"Very rich" (and scarce) Gold Hill ore yielded from $100 to $400 to the ton; but the usual yield was only $20 to $40 per ton--that is to say, each hundred pounds of ore yielded from one dollar to two dollars.
But the reader will perceive by the above extract, that in Humboldt from one fourth to nearly half the mass was silver! That is to say, every one hundred pounds of the ore had from two hundred dollars up to about three hundred and fifty in it.

Some days later this same correspondent wrote: I have spoken of the vast and almost fabulous wealth of this region--it is incredible.

The intestines of our mountains are gorged with precious ore to plethora.

I have said that nature has so shaped our mountains as to furnish most excellent facilities for the working of our mines.

I have also told you that the country about here is pregnant with the finest mill sites in the world.