New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-10
Placer Infelllgence.

The month of August has multiplied the number Of
gold washers on the principal streams OF the sierra
Nevada but the prospects tor the mass crowding on
are but imperceptbly essening The waters are Near
Is az the lowest stage and quite In proportion 70 'no
increase Of sborers the chances are rendered oic
favorable by this circumstance New wasHings nave
b.su discovered snd old ones abandoned. We nave
no prodisous gold stories TO rotate, but cOnnniDg our
selves 70 the simple assurance Of good luck tor ihoss
who labor trust not TO defeat the expecisuons Of
the most visionary.
The most souiherly stream occupied by miners Is
Marposs River. about twenty miles soatEsas1 O. me
MERGED.
Tho SACRAMENTO River probably forms the most
portbsry boundary Of the Placer, but u IS erfo
neous 10 suppose the region wstered By u auriefous
Gold has never bseu found upon that stream IN qsAti
ti.s sufficient 10 JUSTLY continued labor lts golden
sands have never been 'Jsd except 10 poeuc sran-
AT Mormon Island company engaged IN sclenuhe
mining They employ quicksilver In extracting the
mets from ground previously subjected 70 tue or'a OF
ran process and with machine invented Tor the P"'
pOse. average about 500 per day.
4 TRIStrY RIVER ExyEDIrIoN.-Msjor +. B. Read
ing whose name Il identified with the earliest Anso.
Saxon explorations OF california hss recently rstefned
from Trip into the interesting region OF Trinity RIVER
He started from the Sacramento about the middle ol
June travelled up Cisar CSes<, and crossed me tnse
dividing the waters OF the Sacramento from the Streams
flowing into the ocean by the only practicable route
His camp this ridge was enc night ADORE ne sHgI
In, Trinity River found to possess aurliefous
sands aud az tho party followed up the stream, the
ore found in greater abundance Iney averaged
for the few days remsinDg lnsre ABOUT ~ es'n Pc
| diem. We shall publish more detailed account VI
| thi. expedition in few days.
succrssyrL GOLD DIGorSG.-Dr II. Van Dyke, =
Der Of the North Fork Dam and Mining Associa,
ton which company has recently completed isteLal
canal At Bess Bar little above the juncture OF me
North Fork with the Rio Ansrcano hss just returned
from their Of operations. The WORK Of drainage
mad been completed only days before be eii aud
though tho company labored under many osads an
tsges they lad raised this short time over sl5oOo
| This association s composed OF about thirty nard,
! working men, and from the result OF tns 10" Gays
labor since drainage and tho nne prospects Of
Cd success they confidently count upon yield Of spou,
ten ounces per diem each man, during the next ana
succeeding menth In confirmation 81 tnese stats nrnt'
we sre AT liberty refer the resderto Mr Fsn DyEe
o, the house Of Bleeck-r Van Dyke belden oi tnis
nlsee where soscmsns Of the gold thus obtained may
| - Ill,
Tug PLAcEE-We suppose We must sag 'ometoins
| about the nines soleas rollins The Psrurians ana
Chnsns have bees pretty thoroughly routed IN every
section O! the 1itfie aud North Forks ana tne ospo
sition 70 exoel them stes,s u be extending hou
| the whole mining community. Our s1,s~' rom W
Middle and North Forks are very favorable One D4iJ
OF ~ in the North FORK within some ~ niles oil me
snow were averaging SIS per day ,aen, ana gentle
man direct from the Middle Fors Informs Us mat many
~ the old miners are doing better mis- year tnan last
Yet mary returning VINO either have 40 luck or 0
energy think 4 want OF the latter coinrl2oity
4 Young gentlemen who come from across ne istnnu.
should get te;hs Is arsncn on board no eAine', a.
c. arriving q, nc Bay, ship on lsnrcn an1 aisSi
warning heT up here. take some - l5s oil rsPs On
thes1 J.cs. sad trsve Tor the mines On their srri'a
AZ the II Dorado they would come down 70 me PORK
suf leans II tae business Nltn much better grace
,arty Of seven arrived az the Dry Dzginzs on ne
4 lttb HAVING lett Missouri The j.a Of May among
| them are Dr. ]. X Dickson Of Penn. and T. DreeH'
| y;rbfyan Placer Tines July p
| THE MtNEs-Ws haze SEEN severel Eno nave p,
turned from the Placer within The past lev Days OK
th.y brnx no news OF Interest They represent hins'
1 f.vrrsbly As AZ DO who nave been succcessl- D-s
agree in The opinion thst man Las r. sulef sou.
in this branch Of productive infu.iry. we isAr 80
| a party are operating on me Middle FORK VIZ . -,
marine armog BY which Arrangement tnry 80 -
mary thousands daily OF tbs dust they tnlnH, ,,'
! tsry get tner apparatus fairly al WORK, tney VI
4 ersge $1,000 dsy. We MAKE lev es"s@@s 'o-
| letter OF friend on the Middle J OK -, -.
| "The extreme heat We heard % ll-su sCc-I
Ia, t@- much exaggerated We ns,e sS.sIeo oos1ls
bv II =. vet IA regards Inc nesiIninsss oi ias
locaity see nothing 10 prevent II rom o-ng cne a
the moot healthy places IA ne "oro much more 80
tb., sscrsnsuto City There 10 constant stream Of
| nrr. xster both for bathing snc .d1siag, running
"a, err encsrn pn1ent We are told by people
xho r,Ined IL here last that 10 viii DO better
month hence thar 10 10 now. TIE water q falling. ssd
~hen IN rets down that work On the bed OF
the river the dust will be found NOR penrfoy and
IN larger pieces. Mining 10 hard work ba; there ID
nothing unpleasant abou. Il; II siTes you good ~P
petit. and sound sleep NJ night The miners
here average sbcut an ounce per DAY
We have advises from the NortaFcrk Of very 1at
tsibs asssrs Csnpsaiss that have TUNED the ear