The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-22
Southern Mining News.


The Calaveras Chronicle comes to us laden with
int diligence OF IN important gold discovery al
Chilean Guch, near Mokelumne Hill The editor
is very sangune on the subject of its rchness-sC
much SO that we transfer his own account to oul
columns
ASTONISHING DISCOVERIES -Some of the mos
astounding discoveries Of gold We ever heard Of
have, during the past week, been made within
mile of this place, in an eastorly direction. The
whole town, in fact, seems to have run mad-everJ
class of our community, from the Longing idlel
to the mott energetic, having gone post. haste tc
the rev Ell Dorado, (some of them even late al
night,) and staked off claims for nearly mile, uI
and down the hill sides bordering upon the heac
ofthe Chilean Gulch. The new diggings are called
Sport Hill, from the fact that their extraordinary
richness has tempted cut nearly all the old sports
WELDING pick and spade, as Justify the hardest
miner 1t would be useless for US here to repeat any
Of the many exravagant stories (none Of which
are contradictory that we have heard Of these ex-
know by onr own observation. Tho hole which
created the Jm0e is one hundred and ten feet deep
from the ledge. We stood by while one of the
party, in this claim, washed out some half dozen
buckets Of refuse earth, from which he obtained
ten or twelve dollars of gold, one piece weighing
upwards Of six dollars This dirt was only washed
to throw dust in the eyes of the crowd who
stood around--the No; ! dirt being kept Sc
when there shall be plenty of water. The
,,.sc, however, did not succeed every one seeing
through it at once, and only becoming more firmly
convinced Of the vast wealth that lay hidden in the
earth beneath their feet The majority Of tho
claims are being sworked with a will,' and we
shall know If the whole hill is rich If this
claim alore i 20 yield fortunes to its owners.
Another hole, lower down tn hill side, has COM
meIced paying at seven tset from the surface I'll Q
owners averripg most poaitee'y that they get tom
it tve dollars re- t.cLet a tun69i CONF any h as
ALEC been formed, hn3 lave coumeDced operations
10 tic h nc Indicators q gold hsrs are the
same as those "a lrer RI and Stockton hills.
! he c3itcI q the SOnUG EfGgh aas en- article
descriptive CT 3lsirs at Unisl creek ano vicinity,
where mary parties If miners are coogregatsd He
expresses The opinion that tho general success in
hat quarter has been, and is, very good He
says:-
At futile own, Jackson's flat, head Of Nor mon
eulch, ard lead OF Jackass gulch, there are scat
tered encampments OF miners, who are just abou;
commencing operations. The above mentioned
places include q large section of country, With M.
merous eulches and fats, containing gold. The
miners have races dug, to lead water from the up.
per part Of tho Mormon creek to their ground, and
in some Of them il is already running On Jnkson's
fiat and Jackass gulch. especially, those who have
Claims arc likely to be well paid for their labor.
The diversion Of water into races, from the head of
Mormon creek, will be of double ndvantage-it will
facilitate the working ofmany dry guches, and will
also so far diminish the stream in the main creek
as to render working there quite practicable, even
in the rainy season.
We f1d the following additional mining items in
the San Joaquin ReppWleQn:--
Around Columbia, the miners were actively en-
gagged In preparations for washing fixing their
drains, 81, during las. weeks ram There was
not sufficient water, however, TO effect any good a
few more such rainy spells, aud large population
VII be bnsily engaged in that vicinity.
Tn Woods creek, miners are still doing well.
Many parties now operating there will continue
working their claims during tie winter If the rain
does net drive them out.