The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-11-12
Interesting Gold News.

have notwithstanding, cheering word for Inc hun
drrds of new y-arrlvrd gold hunters for the thou
SANDS who this paper shall welcome, and bud God
speed on their westward way, aud for the million of
trusting hoping hearts, whom the advsnturers have
left behind
Our summary Of gold digging news compiled
from various authentic sources and we are lndebt-
10 The Placer Times for material information. Also,
10 gentlemen from dtirrent parts of the mines,
who, at our request. have politely furnished rs
with accounts vt personal success, enabling
10 cnmpend. as below presented. Owing TO the
prevailing irreguaruy of mails and expresses, our
correspondence from the mines failed to reach Us
in due tlme.
Parues have been organized within the past
mcrth, and departed to explore the r. glon of Tra
| ~ river, where u 10 now rendered certain gold
| exists Several hundred French bsf-brerds from
| Oregon Were al last sdvices employed very sue
! cessiUlly upon This stream
Feather river, high up, has been nearly drained
al precious metal, AND at this ,ime affords scanty
| profit for the lew who prefer IT'S solitude 10 the
crowded washn2s Of the norh- gentleman
from The South Fork OF Feather river, Informs us
| that without the assistance Of Indians 10 washing
for gold labor is attended with very unsatisfactory
compensation.
| There is probably no portion of the placer that
| has proved more productive Than the mountainous
| country watered by Yubs nver. Mining com
| menced on rhls stream early IN the spring OF 1873,
| and has been conducted with general success
| through winter rud summer TO the present time.
| During the months Of July and August a residence
in this region has been found To impair health I'M
1
| There are about five thousand, principally Anne
| rcans, at work on Yuba, among whom the past
| month witnessed no incoDsderable amount Of sick
ness BY the following extracts from the Placer
Tunes q Sept ~, we are pleased 10 note better
state OF health.
| From Yubs River we have favorable adviess.
The sicky is about and the operations OF
| miners not now impeded by the extreme heat
| From the same number OF the above paper we
eXtrsct-
! On the North and Middle Forks there is a marked
-. L.. 49, ..A@h a vatar fall
| every who does fair days work can calculate
upon bsgging' about ounce. We hear Of but very
| little sickness in any part Of the mines.
| Companies organized for turning the rivers in
| this secuOn have Jared but mdIfierenty much of
| this branch of mining has slgDay failed. and the
| projects have been entirely abandoned. A few as
| socIations ftill maintain mistaken confidence Ia
| tho plan, and the point at which the American II.
| yer is turned, near Mormon Island. is believed to
promise more favorably than others. The com
| papy prosecuting this work have not yet overcome
that portion of the bed OF the river which Is pro-
posed TO drain When the best is told, this asso-
| cation will have but realized ptltry amount,
| compared with the labor and capital expended.
"From the Middle Fork we learn" says the
Times, "that the diggings are improving, and that
an ounce day can be obtained by all who work; T"
ers were dong we'll There was party Of four
who took out 81, 900 apiece eight days from one
opening, ard are now on their way home"
These certainly do not look like "dlscouragIng
prospects, for the dggers.
In connection with the above, II Is due the libe-
raj yet truthful tone of the journal from which we
quote, TO insert the followlRg-
The most favorable We gather this week is from
Dry Creek, at which point operators we're doing sur
| priringy well. The great influx OF emigrants, how
ever has evidently rendered labor In the mines less
| profitable, and We hssr Of many Who have given up
digging and are about to turn their attention to other
| ranches Of industry
six took from hole, some five mites above Mormon
Island in seven or eight days, 5000 it lie said also
that one In that vicinity sho worked made much
tran I'm oupcs per day while the fortunate were
getting several ounces by few hours hard work.
