The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-15
NUMBER 81.

HU'I CIIIts
SIsKIyou. take the following from
the Yreka Herald:
The reports received from the various
mining districts are indicative Of plenti-
ful yield Of the precious metal, and with
a suffirency Of water for the purposes
Of sluice washing and using toms, there
is no doubt hut the dry hiygings near this
place, and in the surrounding country,
would prove equal, ifthey did not surpass
in richness, those in any other portion Of
the State.
The Yreka Water Company has man.
Tested laudable energy and unyielding
perseverance, in their efforts to set in
process Of construction, n work cHrahle
Of supplying every miner in Yreka Valley
with an abundance of pure water; and
we are now able to say thar their efforts
have not been in vain, as they will soon
he ready to commence the work in good
earnest.
The weather is beautiful, warm sun
shine, with soft and gentle breezes.
SHERLocK's s-On Shcr'ock's and Whit
locks Creeks, large amounts Of "Oro"
are being taken out by the Industrious
miners of that region. The digyings in
that section very much resemble those Of
Nevada in richness and extent.
New ORLEANS FLAT.-The Union
Company, composed Of four men, design
running tunnel through the fiat, dis
tance of $1,000 feet They have alrendy
run in 800 feet through solid rock The
entire cost is estimated at 8 o 900 Near
Iy all who have run tunnels through
the flat have commenced too high, and
consequently have to cut down the bed
rock the second or third time. Moor's
and Orleans Flats are probably as good
mining sections as the State can produce.
Those who have got properly into the
far are making from eight TO thirty dollars
daily company Of Norwegians, who
have just got through the rock, washed
one pan of dirt, from which they obtained
$40 20c. Some ten or twelve tunnels
have to traverse the he'd rock from 100
TO 800 feet before striking pay dirt
Moore's Flat contains about GOO acres of
mining ground, from 200 to 600 feet below
: the surface. There are about 800 men
there.
Observation-Disclosures & Co.'s claims
for three weeks past paid the first week
one ounce per day, to the second sl2,
and the third SS7.
The Pacific company, on Mansanita
Hill, took out $1,000 from their claim on
Monday last.
SAN JoAaUIN.-The Republican con-
tains the following letter from Col. Gift,
respecting the validity Of School Land
Warrants:
REGIsTER's OFFIcE,2
BENTcIA, April 2, 1854.
Editor San Joaquin Repu6lican-SIR:-
| see an article pub ished in the Stockton
Journal Of April LIST, in which it is stated
that have received Instructions from the
! Commissioners of the General Land Office,
authorizing me to issue patents on the
locations of State School warrants. |
must say that such is not the case. Some
time since, Gen. Hastings wrote tn the
Commissioner, requesting him to return
him his State warrants after they had
been confirmed by the Secretary of the
Interior, as his vouchers against the State,
so that he could have the same patented
to him from the State of California. But,
in reply, the Commissioner informed him
that those warrants would have TO be re-
tained by the Government, and therefore
authorized me TO issue certificates of loca-
ton upOn the locations of said warrants,
after the lands have been surveyed and
subject to location by said warrants. l
have received no Instructions upon the
subject which have not been published,
and the law remains as it ever has been,
giving the pre-emptor the preference on
all unsurveyed Government lands.
In reply to his inquiries in relation to
the fee charged by me, will say that |
charge it for the certificate which give,
and not for the registering. rs he. states.
Yours, respectfully,
! WM w. GIFT, Register.
A Man SHor.-Last night, at Cooper's
Ranch, on the Mokeumne road, about
eight miles from this city, while Mr..
Douglass was sitting in she house, some
person outside sho, him, through the
doorway, the door being Open The ball
entered his back No hopes, up to last
accounts, were entertained ofh recovery.
A person has been arrested upon suspl-
cion, with whom Doug lass formerly had
a quarrel. el.-Stock. Post, aprH 5.
The farmers estimate that 10000 acres
have been sown with wheat this year in
San Joaquin county. 1t is farther stated
that the crop will amount to one million
six hundred thousand bush-ls.- Repub.
Miss Heron is announced to appear at
the Stockton Theatre.
The taxable property in the city Of
Stockton amounts to -, ,72S, so.
We understand It is in contemplation
to erect large brick Touring mill in this
| citv durinu the ensuinp snmmer liz will