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leme, and already number OF Jumps OI
gold have been dug ont. Out of one hole
in three days, two men took out no les.
than $4,000, end there is scarcely q mar
who is making less than an ounce per diem
Provisions are plentiful, aud may be obtain.
ed at moderate prices. A vast emigration
is setting in to the placers on the Calsvsress
amongst whom are some hundreds from the
northern mines. A remarkable sign Of the
increasing confidence of the public is now
the, gradually awakening belief that the
southern mines are not only The healthiest,
but also the wealthiest in California. Our
agent, who is established at San Antonio,
another recently discovered plscsr. say,
that numbers there are making each two
ounces daily. We have received news
from Murphy's new diggings on Stanislsus.
A friend states that shaving . slight ten
dency to obesity" he cannot do much 10
the way Of digging, and works but two
days in the week, yet "somshow or other," I"
he continues 10 put into his belt about $50
per week. Every man 10 successful; and
We mention that ve have not heard con.
flicting reports relative to the matter. Tbs
country between the Stsnislaus snd the
Tuolumne, comprising Sonora, Woods,
Sullivan's, &C., whence so much gold has
already been obtained, has recently excit-
ed much remark. A new placer has been
struck, seven or eight miles above the town
of Sonora, whitber many hundreds Of per-
sons are vending their way.
Late accounts from Trinidad Bay rep
resent that the town of Trinidad Is incrsss-
ing in size rapidly, and will soon be place
Of considerable commercial Importance
The Rev. Mr.. White had arrived there,
and the citizens had resolved to settle him
amongst them, and to erect com rodious
house for public worship. A good road
was being Gu! through to the mines, which.
when the roadis completed, will be only
thirty miles from Trinidad. A letter from
Trinidad, in reference to these mines,
says:
They say that gold is there in abundance;
I have myself seen sample, and it is really
vsfy cl6an and pure, In rather isrse pieces.
There are many reports Of very lstge qu-
antilles having been dug up by one or two
companies-they say as much as seventy
thousand dollars by only one Of them
Many by the late arrivals are preparing 10
20 to the mines already. I have no hesi-
tAtion in saying thst if only aportion Of the
reports from the mines be true, that this is
bound to be very important town and
hsrbor. They have II In contemplation Of
building landing pier ont into the hsrbor.
and have no doubt In few days it will
be set on foot, either BY joint stock COM
nanv or uy;vate anacnlation.
The Pacific News announces that the
real Trinity river has been disc2vered.-
We make the following extract from its ar
ticle on the subject:
It is a source Of congratulation that the
fog which has for some time SO completely
obs cured the whereabouts of Trinity river
lis clearing of. Where then is Trinity riv-
er? Upon old maps II is placed in lati-
tude Al deg. "a min. In length, it is rep
resented to be about three hundred miles,
and considered one Of the largest streams
on the Pacific side. These facts tally with
discoveries lately made about thirty miles
north Of Port Trinidan, from which the
Laura Virginia, Captain Ottinger, arrived
in this port on Saturday. At that point.
lsrge river makes into the ocean through
besutiful and spacious bay. Captain OtIn'
ger makes Its latitude Al 33-Capt. Ed
wards, of the Sierra Nevada, al 81, both
coinciding very nearly with the old charts
from the representations Of the Indians on
the spot, It is supposed to be at least three
hundred miles in length, probably more
/ Il Is the river whose head waters have beet
visited BY miners undsr the name OF Tfini'
Ity, and upon its waters those parties which
have come down to Port Trinidad for pro-
visions must have been laboring: for they
came from that direction. In addition tt
these facts, the same representations are
now made by the aboriginsr. as to the OLD
coast explorers, namely, that at the dist
ance of four days travel by their canoes
the streams divides into three branches
the fact from which it derives its name.
Serious difficulties have occurrsd at tn
southern mines in consequence OF the at
tempt on the part Of the State Tax CpIlec
lItor to collect the tax Of $50 per month IN
Iposed under law Of the Legislature on 81
foreigners for the privilege Of mining
THE Pacific News says: :,
Il In the southern mines the greatest bod.
lIof foreigners are to be found; and In tn
vicinity Of the Sonorian Camp they numbe
many thousands alone. the proportion +
/ -. L.:.. rnoSa than Eve Ia one. -