The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-06-30
Correspondence orlhc Ala ColilorUr
Late from the Mines,
sAcnAAn.Nro 90. MnLch "a. fsr

SAcuAAuNro CITY, March %, fSl7
Gold washing has been carried on tG-r:
the pnst winter with varied success Aliy
dicgiugs SNOW zen n tic depth of llres ,.'',
aud remained on the ground for sever. days
siier each storm. Liulc gold has heen gt1.
cured, but drcuTy winter has been vorf..
way aud with comparative roVfr
IL suid. At Cullomn, or the Saw N'lW'or
Tire gold was frs, discovered, tie season l''
been uniformly rcullc, aud the lahors Of q.
gold rnthrrrr attended with partial sucrr'
On the Middle Fork, the average has hcrH
bout Two ounces per day, each man, lW lf
water rciards the work, aud LITTLE more v
ho done, il IT, believed, until the latter part
MAY.
& mrrc number. principally OREGON ~
have winicred on Nuh1 river ngrcrohIN 'd
with iair success attending mining Operative"
the daily average being ono aud n hol %.
two OUNCES throughout. TIE stream l. rn'7
swollen, but PROMISES a golden harvest Ni'
tiIr wutrrv -rtrtrrttit.. ii,.Htl-eF -lsAlr. t.--
Creek, Dry Greet, 'iokrluure ei,d Cosnna,
rivers have nli been worked IA or iuhaned.
and their respective, enthusiastic uIc r'm'
munitirs nrc with ..cverish uuNioiy owa"Hs
fall of the wnter.' But tits Stonislnus Uh
has nllnred tho uriulinted gold hunters
the cnrly conquest, whose waters, It is cam
have washed ont the shining, hcaunlnl g''
as it was never washed out before.
We weru yesterday shown piece ollt
marlinblc hruuiy aud purityweigh ele'o
ounces aud three fourllrs, for the gold hoH
-rtHrFrcUUT X FCTGfTf1y ~ large Pi5crF'I1r
generally termed slugs or coarse but rtig ~
gold YOU please. The borders ot o.
: lnuisuus stream formed an incxhEuHb
rich portion Of the Placer, though becaus
is az This Time "o'erfowiug full" tho heo'r
dcpositcs cannot he reached, and labor e.
orally is suspended in consequence. IT.
Sierra Nevada, ms seen from the fort, iSe'
cred with snow--a sublime feature IN
scenery of Sacramento is this range oimor
ians. This great body of snow has ye'
-fttti ti4+-ae4lll4- lLtangt The YHTiuns SttteH-
| flowing to the Sacramento and san Jo'P""
rivers. and the waters must remnln hgh ""
| I'll May or June. III
II has been commonly stated that gov
does no. exist south of the Molelumne t'e
/ II has bctn found ms TAR south rs cNplore'','
/ through hostile bands ofludians have V''m
ed; while tho gold region has been lini''el
Il strip Of fifty miles brcndtll on the "sFUs
stope Of the Sierra Nevada. This ccnc'"''.
has been derived from varettA Of source,
the most positive, suid 70 I've lhelresuli o. .,
actual examination last foil OF Tie 'i'
Nevada summits; hut the parties eeRgat, az
this work do not nppearto have Wefceu VI Il
earth to any depth h'1he search, ana hla ,5l
no gold tie result ofIheir labors on 'U't
iaco, forthwith abandoned the summit ' ,,,,,
slope; and Mt little distance down dlsI wv.
ed frs, indications Of tho precious nr'" ,,t,
or on tho surfnce, Of course, where l'''. Joy
orheaven have washed for centuries .,,.
The general health of the INNING 'I CoyIa
nifty, and of our thriving 'Secmmrhlo MINT
particular remains good, although 'G IN ne
| ofcases of actual scurvy nro reporter o
several "diggings" An entire no'S Sio, b,r
vegetable food, aud coarse, irregular ~, wi has
produced this discnSc. Two d'o",