The Nevada journal., 1852-07-03
! CALAyERAS ITEMS.

The WATER CoMPaxY.--It affords US
great, pleasure to see manifested so
strong an interest in the conte nfplated
canal to supply this place with water.
The books Of the company were opened
on Thursday afternoon, and in half an
hour, all the stock, amounting 10 one
hundred thousand dollars, WIS takenups
QuiteGa number of persons thinking the
stock would bo slow Of sale. delayed
purchasing upon that account, and were
thus disappointed in obtaining any share
whatever. We have never seen 80
much enthusiasm displayed in any mat
ter connected with tho interest Of this
county, as in the present instance. and
the fact that the majority Of the. shares
were bought up by miners now at work
in this neighborhood, is only. another
convincing proof Of the immense rich
ness Of the ,placers around the Till. and
the value placed upon them by; those
,s9 who, having worked them aa1 best know.
'"etr 01rtn. "Y1rtn sAbsu EsHseeusib sd % gAq
FOSSILS. Several large bencs Of some
huge animal, no doubt Of. tho mammoth
species have been found ina gpkh.near
Volcano. Among the Iostsawe1 haye
heard. Qf two tusks, one .sour and tic
other slx feet IN length, both bssksn.
and tiie points. lost; ssTwoateeth, !, which
weigh eight pounds. each, we're also,
fodnd embedded with. tho tusks. al a.
depth Of fourteen feet from The surface
of The Garth. : t.ets,s5+ g., a.s,
BrRNINc --5The woods north and west
of rs haye been steadily burning for
some, days, past,s ,and the FIRE, in SOME
instances has caused losses in the burns
ing mining tools and two or three
tents and cabins while their owners
were rbsept. Wo have not, however
received Mforma ton sniieientlyl efnite
to form 2 correct estimate of theamount
OF property destroyed, hut are happy to
state that it is ,netyety greatg 81 10 .Ef
DIFFIcULTTEs sAppREHENpED 8. We are
informed thai considerable difficulty is
expected between miners on the Moke-l
luplDe,a duringth ptekeht 'sunimer, re-
sultng from the jumping ofo claipis By
new corners. We have heard Of several
instances where this, has already been
of late, by, parties Of, French
and Germans, who, in one instance even
told the prcprietors that they would
Gght before they would Leave This is
certainly very wrong and will receive
no more countsnance in this community
than itdeseryes. Miners will scarcely
hay by md watch .heir claims till th .
waters fall and Sthenquietly take an in !,
sitation 70 leaye, from the FIRST ,interlo-
per that comes aiongag4A aad rabgsaa
AsoTHER. QAsAL,--Thespsppie North
Of the Mokelumne. in1this county are
orga anising aeompsnyg for tho purpose
Of turning the waters ofthol North Forkd
from heir channel, andemductinsyhsm
through. the rich splacers iyia lbetwe en-
jackson Creek and the Mokel dmhe.
The Cost -of the work 10 ss stimatedi attw61
hundred, Thousand, dollars, and, n pfoE
perlya builtsw11 lproxea source Of gsestl
profit nte, tke,ehsrehoidera iissupe1 'asiisi
"a KrILEbl lsAistorskeepsr named Eang
was kiiled az 'Murphy's,1 hsta Saturday,
by d psssonf named Green aEaiig NUS
winding up his business, pfspafatoty 10
having yfsr the oAtiantie StStesn and
haying lsoms idifficalty IN collecting d
de from Green, thfeateh6d 10 siiobt
him. Afew.,soafs after ghei threat Wss
made, Green ohtefed Eas store WI Sfc I
Lang xas, eaAd dudelibeta telya shot hitii.
GseeA4w9 sFiejesd ana d, p6w ID town
awaiting triaid TrueEs 81 I ops lso