New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-01-06
Mining Intelligence,

The important gold discoveries which have been nlalt
in Bear Valley, Mariposa county have caused great ex
element and it confidently believed that the discover
les of mineral wealth yet in their infancy seems
That party OF sonorians numbering seven eight
persons had been prospecting in the valley for three
four weeks and evidence of was manifested
they were not interrupted by accession Americans
but pursued their without attracting any at
entlon until the amount of gold obtained became SC
large that further conceament of THEN gains utter,
impossible The news spread rapidly and in the short
space of four days Bear Valley numbering some forty o,
fifty souls previous to these discoveries became place Of
three thousand inhabitants, some hundred DWELLING
houses eight or ten stores and the usual number gam
bling and drinking saloons town laid out mapped
and subdyiled into streets and squares within twenty
four hours from the setting in of the first great tide
emigration each hombrc of course possessing town LOT
| So much for American enterprise.
The California Courier, on the authority of gentleman
who has visited the dggngs, says:
The gold is extracted from vein Of quartz slate
so perfectly decompoAed as to admit of being reduced
almost to powder by the hand The vein is from Is to Sc
feet below he surface and the discoveries up the 24
instant had not shown greater width of at any point
than SIX inches The earth found level with this
vein thoroughly mpregnate with gold which NAV be
accounted for by the reasonable supposon that the
standing, the people wed it into placer ggngs and into
placer diggings it went.
Much earth. dccomposod quartz and slate has been
taken out, which paid fifty per cent of gold pound of
the mixture yielding half pound of gold The average
may be safely computed at twenty-five per cent of gold
With the smallest degree of experience from $500 to $500
per day for each man, be easily realized In four
working days over 22oooo taken by the original
dscovcrers
SACRAMENTO AND VIcrSlry-New Discorsyu of R;cb God
DtssiRgS--We learn from Mr. Leech, who arrived last
night from 1aeys Bar, the North Fork of the Amer
can river near Auburn that larga flat the banks of
the river has been lately prospected and has proved richer
than any river dggings in State This discovery was
made only fortnight since yet already about one hun
ilrii ptNjr hnGn hDul dad,
doing well Mr. L. that four ounces have been
taken out TO the bucketthat two hundred and eight
dollars to the man was the result of days labor by
one company and twenty dollars day to the the
least that any claim has paid, Messrs Fulton Rich
Mack the discoveries of this bank gold are now 70
celving shining proofs of their good fortune
PLUMB NALLEY.-Several rich quartz veins have been
recently opened at this point which is about fifteen miles
this side OF Downevlle The veins the Sacramento
road and have been followed for considera bic distance
pound.
lump of gold weighing sixty nine and n half ounces
was taken out of Woods Greek last week Digging COM
meneed at this place in the fall ls4s Miners are aver
aging from six to eight dollars per day each
NEW Coyors DlGGrNGs,We learn. through Hunter 4
Co.'S Express, that coyote dggngs have r,cnntiv
been discovered between the Centreve and Oak VALLEY
Houses on the road leading from Salmon Falls to Green
wood Valley shaft about twenty feet deep has been
sunk and it has been drifted three or four feet The dirt
yields from eight to twelve dollars the bucket Hun
dres of claims were staked out immediately after the
discovery.
C,lyERAs Cousry-Quarts lEHs,-Thc Columbia Co,
have had their mills in full operation for several days Its
location is at the forks of the Mokemne The Boston
Co, situated at the place will be operation in
few days, Both these mills have been erected by Nh f.
G. Lord
quartz vein has been discovered on Independnccc
Flat Rich Guch by Messrs Curry and Wallis lis said
to be rich Another lead is being worked by Texas
Mining Go. about six miles above jackson, jackson
Creek,
tunnel is being into Stockton Ill., which large
enough to admit horse and car, railroad track is
being laid The dirt pays well
large aqueduct has been constructed through solid
rock, 1000 yards, which will supply Mphys Camp with
water Another canal is in progress which will supply
the vicinity of Mokelumne Hill with water.
party of four persons have made rich discovery on
the eastern slope of Raneys Hill Without water to
work it, they could only take out the gold of
which they got Sl400 in week.
Corral Flat is said to abound rich leads and the mi
ners doing well.
Miners from the north rapidly coming into Mokel
umne Hill for water dggngs.
Greasertown is the of and thriving village
four miles from Mokelumne.
The Odd Fellows OF Mokelunne have organised lodge
~ hist city,