Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-01-30
Later from California.
TWO MILLIONS OF GOLD.


"Another Fire in Sa, Francisco, " and al-
Ger Piacer.-Steamers Cherokee and Prone
theus arrived at New York Oh Tuesday NOR
ming, with two millions Of dollars in gold dust
and lots of passengers, but no mails.
Steamer California, from San Francisco,
arrived at Panama on the 81 of January, and
the Is,hmus on the 9Th. The former brought
900 passengers and 100000 worth of gold
dust, and the latter $50 passengers and $685.
900 in gold. The Falcon arrived at Chagres
on the 10Th, and was 10 sail for New York
on the 18Th.
Markets at San Francisco were declining.
owing TO an over stock OF goods. The i'm
provements ia the city had altered the face
of it materially. A strong tide of emgra-
ton is setting towards the Atlantic states
The cholera has finally disappeared both
from San Francisco and Sacramento city,
The total amount Of gold at the custom
house at San Francisco from November 18th,
1S49, TO December 18th, 1850, was nearly
Twenty-Five millions dollars.
The miners are hard at work. and their la
bors yield fair return. Thousands are
wnierine IN the mines, preparatory 10 com
mencing operations in the spring, and in
proving the opportunity afforded by the tenn
emily 10 pay expenses.
And exceedingly rich silver placer has
been discovered few leagues from Monte
aev, where a company is forming to work
the mines upon an extensive scale. A very
rich mine has been discovered about i miles
from Johnson's Rancho.
On Dutch Creek, and al kesey's between
Georgetown and Colema. hundreds of log
cabins have been built for shelter during the
rainy season, each the habitation of three or
four miners, who appear 10 meet with sue
cess in proportion 10 the industry and eaergy
put forth. 81. -.- 5000.
In the vicinity of Coloina,-ou Weber
Creek, at Cold Spring. around and IN Hang
town,-about Webervile and Ringgold, Dia-
moad and Mud Springs, thousands of hardy,
industrious men, within scope OF one hun
dred or one hundred aud fifty miles, have
put up four or i've hundied tenements, for
winter residences and are delving with pick,
shovel and rocker, for the ore, with every de-
gree of success Some are barely making
more than living, others accumu 'ating hand
some snms. Those engaged in trade, at all
the above points, are making fair and steady
profits on supplies furnished The miners, for
which they were paid in gold dust, at sixteen
dollars the ounce.
MANY of those now engaged in the "dry
digisings" own and thave worked ''claims' y
in the " wet dggings," i. e. on the streams
and rivers Of the Upper Sacramento valley.
where the process ofdamning is usually car
ried on ; high water driving them out during
the winter or rainy months, they seek the
"dry diggings" and continue there until the
low water Will suffer them to work out their
Claims
AT Volcano Bar, on the Middle Fork of
the American River, where the water finds
its way between almost perpendicular noun
tains over four thousand feet high, about
one hundred and fifty miners have made
themselves comfortable for The winter. and
are engaged at "Cayote digging" tina, is.
driving shafts into the sides of the noun
tains, on the top of the bed rock Much sue
cess has attended these efforts al the above
point.
From the southern mines we have favora-
ble accounts, which lead TO the belief that the
aggregate yield of the mines is nearly, if not
quite equal at the present time, TO any thing
IN their past history. 80 -+-t-4
Destructive Fre-A fire burst out in the
new building of Messrs. Cook, Brothers &
Co, OH Sacramento street, between Mont
gomery end Leidesdorff streets, last evening
NJ ldi i'dst eiSht CLOCK, winch consumed q
large number of buildings, and threatened
obstruction 20 the whole of this valuable por-
ton of the city. The flames were finally
hemmed in, and by half-past nine o'clock, all
danger of the further spread was over. .f5f
The following is list of the principal
sufferers so far as they can he ascer,ained
Cook, Brothers g. Co. /; Totten l. Eddy
Hawev, Sterling & Co. Boardman, Bacon
& Co.; goods damaged by water and reno
val; J. NJ. 7Huddart; Butler Baxter; De
Long, MeNiel & Co; 5. Brannan. "Bran-
nan Row." injured by water and tearing
away of balconies; Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, by water. Do. Marotte J. L.
Folsomand Bragg, Whittemore & Co. p,
The buildings destroyed were mostly WOOD
though substantial and large. We think Inc
loss may be estimated at about SAC, O0O.