The Sierra citizen., 1854-04-01
Mining Items.


NoRTH FoRK.-At Natchez Flat,
Messrs. Kennedy & Go. are doing good
business. The water is carried across the
river in hose, suspended OH strong ropes;
to this hose is attached pipe which
answers for caving down the bank. The
Wisconsin fume will not carry water
enough to supp y all during the day; so
that this company can only obtain water
at night. Result Of two nights work in
paying dirt-$4CO.
WISCONSIN FLAT.-The well earned
reputation of this place is still being main
tanned. At the upper end of the fat Messrs.
kenney. keelan 4 Co, are making from
II u to 2 OF per day to the hand. These
claims have been very rich and still are
The largest amount ever taken out by the
company in one day 81 or.
HARRIS, FLANNEGAN & Co. at work
about the .mddl. OF the fat. usual wages
$40 to Sl2 per day. King & Co. im1ne-
diately below have been at work about
fourteen months with very good success.
Best yield i'll one day 1925.
WHITE MULE Co.-Ordinary days woras1
Seal2. 1h- paying dirt is from IA
to ~ feet deep; the company has been at
work some ten or twelve months, and have
been we'll rewarded for their labor.
The FREscH Go. at the lower end of
the fiat, are washing with a hose and pipe
and averaging $lO Ter day to the hand.
The depth to bed rock 81 feet. The top
DIRT on the fiat is s!uictd of, this being the
es.siest way Of disposing gift. Fifteen feet
below the surface the paying drit begins,
and continues to the bed rock where very
rich deposits are frequently found.
new trail has been opened on the side
hill, from the bridge at the mouth of the
East Fork to certain ranches on the Mid
die Fork which we have not vet visited.
The trail is u good one and very much
facilitates the packing of goods to the
miners Oh the Middle Fork.
East FoRK.-A great number of
celestial miners have settled Il: the mouth
OF the last Forl, point where nobody
else would think Of working-c chosen by
thtm on account Of the shaIlowness of the
diggngs. Hong Kong has no inclination
to jet paIdize his valuable life by sinking
Shafts CT drifting, but locks for some
place where he can be under the observa-
tion Of his distinguished relat ve-the sun.
Little shanties and tents are scattered over
the fiat, and in the centre a Chinese
wholesale and retail store on a small
scale. Little else than shaved heads. pig-
tails, wide trousers and monstruus boots
is to be seen. Eut ACCORDING to Johns
stcry the prospects are not Of the most
fi;,tterlng kind. "One man one day one
dollar; two men one dav-half tlollar.'-
Our own opinion is that Mcssrs. ching,
Sling & Go. won't get rich there
BLUE BANKS. = Last week Messrs.
Fenny & Co. tcok cut over ~ oz; the
week before "A or. These are valuable
claims and pay as regularly as any en- the
river. The paying Dirt averages fir, m two
to three eunces to the car load. 4 day s
washing in this dirt would probably Weld
Sl4G to the hand. But much time is re-
quired for timbering. blasting and re-
moving rocks. ard only couple of hours
daily occupied in washing. The main
tunnel runs into the hill AGO feet. part of
The way through solid rock Each claim
is valued at $1,000.
The Quo Tunnel runs over a hundred
feet through solid rock They have not
got through the rim of the basin into the
back channel. but are in daily expectation
of reaching it. The rock is excavated
mostly by blasting.
Several new tunnels have been COM
menced within the last two weeks. No
returns can be expected for several months.
as they all have ledge to cut through
before they can reach the old channel. In
Several drifts which we visited the
avera re Weld is much the same fr. m SIG
to S25 after reaching the paying Dirt.
THE AERIAL Qu .RTz Co. at the Buttes
| 6 miles above Downeville, is preparing
/ to resume opera ions. 1t will be re-
memhered that in the fall of 1871 great
excitement was created by the discovery
pf this ledge. Last summer about one
hundred MeNicaLs were at work on the
ledge but most Of them left for the
Southern mines on the approach of winter
1t is expected that they will return and
resume operations in two or three weeks
We may hereafter take occasion to ex-
am ne and give M account Of the works
| We are informed that eight stampers are
in operation. Sixty r:istars will he put
iii operation as soon as tie Mexicans ar
rive.
SMITH 's.-New diggings have been dis
covered near this Place by Mr.. Perry's
company. Several companies have already
commenced s.uicing; gold coarse. The
" isconsin G. mpany are taking out 81
TO $50 per day each; two other companies
have gone through tue front lead and are
now drifting towards the second.
FOREST CITy.-A joint stock company
is l'eing termed at this place too ru large
tunnel into the east bank of the creek, be-
low town. These who have penetrated
the hill any distance. find that the paving
Dirt increases as they work into the hill.
/ Water in tais section abundant.
/ NEW PAPER. Runrill 4 Co. have laid
on our table the first number of the Clin-
ton Aews, published by w. J. Slater, at
Clinton, Alameda county. 1t is a neat.
racy little sheet. We understand from
the Editors rem ,rks that he intends to do
the lighting by proxy, having employed a
professional fire eater. Sensible chap, is