New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-27

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40 the Santa Glars valley. Of.
Po,aioes-....-.hush 5000 SOLID heale,abbase ,soA
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Aid thus a, a cost II abou, $50 Geo. n,oau,mSa
crop worth, AZ present prices, some $500 coo
The ,Iines.
From the Saa Fnnci,co Picayune. NJ. s.
The accounts from the various mlning
districts continue ialy as encouraging rs at our
last, and there Is - suppose t0at the quan.
THY Of dust extracted rom TIE hllls AMI rlglnes
VIII not prove, for month TO come, fully equal,
| not greater than that 81 any former period IL IS
| true that the labOIS OF many are not, aud cannot
| prove immedis,ely producuve-ihas a grea, many
hands are employed either IN putting up cabins, IN
which the labOref can spend the winter more CON.
ionably, or in throwing up eagh FOR Washing IN the
rainy season, but 10 the same tiaie facilities for
washing, upon which months o. labor have been ex.
| pended, are beng rapidly completed and hard WORK.
ing men are now at work IN many gulch, and many
a Iaylne. which has heretofore remained untouched
for want OF water. Ditches, fumes and races are
beng completed every side, and no sooner is
finished than hundred men step IN to the water
for the purpose OF mining, ana that IN spots which,
without these convcniaces, would never repay the
miner for his toll
Should the ram in the coming season prove even
moderately abuL daut- should enOugn water fall 10
enable the miners IN The guches and dry diggings TO
wash their dirt without great labor IN transportation
there l. no calculating the amount ot gold which
Will be produced during the next hve months The
quantity OF earth, mostly remarkably rich, which
has been thrown mp ~ The various secuoDs OF Inc
mining region, Is immense. Not only has the labor
Of many sturdy HANDS been turned To this for months
during the present year. bu. p es OF auriierous earth
thrown up In the summer and fall OF 1880, are yet
standing unwashed Should suficlency OF water
fall to enable the miners 10 run long toms during the
coming season. there can be no doubt that greater
amount OF gold, per month"; Viii be semitic San tfan.
els his AT al formar peFOf not pNeeDtlng
these which have been heretofore looked uponby
the miners as most remarkable tor prodicllveness
Our readers must not however, suppose that be.
cause the product of the mines, ana The amount Of
dust shipped to the Atlantic states are very large,
that every man In the mines Is making fortune.
Such is far from being the ease. Hardly gulchda
bar can be visited NJ the Sierra not even excepting
those which have proved the richest, IN which many
men cannot be found. who are dong but poorly, and
who thoroughly dsSatifed with mining operations
of every kind Such men VIII be met win IN every
occ,patiOn and pvery station OF llfe Some OF them
are unfortunate though Industrious most ~ Mtm
are incapable of continued exerOn, or are too lazy
10 bend properly to the work before them. All that
Can be SAID u.s. that AT 10 time since the iscovsfd
the gold, has labor, as a general thing, met with
SuTer reward and although the richest diggings ar
pear TO the superficial observer to be worked ont The
Increased facilities for washing enable tue miner,
even though he work IN poorer earth, u realize 40
good wages as those ~ho first broke earth at tho
old Coloma dry-diggings.
The opinion which we have heretofore expressed,
and which, % far from being changed, Is strength
ened every day, Is that mining IN California Is only
beginning. To the coyote diggings We will look of
years 20 come, for the most ample returns Of gold,
while there can be but little doubt that at least IN
the course Of some years, the quartz mines which
are scattered 80 plentliully over our state, VIII
yield revenue TO which the treasures OF Cfdsw
wculc be but drop IN the Ocean but We are fof'
getting our more immt diate DUTY, which J. a review
OF the present operations IN the mining cIslncts0
the STATE.
from those at least Inch border on the coast and
are rot embraced IA Ire great Sacramento VALLEY,
are never 80 iull orSO accurate rs from The other
sections OF the mining districts The number Of
persons engaged in extracting the precious metals
but small compared wtih that IN either the SacTa.
