The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-07-11
FROM TIE GOLD REGIONS

RONs $500 WIN AtLtt lAJNk
The Pacific Ners Of May 18th msr,;.
that u mass oi gold and quartz. we;ah;' ''
fifty pounds was found neur Maripos,s ' ~"
sold for sixteen hundred dollars. wv
same paper IS a letter from Yuba CIV r. "'e
which the following is an extract. ''''"'
According to the extensive prep,r,,;o.
now making, there will be more cold ,al D''
gu, Of Feather river this season, linn l,"a'
the whole d California DARN. The i, ~
Nearly the whole river and it's branch.
claimed BY companies who have ma,lo W.. W.
para.ions on large scale for MAXIM d ,
on The new French method, which il h. e.,
ing sand bags, made Of drillings, atoai a. -
yard square. This makes good dam ua I'
the tenth part OF the expense of The od
method and time Of digging n race. Wy
AUBURN Day DiGG,NGs The mios,, J.
the village Of Auburn, near the N,,b MI
are doing remarkably well. The ra,;a,
running through the town is being dun nv
even to the doors Of tho stores. Six na a'
working u lead mine in front OF Mr.. Iloo,.,,
store, took one mprnin, last week Si00.
coarse gold, and have averaged 500 e,,I
daily, for the last week. The grornduDl,.
this store is undoubtedly very rich, as II,
largest days work was interrupted o,lv
from The fac, that the proprietor ii The .,on
claimed right to the land on which Il,
building was situated. One parry in bo
r,vine near the village took gu, $1,000 On
Wednesday last.
The Stockton Times furnishes the foou.
Ing items Of intelligence tromlhe Southern
mines.
Mr.. Peter Mahan, Of Sonora, informs NJ
that the placer al Columbia city. tabou,6n
miles from Sonnrs) is not less lhan ,breo
niles square. On Friday last Mexican
found lump Of gold lying near the surface
weighing four pounds seven olnces, and
Mr. Mahan has also in his possession ump
wei ching seventeen ounces, found ne ,rths
same spot. The plncer has been discover,
! ed 10 be Of extraordinary depth. Obe hrue
holo hns been dug 10 the depth oil sixl,iSo
feet through red soil Of ii volcanic naus
md the quartz has not vet been rtaehel
Throughout the wh.le depth, from six let
below The surface. gold in grea, ahunlancs
has been taken out. !, il supposed ,h,llh
whole area Of this immense placer is dihe
same character. From many holes minsp
have taken out from four 70 five pounds d
gold per day.
Several ntand important aiscoseIia
! have been made on the NJ ,kelamne. Oh
Of one hole three men, in t"o days, tss
nul the cum Of 3 1000. Some large limp
have Teen found, md nearly ever, ann i
making an ounces day.
A large emigration is setting ,ogarlaa
| Cataveras mines, among whom arc manI
from the Norihern mines. Near san a.
tonia a new placer has been found, ,nlAen
miners are making two ounce per day
! Marphs's New Dggings on The Sans
Inas are Welding well. All person, sS,
work IRE m king fair average wages.
Recently, il the Mariposa country, alm
weighing seven pounds WAS found Jast beg'
the surface ofibe earth.
i The Pacific News mentions TINT the rcs
eral state Of health ut the plarers is s,d
and the reports Of The success fihe miners
both North and South, favorable
MISCELLANEOUS Considerable sn,ell
was manifested al San Francisco on &C.
count Of The nan-arrivn Of the slesna
| Chesapeake. She was one hnndicd day
out from Panama, with $50 passengers %
board. Same Of the papers are adsocaIIa.
the proprie'y Of fitting GU, vessel 10 Pc
cetd down The coast in search If her.
TIE ship Samuel Russell hsd arrscth
San Francisco in the very short passaged
nne hundred and nine DAYS from New i@s
Mr.. Edward Cuancr formerly OF Nr
York, has become one ofihe proorleivFi
The Alta Calf rnian.
The steamer California has been place.
on tho rou,o between San FranelscoAai
Oregon, and WINS 10 leave on her ssl up
abon, the 23l of MAY, when the s'e'mi
with The mail from The United Siaessa
expected.
Tho steamer Gold Hunter ia now p'yla,
between Sacrame n,o Guy aud San tflDea
co.
A vote has been taken at SlcramelI@
City on tho question 81 imposing 'as !
the construction nf n levec, TO guard ,n
place from far,her inundalions. 10
votes stood, in favor Of the measure On
opposed, 10. - :.
The mnrdcr OF DR.. Richard Ihomp'%
supposed 10 belong 10 New York, Is fe'S'
cd.
Correspondence efHe Baltimore siH'