The weekly Placer herald., 1853-03-12

tie place-a perfect miniature valley in the
mountains, the sides of which are cover
led with heavy growth of immense pines.
The gold dug here is of a beautiful char
acter, many pieces of such a fanciful
shape and so beautifully formed as if they
had Just come from the hand of ieweler
One or two miles further on stands the
new town of Michigan city. We were
agreeably surprised at the number Of
houses. it contains and the many miners
at work in the neighborhood. If the
place increases in the same ratio that it
has, for the next twelve months, it will
undoubtedly be the largest town in Placer
county. The Improvements are very
good for the advantages the citizens have
had; and they deserve credit for the en-
ergy they have displayed. The greatest
Inconvenience they have to labor under,
at the present time, is want Of sufficient
water for mining purposes; but this diff
Guilty will be obviated in the course of six
or eight weeks, as the Ell Dorado COM
pany will then have their ditch completed
and will be able to supply a large extent
of mining country in the, vicinity of Mich
igan city. Just below the town site there
lis a large flat, or point of a hill rather,
which pays to the depth of twenty or
thirty feet. MIR. Finley's claim, the day
we were there, (Tuesday,) yielded "A
ounces, and has yielded as high as fifty
ounces in one day-generally working
from ten to sixteen men. There are other
claims that pay first rate wages. In fact,
from all we saw and could learn, this vi
cinity is one of the richest mineral regions
in our county, and that the coming sea-
son will prove it to be so. :.....,. ..
The enterprising water company will
receive ample remuneration for their in
vestment, and none will be more heartily
glad of it than our humble selves, for they
are justly worthy Of it, being as whole
souled and intelligent gentlemen as we
have become acquainted with in a long
while BY the way we would inform our
contemporary of the Portland Transcript,
'away down in the State of Maine," that
it is the same chosen band, who
s'All contented with each other,
Had home in Grizzly Dem"
The typos cry 'shold, enough!" and we
must obey. .a ....
Returning, we spent several hours very
pleasantly at that beautiful mountain
home Spring Garden. The traveller
who tarries here is soon made to forget
all his preJudices in regard to California,
and wishes in his heart he had just such
home in the golden land. The gener-
Gus host has indeed paradise Of place.
His improvements are of a substantial
will be in operation, near the site of the
old water mill. These are the kind of
improvements our county wants, and we
always note them with pleasure. We
noticed ut Spring Garden one Of the finest
barns we have seen in the courtry-a pat
tern of a barn-more of which we should
like TO see erected throughout the country
We were almost entirely ignorant, pre-
vious to our visit, of the extent and re-
sources of the "Divide," but from what
we have seen and learned we have been
very favorably impressed with the eastern
portion of Placer. The citizens are en-
terprising and generous, and to sum it al
up, from the kind manner in which they
received us we shall take great pleasure
in visiting them again i'H'' ''.'
Big LUNA lump Of gold weighing
7S ozs and IS pennyweights was taken
| from Spanish Gulch, near Ophr, on Sat
arday last. 1t is beautiful specimen OF
pure gold, and was purchased by Mr.. Pal,
mer, of Wells, Fargo s. Go.
The miners about Auburn are doing
better than they have any tine during the
winter. Two companies, the Mammoth
and Empire, on Rich Flat, near town,