The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-03


paying from $500 to 5000 per day Quite excitement
was raised at Goodrich Jacobs rancho seven miles
north Of the mouth Of Nelson's creek four
coming in for provisions. Some fifty came to the
conclusion that these must have good diggings
somewhere in the neighborhood and determined to fol
low them but after two or three days they escaped in
the night and disappointed their followers Hundreds
travelling about the neighborhood trying ud
their whereabouts but have, far been
Provisions quite plenty Flour Is selling at 25 cents
The numerous canons and gulches within area Of
five miles Of Georgetown, have generally paid well
souri, have been worked somo half dozen times.
The diggngs were not thoroughly understood at the
start and surface washing pursued by the miners
Afterwards holes sunk, deeper and deeper until
late experience has shown that shafts sunk hundred
feet and then the system Of coyotng adopted is the
proper mode for working that strict Of country
friend who Is just down from these dSgngs informs
that h. s
ward Suttef Creek entirely dug up Those who hap
pened to strike the rich lead deposited along the old
channel OF the stream, have been quite successful
There three hundred persons still work there
who make on an average from So to Sl6 per day The
which fell there has all disappeared with the
ception Of little remaining the hill tops
nifty The copous fall Of water has given those who had
earth thrown up in the gulches admirable opportun
We learn that the miners haze in great measure de.
serted these diggings account Of the difficulties with
the Indians. Indian Gulch has been entirely deserted
whilst only twenty persons Fine Gold Gulch
1t Is said that those remaining making SIS per day.
and none below that
ravine is being worked near Nevada City which has
been worked over twice before. The miners
using the Tom, and averaging some ten dollars
day apiece.
miner in the vicinity of Nevada took out piece of
quartz rock weighing seventeen pounds, strongly i'm
pregnated with gold 1t Is valued at $500, and was
found close to the surface
Another rich quartz vein has been discovered several
miles from Newtown near Deer Creek Some rich speci-
mems have been taken out already
We gratied to learn from the Stockton Journal that
the Southern mines give promise OF most prosperous
Hill few days Since some parties entered an old desert
ed hole and in day washed out 81 200 The attack
made upon this rich hill by the miners threatens
it asow the surrounding valleys party Of six men,
on Woods Creek two miles from Sonora sent down by
express rider few days since $4,000 which they had
dug from spot they upon in two weeks and they
informed him that the indications favorable for
even richer yield in the succeeding two. There
ten companies working upon this creek within
short distance Of each other with long toms and all of
them are doing fine business.
We condense the following from the M1rysrie Herald
river and locating at Morriss Ravine Long's Bar Ore
gon Guleh Rich Guch and Butte Creek. where none OF
the miners making less than from five dollars an
ounce per day. Mr. Charles Summons states that
Monday last, lump weighing fifteen ounces taken
from Oregon Cullen Mr.. j. Menden Hall of Butte Hill.
reports that week ago, within short distance of
his store, lump weighing thirty four dollars and fifty
cents found entirely free from quartz aad Of the
purest gold Miners doing much better than they
did during the winter Mr. Rankins party tested their
wing dam and the prospect averaged two dollars to the
pan of pans taken out of the water Of the
depth of ten Inches
correspondent of the Stockton Journal writing from
the Msrposa in speaking Of large pieces OF gold
The largest piece weighs fourteen pounds and seven
ounces the next Is As and the is IS ounces
OF pure gold. The first consider ABLY imprey-
mated with rock though their intrinsic value is more
than half their weight The people have been doing
remarkably well here for the last few weeks and they
are coming fast from all parts of the country
The Mo'ysriile Herald says that the old company on
Rich Bar, Feather river, erecting a mill to get
out plank for a frme. They intend humog about half
a mile Of the bar
The volcano diggngs located on the south branch
OF Dry Greek generally known Suffers Creek Vol
cano Is beautiful valley containing about FIVE hundred
acres OF tllable land and Is about thousand
above the Pacific. The Soldiers guch thirty
dred feet in length together with few smaller tribu
taries have told Of the tales which been
garded as the wonders OF the world Three thousand
pounds Of gold have been dug from this gulch rich
as II has been IL has not averaged TO the miner half
ounce day Had its particular locality been known
and the present mode OF washing understood oneenth
part Of the labor would have collected much gold
The Indian gulch and Spanish guch, in that vicinity
have also yielded good returns The population of
Volcano and vicinity Is not large at this time most
of the old miners having abandoned the dggings and
this section Of the country but the miner will have
BE- content with small wages.
from the Alta California May1l
For the benefit Of all especially Of those unbelievcrs
who still doubt the reality Of the asserted richness of
of auriferous veins, publish the annexed
proof positive 1t said that the niuera presented
10 NJ, Moat Co, only fair average specimen
wadcd the mir eral sent word also that ii IL produced
$1,000 they had mineral enough blasted to produce
s350o00. We know nothing further whether 1t be
not. But the public may rely fully upon the following
assay by Mofat Co:-l03 lbs gross weight, of quartz
rock frem Carsons Creek vcin-36 lbs gold. in bar.
thousandthsi SIS - per ounce, United States Mint
value.