New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-18
Mining Intelligence.

DIGGINGS ON THE MIDDLE ORR L nc
miners at Gray Eagle City, Big Bar, and Spanish
Bar on the above riyer are doing better than at any
previous time this season. The gold found al the
former place is coarse, and II is not unusual ior
hundreds Of dollars to be washed from single pan
full of dnt. Many Of the claims at Murderer's Bar
have been overlooked until recently but pumps OF
great power have now been obtained, and the leads
drained eeciually that the miners are enabled
~ save the mlnutest particles OF gold Many VINO
LEFT the river week or two since for the dry dlggngs
IN the ravlnes and gulches between the Middle and
North Forks, have staked out Their CLAIMS, punt
their log houses, and commenced throwing up dlrt
intending to wash when the rams set IN ltmon
MAGNIFICENT GOLD SPECIMEN were
yesterday shown by Mr.. Joseph Belden, OF Buffalo,
NY and late Of the Sugar Pine Mining Company,
which is located three or four miles ABOVE spanish
Bar on Middle Fork OF American River the most
superb specimen OF gold that We have ever seen oil
the kind. IL is egg shaped, rather aattened, and IS
intermixed with quartz, and from Us appe trance
seems to be composed OF about equal quantities OF
gold end quartz II is perfectly smooth all over,
caused undoubtedly by rolling IN the river bed IL
was found by the company On the bed OF the rlyer,
and weighs 70 ounces and pennywegnts II is the
property of Mr. George Hamilton and J. ID. Lauder
Gale ofFayet,e County, Missouri, and can be at
Messrs. Page, Bacon & Co.'S Bank where II Is ODER
ed for sale 1t IS certainly most desirable speci.
men, and any one desiring a rlch one would do well
10 secure II. This company consisted OF thirteen
persons who put in their fume this season, and in
two weeks after It's completion took ont 10000,
when they sold out for about $4,000. Alr. Belden
informs that most OF the Cldlills on hlluie
Fork are yielding rich reward ICouner.
EXCITEMENT AT JACKSON same
paper also contains the following commune alton
dated Jackson, Calayeras County, Oct. 1, 1851
Great excitement exists here Just nov, caused BY
the discovery OF rch and extensive sggings in the
immediate vicinity of tins place. About two months
ago. a company OF twelve lad claim % a quartz
lead, on hill d mile and a half from Jackson, and
have ever since been digging ndustrOusly 10 vari-
Gus parts OF the hill. Some miners being led ~ BE-
th.ft bae M
but had found nch placer cgglnss, went 10 WORK to
sink hole The company came upon them armed
with pistols. drove them of, and hed up their hole
The party driven on went among the miners IN the
vicinity represented the case, raised strong party
and went on TO the hill and took up claims The
news spread and While am now writing, hundreds
are fOcking TO the spot and taking Up claims. The
cirgngs are very excessive, and said BY those ac-
f Hi 70 '''''' vic ~" ''sS a. "'A''1-'''''
x Tie NerGGa Journal says We saw
the result Of t~o mems toming for half day on
Little Deer Creek, Gay or two ago, being some
What over $780,
A GREAT HAuL.-On Wednesday last.
Mr. Eayres took out s2Os4 at one painful THIS grea,
haul was made al the Yankee Side, near GREY Eagle
City, on the micdle Fork.
u More new discoveries have beenmade
on the hill back OF Georgetown.
z At Missouri Bar, about five miles
above Salmon Falls. On Thursday last the Benedict
Company took cut $500 at one painful and from
four to i've ounces Is frequent yield 20 the shovel
full Of dirt A company working at salmon Falls
have averaged from 500 to slO0 per day fer three
months
Cold SPRIsG In the last few DAVIS some
new and rich deelngs have been discovered at Cold
Spring II is found that the dirt on the side OF the
mountain VIII pay from 20 10 cents 10 the PAN from
the surface 20 the bed rock. There l. a company
now engaged IN bringing Hangtown Creek along The
sice OF the bali, by which means an abundant supply
Of water viii be afforded.
z Mr.. c. White, of Wisconsin, showed
Us lump OF pure gold day or two since, which he
took out Of Volcano Diggings, weighing al ounces
-$7l2.