Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-10-10
CALIFORNIA NEWS.

The steamship Phjipiclphia arrived
al New York al 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, from Chagres, whence she
sailed on the oh inst. She brings
San francisco papers to Angus, 18th.
lwo weeks later then previous adviccs;
though the mails 10 that date brought
by the Stesmer Carolina to Panama had
no, reached Chagres.
The Philadelphia brings about $500,
600 gold dust on freight, aud Two OF
three bundled thousand in the hands OF
passengers.
From the Mines.
We hear astonishing reports from
Carson's creek, accounts which exceeds
The stories told by the oldest of the old
miners. Lump. Of gold. in value
amounting To $4,000. were deposited
with Adams 81 Co. last evcnlug-,hr
procreds of Two and half da,s !ahn,
by Two men. One piece weighs II
pounds, as smooth as glass and unm.xed
With f"irign matter. aud the SMALLEST
lump weighs iwn and a half OUNCES. In
cunversalinn with one Of !he fortunate
p"ssesSors Of this treasure. he informed
me that the gold was obtained about
halt mile from Calson's Creek, and
where, hitherto, nobody else had thought
of searching for ii. The place appears
10 have been formed by mnuntsln
slide. The gold is all very coarse, aud
that obtained by our infnrmanl has
never been washed. The clay adheres
I" i, as when j, was first picked out ui
the earth. About 10 persons are a.,
work IN these d,ggingI. and our infur.
mani says that one of Them took out
81 pounds on Friday last. All in rha,
location are meeting with remarkable
success.
We learn from Mr.. Nichols, who is
in town from Feather river, that so far
as worked. he different bars are pay.
ing renal kably well Oscalosa bar, on
the Middle Fork, about so miles from
here, aud about 6 miles from S,onng
ton. is The claim where tho frs, work
has been done iG that direction. Mr.. n.
left there week ago yesterday; they
had then been at work a little over
week. The labor ofseven men. work
ing with quicksilver machine, yielded
$4,000 for the first five days. There
Is every prospect That the bar WI con.
Time 10 pay in as large ratio. There
are len shares III the dam, four Of which
have recently been suId-the first foI
$4,000, the second for $4,000, and the
NV" others al $4,000 each. These
shares have been purchased by men
who have heen on tie spot, and have
seen The evidence Of The immense rich.
ness of the bar. Mr.. Nichols himself
one day panned four ounces in short
time. The Iowa CiGy' claim sbou,
Two miles above the bar. is reaising all
The expectations of those who selected
that location.
There are four or five claims at short
intervals above there, where the dams
are not finished. but which promise
equally well as the others. On the
south fork Of Feather river The miners
are also doing well; the average yield
is about one dollar TO the pan Mr.. W.
II. Parks and Mr.. James Linnan, from
the Forks Of The Yuba. furnishes us
with the following information: The
miners in that section have been en-
played 10 the completion ufiheir dams.
aud have been prOspering for about
Two weeks They are now commen-
ciug Ia work considerably. On the
Mouth FOX there is a claim which has
given twenty pounds Of dust To the
rocker per day, with the labor Of four
men. They worked with The ordinary
rncker, bnl are now Introducing the
Long Tom. These diGgings require
the removal Of abou, five feet of the
top soil. before working 10 advantage.
On the South Fork there have been
some dsappointmenls. AT Foster.
bar, about iwo.ihirds of The water is
drained from The he'd. and il has been
prospecied with abundant success
The companies and those who have
cIaims on the Yuba, as well as Fealhe,
and their branches. viii generally b
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