mento on San Joaquin distinct while the placers nave
not as general thing, paid nearly as well, aud the
Indians are far more troublesome, being lar more
athletic, more determined, and more waflike. The
latest accounts from this section Of tho county,
however received within the past week, have been
much more favorable than for many months past and
miners are represented as making from So 10 s. per
day, on an average, while some few clearing
from SIG to $50 IL these accounts are rehable-and
we see 10 reason 10 doubt their correctness the
miners IN that section are doing rs well as the aver
age throughout the state. IL must be remembered
too, that Ia the Trinity and klamath mines, the old
system Of washing BY the rookie and pan IS sun sd'
hered to, and there can be no doubt that when the
more modern Improvements are Introduced. the up
per coast district will prove great source OF weah
to the State. Before mining can be properly carried
on there, however, 1t will be- absolutely necessaryto
make some permanent affangemeatDy which Indian
bosiIlIties Will be avoided.
Ia the Shasta and Upper Butte DISTRICTS the min
trs doing well. We know, IN TACT OF no section
OF the state in which LABOR seems to De more genef
ally or steadily rewarded. The field. however, has
so lar been merely Skinned over and there Is plenty
Of room for thousands Of other wOrkmen, and that
for years and years 70 come New discoVeneso
recorded every day, and there IL every reason 10 De-
iieye that when the pressure from the lower coua
ties drives greater body Of the miners into these
Al. 49, IA
Tie vicinity Of the Yuba aud Feather rivers.
ThIoughOutthe Nevada, Colusi, Yuba and I'll Do
RADIO districts large portion Of the maers are en-
gagged ID erecting their winter tsnemeLts, or IN ihios
ibg up dirt III the guiches and rayines, which VA %
washed out when the rain comes on. The accounts
from all parts OF these districts, are, notwths,anos
the numbers thus engaged, the result Of "hose%
bors Is, Of course, not ye, apparent highly enc9ur'
aging. LabOTeIs command from 80 10 20 u't,
and are lot over plenty at that, while many OF tnoss
holding claims are realizing as much as an ounce r.
day, steadily, and maLy, much more. IL IS ~ va
sec ion Of the country that mining Is carried 90
the most scientific manner and ine ingenuity "hL
chaTacterizes the American, is apparent IN tle
ous contriyances for saving ldOof ana ehaollBg~.
miner TO wafh out greater ana greater qithuas.c
earth. Thisi undoubtedly me most pfoouct'e""
Ca,averas County sliil maintains the reputation
which II acquired early IN the history OF go!a-oe1s
California, as very pfoouGSuve region. nc het
borhncd OF Mokeiumne Hill, the great center wf
coxo,e diogines In THIS pa Of the state seems pN
az ,ch a. ever and IS said that no less THAI lne
thousaud mineEs are oOngregated within cncsu
a lev, miles, around its base. From the stocAp.
snne IL IS calculated that over S30O0OOO have osss
taken since the ground was first opened. ana y
sboMs no symptoms OF giving out. The COYOTE ~
eltes are here carried on very extensively, aH'
Usual pay remarkably well ,,s,
The diggings in Tuolumne and Marposi Cos,xss
have lot pioyeG 70 encouraging As al our i@ss rre
rich Glegings have been discovered ~ aqua rss
but the general accounts are not natteIibB. =,
nay probably ariSe IN come degree from the nuIIs
engaged in DIV diggirg s building houses sus sss
quartz prospe citing. bat the mines 10 these VA IN
have never yieced steadily as those IN .he Viz,
the sold in the northern region runs more siesos,
although it is probable that greater mum ssr,
den fortunes have been made IN the sSasn are uos
90, "a "a csar The World and are so much sops
sfsr as cnriosiiies. have been found on the aIas~
is". and TnolumI Iisers aud Oh the Marposa, ~
The northern mines have always been more S's'-''
~ 1919 20 Quartz Mining, we have but iiA's -