Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-11-08
CALIFORNIA IrlMs.

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meeting has been held st Los Apge in favor of d;v
sion of the State The meeting appears have been l.rga
IN numbers and composed Of many Of the os and most r.
spectacle citizens Of that portion Of the State The Alta
California" says Off
The sentiment in favor of DIVISION for the uurpo,e Of
forming territory Of the southern country appears to be
que general indeed, it is confidently asserted that il is
unsnmous But there seems TO be great difficulty in agree
ns upon time and place for holding the proposed Conven
on io the adoption Of systematic plan of operations and
io1 me embodiment Of the public voice. II was at FIRST pro
Poeed 20 hold the Convention Monterey on the 18th of
ana notice was generally given to that effect.
Later committee Of citizens of San Diego issued an address
recommending that the Convention should assemble at Santa
DarDara on the third Monday in October And now the
c.ens OF Los Angeles advise that it should that city
ON sne second Monday (he l0ih) of November This to
say the least does much CONCERT Of action o. mr.
pose among those engaged in important work as the d
vision Of State. - - -
is certainly to be wished that this Convention will as
sempe here Is every to believe that such body
VIII be enabled 10 lay before their in plsin
practical light the evils which sought to be remedied II
hls be done in wise and proper spirit. and with Iaudabe
desire promote the true interests of the etat sn h
ton. there danger but that the Legislature soon 70 a.
sembe will be enabled adopt such measures will
ad and do justice to every section Of widely
and diversified Commonwealth"
All the mining intelligence by the late arrival is quite fat
ering The steamer edition Of the Sonora Herald says:
ssWe state with the fullest assurance that never were
reasonable prospect Of rich harvest for their abos
Not that every company every individual is actually wash
ing out pounds of gold weekly Many scarcely obtain
ing enough TO pay their board b and yet they well
pleased and feel though they fast accumuaDg for
tunes These scattered all along the dry gulches and
vines, throwing up dirt which they have tried sufficiently to
know that il rich When the rains come or the water is
led along from the rivers by the extensive waterworks
.s.a for Ais purpose during the present season. the
miners will have nothng to do but wash and pocket
the gold
The drains and tail bitches now being made, the
rocks removed which cover up the precious metal and the
earth thrown to mellow in the and air. and thus act
ready for an easy washing Piles Of dirt have thus been
thrown up which could not be bought for hundreds might
say thousands of dollars all the work of or three months
In places also the hsides are being dug of where
they connected with rich leads in the mountains from
which, during the revolution Of centuries or lees gold
has been gradually sliding down along with earh oosened
ciay the case.
The vast plain extending from Shaws Flat norhward is
also being dug all it's surface and carted away There
is no telling how rapidly fortunes would be accumulated if
running stream of water present, SO that
CARTS horses and all the concoman troubles could be dis
pensed with"
The Herald gives the names Of companies which
have been organized in that city work the silver mine
Gently discovered It situated about fifteen miles from the
city and the yields from sixty to hundred and twenty
five cents per pound, said to be very pure.
The Ata California announces the recent discovery Of
vein Of auriferous quartz in the city ofSan Francisco ys
The community will be somewhat surprised to learn that
rich vein Of gold bearing quartz has just been discovered
not only within the boundaries Of San Francisco, but here
among houses, Broadway between Kearny and Du
pcn streets The ledge discovered by laborers
who are digging well in the yard Of the jail The shaft
they sinking seven feet in diameter and they have
the present time attained the depth Of fifty feet day
two since, in making blast they discovered this white rock,
which examination proved be auferous quartz. In
addition to the gold clearly be discovered by the naked eye
the pieces examined by the microscope brought light
large number Of finer particles scattered the specimen
is thought by that the vein will prove rich any
in the State This is, of course, conjecture The
ledge is about thirteen inches wide"