The Sierra citizen., 1854-03-04
Mining News

The recent heavy fall of snow on the
divides between the branches of the Yuba,
has suspended mining operations, except
where carried on altogether under ground;
we have therefofe but little of Importance
to report. reports have reached
US from difa Arters, bu, we decline
publishing theM unless their truth is
vouched for by an eye witness. No mining
intelligence will appear in the columns of
the Citizen unless we are in possession of
the name of the informant, and unless we
are ourselves convinced of its truth. Our
intimate acquaintance with all the express
messengers, puts US in possession of facts
which would otherwise escape us, and to
these gentlemen we would take this occa-
sion to return our thanks.
| From Mr.. Newell we learn that the
snow at Minnesota Flat is about four feet
deep; at Fred's Ranch eight feet, and near
Galloway's, where it has been drifted.
some ten or twelve feet. On Thursday no
trail had been broken from Minnesota to
Nevada. Mr.. n. and several others
came through to Downieville on snow
shoes. A party of twenty-five men, mostly
from Wayne county, New York, and
Berks county, Pennsylvania, are to leave
| Minnesota for the Atlantic States on
Monday next. These gentlemen have
been the special favorites of fortune,
having been only ten months on the Flat,
and are now leaving with from three
thousand to thirteen Thousand dollars
each.
Mr.. CAMPBELL of Orleans Flat is en-
gagged in preparing raw-hides for hose, to
be used in connection with the hydraulic
pipe. This, it is supposed will supercede
the use of canvas, which is not of sufficient
strength to sustain the necessary pressure
of the water
BRANDY CITY.-This place, on Cherokee
Creek, about four miles back of Indian
Valley, and about twenty southwest of
Downieville, is the business centre of a
mining district Of four miles in length by
one mile in breadth. In these dry dig
gings there are about one hundred and fifty
miners at work, who like all others, cannot
successfully operate until the water bitches
now in progress are completed. Nc
Dowell's ditch, conducting the waters of
Fiddle Greek to this place, will furnish
large number of sluice-heads. Fiddle
Greek is considerable stream emptying
into the Yuba at the lower end of Indian
Valley. The laws of the district designate
claims as one hundred feet square. One
claim may be held by pre-emptior and
an indefinite number by purchase.
GooDYEARs CREEK.-Mr. o. n. Will
liams called upon us on Sunday last, and
exhibited piece of solid gold valued at
S207, which his party took from the banks
of Goodyear's Creek last week. The
company consists of five men, who have
been doing very good business for several
weeks. The result Of two days last week
was $3l4-the week before S42S.
A slug was taken from the East Fork
last week valued at STAT. 1t will be re-
membered that year or two ago this
stream was condemned, nevertheless nu-
merous cabins may be found along its
banks, where many persons are industri-
ously at work. A friend has promised us
a particular description of this stream for
another number of the Citizen
EUREKA AND CRAIG's FLAT.-Mr. Beck
has succeeded in making the trip to
Craigs Flat, and reports the snow to be
some six feet deep at that place, and about
the same depth at Eureka Flat. On
Thursday the trail had not been broken to
Sears. The water at Eureka and Craig's
has again failed in consequence of the
cold weather, and at present little or
nothing is doing. The season has been
unusually unfavorable
WE expect little else than stormy
weather during this month; the expert
ence of four years has taught the miners
of this region the value of patience in the
months of February and March.
How long can nelive without Sleep?
The question we have never seen answer
! ed. But an authentic communication has
been made to British society, whose
field of operation is in Asia, descriptive of
a mode of punishment which is peculiar to
the criminal code of China. 1t appears
from this communication that Chinese