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000 annually, the Platt has paid $40,000 profit, the Grizzly 

 has produced $125,000, the Excelsior $300,000, the Sell & 

 Martin $150,000, the Tennessee $60,000, the Austrian $100,- 

 000, and the Sophia $45,000. 



The Morgan mine, on Carson Hill, in Calaveras County, 

 (according to the statement of Thomas Dear, who is reputed 

 to have better opportunities of knowing than any body else) 

 produced $2,800,000 from February, 1850, to December, 1851. 

 Mr. Stevenot, however, who claimed an interest in the mine, 

 though he did not succeed in the courts, says the sum was 

 $1 ,500,'GOO. At any rate, immense masses of gold were found, 

 and the town of Melones, at the foot of the hill, was the 

 largest mining camp in the State for a time. The South Car- 

 olina has yielded $400,000, the Reserve $100,000, the Bovee 

 $600,000, Hill's Mine $250,000, and the Cherokee $100,000. 



The Hayward mine, in Amador County, has been reported 

 to be the most profitable mine in the State. About 24,000 

 tons are crushed in a year, and there are 120,000 tons in sight. 

 The present supply of ore is obtained 1,200 feet below the 

 surface, and 300 feet below the level of the sea. The Key- 

 stone, a mile and a half distant, pays $80,000 a year in divi- 

 dends. The Oneida, a mile and a half distant in the other 

 direction, has produced very large sums, and has in sight 90,- 

 000 tons of rock, expected to yield about $17 per ton. The 

 total expense is about $5 per ton. The Seaton mine has yielded 

 $100,000. 



In El Dorado County, the richest mines have been the Pacific, 

 which has yielded $500,000, the Woodside, which yielded 

 $12,000 in specimens, the Danes, and the Shepard. 



In Placer County, the St. Patrick is the most notable. 



In Nevada County, the Eureka has yielded $3,000,000 ; the 

 North Star $500,000 profit ; the Allison $2,300,000 ; Massa- 

 chusetts Hill $5,600,000 ; New York Hill $500,000 ; Missouri 

 Hill $200,000 ; the Fellows $1,000,000 ; Norambagua $80,000 ; 

 Gold Hill $4,000,000 ; Union Hill $74,000; Empire $1,300,- 



