New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-08

wfere party Of men took out o. this morning in
secured. " -
nost OF The men on this bar trs doing tile or
M outexFectto do well as son a. the water
rLe STOCKTON Wednesday Ms, q
Ihe hrst digsipgs - hirn visited. ua a., rsturn
up were ttose between Hawkins aud Indian
pais' On The Tuol1mne. Generally soeakiog bat
nsns 70 Ine way Of digging gold bas been accom-.
g4snen snoe last Fall along the banks OF th, river
- nes under water In the bed Of the river,
nu Use "no nave been enabled to make a living
during the Winter, have considered themselves
wen on Companies have been organized along
he "noe extent OF the river and at every available
polnt IL VIII be damned and turned, forthe purpose
OF geuIng out the gold which is known to lie ia the
teo' ine work OF cutting canals and races has
peen gong on Tor the last six months. Immense
ditches have been dug and extensive beds OF ruck
have been blasted aysy during the Winter An
immense number Of men may ind employment at
COCO wages On this river, when the water falls 10
August Those who hire at ss or $40 per day,
VIII probably do better in the end than if they
worried on their own account, the best places
are oil claimed, and the river bottom being rich,
they VII IN many cases be enabled 70 secure good
loostions for the following seasons.
The next dggings visited were those Of Woods
jamestown, Sonora Sullivan sand Curtis 8. Woods
and Jamestown were partially deserted, on &C.
count Of new diggiDgs found at place now called
Columbs, three miles from the town OF Sonora.
Thuher both traders and disgers bad gone In large
numbers, from the surrounding settlements AT
the last accounts, there were two thousand persons
at Columbia. Several large frame houseshad been
erected, and town lots were selling at good prices
Sonora in nearly az large asStockton, and ahead
OF il for gold, gals music, gambling, spreeing &c
It's fast place, and DO mistake. Every Sunday
there is horse race or bull bait and any nam
Der OF tights and rows. Such a motley collection OF
hexicans, Chilians, Frenchmen, Chinese jews,
Jopathans, Paddles and Sawnies had never seen
Together before in California. There are some good
houses and heavy trading establishments in Sonora.
il is in the center OF extensive mining regon-a
winter depot OF PROVISIONAL place Of recreatioafor
tie people Of the surrounding settle aud the
headquarters Of the Mexicans from the Province OF
Sonora. Here the Mexcans and Cniians who had
been driven from other settlements, have always
worn ed IN molested. Sonora is destined 10 be the
next town 10 Stockton Of importance, IN the San
Joaquin Valley. In every point of the compass,
for distance oftwenty tothirty miles, from sonora
gold il found in the guches, which abound In this
billy region. Within the last two months dscoye
ries Of rich placers have been made Ia the plains,
and even on the hiLsides Az Columbia some OF
the richest holes twenty, thirty, and even hty
feet deep. l have heard funny mining story,
v hieh must relate here. A Mexican had dag
hoie Wnlcu "as OO"SuSieu i.H' hu EN"i0' 10"
worked hard for several days in sinking hole a
few yaIds distant. When he had got Town about
thirty feet he came to the Mexican, who was
stretched at tail length ct the DO tom with candle
in one hand and pick in the other! he had been
undermined. The Mexican bad got ahead Of him
and pickk ed out oil the big Jumps This species Of
bunowlDg is called cayOtaiHg.
Cor. Stockton Tmes
THE RIGHT KIND OF DUsr Mr.. p. c. Fay
brous BIT to our Office few specimens Of gold day
CT two sgc, which may be pronounced rather c)ase
dust. He so, them Of Nessrs. Whittier * Kinsley
" 10 have returned 70 this city from the North Ca
ron, near Georgetown. These gentlemen Took
from that place, with their own hands, Ia three
weeks time, 81 500 Among this amount vas one
lump pure sold weighing fitysix and one fourth
oupceE-s9O4; another was worth $500. There
were sesgga al other pieces weighing from ten 70
tv Give ounces each.