New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-14

rlcn--a most bcar.ish looking place filed with thick
chapparal 4 fallen tree supplied me with fuel e.
hand. and soon had glowing fire. beside which
spread my blankets aud lay down. Getting up at
midnight TO throw more logs found my horse
zone and searched the chappars Tor al hour before
lrccoycred HIM Toward dswnthe tinllo OIL distant
mule bell ana siterw ard the Growing Of cock gave
me welcoWe signs OF near hsbltation and sadci-.
with the first streak Of icht soon reached beau
t.iul valley, across which. from the luXuuaut timber
skirtins wafer course rose blue column o! smoke
from the rancho | was seeking
rode up and asked for breakfast NJ twenty
,oar hours ss, wss broken by a huge slice Of roast
N,uison, and coffee sveeteLed witt black Mexican.
So gar, which snlaoks not only OF the Juice OF the
cane bC, Of the leaves. joints, roots. and even le
ulstuous sci. in which Il grows. For tins paid
:, So but ~ money could procure any feed lor iay
.snnshuC horse Leaving the rancho, which is
Owned by a settler nsmed Hicks my rosd led aoAg
the LETT bank q Spt;ers Creek !oT two mles, slei
which II struck into the mountains. Here and there.
10 the caches, noticed signs OF the gold hunters
but their prospecting did not sppoar % have teea
successful The timber wss principally plne sod
oGS. and Of tie smaller growths the red osrkel
iusdrcno and species Of cScs.hS with iglut IGaei
larger than our Western buckeye The NUS are
steep broker and with htiie apparent system. \
c.ose obserya alton however, shows them 10 have =
&, adus increase OF elevstioa TO certain point &c
yoaG which they iai Sgaih. As N the sea the LIZ
,ion q lols swel Is seen through ali The SINAI
wsves OF the surface So this region shows s0cces
sion Of parallel ridges regularly Increasing IN hight
til they resch tho Sierra NevsdS-the q" tenth
wave, with the white foam On IT'S crest
Aloat noOn came down sgaiE upoa Suffers
Crcek, n little valley, sstslej BY miners A LINN
bsg u tents were pitched saoRs the stream, az
some were building los AoEses ,or tie winter. Ihs
disrings IL tie valley were quite prChssble daring
the dry season, especially IN a cakon shove. Tbs
miaers n3w make from halt an ounce - an ouncs
Der dsv. ANsr dining al Humphreys tent cross
"a . broad mountain. snd descended = Jackson 3
creek. where stin greater numb.f Q! miners were
,oncresatcd Not the Creek oniy, hat sl the ~
,i,ss ~ the mountains arCund. furnished S-ca-i &
thsir winter labors A ht,le knol IN the valley
hove the rssch cf hoods wss entirely covered win
their white tents The Ho,el teri IS kep: ~ an OE
cgonis- nance Ccsgruve
From Jcckscns Creek took tocSpa'h 70 nc
Nokslu-rs Ahsr scaling The divide, we1i
down into deep, wild rsvine, wnere the pam
Lo.ched along is almost perpendicular sices ii sa'
ened to Give way beneath nay horses feet ar'ner
down, Ike bottom was completely tnIHsd oyes oy
miners number Of " hom were building Their log
cabins, The rains had hrcrght 4. sas: cc.s'si,,
supply crwaser, snd pans and cradles were IN M
operation amcag the gravel tbs miners weFr
assfly al Trenchnen, snd spPssred tc Be cons
wei. TIE rsvine finally d<teKcReS upcr the rvci
a, Inc Mode Bar. l Eapd tie current deep an
swiA, and al tie dsns made for farming II, broken