The Nevada journal., 1852-03-28
From AIariposa County.

FROM niaIlp0sd Cuuniy'
The following account Of the eff,cts
of the late freshet in Mariposa county
we take from the Stockton Journal, ol
the o3d
Capt. Whittier, Of Agea Frio, informs
us that the most serious disasters occa.
stoned by the late freshet, in Mariposa
county were the drowning of two men
in the Merced and two in the San Joa-
quin-names unknown. The ferry boats
at Horse Shoe Bend and Belts ferry.
were lost, and some mining tools were
carried off. There was heavy full Of
snow 10 the mountains, which was fol-
lowed by n food Of rain, AID quickly
melting, filled every gully, gulch and
creek, and poured in torrents into the
large streams, swelling them to an unu-
sual height. The Mariposa and Aqua
l'rio- which were nearly dry last sum.
mer for the first time, perhaps, in seve-
raj years, are now good sized streams
Snow fell at the town of Aqua Frio to
the depth of six inches but it remained
on the ground only short time
The miners in the gulches around,
Aqua Frio creek and Mariposa river.
J have been making good wages and an
occasional lucky strike since the rain
Many who had left that region for the
Fresro, San joaquin, and Coarse and
Fine Gold Clutches, before the rain,
might now do well, had they remained.
Capt Whittier informs us that long
toms have been used at Aqua Frio and
Mariposa. for the fr.t ttms this winter,
and with great success The Maripo,a
and different other streams will afford
water until late in the season, and ditch
ing, which has not as yet been engaged
in to any extent in the extreme South,
will be resorted to for the conveyance
Of water to dry placers. Sluicing tun.
neling, ditching and auming, are bran>
ches of the improved system of placer
mining, which have not, as yet, been
introduced in Mariposa county.
Some Engligh miners who arrived re-
Gently in Mariposa, are pleased with
the prospect, and are now negotiating
for the purchase Of quartz vein, near
the Fremont claim.
MIR. w. b. Graham, who has ranch
near Quartzburg, informs US that there
are few men working in the surface
those who were waiting for rain, having
left about six weeks ago, for the placerr
farther south. Mr.. &. informs us that
the quartz mills on the Washington
Vein and Vein No. Nine, near Quartz.
burg, are now doing we'll. A share
holder in the Washington Vein inform.
ed him that it was yielding 5000 per
day. A rich vein of decomposed quartz
and slate has just been discovered near
Mr.. Graham's house, about mile and
IL half from Qunrtzburg.
Operations in Bear Valley have been
suspended, on account OF the freshet.
The rich holen has cayed in, and much
labor will be lequired 10 reopen it. MIR
Graham has been informed that the lead
runs into the next claim, owned by the
True Blue Company, who took out 1000
lbs Of auriferous slate, before the rain
Three pounds OF this slate yielded $S
It will be ground as soon as an arastr,
now grinding slate from the rich hole
ia discngaged. Ii is ous opinion, from
what we know and hear of Maripos.
county, that as soon as the minors 0
: that region have acquired more expe
: renee, some very rich discoveries will
) be made ] he beds and banks Of III,
Merced, Mariposa, Aqua Fro and Barns
have been rich, and are still, in man,
: places but the mountain and flats viii
hereafter be found to contain immens'
riches.