New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-07

ON South. DIR. Wozencrof, viii leave IN day OF two
fer the Sacramento Valley. and Col hckee ior tie
country above Humboldt Bay. to .isn anu ehaea'9.
also understood that the Commissioners VIII nave
for this summers expedition out S&'VOV inS'ed. %
$.5.Ct0, the amoul: asked Tor by VIC Depa'tWen' vi
Irdian aH.irs Alta California.
QUARTZ MINING on TIE SrASISLAUS.-Welcarn
fICm Broom Smith, Esq, of CorSon's Creek Mining
COMPANY that is found necessary 70 keep a iorce
Of armed men stationed around tie mine 70 protect
Tie miners hlle taking out tic precious metal The
greatest sum taken out IN day was the astound-
inc amount OF eighty thousand dollars THIS was done
lSOnora Herald
SALT observation-disclosures FAcr-TJ he Editor
Of me Gazefte: The following il reported by MAJOR
Cooper Of your city and other gentlemen IN sulsnn
valley About o'clock on Friday afternoon violent
hal storm occurred accompanied by much thunder
and lightning The hail fell the SIZE OF ordinary Ou
lets 10 the depth of two or three inches. curiosity
induced the Mayor TO put one OF the haistones mo
ms mouth and 10 his surprise found II was distinctly
salt. Not willing to trust his own senses he called
UPON his neghbors 10 try the experiment me result
was tie same, and tins extraordinary meteorological
fact may therefore be considered as fully established
What viii California produce next
Yours, respectfully, FORREST sHLrHERD.
lBen,cla Gazette
CHINESE DIGGINs.-The purest gold found IN ali
foInia. was gathered at Chinese Digglns. Junction
of Woods Creek ard TuOOme,l four hundred feet
above the level Of the river, deposited at the United
States Assay Office San Francisco, during last week
TINS is quite equal TO the gold dust from SenegaIn-
ba," Africa, long regarded as the finest gold nthe
world. lMarysylile Herdiu'
INDIAN DEPREDATIOSs.-"O On saturday last tne
Indians who are stationed above Johnsons, IN HI
DoradO County, tied two horses which they had sto-
len. cut near the emigrant road as bait. party
Of Americans passing along saw the horses ana re-
cognZing them went to take possession and return
them to their owners. When they had reachedthe
spot the Indians fired upon the party and Killed one
man. The Americans, however were able 10 get
one of the horses, which they placed the murdered
man. name unknown. TO carry HIM on. NOT daring
to return 10 the other horse one OF them parted the
lariat by shooting with rifle bullet ana the morse
was thus secured. They proceeded on the way but
were attacked again. and forced to leave the horses
and the dead body" Sacramento transcript.
Rich BAR, MIDDLE FORK or FEATHER RIVER
We aIe informed by gentleman Just down from TINS
Bar, that quite enterprise IS going on IN the way
Of fuming. The Alabama Company have their uIn-
bcr all ready, and the Blackburn Company have bult
anew saw mill. This Company last summer TOOK
out our informant tells us, 100000 Those who
YORK regularly average $l2 day, and then
these claims have been worked over three times
Provisions are very low, and man can live well Tor
80 day. The water Is up IN the ravlneS, ana they
cannot prospect much Our informant took out S6,oOO
at this Bar IN seventeen days. The miners at Poor
Mans Creek and Hopkins Creek are doing as well
as ever. The health of the miners Is good indeed
very little sickness prevails IN tins portion OF the
mining country The weather l. quite cold, and they
have ice from half TO an inch thick every night
tMarysvc Herald.