The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-09-05

There have been four additional companies or
ganized since the 6rst vein vas opened, and Wash
ington Mountain presents an appearance Of bustlc
aud activity unsurpassed by the famous mines of
Grass Valley, or Carson's Creek.
Inc Hepshscan says that the excitement is it
eLeamns IN 'ayor Of quarts veins In the vicinity OF
sunk, and exceedingly rich gold bearing veins ma ie
visible The ore has been struck in every part Of
the Sandals Mountain, where miners Fave pros-
pected
The Tennessee company have struel, a. vein of
twelve inches thick.
A vein Of decowposed quarts has been discovered,
50 soft as to cgmble with the hands. Its extent is
visible some fifty yards and will yield ten cents to
the pound K istra. or track mills, "a simple con-
struction for amalgamatng) are now being made,
each Of which Will pulyerize and amalgamate forty
five hundred pounds of the quartz per day, giving
to the parties interested very bountiful yield.
At the washings the miners are doug well. On
Woods creek, above Sonora, company OF ten
men take from , their long tom daily from four to
without carting earth the miners are well satisfied
with the result of their days labor. Many of the
dggings are without water, and earth is carted a,
distance OF one to three miles The S.anislaus
Water Company will remedy that evil for many
miles from the com mencement of the work, which
they expect to finish in the course of two months
II will give abundant supply of water to the die
ferent camps, and irrigate many OF the beautiful
gardens to be seen on the mountains.
From a letter to the editor, bya miner at Indian
bar on the Tuoumne, We extract the subioined az
count Of golden prospects in that vicinity. The
writer is engaged III damming operations, Of which
he says:-The iii Oh is six feet deep and sixteen
wide, and runs principally through sort Of high
bottom once, dOu otless, the old river bed Asthis
place has not been fairy tested by any deep shafts
/ am under the conviction that heavy deposits will
yet be found throughout the whole fat. comprising
an area of from seventy to one hundred acres On
the river bank some holes have been sunk seven
teen eighteen tee Deep and they have paid so
per dtcm per hand; though, great exertion beng
necessary to keep out the water, so far below the
bed of the river, but little has been done thIs far
The rivers steadily AMI permanently falling,
and as low at this time as they were two months
alter last year. We have no doub. tina. much gold
will be taken out o. the rivers this season. they
promise to be very low indeed
The Texas company, who have been faithfully
a. work about one hundred yards from the rich
claim of the Louisiana Company have a. last struck
the gold bearing vein, and found it rich beyond
their most saDguine expectations. his IL bu. one
claim of the many that daily proving rich, and
before many months Sonora will astoai:h the
world by her quartz mines even more than she has
done by her pIacers.
We learn from Mr.. ]. S. Craig, who called upon
yesterday. on bis way hemeward, that the miners
upon the Middle Yuba are doing uncommonly web,
particularly upon a small stream emptying into the
fuba. called Wolf Creek.
Our informant states that three Kentuckians have
taken out over $4,000 during the las. month, and
that many others are equally fortunate. Provi-
sons unusually cheap. pork selling for s25, and
-four for $40 per cwt! The gold found On Welt
Creek is very coarse. At German Bar, on the
main Stream, extensive dammng operations are be-
ing carried on, AMI the prospects Of the nDers
yery iatierng. Wolf Creek is about tarty-fve
miles above Nevada.