The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-04-22

case was taken before the Superior Court on
habeas corpus, and Mr.. Walker was discharged
The people of Cafana seem to have strong re-
gard for the Press. The present attack on it seems
to have been unnecessary. The contempt charged
had no malice in it. Mr.. Walker was at one time
one of the editors of the New Orleans Crescent.
From the Mines.
Latest mining intelligence varies very materially.
In some places, very good success has attended the
dggeTs, while, in other cases, the disappointment
has been intense Those who.have been content
to earn moderate sum, each day, with certainty,
have generally Jared better than the too anxious
although there have been some excep-
tons.
We shall give some accounts of the various sue
cess of mining parties, as we find them strewed
over the papers.
Hauling the Earth.-In consequence Of the great
scarcity of the water in the vicinity of Placervle,
the miners have been compelled to adopt new |
process. They have recently constructed a rocker !
which has been christened the female tom"
working on the same principle as the long tom OF |
olden time, but the dimensions are greatly increas
ed. Instead of being foot in width, the modern |
tom is two or three feet wide, which enables the
miners to work three times as much earth as here
tofure. Having this excellent fixture, large num-
OF the miners have purchased horses and wagons, |
and they may be seen carting the earth for a DIS
lance of from one to two miles. Although by the
former mode of working, the earth would not pay,
yet by the present arrangements, many of the mi
ners are clearing from $50 to $50 per day. Sue
cess to the ingenuity and untiring perseverance OF
the mining interest. Sacramento Transcript
The Mining Ta1.-The Stockton Journal de-
nounces the practice Of collecting mining tax
from foreign miners robbery. The law has
been abolished. The same journal Of the 5th, has
this good intelligence:
Mining.-We learn from gentleman down
from Mokelumne H that the miners in that
vicinity, are realizing large amounts Of the dust
On one of the hills, eight hundred feet above the
level of the stream, is found rich diggings has
yet been found in the country. All the precon-
ceived ideas of gold being deposited only in the
beds of the streams, has been overthrown by the
discoveries about Mokelumne Hill.
On the Stanislaus, Mokelumne Toulumne, and
MERGED, the miners are taking out large amounts
and it is confidently believed that the rivers will
yield more during this approaching summer, than
has ever been taken from their beds heretofore.
| Two weeks rain would be worth few millions to
our district, and would do injury to the
| work upon the rivers. There is many
square dug out and piled up waiting for the advent
| of a long wet spell; and when it comes many a
miner will make from these heaps rich dust pile.
| Pleasant Valey-Tbis beautiful location on
the MERGED river, is proving itself to be as rich in
| the precious metal as any other portion of the
hole on the flat, in eight days, upwards of seven
thousand dollars and three other men took from
the bank OF the river, in three days, nearly one
thousand dollars. Every one engaged does not, of
course, do as well this; but all who work get
we'll paid for their services.
| We have said repeatedly that richer veins or pla
| GERS can no where be found than those within a
circuit of ten miles round about Sonora. Facts are
| every day developed which satisfy us more and
more of the truth of this assertion. Last week we
| were shown some handsome specimens of aurifer-
GUS quartz, taken from vein at the Mormon
| Guch. Three companies have claimed the vein.
Our informant states that forty-eght yards in
| length have been uncovered, and about ten thou
| sand pounds of stone taken out, which, it s thought
| will average fifty cents to the pound. How deep
in the earth the vein extends is not known. They
| have gone down about twelve feet in the rock, and
far gold has been found from the top all the way
down.
Some halfdozen other claims have been located
within the past week-some near Jam estown, and
SINE near Sonora. If you go to the tops of the
| neighborlng mountains, blasting is heard on all
| sides. Mining is becoming the order of the day
The knowing ones say that placer washing will
soon be out of date. We doubt this; but we read
lily admit that many of the veins " hich have fec
these placers will furnish princely fortunes, AMI
will continue to be worked for many years tt
come.
Big Lump.-Just are going to press,
large lump OF gold, weighing fiftysix ounces wa
shown us, taken out few hours before, just be
hind Yancy & Barabino's store, in the northern
end of our town. From the same lead the twenty
three pound lump was taken last spring. [Sonora
Herald.
in the diggings for the accounts from all quarters
seem much alike. In all the dry-diggins where
there is water, the miners are doing pretty well.
| In some places where they troubled with too
| much water, the yield is better this winter than
| last. Where the water has failed altogether the
| taken he and
there the water being very low, most OF them are
| doing very WELL with great prospect before them,
| for there is no doubt that the water will be lower
| this coming summer than we have ever seen it in
| this country, and every practicable part of the
rivers will be damned, and it is our firm conviction
| that more gold will be taken out this summer than
| ever before in California. Sacramento Times.
| Miners Frozen to Death. - A gentleman ha,
just arrived in this city from Readings Digging
| who states that large number of miners have per
| ished in the snow upon the mountains in tina
| vicinity. 1t seems from what we have heard tina
a large number of miners were crossing the noun
tains when heavy snow fell, covering men an,
mules 1t is said that large numbers have persisted
but how many is unknown.
The person who brings this report states tina
hundreds OF men are on their way south, bein,
perfectly satisfied that they can do better in III
mining region upon Feather, Yuba and the Amer
can Rivers. We of course hardly know what de
gree of credit to give to the report to the loss
life in the mountains north, but we fear it is to-
| true. Sacramento Times.
Diggings on Feather Riuer.-A gentleman from
| the North Fork of Feather River informs lis tina
| several fine bauls have been made lately on Smith
| Bar. A party went to work about six weeks since
| and having gotten pretty well down, The waite
| came in rapidly One of them, seeing gold in th,
bottom, reached down and brought up handful o.
| earth and gold. The gold weighed 800. In one
| shovel full, $500 worth of gold was taken out
The claim was worked three days, and the fortu
| nate gentlemen realized S3,44O. They then sol,
their claim for 81 500. The new purchasers, o,
| the two succeeding days, took out 81 100, and thu
claim had the appearance of being still rich whei
our informant left. The names Of the gentlemen
who struck the claim, S. Britenbaugh, Charlie
Stephenson, Thomas Moore, and ]. c. Davis, for
merly of Virginia. The bar is very generally du
up, although there is no doubt that it is located il
one of the richest mining districts in California
The gold is exceedingly coarse, from dime up +
$l00-fhe average being from 81 to S..
The klamath RegiOn.-We have ever depreca
ed the excitement which has carried off so man
thousands to meet disappointment and ruin in tia
new northern diggings.
1t was no selfish consideration, looking to tn
benefit of own particular locality, that Undue
| ed the prompt exposure of the Gold Bluff scheme
, nor has any other motive than desire to guar
, the interests of a vast portion of the citizens
| California, prompted us to utter our voice again
their yielding too readily 10 the popular fascnato
in reg rd to the placers on the tributaries of I'll
Klamath. The reaction, already begun, prove
| that the warning was we'll timed
The steamer Commodore Preble returned to Sa
Francisco on the 18th, from Trinidad Humbolt
|, and Eureka, and brought down large number {
I miners from the klamath diggings, "perfectly d
gusted" with their adventure. The journals ,
San Francisco have not hesIated, hitherto in pui
fishing the most extravagant accounts concernip
al, s.. -.