New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-24
FROM THE MINES.

HILL DIeGISGs-The public have been startled lately
By the of the discoveries OF rich gold diggng al
Iowa Hill. Grass Valley. The idea, says me SGl
Eoooin ReunBc0n has long been that the rich
est aurerous deposits to be found IN the beds oil the
creeks but if the reports from Iowa H are rue new
covered and gold fields richer than any yet worked VIII
| shortly be developed. .
Tb Golden treasures in the beds OF the creeks there is
no doubt have been washed from the adjacent
hills The rains of successive winters have carried down
their sides the finer particles OF gold ana deposited tne
in creyices or pockets. mixed them with the cayey
stratum be found from two to twenty iee below me sur
face If this be true the marx II we may use the ex-
preston remains ar yet untouched Inc heavier masses
of rneal-the larger nugges-whch nave resisted lhe
action of the rains will be sought for in the hs Indeed
experience favos the theory The large humps OF gold
fond at Sonora in dug out of the hill side, and
At Noouelumne Hill some years ago, holes were sunk
with success in the high ground at the back of the town.
The immense nugget found in Australia was taken from
tie side of what was called a mountain.
Hundreds Of tunnels now being dug IN the northern
mines in many cases with remarkable success. The
miners Of the south have totally adopted the same sys
tenn and aurfeous deposits in the lodges they occasionally
strike as rich a. the deposits in thecreek.
All seem to be agreed that the gold broadly scattered
over California il the result OF volcanic aetion' Inc
MIGHTY Serras AT some remote period. have thrown up
their mysterious and the molten metal as II el
as rain falls was scattered the upland and the creek
II So there can be leads in the bills, they having
been formed as we have before stated, by the winter
ran.-and whether tunneng the best method of reach
ing the gold in the hills, is doubtful question: gentle
man WHO speaks inellgenily being practical miner,
tells that all the surest way To get at the treasure
10 commence at the summit and work gradually down
/ the side. - ~,
from Grass Valley which says man Just in from fuba
Rver reports the discovery of new dggnss at Monte
yuma eight miles from Sweeands. Like most recent
discoveries the lead struck by driving tunnel into
HILL company of five men had taken out 300 ounces
| in about five days
| Success or THE MIXERS IL NEvAD,.-At SweetIand's
Ranch and Mississippi Valley says The Ncrada JoarHa
valuable mines have been opened this year, and others
Are worked which were opened last year with great prom
rrnhQ y M
in California that contains rich lead OF gold we ex-
cent the famous Coyote LEAD in this city. AT Sweeands
the hills in which the lead is contained are inclosed In
circular rim of granite in most places SO soft that cuts are
made through il without blasting, and even in the rim
itself as high $50 have been taken out Inside the rim
is lead of gravel from II 10 "a feet IN depth, that
rays the whole distance, and from which very high
prospects have been taken. On the site of the Empire
Tunnel that pierced through this rim in lsj05 at great
expense and finally abandoned by the Flat Broke Com
tanv as high 81 100 per week have been taken out
! this season. The company have dug through the
rim and suiclng from their cut INTO the NIL, wasnng
from the top down. They have vast fortune at their
feet Opposite them the other side OF the creek Dr.
James Weaver has valuable dggngs, of the same nature
His diggings are worth believe $1,000 per week. On
similar dggDgs at great profit that Is, if the use OF
ydrauc power where the water does all the work can
he called rorking AT the diggngs of these gentlemen
rev Invention is put at work-at sharp head OF the
suice crate of iron is put about five feet long; the
uioe the bend is set steep and as the water gravel
and rocks rushing down, the rocks slide out on TO
the CRATE and rush il down the hill while the water
md sand poBr through the CRATE and fall into the contn-
nation of the sluce. The company was wasnins
genp,v were saving the labor of two men at
least cleaning. me stones from the suice with forks
ALI THE GOLD sor GoSE.-The Columbia gazette of
Saturday chronicles the following instances of lucky strikes
At Santiago. on Wednesday, Messrs. Enrght & Co.
took lump weighing II pounds ana valued al Syoo.
