New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-16
Southern Mining News.

The CaiarCrdS Chronicle is laden with
intelligence Of an important gold discovery at Chill
can Cullen, near Mokelumne Hill The Editor is
very sarguine on the bect OF its richness.
ASTONISHING DISCOVERIES some Of the most as
tCuRdue discoveries OF gold We ever he ird Of have
Cuuug the past aCek, been made within mile Of
this place. IA an edsterly direction. The whole
town, IN fact, seems to have run mat-every class
90 cur community, from the longing idieT 70 the
most energetic, having gone post haste - the ne y
ElEOTaoo, some OF them even late ~ night and
stthtd on claims for nearly mile mp and down ne
h,I SIDES bordering upon the head al the Chilean
Guch The new digglngs are called Sport Hill, from
The fact hat their extraordinary n chness have tempt
Cd cut nearly all the old sporsmen Of our town, who
NAY now De daily seen welding pick and spade as
Justify the hardest thinner. IL would be useless fOg
here 10 repeat any Othe many extrayasant stories
none OF which are contradctedl tha. We ave heard
Oi thsse extraordinary dggngs, but We Will mention
What . know oy our oNn observation. The hole
which ded the urOre Is ore hundred and ten feet
deep, ard commenced paving well ~ thirty FIVE feet
from tie eCge We stood By whi one al the party
IN this claim ashCd out some half dozen buckets Of
refuse earth. flom which he obtained ten - twelve
collars or colo, one piece weighing no Wards of six
cOlaTs. This ont Was only washed 20 throw dust in
INC cJtso on the crowd mo stood around, t0e No.
Cut teIg kCpi separate. and reserve for future 90
GRAFTON 8, When there shalt be plenty OF water The
rise, however tid net succeed, every one seeing
through 10 % once, add O0lY becoming more frmy
convinced Of the vast wealth thai lay hidden N ths
earth beneath tfCu feet. The mtj0fi'y OF the claims
arc berg " ofkec with a Will ant We shall soon
fI0w VI ne whole NH is rich or n this one claim
alone Is 20 Yield fortunes % rs owners Another
hole. lower Gown tce hlli SIDE has commenced pty.
ing SO seven feet from the surface the owners aver
rag most positively that they gct from y FIVE dollars
Ter Dlchet \ tunnel company has also been
formed, and have commenced operations In me hH
no oicatons Of gold, here are the same as those
ca French md stockton His
Tie Lditar OF The Sonora Herqd has an
article descriptive Of affairs q. Unioa Creek and 81
entity, where many parties Of miners are congre
gated. tie expresses tho opinion that the genera
success In hat quarter has been, and is, very god
Hessys.
~ Tu'totown, Jacksor's Fiat, head OF Mormon
ouith ana hta4 81 Jacsa.s Gnlcl there are scat.
ItItd enc amlmthis OF miners VINO are lust about
commencing operations. The a5oye.mepu0ned
places lncl1ce large section Of country with nu-
mefous gulches AID flats, containing gold The
miners nave races dug 10 lead a,ef nom the ooer
par az the Mormon Creek 20 their ground and m
s,mc Of them 70 IS already running On Jekson's
flat aAd JacAlss Gg.ch, especially shOse who nave
GAINS are likely to DC vel pad for their labs The
tNoIsoh OF Aaier INTO races, nom tie head OF Nor
Mtn tTeeh, MI Re OF double ldydnt re Il Will "A.
~ tate he working Of many dry gulches, and viii
asO 80 lar cnniAlsn ne stream IA the main creek as
b render woIkllg there quite lIactcab.e even In
The rainy season.
We find the following additional mining
items in The San Joaquin Republican
Around Columbia the miners we're actively enga.
geo II preparations for waslng-hxlDg their drains.
Gc-cuNDg last weeks rain. There was nor suff
cent water, foNeYer, 10 effect any good. A fen
more such rainy spells, and a large population .ill
be onslly engaged IN that vicinity.
On Noocs Creek miners are still doing we'll
Many parties now operating there VIII continue
WoIhlng tner claims during the winter If the ,,to
docs not drive them our,