Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-06
Wr,tten for the Grass valley Telegraph.
pIKE FLAT.

Mr. EDITOR within the last six months,
the fiat East of our village, extending from
the bridge across Wolf Creek, at Winchester's
Mill, up to McClintock's house, distance of
mile and one half, and varying from quar-
ter to a half mile wide, has been worked to a
greater extent, and with more success, than
any other fat or diggings, either in this
vicinity or elsewhere in the county.
The fiat has been known to be immensely
rich, ever since the fall of the year, 1885,
when the Pike Flat Company, was famed and
inhonor, of which, the fiat was named "Pike."
The Pike Flat Company, embraced within the
number of it's originators the names of seve-
raj Grass Vallians, who were pioneers in min
ing, and earliest settlers of our village viz {:
Doctor Cleveland, Doctor Miller, Capt. Day,
and others who are yet here, as interested in
the future thrift and prosperity of our vii
lage-as they have been identified with its
past settlement and growth.
This company sunk the first shaft on the
fiat in the spring of '52, to the bed rock,
proved the richness of their claims, and then
were compelled to quit working them, on &C
count of the water. Owing to this difficulty,
which could not yet be overcome, except by
great expense and trouble, Miners were pre-
vented from working on the fiat, and its trea-
sure was undisturbed up to this last spring.
In February, the Grass Valley Race Compa-
ny was formed, consisting of forty members,
all of them practical and energetic Miners;
this company was organized, not only to Sc
cure individually pile but also to open
the way, by means of which the entire fat
could be drained and worked. The claim-hol-
ders on the fiat and the Miners in this vicini-
ty, granted to the Grass Valley Race Com
pany, strip of ground up through the fiat,
fifty feet wide their ditch and tunnel, at an
enormous expense, has been run up and COM
pleted to the distance of about one thousand
feet, from its place of beginning. Notwith-
standing the expense, the members have real
ICED from the ifty-feet worked out, between
So to $40 per dag per man. The ditch and
tunnel amply drains the claims on both sides
Of its course, making them workable, enrich
ing the owner and rewarding the toiler with
plenty This company, with the enterprise
that nave always marked $hem, have pur-
Aased asseam engine, which is now midway
y tIs-sEat. draining the ground, and enab-
sdg tnen 10 work on their route at three diff
rent points at the same time. am inform
by member, that their prospects to the
sn, range from fifty cents to five dollars, of
fen exceeding even the last high figure
Shares in the company, have increased in val
ne during the lapse of two months, over
b0o GER cent The company merits not only
the success which has rewarded their enter
prising efforts, but also the best wishes of
community which 5hey are daily enriching.
Wookpecker Company's claims are located
or the 8at at The point where the Woodpeck-
er ravine makes into it; the company have a
steam engine that is draining the ground, so
that their forces can do well, both night and
day. l cannot say how much of the ready
they are making, but merely judging from
the untiring zeal, they manifest in obtaining
the hidden treasure, guess, that they are
satisfied and lucky.
Woodpecker Ravine, is on the South side
of the fiat, In '52, this ravine was consider
ed as rich, if not the richest ravine in the
county. In that year, it yielded fortunes to
claim-holders, and many an hombre at the
close of the working season sold out, and re-
turned to his 'home,' with that wealth, which
ne has reason to consider as peculiarly his
" indemnity for the past and security for the
future" MORE ANON.