The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-22

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their long journey ana that they will srrivs OF
veor and courage to enter upon their arduous
and that kind Providence may prosper their efforts
to the Attachment OF an honorable Independence.
Accounts from shs Mines.
| THE sACRAMENIo RLGION--rHR GOLD LAKE
The Pocer Itsne. of Monday, gives ths following as
as being u first definite IL form from the region
of Cold Lake. tho new digginss ir the mountain
Of Feather river hsv. been called -
"oer information Is dirrct and of quite a decided
character and We do not hesitate to place this inte
gtnoe before our readers coupled ilb he
that wo are stating facts capt. s., well and favor
ably known to citizens of the Upper sasram. nto an
In tbs city, directly from the new dggings They
are situated Mt the head Of u the tributaries OF
/ Vile
! Parties setting out from the town on FEATHER or
fuos rvr. cross the great plain and strike the for
stream the range hills forming the base of
the Gold Mountains. difficult road con, meuces
after entering the mountains from Bidwell's bar,
which continuss to Nels ma Creek here i'm ais
for transportation Of supplies are brought up" the
country becoming wild and broken even 70 u degree
OF grandeur. The route lies up the stream (which
derives it's namo from the earliest mdveatursr on its
waters) and along its margin ovsrhsnging whisb
cliffs Of quartz tower the height 81 hundred feet
the sides perfectly precipitous the entire extent of the
Al tie head OF Nelson's creek lie the famous GGold
Lake" disgngs, 30 styled from large body Of water
which isf found there at his time These dggings
at such an altitude above tho level - the plains that
the atmosphere Is pure and invigorating Gold Is
found In great sbuhdanc. over large tract Of quarts
distance OF ten {. ct brlowthe sur'sce wshpgis per-
oiRet nom the yield of the eartn from ~ eight
feet BENEATH The geld il coarse and beautful
Capt states his convection that these are richer
diggings thnn any yet discovered In the Northern
Placer. Men were making from ons TO i've hundred
dollars per day with Ease. Many tboussu ia
gregsting there; the captain says "ths mounzas are
iuh OF I'm" The time of this discovery appears to
have been In February last
Al hsTysville, packers" are continually starting
ont for told Lake. As it Ia psrsistiogy called Sons
Of the previous expeditions are returning. out
with fatigue Over one hundred pack animals lett
Mar3sville on Saturday Tor these new diggings ON
Feather river.
NEVADA AND GOLD RUN
From the Saci smento Transcript
"A friend from Nevada Informs us That the streams
that run through that place called Gold Run OF which
such surprsiDg accounts have been given, have BEEN
ali dug over, up to the hills in which they
On coming 10 the hills however the leads continued
extr' pely rich and the miners still working into
the banks In instances forty feet OF -srh have
been thrown of before rese hing the deposits OF gold
and a. the Iaborera copthas PENETRATING the amount
to b. r. moved vii liner, Whenever tho gold Is
reached T. found In large quantities One party of
four or i've n' m took out nine pounds in one day.
Others were oontantly striking places where large
yields were obtsined-ssy from three or four ounces
to pound day or course the Larger share we're not
80 fortunate Duties serious accident happened Ia
The side 81 one Of these hula lat Sunday While
party Of foui men digging undermining place,
and following had into the bank the earth above
eavsd In upon them add oil were crushed to death In
but III. we're from the State Of Mains.
The hius and rsvInes around Nevada have all the
srpssTanes Of being very rich with gold It has
HUI mi1ed n With the very top soil where thu earth
s haht ana eusty iihe aches Quite n large numbrr
engaged ia gath ring up this soil from tn. hs
| WHARF u 10 vsshed
OF five thousand people srid BE- In Its vicinity
The dggpgs are not nov 40 probably worked =. they
Is scarce, and only those ~ho strike rich places
held claims the creek. that they afford to
haul the dirt 20 IL for washing making their labor
prontsbie Our informant states that another winter
thsse dgg,pfs viii doubtless h. ~ successfully work
ed s ever and in the country around there VII BE-
room for almott any number 20 work with pront Zoe
ten miles around Neyeds the geologic appearance OF
the coun,ry y very .imilsr ana gold has been found
IN greater OF lees la almost every place that
/ has been prorpseted.
The eEEsT rAsIS AND CARSON VALLEY.
We have intelligence direct from shs poiat. through
Half way uouse. on the Auburn road. One Of his
friends s about TO start with hvs wagons heavily la
den. having prsviousiy visited the place lie repre-
the diesipgs being equal % aLy viony.
having prcsreetsd them himself Out OF thr~~ psniuis
,;' On nv h,s sOl. per pan sa
Of the ,merans VII remain there who sill rely ~hoy
| upon THE city for surphSs
aLUMr wEuHINa THIRTY POUNDS.
