The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-10-12

rip1sa mines steam machinery nh7 h.,"
brought into requisliun ~ crnahlf we
luartz rork, aud the result promises awP!
10 reward thaze engaged In the cntcrprse,-
Tho Stocktnn aud Aspinwal mines lhNg been
sufficiently tested to give strong Assurance OF
success Several companies have
roccntv been started for the purpose ct
crushing tl4n quartz rock, and crushing ma
chine. have boon ordered
THE DIGGINGSJ II SPOTS. o.
Al ouhir. which r. thc highest point on
Feather river a. which the head Of aviF-
ton 10 supposed "a have ever assembled about
as miles above Nuln city, the river has,heen
turued around an Island, with what success
Il not vet decided Opposite the city arr
e.,sd A.a valley claims which are hoing prof.
ilahly worked, -
AZ tho Meadow. on the North Fork, fea- !
Tier River. near the Lawson route. the r'h- /
est yields uf the season have been rraliH'a'
and an excitement has been created win re- I
gard 10 them almost equal Ia the n"ld laA'
fever. DIR smith SAYS there are Cpyuta dig- |
pinps, near this place, from which, At the
drpth OF from II 10 20 feet, S23,uou have
bccn takcn out in two days, which h the lar
gc-t sort Of story.
Ontho South Fork Of Feather River, Mr.
Burt informed ~ q few days since, That cighi
men were making $4,000 per week II was
called Fits claim, One Of the party had re-
allied a. his share since the commencement
of the work, $4,000. The next claim wasa
comparative failure. Below this agaln,thcrc
were three cradles running, which averaged
daily 5000 each 81 high were the cNpccta-
lions in this ncighborhood That when only
Sg Ia $40 a man per day cOUlu bc oh'nincd'
the place would be- abandoned aH a failure
The best deposits arr found upon rotten
granite bed, M a depth Of oue to-tNc irct "i
cnhhlc stones, vravcl, -and and clay. Where
/ the hottam Is smooth, there Is litic or 40 god
found
Rnrt,.-, I,,, ..,, tl,.- Nartl.- Fork dfzihr y
mcrican River, about % miles from Auburn
| has long been a ihyoritc locauon,nnd we hear
/ that there Is scarcely any exception Ia the
| general success of the miners working there.
| 4 gentleman from there n few days since,
/ told 'is of one cradle turning out $500 the day
hc lrn aud that thirteen Inen-hah taken 70
ounces, before noon, nom n hnr which they
/ that morning began Ia work Thrcc-quartcr,
of a mile above the Bars, Buncc q Co were
getting Sl5 TO the painful, OC all the dams
built ia that vicinity, not one out OF ten had
proved a failure, as far even nc the product
of not less than $40 a day would, ehtiuo them
To such estimation While danimlDg proves
so successful, side work is entirely suspended.
From a winged dam which was worked last
var aud ilCd UP again, ~ 20 $40 q DAY
Mas Lkcn. The Usg uF qiiirEsiIvtr hAVHtht4
is highly approved, and they are gcuc'nlly
credited 90 give 100 per cent better return
than the commemorative.
These are only few items Of mining. Cos
sip which have come 10 our ears during u
few DAYS rayt.-Thcy are not of 81 much inn
portancc in detail as in the general con"lu-
sion which they sustain. Where these large
Yields are reported, aud in many either plso-
IS. we find. by careful inquiry, that 50 far
from there being vast multitude who can
earn nothing, il is fact without exception
that no laborrrs can De- obtained for less
than ~ perday and generally they have
to be boarded at that price There is, II Is
well established vast gang Of idlcrs iniest
ing the plarUrs in every direction. Ihcysar,
of course, constantly growing and complain
ing. There is, AT best, no getting around
the paipt,tAa digging es4la is very hard work
but while that fact is not Ia he controvortcd
it PAYS better now, and viii do so for years t'
rumc than any other occupation ever yet On
gagged in by so many people, since the yea
, one.
: Mr. $. VI. johnson came down ycstcrda,
from the junction of the Forks of the Nortl
tiha, where his party had the good luck Il
I; make ouc'of those great lifts we read about
The lump he totes along weighs IN pounds
= tcsS than onc-third Of il being quartz IL !
lcil NJ the banking office OF AlGA2rA Dewey i
Smith, for sale and will Be disposed of at
fair pricc.-lidcer Times, lug %.
! MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
a There has been some trouble between thu
settlers in the vicinity of Trinity Bay. A let
! ter, dated August 3, says:--
> "Tho Indians are hostile at the forks of tn
n Klamct and Trinity, and 1T has been foun'
4 necessary TO administer to them the same re
4 buko we did 20 them on the coast. SOM
\ fNv or sixty Indians were killed and tire
T. villages burned. Since these measures wer
- resorted to, the effect has been decidedly good
c their thicying and other annoying propensi
!, ties have scnsbly diminished.
r Thomas Boruurhs, tate of st. Stgphpns, y
Y h.. was killed in FRAY with the Indians o
: the 10th of August, about FIVE. miles abov
$ the forks of the Kamct river. The Indian
f made a rush upon the party with which Nj
: b. was travelling, and in the fight which ell
sued he fell mortally wounded by an arrow
y The omigrants continue 10 arrive in laT@g
n numbers, and for the most part in great de'
, tuition Meetings have been held in all tb
rs principal towns for the purpose OF .a1prdin
1. relief,and trains have started with provision
i to succor the wayfareEs. The movement ha
l. been general throughout the country, and.
m is probable that the proceeds ofthc collection
In will be sufficient TO relieve the distress in
N great measure.
W Tho arrival of gentleman by tho la
a steamer, charged by MIR Lotchcr, our Mimi
It ter at Mexico, with a mission IN regard |
rs land titles in California, has served to Civ
h much confidence to property owners 1t
T She belief OF this agcntthat most OF the grant
y mado by the Governors before the acquisitio
n, of California by the United States, will L
le fcoufrmed by our government ON tho oyldenc
+ Mr. Lotcher is prepared TO furnish from III
le official records in tho city of Mexico rs to til
rs invariable practice of the Mexican Govern
TO- ment in this particular.
The banking houses of Henley, Mcknfgl
IS, * CO., and Wcbass Co., OF Sacramento