The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-11-22
MINING NEWS.

We give below some ofthc big stories o
gold hunting, as detailed by the California
papers:
AaNcgards the mines we arc able 70 sen,
highly encouraging report All account
from tho interior concur in representing III,
Yield as unusually large. New paccrs ar,
being constantly discovered. and those aban
doncd successfully rcworkcd. Quartz mining
IL claiming the attention of great numbers of
our citizens The yield Of some Of the ledge,
IS almost incredible. Experience has demon
sifaif-lr Aawnrer- that unless . mine is ofsu
passinp riciness, IL cannot he successfully
worked without powerful machinery and q
heavy OUTLAY Of capital. a number Of com,
panics have provided themselves with ma
chincry, and before winaer sets IN. there will
be NJ least fifty crushing mills in operation
San Francisco Heraid
The amount Of gold which is now hcino On.
ken out on the Yuba and Feather Rivers I.
unusually large. In the -nrighhorhood of
Downicyillc, the diggings are what would
have been called good even in tho hest dav.
of gold discovery In Swcctland's dicgipgs,
"a peculiar locality. where the miner has Ia
penetrate through several feet Of sand. and a
deep l t,f l+-e-
binary success has attended the work or; and
in n word. throughout the whole Of the north
ern mines. most brilliant future il treadinc
on the heels Of an extraordinary present. The
yieii Of gold IS at present extraordinary. and
the prospects are that an increase is to be- ex-
pocted far moro than dccTeasc is to be dread
cd. The beds of the streams have proved
very rich, the hanks richer, tho cayotc shafts
richest OF all while IN. every pnich and ra-
vine, great piles of aurferous earth arc stand
ing, only waiting the advent of rain to give
forth their golden produce
From the South, the news is not less en-
.couraging. At almost every locality from
which we have heard, the miners are doing
exceedingly well, and hardly a dnv passes
without its record of''rich new dgyiuxs."-
The miners in the vicinity OF Sonora have
been very successful, and on the Tuoumno
the losses oflast year are being rapidly re-
paitl.---San Francisco Picdgune.
Move now discoveries have been made on
the hill back of Georgetown.
The miners on the Middle Fork, from this
place 20 Mormon Island, with very few cx-
ceptions, have done well this season. At Mis-
souri, Bar. about five miles above Salmon
Falls. on Thursday last che Benedict Com,
pany took out $500 Mt one painful; and from
to 8 ounces is frequent yield to the SHOW
elfnl OF dirt. A company working at Salmon
Falls have averaged from seven to eleven
hundred dollars per day for three months.
A lump OF gold hes tAscn taken out by the
die Fork of the American River. which is by
tar the handsomest specimen that We ever
have seen. II is shaped very much like
shocnakcr's lapstone, and weighs 1926. The
same Company have taken out from their
claim. within the last ten days, 10000.
Post.
4 letter from Sandy Bar, or Yankee Slide,
gives "A glowing account of the success of the
mines in that region, and states that some
$4,000 per week is taken from the slide,
and that u is not uncommon fora claim, of
fifteen feet TO yield from 900 to $500 per day.
Gray City, however, is-rcprcscntcd as Weld
ing very poorly. From every region we hear
the most cheering nows.
As the steamer Republic was on her last
trip from Panama TO San Francisco she struck
upon rock near Point Blauro, about twenty
miles from San Eranrisco. during the prova-
lence Of a dense fog. Owing TO the judicious
and skilfill management Of Capt. Hudson, his
officers, passengers and crew, she was kept a.
float till the California won't down to her re-
lief. The latter towel her into San Francis
co. Tho damage, it is thought, will cbe easily
repaired. - --.--