The weekly Placer herald., 1852-10-02

IL
absei,ce ofit until @ts inlhe season;\ aM
as a c6nsIduence, 4heAdafly conversatlYn
of thu mI1ers is sweetenen by words raa-
tivefo akearay meeting with wives, sweet
hearts and friends now far away.
The Empire co. continues Its Dig
strikes" Of from three TO sevep thoqHsanp oH.l
dollars per day. The Washington cofn-1
4,any. bslow,is doing well. .p-..a-ERslLo Los..-.
.FTIJ IFor the PIacer Herald.
MEssRs. EpIToRs;-My object in writ
ing to YOU is q 1--WE ive publicity TO the fact
that there is in our Immediate neighberE
hood. an EXPERIMENT. in operation in pros
pect;ng The hills about this place by tun-
neline. It Is conducted by Mr.. Calvin
RI Carnenter. 'onei Of our most enterprise
| ing cifizehs. b'NearIy one year. has eIapsed
since he cofntnenced the work and dufing
that 'tirne9 he has prosecuteHit withviy6r.
fshe hiil n Question is tffe one To- theaefr
Of the Sacramento foad, featling from
.Adburn, and about a ,,fdarter of'a mile
fiftonm the village, and some three hnndfed
var;is from sfhe road .llvFhe first drift is
nearly fa5 feet inF length; abott 100 feet
from the mouth there is d 'dffRieadfng on
to the Fight about go feet feet ldag, IN
which they are now ~, work. ''' - oi5 y
The tunnel is dig aiohg upon the bed
rock, descending at an angle of about 3
degrees, and Mr.. Carpenter Informs ,nfe' he
will continue his laboriQqs and, al, present,
improbable work, with the expectation
of finding some ancient rasine where he
may be paidfor his labor and dperseverahcees
1.-The soil is indicative Of gdltl; and the
stones show that they have been subject
to running water--being the same kind OF
soil and stones as are found IN the rich
Hill Of fCMokelummeI Calayeras' co.uegCsr
e 4 had almost forgotten to a,aenlion an-
other drift leading from the main tuhneI
to the left about 50 feet IN length. This
was Abandoned in consequence 7Ofl the bed
rock rising. 3yis odu 1873 O 7u9s 20 l!.I'
Every one should visit this. work, for ii
Ills worthy of attention, not only as ail OBJ
Ijeci Of curiosity, but as work Oflndivid-
ual enterprise. And here let rne say that
is is the duty of the citizens of auburn to
assist and encourage Mr. 9Carpentet IN
this work for no ore ean say but thatif
he is successful the betefit he would derive
, from Il Would be ,triflihg in comparison to-
! that recieved by AUBURN and its citizens
generally. ''s'iy1'i' 10 i'''a
4 1T is Confidently believed that there are
as rich hill tliggings In this vicinity as m
any part Of .Caljforna, and it should not
be left to the energy and enterprise oflone
man to discover them During the whole
time that Mr.ttC has been at work he
has not reaIize,f the sun. of 800 for his
labor, although he has occasionally found
gold on the bed rock, which encourages
/ him t'>,',5' ~ '1.ff ~ ONWARD.
.r1sf4e4l 4 p las4r 4
Wenotice our Nevada. .lneighbors are
earnestly, preparing for winter, building
bridges, cleaning streels,, improving roads
&c, Would it not be well, ,for, u.s. {''ffolks al
home'' toimitate Z the-example.9ma1osc 81
LEFT OvEEA-O Owing to the crowiled'
state Of ,our, columns we are compelled to TO,
leave oyer until next week, our regular.
correspondence, ,from'tie Bay 10 rsd,oD'
PoLIrIcAL Irt. nj sErIses, CON- uxIIctA ion u.s., 3
&c,-We would remind our friends Of
both political parties, that we insert the
proceedings Of political meetings as adj
vertisements-''cashi in advance - ''i,,,' o,',
Through the poIitenessi of Adams &
COPS express we have received the first
No. OF the Miners Advocate, printed at
Coloma, (El doradoscounty. 1t is a very
neat looking sheet. Politically, it is de-
cidedly) Democratic ls9We wish our
neighbors, success in their new tenterprise'
We extract the following ,aa1,sLTD
The business prospects, Of, our delight
full little Village are improving rapidly.
our stores and hotels are daily crowded
with swarms of miners and strangers, aud
onrs merchantsi and hotel keepers, jare
reaping rich harvest Few towns in
the State possess greater advantages Or
are doing a more thriving business than
Coloma. The miners in our limmediat
/ yibinity are ALI doing wei, sand the miners,
at Gold ., Hill, Gold springs, &c., are,
throwing up dirt and building, vi III ,prePlrar,
Z tory for the rainy season., .,,.1oba -sa,,,;, ns
\ "A FAT TAKE.-A friend ust down
d from, the Middle Fork informs ps that ~
lump weighing eighty four ounces was
taken out at Spanish Dry Digg;ngS, il,
4 this county a few days ago.aiissh - /
l We also learn from the satire source
that the Empire company consisting of
@ out 1i aPwaTds Of my ~ tisoasarti d. dollars
I withinothe7 last fortnight srhis Claim Il
. on the Middle Fork, abodt'StWenty miles
j above this NDlcce. ,Ho3Gd ~ 9ga9