The Nevada journal., 1853-05-06
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Trip to Cherokee Scenery By the ,cay-Chero.
kee, its Location and Adudntdges-Imny's
Hotel-San Juan Diggings-Grixslg Ditch
and Faume-Retwn Home.
Having just returned from visit to
Cherokee and vicinity, and believing
that slight description of that vicinity
would not be uninteresting to your rea-
ders | beg leave to trouble you.
Crossing the South Fork of the Yuba,
and striking the Middle Yuba ridge, we
came upon some Of the most beautiful
scenery in Northern California. Far us
the eye could reach, were the bold bills
of the Sierra Nevada range now break
ing off in abrupt blufs-then towering
towards the clear blue sky, with their
lofty SUBMITS covered with the winter
snow.
On our right were beautiful groves Of
oak and pine, whilst mother earth was
covered with fresh sprnging grass and
April flowers. Far down could be seen
the swift-rolling Yuba, along whose
banks and bars many fortune has been
made and lost. Yuba, thy name has
been the cause Of many an enterprising
hero leaving home and family to delve
amongst thy rocks in search Of the gol-
den ore, and although many have been
unsucces full, yet hundreds have return
ed to make those they had left behind
happy and comfortable out Of thy rich
treasures. Its appearance as yeu de-
scend the hill at the middle Ferry is
sublime indeed.
Cherokee has the most beautiful loca-
ton for town that we have seen in
California. Situated upon the top of the
ridge that divides the two Yubas, sur
rounded with magnificent, fresh and
beautiful scenery, and one of the best
mining districts in California, it is des-
tined to be o place of much Importance.
We stopped, while there, at the Chero-
kee Hotel, kept by ]. Turney-a host
that is host-one who does every thing
to make his guests comfortable, and
whom we can cheerfully recommend to
all travellers that ever "drop in I" at
Cherokee. He will do every thing to
make them comfortable, and if the best
table and best beds north of the Yuba
can make them so, there let them stop.
The miners around Cherokee are oil
doing well. The Grizzly Water Com
pany bring their water from Grizzly
canon, and supply the whole range from
Cherokee TO French Corral.
We visited whilst there the new dig
gings now being opened by our old friend
Nat. Harrison. These diggings are call
ed the San Juan diggings and we think
they are the richest in California. A
bed of the handsomest gravel rises some
twenty feet from the opening Messrs.
Harrison s. Co. have made, and shaft
has been sunk some twenty feet from
the bottom Of the opening. and had not
then reached the bed rock. The bank
pays uniformly from top to bottom. We
were assured that catching their water
in small reservoir, and washing about
fifteen minutes in every hour, they had
made thirty dollars a day to the hand.
The gravel is very large. 1t is perfect
ly rotten and breaks up very easily. 1t
appears to have been subjected to volca-
mic action. Kent's diggings some dis
tance below, on the same ridge, have
the same appearance, and are equally
rich. Both companies are bringing up
drain bitches in order to reach the bot
tom Of their claims.
The Grizzly Water Company have just
completed an extension of their ditch to
these diggings, and there will now be a
plentiful supply OF water. We were
shown a substantial and beautiful piece
of fluming on this extensiOn--the best
finished piece of work we have seen in
California. 1t is sixteen hundred feet in
length, set up at the height of forty two
and half feet. From bend to bend of
the fume, you could sight along and not
see jog or irregular piece IN it. The
grade is one inch to IA feet, and is per-
fectly regular the whole way though.
The whole work was put up under the
charge of s. T. Pettibone, Esq and re-
fleets great credit upon his character as
a workman.
Returning home after o visit of lhree
days, we must say that we never had q
pleasanter ride in California and to
any persons having the blues, we would
recommend them to take horse and
ride to Cherokee, sop at our friend Tur-
ney's, and put themselves in charge Of
the "Cherokee boys" and they will for
get that there ever was such thing as
blue devils in existence.
Yours, sc. SLING WHANG.
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