New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-10

& Co alone ship half million or their customers
This house is doing heavy business you Will
perceive, and they richly deserve i. The North
euer carried 375 passengers Howard'S boats
are very popular. They dc the thing up right 1t. :,
Aios, r W. K
We gather the following additional items
from our California files.
From ,he aIiues.
Tax J,rpxR SAcRANENro.-Tbe Piqcsy Ttmss
says Reliable intelligence from this quarter is
but seldom within reach. A gentleman who has
passed SIN months in the neighborhood of the
Springs Informs Us that the diggjngS about that
point are yielding well, especially since the late
rains, which have enabled persons 70 work IN the
dry guChes. where they make average OF at
least Sl0 day. General La ans, with his party,
still continues in the vicinity, and intends 70 Win,
ter az the Springs Now that taereportS otgreat,
Isolated successes arc less rife, ard 80 not exert
the same influence they We're wont to. it $ be-
ieyed that localities OF established productveuess
moderate though 1t be viii nave iaster appre-
citation.
The extent aud richness oil the cold deposits
on the tributaries OF the Upper Sacramcuro are
far from being vet developed The Klamath ten
IS NOW recognised as enc OF the most promising
discoveries Of the present year. ScOtts River, q
branch Of the Klamath. IS reported 70 be cxeeed
iueiv productive We Learn thar the Ump1ua
Mining operations ut Sa!tHeo Creek have gen
orally paid very wel-Werasmg from eight to
sixteen dollars
HART BAR DH6IyGs The Stockton JoaIldl
says We learn that ut the above named bar on
the Tuolumne, which was supposed to have been
entirely worked out last year, company OF
twenty men have been taking out for the past
three weeks. ON I'm average >l5c0 per day. On
the 18th INST they took ont twenty ei5ht pounds
of ore The Tuoumne is one o: the richest
streams in the southern dlggiugs
YUBA RIVER NINE cariS Bar.-Ot all
the rivers, it is likely that the lubn has turned
out the most gold for the past year. From the
lowermost Bar twelve miles above MarysvIle, to
the smallest a,luent one hundred miles further
W, in the region of the fabulous Gold Lake, be-
meath the foot OF the tottiest peaks OF the Snowy
Mountains, gold has been found scattered with
lavish proluson. At the upper forks the yield IS
coarse, ard lies partly in the banks and partly IN
rich deposits in the bars Ii is not howeyer equal.
~ distributed Many Of the dammjng operations
on the Yuba as elsewhere, have proved failures.
Scard's Bar is about eighteen miles above
Marysvil and has proved by all odds the richest
bar which has been found in the gold region.
Here not only have the banks but the bed of the
stream proved Immensely productive. single
bucket iull of dirt shoveled up without foresight,
from the river bed, has Welded pound Of gold.
The gold is all in fine scales, and has evidently
been driven to this locality b. the action Of cur
rents and inundations in the lapse of departed
ages.
4 vast population is still located upon the gol
den banks OF the Yuba, from the Lower Bar to
the first Fork very few of whom after cxpe
riencing the hardest trials, will do much more
than pay expenses. Pacific News Oct. %,
We gather the following items from the Stock
ION Journals
RIVER DIGGiNGs.-Thc bad success attending
IL,
men from engaging in it to any very great extent
hereafter. 1t has proved loss to both miners
and traders for the latter have sold large guam
tity of their goods on credit to companies engaged
in these operations. 1t is estimated that at least
five thousand men have been engaged in the
south, during the past season, upon these river
diggngs allowing loss Of two pounds OF gold TO
each man. which is a low estimate Tor season
work in the poorest diggings and the total WIN be
found to figure up an important sum- All THIS Ia
bor has been thrown away, and the south ieeia t.e
loss very sensby The wealth OF our dry diS-
gings however, will soon rep0r the losses oil the
summer and, from all we can learn the after VIII
be thoroughly searched for their hidden wealth
the approaching winter.
A BEAijrIFtt SPEC I5iEE-Nr. VIM. II. Rob
binson, of the firm Of Robinson Is Co. OF this city,
exhibited to us yesterday beautiful lump OF gold
and quartz, taken from spot between two tents
in the town Of Sonora. The lump weighs 1876
ounces and contains about 81 500 worth OF gold. II
is very handsome specimen IN two respects, 0oth
in apuenrance aud value. We are informed by
Mr. r. that q similar piece was taken out lew
DAYS since, in the neghborhoOd OF Sonora, which
weiShedl50 ounces.
F95+ Agentlemnn down from the mining region
informs us that large number Of miners are pre-
pairing to operate in the dry diggngs on Rattle
Snake Creek. Every evidence exists IN this To-
caty to satisfy the owners OF claims that they
lave selected rich dgGings. y spot called Oak
Flat. on this creek is known to be rich in ore,
and numbers have staked out the whole Hat.
large encampmept will Tx their winter quarters
at that spot The Chinese dggings will also be
extensively worked this winter.
The company at Morgan's bar ON Tuolumnc,
have repaired their since the destruction oaus-
ed by the recent ireshet, and the day our lntor-
mant was there, which was the lrst since they
completed their repairs, the company took out IN
a few hours, with SIX rockers, five pounds Of gold
At the Texan dam, which has also been repaired,
equal success was attending the labors Of the
Company there organized.
MORE QUARTZ Rock DnGiNGs.-A gentleman
who came down yesterday from the mining region,
submitted 10 our inspection anum0er oil rich specl'
mems broken from the surface OF ledge near
Burns dry digging few miles east OF the
Merceder river and almost upon the main rosd to
the Marposa The rock is very rich, and our IN
iornant says il IS abundant it ID situated
in the neghborhood OF fine timber and water
The discoyerer has been offered 100000 for his
claim but il is his intention 10 procure the neccs-
sary machinery and extract from the rock the pre-
cious material with which it IS so richly mingled
MExIcAN DEpREDArIoNs.-A ruInor s current
in our town that number OF Ceprcdations have
recently been committed in the neghborhood of
Pacheco Pass, By a marauding party OF Next.
cans Report charges them with the murder Of
TWO families of immigrants, who were JonFneyng
over this route to the lower country. 1t IS also
said that Col. Freinont's agent was recently tot.
lowed for two days by some Of this party, while on
bis way up 10 the Mariposa, and finally robbed
The Sacramento Transcript says We are IN
formed by friend just down FROM the Feather
River, that the cholera had appeared among the
indians who have village opposite Nicholas.