The New York herald., 1851-11-02
Mining Intelligence.

rtom the sonora Herald, Sept. 2I
We have cheerrg n.li yence 10 send by this
ia respect 10 both the placer wsngs and the quartz
nIe round about this mountain city In addition to
what mey be found In ssothsr columl we car state with
the fullest that never were the miners moe
encouraged than now. and there a more rea-
sopabe prospect OF rich harvest for their lsbor Not
that evy company or every individual actually wash
ing out pounds Of geld weekly. Many are s,srcsly
tanning enough 70 pay their board b and yst they
well pleased and feel as though they fast
ting fortunes These are tcatterei all along the dry
sulchss and ravines throwing up dirt which they have
rled suhcienty 10 know that IL IL rich when the rains
come, the water is led along the rivers by the
extensive water works constructed for this due
ing the present season the miners will have nothing
10 do but wash out and pocket the gold The
diains and tail ditches being ale the rocks
removed which cover up the precious metal and thu
earth thrown up to mello In the and air and thus
get ready for easy washing Piles Of dirt have thus
teen thrown up which could not be bought hundreds
We might say thousands of dolisrs-a the Of
or three short months In places sso the hill sides
are being dug Oh, where they connected with rich
leads In the mountains from which, during the revolu-
sliding down along with earth, oossnsd by succesiye
rains and SHOWS AT jamestown this Is especially the
The vast plsin extending from shaws Flat northward
also betng dug all ever its surface and cssted away
There no telling ho~ rapidly fortunes would be
nrssant 80 r., n runn ,ussn ot water were
troubles could be dispensed with
On Woods creek there are many companies ell doing
claim Of the Fort Washington company one mile above
sonora They said they been working in this s.ms
Psce Ior soout year having originally purchased the
csim for 800 During portion Of the time they had
been engaged In the sborious work Of digging long
ditch, nearly tive hundred long BY on twelve 10
twenty Eve feet deep Their luck" has been variable
but on the whole very good somstme. for two months
or more they did well every day Then again for few
weeks the tide seemed turn We saw one II the large
Jumps taken cut by them, weighing SIX pounds ten and
three quarter Many smaller pie es were aIso sr
hibited, one weighing S1l4 another t6l anot or s55
Several Of the larger specimens had been deposited at
Reynolds Co = Office and we did not see Their, abort
time ago was estimated that the company had taken
out $4,000 during the preceding seven weeks -Four
shares in the company have recently been sold $500
ssch The ssmes OF the prerent members are David d.
yine, SEQ Q. Roberts, John SERVER, Bernard Laurex
John III. Milligap.
Since that visit this company have been doing even
esser than before One day this week they took out
~ ana orers bsve been made them Of s2oco for only
~ tquare feet OF the portion stil unworked
Inc company INN edisteiy above them is also doing
squsy Nen and all the other companies above and be-
nw' are averaging, a,we are told ffon ss to SIS per
In HOldens garden the work goes on "a. brissly a.
ever. ."
Columbia growing very rapidly, and will be- in the
course Of two months Of the most active csmp, In
the Southern Mines. At Pine Log Crossing we have
eouverred with several men who highly pleased with
their and believe that nearly all who are
working along the stsnslsus river are better rewarded
by far than they were last year
On the Tuolumpe the operations have been carried ON
With great deal Of spirit Al stevenss Bar, Hawkins
Don Pedro's there has beens good time" and ge-
neral thing the miners have been deing well At Jack.
sonvile which s very 6ourishIng place the Grsy
company have been and stili driving great bust
worked BY water wheel, which saves much time and
manual labor We sorry TO say that the ground en-
brsced In the claim Of the Jacksonville dammng eompa-
NJ has not proved ~ rich ~ was expected Most Of TIE