The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-11-19
California Incidents, alihins News3 etc
Matters an The fiaciiin side

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.6atters on the Paciiic side.
The California papers, to the l6.h October,
are rather barren of interest. The miners
as general thing. are stil doing well.
The Perry Wing Dam Compsny, at Parks
Bar, says the Marysville Herald, took out of
their claim. in two days. eighty six pounds
Of gold, or, at $l6 per ounce, the immense
sam ofSl6.5l2.
On the Middle ForlEof American river are
several lucky companies operating One
person writes thus Of the Long Island claim
at has been worked two years ALREADY, and
this, THE third, is yielding thousands more
than during either previous season. A few
nights since, your humble seryant assisted
this happy company in blowing and weigh
ing liz ounces (2,023,) the result Of nine
mems work that day. The following morn.
Ing he went 10 the claim, where they were
shoveling into the tom. and collected hall a
pan Of dirt, from which he realized thu neat
little prospect of $3.50; another person
from the same quantity, $3.50. The day
previous, 5000 were extracted from q single
pan Of dirt On last Saturday the same
party realized "a, 1913; and yesterday S4,357
from this exhauslless claim. They have
been at work in this claim some fifteen days,
at an average Of 90 900 prrdiem; and can not
exhaust it in months steady labor"
Gwyn, Raymon & Co., located between
Middle and James Bar, on "Wednesday took
out ninety ounces, and The previous day
81 600. The average is about $500 per dey.
The Empire Company particularly have
exceeded their most sanguine expectations,
averaging over $l 900 per day for the last
fortnight. The New York Daming Com pa
ny, upon the North Fork; three miles below
the junction, have taken oui about $500 per
day since the 2lst ult. This company con-
sists of Sc ven persons only. The Ore gon Bar
Company, composed Of twenty-five persons,
have within a few days past struck upon
some very rich earth. which yields handsome
wages. The Georgia, Ohio, Cayote, Gas and
Ciocinnati Companies, upon the North Fork,
have entirely fed, and their fumes have been
either partially or wholly destroyed.
The Mormon Settlement at San Bernar-
dino was constantly receiving large access
ions from the Salt Lake of men and families
By the superb Southern rout. This colony
is in prosperous condition. Their wheat
Ecrop, the past season, amounts to 10000
bushels; barley, 5000 bushels, also. large
quanty of onions. They have two threshine
machines, one grist mill and five tanners il
operation, and are making preparations fol
the immediate construction Of another grisl
mill.
In the Northern section of san Joaquin coun
ty near the line of Sacrimento, the Journa
says, there will probably be 10000 acres o.
land sown with wheat this season
INDIAN HUNTING.-A party ofmen on Cleal
Creek, in Shasta county, recently went out on
an Indian hunt and returned with number o
squaws and children. During their absence
they killed fourteen Indians. The bodies o.
three white men, one woman and three chill
dren, were recently found beyond ihr Butte
twelve miles from the emigrant trail lending tc
Ureka. They had evidently been butcherec
| by the Indians. -