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

continue rich. The reader will bear +
| mind however that tens Of ,h,ns,,l
men are engaged in The mines and ~.
are Lu. isolated casea. Hundred, h.,o,
pay their expenses while single one r..i
ICES handsome return.
Tho Pacific News sa,s. We yes,o.a
received intelligence from the opera,;'
going forward at the Mariposa mines w.
which we ascertain that the mos, enco',' y
ing prospects exist. The diggers s,rusl;
new lead a few days since, which promise.
be exceedingly rich. Ono piece If o,,,,, ).
had been taken out which weighed .h'1
fifty pounds, from which, abou. six o, s;,u'
pounds Of pure gold were extracted f.,
first bushel or one hundred pounds of on'. 10y
taken out, yielded abou, $4,000 Of The pe,H
uine orc. e,"'
The cntire machinery cor crusbi,c j..
quartz had arrived, and will be pu, inm Nv
alton gu Monday nox,, when We NAV ~ y
,icipato tho most llntiering results. n,
congratulate those having an iu,e,e.
this company upon the encouraging mn,
peci ofn tich tetnrn. f
The MarysviIlc Herald SAYS Ina, i.
Miners on Butte Greek ut the drv Az
gings are averaging two ounces each y.
day.
A letter from The Mokulumnc river d.,
ed Aug. 2s,h, says:
The miners arc doing very well. ,oa
arc well Satisfied with the products a,he;.
labor Some fine specimens have boon
taken from the bed OF the river Ia.e,v
party Of kanakas, from The Islands. h,,s
taken out six pieces. gross weight, seven.
teen and half pounds pure gou. Yes.
terdsy three colored men .nok f,um s,,co
less than yard square, eigh, Hundred dol
lars Of fine gold; and, of several hundred
that are now Al work upon this bar, and
vicinity, know Of none tina, are no, re,Iiy.
| ing over six dollars per day, and m,ny their
sixteen dollars.
Several companies are now nj work with
quick silver washers, and yielding e.hl,
to one hundred dollars per day. The vi.
Ter in the river is slill quite high-.,eyeral
feet higher than last yenr at this season,
il is, however, falling rapidly now. Tls
companies engaged in turning the rivers,
have about completed their dams and chal.
ncls, and in tho course Of a few days viii
he enabled to work the entire beds, and may
| find few Of the untold millions. Tint
the bed 81 This river - rich with tie ore, i,
n fact well known. The further, hereto
fire, that miners have been enabled to &c,
into the river, the richer i, has proved; and
several companies are now paying SIX sla
eight dollars per day for daily iaborer.
From tho upper Sacramento we find lhi
following Intelligence in tho Place. Tran
script:
"Our information leads us to believe tn.
there is very largc gold-bearing district
yet nnas, entirely ,.noccnpied, a. The head
waters of the Sacramento. The repairs
from the Trinity diggings are no, es'rn'
CANT, but show moderate and very goner
al success among the number who are there
working. General Lane and party, from
Oregon. are doing well, nbou, forty miles
from Readings Rancho. The wafer in tho
Sacramento has nearly reached tho lowest
ebb."
The same paper says: We learn ,hh on
| Nelson's Creek miners ara averaging ahu.
half ounce per dav. Men arc hired Al,
rate Of wages varying from sh to eight da.
lars.
! From the south branch of til. north fsk
Of Feather river, VIC hear reports that the
generality Of workmen are mlkiny fair VA
ges.
Rich dry digeings have been discovered
between Nelson's Creek and the mouth o.
Butte Creek. which empties inlo,hc Sacra.
nento. The spot where the riches, dug
gines exis, is about eighty rods in length
BY forty In width The dir, has to be car.
ried a considerable distance, hui repaY
those who are working il from two to three
ounces daily. This appears formerly TO
have been the bed Of me river, and The gold
found here isvery coarse and bright. Om
informant, adds that great numbers OF PEG
pie nrc rushing into the new placer
The Stockton Times Of September 10,
furnishes Tire following items from sAe
Southern mines
During The week several friends have
visited US with specimens taken from ye'n'
in the Southern district.
One Of the most beautiful specimens was
shown TO ms bv Mr. S,illwcll; its intrinsic
value is nearly 500; the piece = p'f9
gold Of deep. rich yellow color !, was
dug by party in tho rich gulch OF MoSs,
lumno. From the same hole f!ty Poaa''
were taken in eight DAYS. =.
| Mormon Chick. We are informed m
Mr.. Jeffrey. who has j's, returned if0"
tour through the mines, that in his presene'
before Colebrook's bowling saloon, aa
or washed two pounds Of gold from one pa"
Of earth. The lucky individual had 'n'e'
pounds in half an hour. .
The race Is completed at Pior. ana'op''
atoms nre commenced TO dam the f's'
Tho miners nre sanenine, aud claims O'''
sold at 5000 cash. i.
Pine Crossing, - From this quarter '"v