New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-22
Iterns from the NIineR.

The Placer Times contains the details OF
mnrderous transaction, which is horrible even to
read about Two Cinnamon, working on the north
branch of the Calaveras and who were known to
have some half dozen pounds OF dust, were visit
ed by some neighboring white persons one OF
the Chinese was instantly killed BY blow from a
crowbar and the other knocked down, his skull
fractured, his arm shattered IN finding OF ne
6lo2cS robbed and left for dead, where he remain.
ed through three DAYS and nights, through ram
and heat When found he was covered with mud
and gore and vermin were in the terrible gashes
in his head Poor fellows more peaceable
class of miners is not to be found than the China
men, and we hope the hellish perpetrators OF this
tragedy may berdetected.
The Sacramento transcript says that in Grass
Hollow Dry Diggins five men, not long since, took
cut nearly $1,000 apiece in less than week
The same paper says that new dlgsings nave
recently been discovered in the vicinity OF Placer
Vile, a part of which are quite productive. -Four
men took out about $500 for several days IN sue.
cession The diggings are located near the top OF
one of the highest hifls about the place which IN
dicates quite clearly that the whole earth IN that
vicinity contains more or less OF the " dust. Inc
gold that has been found in the new diggings IS
quite coarse and is found in strata of earth
about l6 feet below the surface. 1t was d1scoy-
cred By some of the newly arrived immigration,
which is another evidence thst gold mining here
cannot be conducted upon purely scientific prin-
cipes. Old miners could not have been induced
to dig where these men dug, on the top OF hui,
and vet we have en- evidence that they struck
good lead Immediately after the news was
made public, thousands hocked to the spot and
in an hour not less than five acres OF ground We're
regularly staked off into claims.
The HAWKINS BAR COMPASY.-This Assocla.
ton. consisting of 100 members, have succeeded
in changing the entire channel OF the Tuolomne
river. at this place by means of dam across the
river and upon the bar, being abont 400 yards
long; also two canals Of 800 yards in length
This association was at work last season taking
out about twelve pounds of gold per day, when
the water raised FIVE feet last October, and obliged
them 10 suspend operations until this season.
The company commenced again on the goth of
August, and on the 18th OF September were able
to take geld out Of the bed of the river, until the
late freshet on the 23d, which destroyed greater
part Of their works After waiting for the water
TO subside, they commenced operations again on
the 30th ut- and on the eth of the present month,
were sgain enabled to take out their pounds The
sum already taken out up to the present time,
amounts to over ten thousand dollars this year.
The company are making active preparations to
drain q large hole within the limits OF the dam
when they expect to take dust out by the 0ushei-
AS far down below the waters edge as mas been
worked, it yields from two to eight dollars the
bucket, Hatkin Bar, Oct, 9. 1850 }, W. Z;