Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-11-14
FROM CALIFORNIA.
Arrival .f IN. E-psrs Ol.T.

York on the 9TH inst, WIN au'iSeS iO1'
San Francisco to the S0th of September,
and about sl57 900. g
The clerk of the Empire City died
on the passage.
There has been another destructive
FIRE in San Francisco, destroying 500
buildings; loss estimated at 81, ,o0O, 900.
The Northern sIines.
A correspondent Of the Transcript,
writing from PlacerviIIe, says:
Mining operations are going on in
the larger ravines around this place,
and many miners are doing well. A
party who were from the lead mines
of Wisconsin struck "lead" a few
days since, in a ravine at an eleva-
ton Of 200 feet above the level Of
this valley. and it has proved quite
productive. Shafts has been sunk
Twenty and thirty feet, and gold
found on the rock. Excavations un-
der ground we think will he carried
on to a considerable extent. Gold is
is found in nearly all the ravines for
ten miles around, and everything
now indicates that a large popula-
ton will settle here the coming win
ter. Many are now engaged in
throwing up dry dirt to be washed
when the rains set in, and, from ap-
pearances, | should think they will
be we'll paid for their labor.
WATER RIsING-DAMs DREAMING.
Mr.. Aug. Elliott, who has just return
ed from a trip to the mining region
along the tributaries OF the Amer.
ican River-informs US that the wa.
ters Of all the streams emptying into
the American River have risen con-
siderably since the late fall OF rain
Many Of those who have been en-
gagged in damming operations iol
the last two months find all their la
Dor fruitless on account OF the rise
The water had Just fallen sufficient
Iv 10 test the beds Of the streams
and in some places profitable yields
were being realized when the raini
fell. The dams all along have beer
more or less injured, while a mum
Der have been entirely swept away
thus destroying every prospect and
blasting every hope, so far as the riv
er-bed diggings az. concerned.
There are some valuable chains
along the North and South Forks
| A claim held on BeaPs Bar, by Carl
ton, Southworth and Parker, oi th'
IOld Bay State, has proved quite rich
but they will be compelled to sus
pend operations, in great measure
until next wear, in consequence o
losing their dam. On Monday, oI
the same bar, five men tool
out six pounds Of gold, and ha'
a good prospect for similar yields
At the Mississippi Bar, those work
ing quicksilver machines were ma
king profitable hauls. We are in
formed that the "Texas Company
at the junction Of the South Fork
have been doing very well hereto
fore, but will be large losers by tn,
breakage OF their dams.
PLACER ITEMs.-On Feather Riv
er above Longs Bar,and near Whit
: Rock, Capt. Campbell states TO US tha
r within a few days, party who ha'
constructed wing dam at pOin
called Smiths Bar, took out $l,OOt
per hour, and even then were onl!
partially able to operate, from th'
depth Of water in which they haC
TO stand.
Opposite Stringtown, on the Mid
die Fork Of Feather, claim belong
ing 10 Messrs. McCabe' and Mont
gomery, has yielded a thousand dol
lars a day for weeks past.
Specimens Of the quartz vein, from
near where it intersects the Feathe
River, were shown to US yesterday
by Mr.. Pearson, who had locate'
upon a claim in that neighborhood
A boy had succeeded in obtaining
$500 in gold by pounding up th'
quartz with common hammer.
The Coyote Diggings, at and abou
Nevada City, are attracting proba
bly the largest crowds Of the new
arrivals in the mines, as well as large
delegations Of those who belong t.
the migratory ranks.-Times.
sad News from the Plains.
We are indebted to Hawley & CO.
Express for the Sacramento Tran
script of yesterday, containing tw'
letters from Capt. Waldo, one writ
ten at Great Meadow Humboldt Riv
er, the other dated Truckee Rive
Sept. Is. 9-r
He states the Relief Committed
have not a single pound Of -four eas'
of the mountains; that he entered the
desert on the 7th ult.; met two men
who had given up to die from starr
walton; same day two men died ol
starvation on Carson Desert, that
those with wagons have no food but
their Door exhausted animals; that