The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-22
Auburn, April 22, 1854.
The "DiyiGe.D

We made hurried visit to this portion
of our county during the first of the week.
AS usual our friends greeted us with their
known hospitality. We found the busi-
ness prospects of Yankee Jim improving,
and her citizens confident of a golden
harvest during the coming summer. There
are many miners at work in the vicinity
making good wages.
Extensive preparations are being made,
by company Of twelve miners, from Ell
Dorado county, to run a tunnel into old
Georgia Hill 1000 feet. They will com
mence some distance below the old dig
gings. This is the notoriously rich hill
which has been the glory and renown of
Yankee jim, and from which miners used
to take gold by ''mule loads" to use the
language of "one of the Oldest inhabit-
ants" If the Mamaluke Company are
successful with their tunnel, many more
will no doubt be run into the hill, and
then Yankee Jim will again he as busy as
beehive.
AT Todd's Valley we found a small and
newly built town, in rich mining section.
We presume the two longest sluces in
the county are at this place-one 1900
feet, and the other, nearly completed, to
be 1900 feet in length. The miners are
making good wages; and Mr.. Henson, to
whom we are indebted for various favors,
informed Us that the miners we're doing
better than they ever had done in the val
ley. The town bids fair to increase to
four-fold its present size, by another year.
We had only time to stop few hours
at Michigan City. This place seems to
have sobered down into a good mining
town. Many Of the consumers, who new
er produce anything or benefit anybody,
have left for other parts, while the indus
trious portion remain.
The Ell Dorado Water Company have
a good supply of water, and the miners
work their claims night and day. We
noticed one pan of dirt upon the claim Of
Messrs. Carr, Stoner & Co., which mist
have had in it at least four ounces of gold.
From all we could learn the miners at
this place must be making money. In
fact, there is no doubt but there will be
more gold taken outage, four times as
much-of the Divide country this season
than in any previous one,
Owing to the inclemency Of the weather
we were prevented from visiting Iowa
Hill, but were furnished few items by
friend, which we give.
On Friday the 18th inst, there were 6
stores in the place, II public houses, A
bakeries, s blacksmith shops, 8 livery sta
bles. Daguerrean artist, and physi-
clans. There were So buildings on the
main street, besides many buildings on
cross streets and in the suburbs of the
place. There we're no less than II yoke
Of cattle and 10 mules employed in hauling
lumber for building purposes The dairy
men have II cows to supply the place
with milk.
About two miles from the Hill an ex-
cellent saw-mill is being erected, on the
line of Mr.. Hil's ditch, and will be
cutting lumber in the course of two
months The world does not produce
finer timber than grows on the Divide be-
tween Indian Canon and the North Fork
of the American river.
Those claims that have been got into,
at the Hill. are paying remarkably well.
The large claim of Jameson s. Co., is a
curiosity of itself, being 100 feet in width,
the whole face of which has been washed
down to the depth of nearly 100 feet be-
fore reaching the pay dirt, which is from
Is to. 20 feet deep.
BARGAINs.-Any person wishing to pur-
chase mules, horses, cattle, or wagons,
would do we'll to call at Rock Grove
Ranch, three miles from Paul Cox's, on
the M'Courtney road, in the lower part of
the county. There are bargains to be