The gold washngs on the tributary streams Of
the San Joaquin conione to at'ractmpch attention.
| 'Foreigners" lie. South Amrricans) have been ex-
PEELED from the different dgglngs, and though every
arrival IN the harbor contributes TO swellthe number
| OF Americans already employed IN that section OF
| the Placer indicated by the Costume, Calaverus,
| Mokt lumne, Tuo,oD.ne and Stanisaus streams, the
average result Of labor is tuch to encourage and
stimulate Inc mass. Sickness is abaung aud sue
| cess is more general than when we lasl prepared
our summary Of intelligence. We are furnish
| ed. by Young gentleman located IN Stockton,
with the following factr, which will be read with
| inteTest:-
Isaw day or two ago piece 81 gold taken from the
dggpss On the Csaverus not very FAR from stockton
IL vss the moot singular and ut the SAME time the
head Of bullock With pair Of clear solid golden horns
more than an inch long. hear there hs- been umr
taken out recently, on the Nossumne weighing thirty
| pounds rock and gold Together am prepared to be-
eve any tbip that hear about the gold In california
Finally. this so-called mining. Sh,. blck-break-
ing, n.brownrg, seul-tlTlng labor m the gold
| dlPglDes, whether 'creYclng" with a Jack kn,ir,
"revovrg an old lin pan" or "rocking OF the
cradle" IL not without lie dlsappoiniments and re-
wards; though that gold hunter must be slnguiirly
unfortunate who Cannot, daring the present and
succeeding months Of favorable weather and low
water. derive speedy aud fair profit either 10 one
part of the placer or another, IL Ia the enjoyment
of hesilh he vii apply his energies 10 the work
Thirty thousand Americans (the present prob lhic
aggregate, IN the gold region at California, are
capable al rxhau,ung the treasures at that portion
winch has been long occupied. The sam- ''as-
tonithlug success" has marked the bssiduous
labor, IN little depusit not three miles distant
from The scene uf the first discovery ct this gold,
that ate nded labor near the same place year ago.
| The conclusion, then, ia justified, a1d we speak
sdvistdiy. rs well iuieriby, from thr tenor Of
| our r. pore. that the world never producsd more
| brilliant schem~ 81 wealth, nor looked noon more
magnificent openings for Immense tornnes, Than
| ave prrseuird by the gold min~s of this cnna,ry
Exuaei from a letter dated Aug 5th, Big Bar.
! Middle Fork -
Ileuin-rs here have assumed "a. spp.ariucs and
| srgutsd tie cnINeftsnses 81 settled towns Every
her Ice ~, sio aud ~ uest mark' Here there
ave ara sl~ays fssh beef In the mlrke Ev.ry ,hiny
| v scld ~ Nhi (coiums prices fne miuer should
tome w. the bars with u,ihtng hot hts bi,"Ssts hos
EVER ~ he comes uitn animals thsre rauchps VINO
tsks to Ersss AZ 80 per month. There sb,ut 2n
nrsr, here too thirds s.nalng and 10 inE tns rissr
| aud about 1000 on the Middle and North forks
I none but Americans snossa
tFrem ,hs Placer Times. sspt IL
| Mary are ret1rnug from the minrS, IN conss-
queuce OF the rNtrrinr heat which now prevails ~
warn US sections 81 the Placer. Tn-y Mold over"
| here lew hCurs. IN the course at which spicc ~
| time ihty discover tbst hey have "jnmprd out oi
10. ify inc pan luio the hfr." and make in'nedstr
| arrgug, nents for lravlng foe The BAY Oar adj
| viCrt continue IT the sHfnr tenor as thy have
h.ep tor SONS weeks r'st. The waters are rapidly
| falling, but we de- hot hear ~ any cnmpsny or or
esnzstion that Is taking out over carload Of the
dust per day.
| Discovery OF "a Vein OF Gold.
Prom tn Alta California sept 10
| Col J. G. Ffemont has dennsnrsd tract OF land
| binR ON the h.npesa nvrr. about 40 mice from
| tie san joaquin. upon whc has been recently
discovered an excesdirriy rich VEIN Of gt'n. The
| MHriposa Tor Butterfly river was few moaths
since visited by party conducted hy tbs emioent
| ehIlntrT. aud washinps r.tabllsheh alnny the