II has been thorr ht ny many persons In the States
and With good too, that toms Of the accounts
putsbrd In Cutcrnis relative 10 the richness OF our
nir,s ar. eith,r too highly eoIorsd or wiully eIax
s.atsd ". hsv. pressed our opiuioa in
fefrrs nee 20 the icbbrs Of the nsthsrp mines every
,hs, osn,an Issi ,pins ~ .r.@,s.s H. i.pr~.:
hump a gold W. believe ever dug IN Calfornis; I. Il
mixture CT quartz and gold the whols weighing thry
pounds (StI ouncesl troy frou the trsts msdr. u
l. ssceriansd that the lump contains about "a pounds
Of pur. sid This mammoth pi,c. -as dag from .
rsvine In The DRY digging bst-esu the North aud Mid
Ole FORKS OF Yuba river oh. location kno~s as the
Jim Grow dieens9: by nr William "a Julius OF Mes
/ York city. aid Mr. !ohn Grive-. OF Nev Orleans The
fret % these been ear ia the eixsns. aud had
net a,sIsssd over ten dollars c@S ntm@lf aud
Isrtusr tsd taken possion Of Old hole -hich nsd
ben rorked cut and deserted BY t-e negroes FIND
Ing that th could Dot wofk 20 advantage without
ersinirg tn water on they dug trench orespsL and
They had worked serrrs. hours. -h.n one Of them
thought be pied piece u soli jettins out from
TO carry "a the water frou TIE main hole I.
lie steeP,d 10 examine a. aud 6niirg 10 TO b. pure
me'a, b. drew fortb his taifs. &or.p~d drt
loose around o. -hile 10 oOB'isasd To srs- larger aud
hirr until the thifty posnd iaup aeo'. msntios-s
rousd Oh, at biz isst 1heJ k.pt TIE matter prsfDusd
secret snd started on TO Msryssiie where they
On.rd sl0Ooo Tor n which ih,y refused rhey az.
exhb'ting t at hcKn.g Suffer Hotel 81 ffty cents
PER b. 40 The runa -hich This ma "A moth la
vstaten. "a nothing more than small brock run
nins through fat; the ground u-rs gently on the
sse.s ssd. covered -hh rich ec.s 81 sr... IL "a,
huna about two tsst bslow the surfsa. Tho youpg
Hsn are on their wsy hume. aud expect 10 rr.ise a
fortune 'rom sShibitins i,iu the states.
oEtoOs mar rus rvktH FORK.
We had The PLEASURE yesterday ~ couverunra vhfls
9Th DR. Jo,eph frsy. 81 Ne~ fork. Who bss be-s q
ioig tine In tb. digEings Ne sp-nt the -intsr on
the largest ON this branch An attsmpt w. made TO
,s,s ,he rlyer =, M. Point rs sson ~tish tssens
eommsncsd too s,s 80 ID. srs.on Tn. .ork {. 10 bs
te.it,d the pres MT summer DR. frey that
this b,r v .tifsmeiy rich aud -s h,ve nss tie pis
cure 81 walking over the greun and Ja5xng Tor
stives, nsby times during the past wint.r We
,oueh fcr th, etrr,etn-s. Of the statsnsuts some
Leads have Ji.d.d A. high si0 90 aud 81 900
tSee, end $1,000 slight v-in of god ooar-sd
through nearly every lssd vhich athsuxh bat too
ipthss vide abd Of considerable depth yielded
s.sto IN. bUct,t At pr-seut net much 10 doing
1spt BY vsJ Of preparation for IN. Operations
There sres lsfFe nuab.r Of miners IT work, and the
place " eeits In, vilsge
NV DoefNos MAR sUsURy
Atout I've mi.tr this aide 81 Auburn, large ravine
lac lately BEEN examined Ia ibfsrmed By Nr
HUI OF that vicinity and found TO be EXTERN eiy rich
WIN Ecld Three miles % " have been t-k.n pc~ses
tfon 81 ~ d'Rpsrr seine claims hid three
TO I'VE th"oand cellars each thoagh "a -i b. In poe
tite 70 tske out the gold before another ~inter
there u no ~si-r nssr The road To Auburn crosses
THE fsttns and tor the last year pcop. have
ftsbiy Travelling over ~ with0ut once suspectiBs the
tfrtsurcs IN ~ It'd
NoIE Arovr THE nreeNos.