The New York herald., 1851-12-20


will yield revenue TO which the treasures Of Cros.
sus would be but drop in the ocean. But we are
forgetting our more immediate duty, which Is .
review Of the present operations in the mining dis
Our accounts from the Northern mining regions,
from those at least which border On the coast and
are not embraced in the great Sacramento Valley,
sections Of the mining districts. The number Of
persons engaged in extracting the precious metals
Is but small as compared with that in
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raj thing, paid nearly as we'll, and the Indians
are far more troublesome, being far more athletic,
more determined, and more warlike. The latest
accounts from this section of the country, however,
received within the past week, have been much
more favorable than for many months past, and
miners are represented as making from 80 to IS
per day, on an average, while some few are clearing
and We see no reason to doubt their correctness
the miners in that section are doing as well tn
average throughout the State. 1t must be re mem
bered too, that IN the Trinity and klamath mines,
still adhered to-; and there can be no doubt that
when the more modern improvements are intro
duced, the upper coast district will prove source
of great wealth to the State. Before mining can
be properly carried on there, however, it will be alb
solutely necessary to make some permanent ar
rangsment by which Indian hostilities will be
avoided.
miners are doing veil. We know, in fact, Of no
section of the State in which labor seems to be
moro generally or steadily rewarded. The field,
there is plenty of room for thousands of other
workmen, and that for years and years to come.
New discoveries Of gold in locations before deemed
| barren, arc being recorded every day, and there
is every reason TO believe that when the pressure
from the lower counties drives greater body of the
miners into these districts, they will be found fully
Is rich as those in the vicinity Of the Yuba and
Throughout the Nevada, Colusi, Yuba, and Ell
Dorado districts, large portion of the miners are
engaged in erecting their winter tensments, or in
throwing up dirt in the gulches and ravines, which
will be washed out when the rain comes on. The
accounts from all parts of these districts are, not
withstandiDg the numbers thus engaged the result
Of whose labors is, Of course, not yet apparent,
highly encouraging. Laborers command from six
to eight dollars per day, and are not over plenty at
that, while many of those holding claims are
realizing as much as an ounce per day, steadily,
and many much more. 1t il in this section of the
country that mining is carried on in the most scen
ti6c manner; and the ingenuity which characterzes
the American, is apparent in the various centri-
vances for saving labor, and enabling the miner TO
wash out greater and greater quantities Of earth.
This is undoubtedly the most productive section of
the State.
Calavaras county still m maintains the reputation
which it acquired early in the history Of gold bear
ing California, as q very productive region The
neighborhood Of Mekelume Hill, the great centre
for coyote dggings in this part of the State, seems
to be as rich ever and it is said that less than
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circle of few miles around its base. From the
Stockton slope, it is calculated that over 900
have been taken since the gound was first opened,
and it shows no symptoms Of giving out. The CO.
vote dggiDgs are here carried very extensively,
| and as usual pay remarkably well.
The diggings in Tuolumne and Marposa coun-
ties, have not proved so encouraging as at our last
| New rich diggipgs have been discovered at Aqua
Eric, but the general accounts are not fattering.
This may probably arise, in some degree, from the
number engaged in dry dggings, In building
houses and in quartz prospecting put the mines in
those in the north. The gold in the northern re-
eion runs more steadily, although it is probable
that greater number of sudden fortunes have been
made in the south. Avery large portion of the
world, and are so much sought after curiosities,
| have been found on the Stanislaus and Tuolumne
rivers, and on the Mariposa; but the northern
mines have always been more steadily productive.
In regard to quartz mining, We have but little to
add to the remarks in our last steamer edition But
few, if any, of the heavy mills, then mentioned as
in process Of erection, have been completed, and
the result OF the quartz experiment is yet to be
seen. Throughout the length and breadth of the
mining region, however, veins are being prospected
and claims registered; but most Of the holders are
unwilling to invest the large amount of money
necessary for the purchase and erection Of machi-
merry, until the success which may attend the COM
panies about going into operation on large sciIe,
can be seen. Many Of those who are most conf
dent Of the richness of their claims, prefer working
them at present on a small scale, by means of few
arastras, driven by mule power, by which means
they make good wages, and are enabled to accu-
mulate q fund with which to buy machinery, when
the question of the best method of working the
| quartz tas been satisfactorily determined. There
can be but little dt1bt that parties who display 30
laudsb bic prudence as this, will, in the end, sue
ceed as well as they themselves could desire.
The great. difficulty which the quartz miners have
heretofore had to encounter, has been the imperfect
amalgamation of the quicksilver with the gold, af
ter the rock has sbeer.aulyerized Complaints Of the
nf hA nnI hoU harn avA
medy for 1t has az yet been found. II is probable
that sufficient amount of care has not been used,
and that experience will, in time, remedy the de.
| feet.
A gentleman connected with quartz mill on the
Amador creek, has introduced a system OF sepa-
rating the gold from the pulverzed rock which it is
said has been eminently successful. The rock is
scattered over long table covered with stout baise
over which q stream Of water is passed The gold
is caught by the cloth, and by the rifles which are
placed ON the table, while the rock is washed way.
ms method Of Washing It h said, is PrActised to
ceed well. The quartz experiment will be fully
tested In all probability, in the course Of couple
OF months, and its results will carefully attend TO
The health Of the miners has been generally
good. The prevalence Of erysipelas in some sec.
tions Of the northern mines, which We mentioned
in our last not so great-n fact, the disease seems
to have entirely subsided. Crime, considering the
pecularty Of the country, and the chances for
cealment, on the part Of criminals, is very rare,
much more So indeed, than in the cities either Of
this state, or of the Atlantic coast Some few mur-
ders have been committed by the Indians in the
northI and reports Of robbsries occasionally reach
u.s. but as general thing, life and property are as
safe in the gold regions as in any part Of the world
From Marysville and Sacramento.
HORRIBLE MuRDERs-THE SHERIFF OF YUBA
SHoT-The Marysville Herald, of November
18th, says that three men, Msther, Jinkerson and
| Gardner, were found murdered near Miller's
house, between the Honcut Rancho and Natchez,
on Honcut creek, horribly stabbed and cut. The
bodies had been dragged some distance from the
road by lariat around their necks. The details
are horrible. A resen passing by had seen four
Mexicans dragging body from the road, and be-
Jog unarmed, did not interfere He told the fact to
| Mr.. Par6t, who went out and found the body, and
| others coming, further search was made, and two
| other bodies were found, evidently killed by the
same party, perhaps having interfered. The four
Mexicans had taken supper at Millers, and are, BY