New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-28
Mining Intelligence.

The miners digging up the streets of Placervie
much to the annoyance Of the News The Marysyille
Ierall says:
We learn by friend lately from 4 mining district
ahose that lrenchmans Bar heretofore well known
T the of parties working there operations for the
sason have been almost wholly suspended from the rise
q the pba. Parties holding claims upon the bar have
Mtcd tor the purpose Of going extensively uline
u the spring and making preparations for u com
nhneeinent of the work early in March In the mean
ne most Of the claims entrusted to the Of some
ole or two Of each company. while the remainder are en-
tYlns season of rest aud pqsurr. There still few
places worked on the bar from which IS SO per
edaily taken out
On Condemned Bar the condition of affairs exist
rs IN the preceding case AT Ramirez Ranch, the saw
mill belonging to Barker, Hattcrsly X Co is doing large
snolint Of business The demand for sawed lumber is
oeal being required for uming purposes that vicinity
The owners Of the mill understand under large
cohhcts anu the manner III which their saws are kept
running day and night the extent to which
Designed to push the work Of lumng the Yuba during
The coming stiSon
Ne" tNroTE DIGUINGs GRASS E,LLEv--Cirasy IaNey
january % lSo2HeSSrS. EddorS-mportant discoveries
have within the last few days been ale at Grass VAL
ley IN The shape OF cayote diggngs, which destined
inhe opinion Of many. to equal if outriyal the far
famed diggngs of this description at Nevada City There
se been only two SHUTS sunk yet the depth of which
Ilut hity-two feet, Fifteen feet down the dirt pays
nethlng the last four feet before reaching the bed
rock yields from twenty-five to six dollars to the
m The dirt is of blush cast and is supposed to be
composed quartz, large proportion of it is very loose
nd easily washed, but there small Jumps in it
mbing congealed sand which will dissolve and
ain large quantities of the precious metals these Jumps.
towcycr are easily broken by the fingers and besides
within a few hundred yards of several quartz mills
On yesterday in the of about two hours SloOwere
Washed out in "a long tom and it is reasonably sun
Ssed the Jumps before spoken Of and which
D. cast aside retain large quantity of gold as that
which saved besides the alings from the long
Used yield handsome prospect.
While the gold generally by means considered
Inc in that taken yesterday evening found Jumps
sorih from four to six dollars 1t is beautifully bright
and very pure
have also been informed by an experienced miner that
Igns from partial prospects, there be doubt that
read Of similar description will be found running
she hill the other side of the rvne opposite the dis
Nerica already spoken Of
MusEEro GREEN DIcGrSGs.-A new. and perhaps some
hat important discovery has been made this branch
Deer Creek some three four miles from this place
stensve surface dgsings paying from ten to twenty five
AIars per day to the hand with long tom This dis
VERY has been made within the last ten days and did
1t become generally known until within three days past
ne ead IL Is sa appears to run INTO tho HILL aud some
oppose will lead to still further discoveries in the way
'cayotc digging, Nevada Journal.
Considerable rain has fallen in Marysville The Yuba
rs risen two or three feet. and is still rising.
letter from Big Oak Flat, Tuolumnc county, Saws:
The miners are at work mostly the large creeks
hich abound III this vicinity. upon which at present
nereis plentiful supply of water Those who are working
ong toms making from five eight dollars pur day
nth no" and then good strike last week man AT Ga
otte N" l. took out lump Of gold weighing six pounds
low, reader do not throw down the paper say hum-
mg, for this is iActand goes prove all the biz umps
re not found yet and also that industry and pcrsevcr-
rlp1 for
some time by party and then abandoned. Now do not
wish to be understood that all of the abandoned claims if
thoroughly worked would be found 90 six pound
-. but there is doubt that many of them would
good wages for working,
GALyEuAs IrEMs-Co,Tal EEai-There are several mr.
s working upon this fiat who have been all compensated
pr their labor. one of these has realized dollar per
Bucket az far as they have gone into their claim
Another water company have just finished their canal
rom the caaycras to San Andres where are said to be
he finest suicing grounds i'll the country
sCHLIA> FLAr-rhs is the name of II flat near the Gala
, where tragic disturbance occurred two wears ago
An some Chilians and Americans. Nearly the whole
Il at present dug up and roughs or trenches are cut
INTO which the water is led from the surrounding hills bv
Bitches Being at high elevation the water soon gives
lis requisite supply they extract from two to three
ounces to the hand per day. All the guchcs running
from this fiat have been rich and still yield good wages
At Carson fiat considerable difficulty has occurred in
congc ueuce of rival claims It has yet been settled
NV QCAErz NEl>-Mr, hamburger, from Downieville
The Marysvle Express of another rich Quartz
discovery near that place, The Express says;
We informed by gentleman lately from .Iamison's
creek that placer dggngs have lately discovered
there which paying we'll Heretofore the mining there
bias been confined To the Quartz,
The SALT SrRlNG MNE.-A few days ago Captain Sub
ette who has charge of the operations at this mne
rived in with any quantity of rich specimens. He
acports the prospect extremely encouraging. few
HAYS since blast made which threw up fragments of
brock richer any taken out
LEGIsLArIvE.-Col. John b. Weller has been elected
II S place of J c. Fremont for six years from
the 4th of March last He elected by vote of Il
10 H. Col Weller has been resident of California for
three years The San Francisco Courier says that except
in political point of view he cannot w. unacceptable to
tha citizens generally lie will be rDst supporter OF
khe ComproIn-c.
Vallejo, to the Iegisla-
fea,iestiu- a annument of his bond, that the
syge,t Of Government has been removed,
| Aresoution mas been adopted nstructng the Repre-
asnatcs u state In cngress to exert themselves to nh
/ sb M passage af law allowing w ipteeae " ssiafg Is
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