The Nevada journal., 1851-04-19

M @iiNlNG lNTELLIl ENCE from the
north Is not very encouraging. Most of
the expeditions to Scotts river have
proved entire failures. The mountains
are covered with snow, and the streams,
lower down, so swollen with the late
pins that but little work can be done.
Provisions Of every description are high
and scarce. Many parties havelost all
their animals in the snow, and barely
escaped with their lives. A. large pro-
portion ofthose who went up and returned
early, crossed over from Lawson's ranch
to the waters Of Feather river, and not
content with the disastrous results OF
their first toar, they resolved to make
another attempt to retrieve their for
tunes; and accordingly assembled to the
head waters of that stream. Here again
they were doomed to meet with like
disappointment. The recent SHOWS have
SO blocked up the gorges and ravines
that it is almost impossible to move either
up or down. The rivers arc so high and
such bodies of snow have fallen in the
ravines that mining is almost out of the
question, while provisions are high and
scarce. The Dads are said to be COM
pletely lined with the dead oarcasses of
mules who have pcrished from the se-
verify of the weather and lack Of forage.
1t is feared that much suffering will en-
sue. Thousands are at this time COM
pletely hemmed in by the snow. We
saw gentleman few deys since Just
returned from this neighborhood, who
states that there was an almost utter
destitution Of provisions at the upper
most diggings, where he had seen beef
sell as high as $500 per pound. Tray-
elling with mules is impracticable, and
it was at the risk of ones life to venture
at distance from camp under any cir
cumstances.
At Onion valley the snow was twelve
eet deep Flour was Sc Hing at ST. per
lb., and scarce at that Such was ahe
distress that some had not tasted bread
for four days Men in this vicinity
were almost starving, although there
was plenty of provisions within 10 miles,
which owing to the great depth'of snow
it was impossible to forward to their re-
lief.
Many who have left this vicinity and
gone prospecting for 'richer diggings,"
have been glad to get back again otheir
':ofd claims, and are now quite content
to remain where they can make sure OF
from to II dollars per day, without
risking their lives amid regions of almost
perpetual snow, and undergoing the
'hardships and privations of noun tain
life, shut out from all intercourse with
the world and deprived of the most com
mon necessaries of life. The sooner
miners in general come to ibis conclusion
the better it will he Cor themselves and
for the community at large. The time
and mouey that is spent by large pro-
portion ofminers in leaving claims which
are making fair return for their labor,
for the purpose of prospecting" for bet
ter diggings, would, in vast majority
of cases, afford quite comfortable pile
We are not conversant with single in
stance where a miner has located him
self on river or ravine and remained
there steadily for II or Is months who
has not realised handsome reward for
his labor; while on the contrary we can
call to mind numerous instances of those
who are continually running from place
to place i'll search Of better diggings,
and who never since their advent into
the country, could raise money enough
to pay months board in advance.
O5-We would call the especial attention