The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-07
For the Placer Herald.
GREEN VALLEY, April %. II

UREBN ALLEY, bDTIl ", 1903.
Friend M,tcheN:-The last few days of
rain has afforded me some leisure time
which improve by writing you Most
of the miners here at the present time are
waiting for the water to run down so they
can work the lower banks and he'd of the
river. The companies who are working
the cement, at Cement Bar, are making
good wages. The gravel in the cement
resembles very much the gravel found in
other bars on the river, with the exception
that it is cemented 80 coinpac;ly together
and to the bed rock that it often requires
the hammer and chisel to seperate it. In
this compact conglOme ate mass of iron
boulders, quartz, and every other almost
known substance of which the bed Of the
river is usually formed, and near, fire.
quently on, the bed rock in small patches,
is found the gold have seen pieces of
this cement not larger than half the size
of a mans head, and not very large
head at that, contain more than thirty dol
lars sticking out ia all directions, in speck
from a few cents in value to several do l.
lars. 1t is in patches quite small, but Of
ten Welding hundred Of dollars to a few
square inches A man may work, how
ever, several days without seeing the CO.
lor, at another time he may take out
months wages in a few minutes.
On the river, short distance above
here, there are several companies doing
extremely well and the prospect ia that a
very large amount of the needful will he
taken out here and in this vicinity this
summer. At Indiana Hill near Colonel
Sprags, saw between five and six hun
dred dollars of fine gold that was taken
out there by four men in one day. Al
Humbug they are doing well. AT kene-
dy's Diggins, near EliZabethtown, they
are doing a big business, last week, three
men, am informed, panned out in one
day over eight hundred dollars, something
over three hundred dollars was taken on,
at one pan. New diggins are being
struck on old leads traced to the banks
in which the miners are doing extremely
well, almost every day. A lump was
taken out there few days since which
weighed over eight ounces.
Upon the whole there can be no doubt,
that taking into account Yankee Jim's
diggins, the ravines through Elizabeth
town, Green Valley, Indiana Hill, East
the miners are doing as well, and their
DTOsIjtNtS arc d5 IAN III othOi P"i
of Placer county.
Since writing you, the above
one of my partners came IN from Eliza
BEETHOVEN and brings cheering news from
that place and the ravines between here
and there. He stopped over night with {
miner four miles from here, who exhibit
ed to him piece Of quartz and gol'
which he had just taken from his claim, o
the richest kind, it had not then beer
weighed but his description of it was tina
s'ii was as large as small pumpkin, lar
gest at one end spotted all over with gold
the seams and cavities were also ii let
with the same and it was monstrousl.
heovy." But you may have heard of tn
prize before this line reaches you. Since
the fall of the rivers the miners in thi
place are doing a tolerabIy good business
rich diggins have been struck in one o
two place and some companies working
Ithem have ranged as high as twenty dol
lars per day to the man, and appearance
at present seem to augur that Green Val
lIey and its neighborhood will not be be
hind many of the mining districts II
Placer county the coming season. In tn
meantime will endeavor in my imperfec
manner to keep you informed of our pros
perty and adversities.
Respectful yours, !. X. Z.
A Ho Iron, held on lne. spotted par
of the letters damaged by salt waite