monterey to establish a newspaper; but finding that the population was not large enough to justify him in persist ing in the enterprise, he returned last week to his old post, reporter of the Alta California. Gone Home.—We omitted to men tion last week that J. E. Dnrivage, Esq. had published his valedictory in the Alta California. Mr. Dnrivage has been connected with the Alta since its first apnearauce as a tri-weekly; and as a vigorous, imaginative, and inter esting writer has placed the Alta at the head of California papers. His de parture will be regretted by a large cir cle of friends, while his arrival at home will be joyously greeted by his anxious relatives. The Star. —Several attempts have been made to revive the Pacific Star, the organ of the Democratic party in San Francisco, but the idea is at last given up finally. Cel. Rust, one of the editors, left that city last week and has gone to Marysville, where he intends to publish a tri-weekly sheet, to be in dependent in politics. New Assaying Office. —The want of a proper assaying office has long been felt in this community, but we arc glad to learn this want will be hence forth fully supplied. Count Wass, a Hungarian gentleman, well known in the United States for bis chivalric pa triotism no less than for his practical attainments in the science of mining, chemistry, and mineralogy, has opened an office in this city in connection with Mr. Molitor, a gentleman who is tho roughly versed in assaying, smelling, j and refining. These gentlemen, who go into business under the name of |W ass, Molitor &. Co., have procured | from London and the United States : machinar}' and instruments of the finest description, for the purbose of carrying on the business of assaying and smelt ing on a more extensive scale than it has yet been conducted in this country. Being practical and experienced miners, they are prepared to furnish directions and plans for working qnartz mines, and for mining generally. It may be well to say that Messrs. Wasss and Molitor, in addition to their other at tainments are skilful engineers. Their office is on Montgomery street, below Bush. Hitherto it has been extreme ly difficult for those engaged in quartz mining to obtain proper information as to the quality of their ore, and further, as to the best means of extracting and amalgamating the gold. They were obliged to depend wholly on the state ments of Mexicans, often incorrect. Count V\ ass, from practical experience in this country and his own, is fully versed in gold mining, and can impart much valuable information on the sub ject to such as need his advice.— S. F. Herald. Upper Ferry, Big Bar.— We call attention to the ad vertisement of Messrs Burns & Pope, in another column.— This well known ferry is much travel ed, and the proprietors have safe and commodious boats. Mr.‘Charles A. Seaman, writing to the Alta California upon the £> Mining Prospects of Pori Orfonl,” has the fol lowing, for the truth of which he i vouches; “ 1 have seen a publication in this city, stating the mining prospects in a place called Port Orfonl, wherein the correspondent states that 810 anil 81- per day are/ the ordinary wages. Now, { have just returned from Port Orfonl, and am ready to assert posi tively that it is impossible to make 83 per day in the placers there. There is a little gold deposited on the heach of a very fine quality, hut it will not f««y for washing. I am a strong advo cate of Port Orfonl so far as it goes, hut my opinion is that no place can prosper unless it does so clearly on its own merits. The climate is indeed fine. The harbor is good, only in the case of a northwest wind. The lim ber about the place is the same as the rest which lines the whole coast. As a point of embarkation from the Shasta Mines, it hns the prelercnco over all others, so soon us a trail is opened. It will he a long time before trips can he made successful to the in terior, and I am certain, making that allowance, that the old pincers in Cali fornia w ill yield much more abundant than will Shasta, i do not write from hearsay, hut from actual experience, the I lest of all teachers. The fanning land is very limited in the neighborhood of Port Orfonl, and is ot an inferior quality, compared with land in the western portion of the United States. Ot course the place is in its infancy, and there is \et time for discoveries to he made, hut as far as my observation l and three years experience in Califor nia goes, f think the chances lire, to speak the truth , very slim and doubt ful for making money in Port Orfonl. “ Should you Messrs. Editors, feel inclined to publish this, which comes purely from disinterested motives, you will confer a furor on one who holds the interest of the working class in view. Horriblk.—The Courier is talking about the business prospects of the vil lage of Stockton? We hope the Stock ton ians will send a deputation down here, and take the editor of the Courier up to their “ village.” h would be an well, while they are about it, to es cort him to the cities of Vallejo, New I Vork, the Port ot Entry, and other embryo burghs ot note. Stockton u 1 l lc first village we ever heard of in , California —S'. J' f J ip. lao.s House Race.—The Lowell Courier announces that, during the ap proaching great fair in that city, them is to la* a trial ot speed between such locomotives as may choose to compete —f he race cou-sc to ho a section of the Huston and Lowell road, and entries ot machines to be made from any por tion of the State or beyond. A rnco between iron horses with *• the steam up,” we admit would certainly he • novel and attractive spectacle—though we can hardly feel that it would lie ml together a safe amusement. * ♦ We find the following in lt v W. i Herald of Sept. 13. There is an important rumor from .vlcxico, to the effect that President Arista applied to the British Minister to know what couhie England would pursue in case tin* country should Me dare war against Mexico for annulling -the I ehnantepec treaty. The reply in said to have been, that jim«rland would have nothing to do w in, the ~u a n*l. Prices Current. Mokelumne Hill, Oct. 24,1851 Flour, sl2; pork, 18a20; hard bread, lb, per lb; white sugar, 20c; brown do, 14* Ac; coffee, green, 25c; do, ground, 50o; beana, lOali: i-2c; lard, ÜBorhawn, 28aS0a; bacon, 25; potatoes I0al2c; butter, 70a760; barley, 10ai2 l-2c; rice, 12 l-2a!B 3-4 c; tea, Tocaftl; salt, 15c; lead, 37 1-2; powder, shot, 50c; aried apples, 26c: peaches, 30<j; rope, 30c; oil, ;;3,50 per gull; raisins, 25e soap, 25c; mackerel, 25c per lb; tobacco, 75ca.$l; cast steel, 75c; sheet ironj 18a20o; nails, 20a25c; canvass No.'l and 2,62a75t, per yd; [drilling 18a20c; light muslin un bleached, 12c; do, bleached, 14c per yd r brandy, $3 per gal; whisky, $3 50, do; gin, $3 50, do; port wine, $4 do; claret, $7 per doz; cherry brandy, $4 per gal; lemou syrup, $7 per doz; gal pickles, sl2 per doz; quart pick.es, £5; lumber, $12a25 per 100 ft, very scarce and unsuited for th* market. Prices are firm at these rates, and owing to the advance of freights, we may shortly look for a cousideraqle change in the mar kets. w. Hoisting New Colors. —The San Jose Visiter of Saturda}’ last, notifies all creation that from that time hence forth it will sail under Democratic co lor?.