Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-16
FROM THE MINES.


SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. |.
Parties have been organized within the past
month, aud departed 10 explore the region OF
Trinity river, where il is now rendered certain
gold exists Several hundred French haf-breeds
from oregon were at last adyices employed very
successfully upon this stream.
Feather river, high up, has been nearly drains
ed Of precious metal, and a. this line afford,
scanty Prott for the few who prefer its solitude
10 the crowded washingS of The North. A gen.
ileman from South Fork OF Feather informs US
that without the assistance Of lndians in wash
ing for gold, labor is attended vita very unsa.
tisiactory conn ensalion.
There is probably no portion of he placer than
has proved more Productive, han the mountain,
Gus country walercd by Yubd river. Mining
commenced on This s.ream eailY in The spling III
40, aud has been conducied with general success
through winter and summer 10 The presen! time
During The months Of July aid Ausos resi-
dence in this region has teen found TO impair
heal,h, unless every precauiion be taken 10 pre-
vent exposure There are about FIVE thousand
principally Amercaus a, work On Yuba among
whom The past mcnlh witnessed no iaccnsidera,
BILE amount OF sickness. BY the following e1-
tracts from The Placer Times OF Sept 22i, we
are pleased 10 noe better STATE oil health.
From Yuba River We have more favorable
advices. The sickly season is about over and
The operations oil miners are moi now mpeded by
the extreme heat"
From The same number II the above paper We
exTaci:
ION the North and M.de Folks there is a
marked change in he weather and The waters
having fallen, every one who does lair days
work can calculate upon 'baeging' abou. al
ounce. We near Of but very little sickness in
any part 9! The mines"
Companies organized for turning the rivers in
this section have Jared bul indifrrrn,iy; muca
Of This branch oil mining has sisnally failed, and
The pTclec's have been entirely abandoned. a
| lev Associations still maintain unshaaen coui.
| dence IN the plan, and the point al which The
American river is turned near Mormon Island Is
believed to promise moe favorable Than olhets.
The company prosecuting hi, work have not yet
overcome tie obstacle presented by hidden
| springs supplying that portion o; The bed OF lhe
| river which It is proposed 10 drain. When the
| bes is told this Association will have but fea-
| l'z-f psltry amount, compared with the labo:
| and capital expended
"Ffom the Middle Fork We learn" says the
Times, cha, the ',iisgings' are improving, ant
that an ounce day Can be oblAned by all who
wnk" And ina; must Of the parties operating
with rockers wcrc doing well. There was a
d
days from one opening and are now On their way
| hone.'
These certainly do not look like "dscouragiag
prospects" Tor the daeers.
In connection with The above, il is due The 1.-The.
raj We, truthful tone Of this journal from which
We quote 10 insert the fpilowIne:
| F,on the Plaar.-The most favorable news
we gather this week is from Dry Creek, a, which
point operators we're toIng surprisingly we'll
| The greatinfu1 CT emgran's, however, has evi,
DENLY rendered labor in The mines less profitable.
and We hear OF many WAC have given up dig
cling and are about 10 Turn their attention 10
other branches OF industry.
We learn thai DR.. Boynion's company, con,
sisiius OF sir, look FRI m hole some five mile.
above Mormon Island, in seven or eight dayr
IS 600. Ii is said also that no one in thai vicini
| " who worked made much less than 40 ounce
per day, while The more fortunate were getting
several ounces by few hours hard work
The gold IashingS on the tributary streams o
the San Joaquin continue 10 attract much alien
tion. "Foreigners," e. e. Souh Americans,
| have been expelled from the difieren, dissinss
and though every arrival in The harbor conrr
bu,es 10 swell the number Of Americans already
employed in that section oi the Placer ntc.,et
By the Consume, Calavefrs, MoEslumne, Tus-
| lumne aud Slanslau, Streams, the average resul
| of labor is such as 10 encourage and stimulate
The mass Sickness is abaling and arccess i:
more general Than when We last prepared ou
summary Of intelligence. We ATE furnished by
young gentleman laca'ed in Stockton, with IN,
following facts winch viii be az viii interest
81 saw day .. iwo ago, pete oi gold iasc'
from The digginss ON the Caiagrrus, E"t very
lar from Stockton. |, was In. most singular
and at Inc same time the most beautiful piece
have yet seen, shaped like III head OF bulocI
with pair OF clear solid golden horns more iha
an inch long | hear there has been lnm
taken out recently, On the slokeumne weishin
thirty pounds rock and gold together. am pre-
pared 10 believe anyning that hear about Int
god in California
Finally, this so-caled mising, this hack break
ing. sun-brawning soul-trins labor in The go
diggines, whether ''crerieing" with jack knit
"rrvoIvine an oil tin pan" or rocking of n
cradle" is mol without its cisappontmenis and re
wars; though The gold hnn'er mus! be s'ngu
larry unIururae wno cannot, during he pre>er
and succeeding months OF favorable weather az
low wafer, derive a speedy ard fair pIeht e''h'
in one parl Of The Placer or another, IL 10 The et
joyment eli health ne will apply his energies
The work Thirty thousand Americans (ihe PIE
, sent probable assrega,el in The gold region
California, are inca pable ci hsus'ing The rea
, ures OF that portion which has been long occup