The weekly Placer herald., 1853-03-12
Agents.


A, Few DAYS IN THE MoUNTAINs.-By
the, polteness of. the, gentlemanly agent
of. Mr.. Green's line of stages between
here and Yankee Jims, we were kindly
rendered seat for a pleasure trip to the
mountains. We found the road in ex-
celent condition, and friend Fosters
horses in fine spirits. The day was beau
tiful, and as ne ascended the mountains
towards the pine regon-scenes of gran
duer aud sublimity presented themselves
to view, at almost every turn of the road
The scenery of the "Divide" is far more
picturesque and beautiful than we had
imagined, and here and there along the
route, are beautiful locations, which the
enterprisng owners are improving in a
manner that greatly adds to the beauty as
welT as the comfort of this mountain route.
There are few such locations anywhere
in the mountains as Spring Garden,
Smiths, the United States, or Grizzly
Bear House.
'- Foster took us into Yankee Jims in time
for an excellent dinner, at friend Her
rick's Hotel, in fact sach' an one as Il
traveller does not get every day in the
mountains. Here we met several of our
friends who gave,us quite a "brotherly'
greeting. H. H..a .l. % i14i .,tu. aaj
, Our neighbors seem to be preparing in
earnest for the spring trade. Many miners
are at work i'll the vicinity of the town,
and considerable expectations are made
upon the yield of gold in the neighbor-
hood of Yankee Jims during the coming
season. We were surprised to see the
amount of work the miners have done in
and about the town. They are supplied
by several canals conducting water into
the dggings, the principal one of which
is owned, we believe, by Mr.. Mcclure.
In fact the citizens of Yankee Jims seem
to be in a fourishing condition, for in
stance: The Expressmen seemed to be
in the best of humor, and the merchants
would greet you with the most sociable
smiles imaginable, and these are signs
not to be overlooked.
Upon our arrival we found the cltl-
zens mostly interested in the trial, before
Justice Niles, of Perry, for attempting to
commit highway robbery. The trial
consumed two days. We learn that our
young friend Hillyer made an able effort
upon the occasion. A transcript from the
record will be found in another column.
From Yankee Jims we started for Mich
igan City, upon the mule of friend Scott
of Adams s. Co.'s Express, with Mac, of
Wells, Fargo & CO., as our cicerone.-
We took our course by the way OF the
Forest House, over an excellent ridge
road. In the neighborhood Of the house
rich vein of gold has recently been dis
covered by Messrs. Snyder, Moore and
Cheesburgh. The yield has been i'm
mense. In one pan full they took out
$3.50. They have been offered S3O, 800
for the claim, but we understand they
is an instance worthy of note. These
same miners. have been in the country
some two years and most of the time have
hardly made their board, but by industry
and perseverance have at last struck upon
their piles The deposite in which the
gold is found is kind of cement re-
seInbling ochre in color, and becomes
soft by the action of water and exposure
to the air. The cement seems to be liter
ally studded with gold. The fortunate
discovery of these miners have caused
many to goto work prospecting in earnest
and we have no doubt before the summer
is over more extensive hill higgings will
be discovered in the vicinity of Yankee
IJims.i saa. ua aH.. se.rnlol
We pursued our course to Sarahsville.
Here there has been some heavy work
done at mining, and considerable gold
taken out. The miners now have the ad-
vantage Of water from the Todd's Valley
ditch, and will no doubt reap golden
harvest during the coming season. In
crossing Volcano Canon we passed by
the way of Mr.. Bakers, who entertained
US kindly, Mr.. B., is cutting a Wagon