The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-31
news from the Mining Districts.
Tho following ite as are Published in tue papers

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MsKYsyILLE AND VICINITY.
| man by the name of William Sherman,
native OF treeIort, Me, who has been residing fol
ZONE months at Alabama Bar, was lately lur
and was missed by his friends who nj ade scare
for him, and discovered his body. lie had eight
gunshot wounds, and the marks o. riaSt4 we're
serceivable on bis head end right leg. Nothing
has been discovered Of the nuyGerers, nor were
there any traces by which to discover them.
The body OF J man, supposed to be Isaac Pay,
Was found between two and three miles from
Sonorian camp, and supposed to have been mav-
Harriet F. Green, dated st Calhoun county,
Michigan.
Snoa lei recently at Rich Bar to SO great depth
ne to crush with its weight largo number Of
houses A heavy loss was sustained by the citi-
zens Of the Bar IL the destruction Of their bulldogs
AZ ether property hook ard ladder company
was formed, having for its object the removing the
snow from the roofs of buildings. Rather cool, we
Thick We hear our friend Capt. P remark
STOCKTON AND VICINITY.
Alessrs. Peter and Andrew Blossom, who have
been nining and trading fo, some time past, at
Winters Bar. on the Mokelumnc river, arrived
Their piles BY taking their dust home. instead Of
selling 1t here, they will cave about 81 500.
Mr. s. K. Spears, Of Winters Bar, on tho Mo-
EelunBe river, states that tho company which I'M
dsItooh 10 turn the river at that point did not
coed in the enterprise, but as the river had pros
racted well. they will make the attompt again next
season. Cayoteinr, or drifting, has been carried
on extensively in the river bank, under hill, a.
Winters sar--every hole paying something over
eeSisnsef, and ono hole in twenty paying pile
Gne company in three took out S'o6 per day. for o
Length OF time. A very rich hole was found on
Thursday last At Stoney Bar. rear Wuter's,
there arc good diggings but SEINE capital needed
10 commence operations, as carts are used. Long
tens are used there now altogether
FROM CaLAvERAs COUNTY.
! most melancholy occurrence took place
in Saep Gulch, about half mi'e below sais
place. on Tuesday last Three sFrcnchs men,
Jean Paul, Eosnan Paul, ant Thaail Ausus.s,
were caJtte,ug q hole into Tie bank oil tho
aGiuipi: hi, when about thirty feet Of il sid
down into The gui;b. ia which they were working
kills. ono, lean Paul, on the spos, and horribly
pic q rocks fell down With the bank. whica = o
completely covered up Jean that hs was not exsri-
Gated till tie next day. Foenan Paul has one Of
his legs broken above the knee, al his over Jaw
entirely separated FROM the upper o1e, being
broken in Two 81 the ioizts. Thuall Augusta is
tsCly hgrt IN several places, having ia right
SID ulder blade shattered aad several Of his rl9s
broken
Tie L. $ mail stage, in coming from Sacra.
peDto il X .or, en- Wednesday last, vas so anfor.
tomato as 10 uTse: on this side OF Dfytown. break
ing tbs coach 70 pieces, AID severely injutins d
ILnter CT tho passengers. Cae Of them, d lady
was not expected 10 survive her wounds.
D9wNIErnI.E AND VICINITY.
\ correspondent Of the Marysviile E1prese,
wiling from Bonneville, December ., 1851,
sass;-fh late rains have been very disns-
t5ous to the tuning companies. The Jersey
County Company, from whose ground probably
as Luch golS las been taken cs from thas Of
ary other company in This State, has suffered much
"a pagt Of their lume being carried away, and the
river running il ito nG'urai bad Tho Junction
tiuAirg Company, ~ tho Junction Of the Moth
ala South FoIks, have tueic Hume OUT Too
CInycloft Company, aoCut mile above, Up the
North Fork Rave lost their fumc, and be-
l!ege every aume above this Is either taken out,
cGric away, or abandoned o. il in process u be-
irG tel er out. The Steamboat Bar Company
dan end fumc stand, with the exception of 4
trihirg damage 10 their head dam. The New orlS
AQuoduct Company IS also among the fortunate
ores. The river rose some two and half feet
here, aud suppose rose much higher below. i le
snow Is scme two feet deep on the tops Of the
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