Richard Burr * Co., al Santiago Hill, are also dong
remarkably we'll and Saturday last, IN the snort space
Of two hours washed out the snug little sum Of 5000
The day before Friday they found four ounce :peci
men of pure gold. Two three and four ounce specimens
are not uncommon with them
On Thursday at Yankee Hill, Messrs. J. X. johnson
& Co., while prospecting found lump weighing %
ounces and also washed out about two hours two or
! three more of fine gold
They also took out, yesterday, four large specimens
three of which weighed $50 each, and the other
ounces making with the fine gold re Hundred dollars for
/ the day.
AT Summit Pass, Messrs. Sheppard Co., are making,
from $40 10 $50 per day 10 the hand.
/ Messrs Meredith X Remey, on their clam, near the
Union Company fume. averaged an ounce to the man
Ter day last week and have taken out from one to Two
! ounces per day to the for some time past
! GRASS VALLKY.-Encouraging success according to
The TtlegraDh has met the miners in various localities
during the past week AT Pike Flat the Drakeylle Com
PAW took out over SO OO0 Monday last sel5 Eagle
Company took out last week 81, 500. Buena Vista,
LOCO. At Hamburg Flat, Old Ohio Company are max
ing from $40 to s2 TO the hand per day AT Woodpecker
Kavne the miners making big wages. The extensive
dggnes Squirrel Creek yielding from sl5 to s21
per day TO the man. AT Iowa HILL company of six men
washed out 200 ounces of dust on Monday last
Toms VA1LEY.-A correspondent of The Placer Her.
aid. writing from Todds Valley, saws:
The miners all looking cheerful and happy. Messrs.
Livingston. Cheesbro Co. took out one day last week
s525 o. Their increasing as hey 90 back into the
hill. VIM Hall 1, Co. have started cut into Red Hill,
which viii be- when they strike the BASIN about 40 feet
in length and IS feet deepthey have got as high eight
dollars 10 the pan. Buckner Co., the same hill
making on an average from s25 to $50 per day. Their
gold very coae-the pieces weighing from 81 to 49,
The Union Company now running tunnel into the
main hill They expect to go from 100 10 OOo ieet before
hey strike the old channel in the hill Inc claim OF the
Bic Spring Tunnel Company has advanced in value
SD GOO during the past week The Orc Company which
Is snperntended by Mr.. Lowell formerly OF h Dorado
County is progressing steadly The independent Bed
Rock Company have struck bed OF gravel about d
f,e thick which prospects from cent to ga 70 the
nnn The Grizzly Company are working day ana hgpt
fhey have taken out as high as $500 per week-oniy
washing the dirt which they necessarily have 10 WASH IN
sucug out their ditch in which TO set their sluce
ONT Of the great number Claims which being worked
in and about this place don know OF one that no' pay
ing well. . -
NARROW ESCAPE IL THE MISEs-A Geographic dis
18th dated NAV 2s from Grass Valley 70 The Sacra-
80 MN SAYS Yesterday afternoon, three miners
were returning from dinner 10 their work IN tunnel on
the slide near town. they very narrowly escaped penn
buried alive The tunnel Is over oOO iee' IN gnu
ben thew had entered about 500 feet from the mouth
and nearly 100 feet below the surface the eartn caved In
distance of rome 50 feet in extent closing he runner anu
butn in two of the men, the third being lar enough IN
the escape. Fortunately -le aIL' I -, od
two DAYS before communicating with an old snaf', ana
the earth in its fall had LEFT an entrance IRON 'en pson
10 this drit Just barely large enough 20 ehsp'e ' ~
crawl through and here they escaped Inc alarm having
been Given by the who escaped from ihe lunne,
month thew were drawn up through the dhapitated ou
.ba 10 the upper world though at Imminent per oi me-
CHINESE FiGHr-The Chinese in and around JaeAs1n'
saws The Chronicle, are TO have greai nsGuay T.,
nconseouepce of some question of Celestial poiey.
aid that the EMPEROR has ordered tax 10 De "a
every man and of his empire living IN ~ H