New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-28

IAN xh;Js The same labcs With long sluice would
re,bans double or quadrrple their wages.
NoquELussE Htt.-We extract the following
tens from The Co,areras Chronicle. While the
o,Lu,en were digging out the cellar in str build
Inc on Centralst :. on removing mass Of rock, the
water gusbed ont. This Is remarkable, az Y Is the
Graf tine ws,er has been discovered on the HILL The
water stii continues 10 1ow and il Is hoped Will prove
a perp'sp ent rpriDg.
The ,sorkmen engaged in digging out the FONDA
tioa and cellar for the Union Hotel Uncovered sever
al specimens Of gold, which induced them to wash
.ne top dirt when they found both dirt and coin.
store stood there in 1885, and there Ia nos doubt this
money vas lost during thst period, as the raw ms
"terial was then in great abundance and careies'y
hepde led
We we're shown this week by Capt. Elias, OF San
Andres, sCme very rich specimens OF Quartz rock
dog ont Of claim owned by Company known a.
the Frontier Company, located on the NORM ORR
Of the Moquelumne River. The rock = OF uark;
reddifh color, ihicby impregnated WITH pyntes OF
iroR, which is the usual appearance OF rcn, goie-
bearing quartz There is but little gold to DE oo,
served III the rock bu. when pulyerized anu "aSagt
i; produces much as a dollar to the pound i.is
section of country is very rich in quartz leads Ad-
Joining the claim Of the Frontier Company, ne noer
of Me1icans are at work with arastras, winch turn
out on an average sl2 per day each hand enpioyea.
There is abundance Of water power on ,ne GlAui 70
work the most extensive machinery, and we have no
doubt eye long the hills in the vicinity viii be re-
sounding witl the noise and CHATTER OF stanpers ana
all the parapbernalia of successful quartl-erushins
opersdons, ,,;,;,, o,,,-
pu-itv the introduction OF water, has been consun-
mated at this in portant locality. The hume mas
reached a point 80 near the town that the water "a
now available for mining purposes and there Is an
immense rush Of miners TO the place. The effects OF
the late fire will cease TO be felt, for, with tue
constant supply of water the rich and extensive pla-
GERS which exist there viii shortly be made product.
i've and thus will abundant capital be found TO bund
up a large and fourishiDg town.
dpal f,uOht in Alameda Co. the
22d tf September, by Rasey Biyens, an employee at
the Ttjon Indian Reserve, aud Capt IL r. Dorsey,
Land Register at Los Apgeks Dorsey was slightly
wounded in the abdomen; Bvens had his arm broken
fire occurred in Hometown, Shasta Co, Sept. 10.
and destroyed property to the amount OF s7,OoO
| number Of families have lately come into the
State at Yreka, from Oregon.
| The poles from the TuOlumne telegraph have been
erected from Stockton 10 Columbia.
| PROFITABLE FARMISG-TbeTe is no branch of bus
| liner considered at lower ebb in this country at
| present than farming Ii is the general impression
that every one engaged in this occupation is driving
ruinous business 1t is scarcely reasonable to sup
po.e that il could be otherwise, when II is borne In
mind that wheat is not selling at one hall the prlce 1t
briDef in New York while labor on this side OF the
continent is three or four times as high The native
richness of soil makes up, however, in some III
staI ces, for this discrepancy. In conversation yes
terday with farmer from Alameda County, on the
Bay about ten miles south OF Oakland he informed
us that he had found his crop this year quite proita
| bIe His land is very choice selection. He had 70
acres of OATS which yielded 200 bushels, or about 80
bushels TO the acre. % of wheat, which yielded
/ 200 bushels, or about ~ bushels 20 the acre. %
acres of barley, yielding 500 bushels or 60 bushels
to the acre. and % acres Of potatoes II OF which had
been dug, producing 1900 sacks of 1870 ID each, or
nearly 20 600 ID TO the acre. Alta Cal.