The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-08

! commenced sinking sshalt which they Intend shsi
| be the model sbAft Of California. Il WI probably
| h Sx,,n,,.A between two and three hundred Feet
| When finished Il WIN Anorc coQolets Ut oi tho
n succeseful. il win tell ios this locality fos many
| years TO come.
From Iowa Hill. we obtain conflicting accounts,
some represent the water a. falling while the others
continue TIE wonderful stories hitherto received.
! The Star Mining Com pany have tunnelled in three
hundred and twenty five feet. and are still In the
bed rock AL agree, however in saying that it Is the
most lively place in the State. The number OF peo-
In the least discouraged We cannot he ~ever be led
TO credit the Nevada Democrat. when II states that
The population Is shout equsl to Grass Valley BE.
tween three snd four thousand people would entirely
alut the market.
Forest CITY is aoriahipg Is usual, and NO hear
that the Fourth passed Oh agresbly, and tho miners
generally are doing well. lump was taken out
one day last week, weighing over forty oua es.
the water is giving out, and scarcely any OF tho
miners making wa0cs
The Sonora Dsnsocrut furnishes the following
Nems
TIE rich lead on Campbeus Flat continues to
yield largely The old claim Of Hopkins Meek
turns ont five and SIX ounces daily. This lead has
been struck in hill.side one mile above the Flat,
opposite the Hallway House. 1t was opened TO
Gently. and yields from three TO ten ounces daily;
odor with The miners. Labor q that time was
chiefly confined to the ravipes running intoit which
were never very remarkable for richness. But re-
cent operations have shown that the gold les In the
hill aide and high grounds. and whom struck upon
prove very rich. The SonorA Water Company supply
this district with water.
A rich claim va. opened last week on Blanket
eompsny from this city, who took out the first day
The Sonora Water Company have introduced
water into Kincaid's Flat, through tho scale
Ditch There are many very rich claims in that
district.
A rattlesnake was killed last week on SulIivan's
Creek. measuring six feet and three inches in
length.
pose Of digging Q canal from the Tuolumne river to
Big Oak Flat, Garote, &c.
On Browns Flat we arc pleased to learn, the
miners are reaping rich reward from their iabors
McFaddsn's tunnel, in Stockton Hill, has been cut
200 feet through solid rock. They have struck
wash earth this week, and on washing two pans
full, found yield Of 81 so. They have work ahead
for several years. and at that rate their claim may
be considered avsry good one.
Murray 4 Cars tunnel sdjoins the above, aud Is
also paying web. Toty have but recently entered,
All the tunnels on the south side Of the hill con-
tnue to yield very rich.
The NEw DIGGIsGs on KERN RVER.-The
Stockton Journal learns that the recently discovered
mines upon Kern river are not sufficiently rich TO
pay the expenses and time occul led in distant
journey. The gold is scattered over large extent
Of country, the greater part Of the emigration
intend finding their way back +, the old camping
ground "nearer home" as soon as the resuscitated
condition Of an exhausted treasury Will admit OF it.
SOUTHERN MINEs.-Tbe Columbis Gazette says:-
New dggiDgs have been discovered on the top or the
hill south of tho town. as tho head Of Union gulch,
which p'ofpects finely A company calling them-
tons, and have christened the place Rhode Island
bill. The claim is situated about sixty yards above
the Tuolnmne Compalys race; and the company
have erected platform from tho claim to . aldo,
into which they dump tho earth. which they carry
thitier in bArr0ws whence shoots down about Afty
feet {, their sluices below the ditch. Tho ledge
rises nearly to the top Of the ground and appears TO
there rich djggings on this ridge and on Beacon
HILL Jet to be discovered, which il would take years
to work out The hill, therefore, has mot been pros
peeted, except for quartz.
EXTRAORDINARY YnLD.-We learn from the Ne
vasa Democrat, that the Buckeye Tunnel Company,
at Forest City, bave run their ne main trunk In
about Eve hundred feet the lead proving richer a.
they advance. Last Friday, ono Of the hands panncd
presence Of several Strangers, Sl2s; aud the week
before sos to the pan; and arc taking out weekly
frou $500 to $4,6 600. The Live Yankee Company
ave pushing their tuprel on rapidly, and arc now
lead proving richer a. they sdvance anu, from all
appearance, tie conclusion is that the lead runs
through the hill to Smiths Dggngs, about one mile
south. New diggipgs have been prospected two
m,les from Forest City, which have prove rich aud
capsed consi ,crab1- excitement to locate claims.
One piece was tsken out of the value of $3A- Many
have cou,menceu cpe' atoms. The place has bsen
named New Fores. City
From the Inosan Reservation.
TIE KILN RIVER DfGGINGs-HARvRSr on Tue
REsEhvATtoN-A letter from Capt. p. +. Common.
dated At the TETON Reservation. July LIST, says -
Capt. Howard and myself arrived here on the
10th June. Our mar from the MERGED to this place
was rather slow, In consequence Of being cncum-
bered bv sparty Of wouldbe miners, of Stockton on
their way to the new FL Dorado on Kern river.
We met several parties returning from the new
digRings, and the universal answer to our several
questions Was, Oh, there ia gold on Kern river, but
not enough to pay me-" ! afterwards ascertained,
ON arriving at the river, that but few OF these per-
sons bad done anything, being mostly men Of the
np sn t. WIN no. wOrk anSss any CIR
even dbmounting from their half starved, raw boned
cid horses.
However, the reports as first circulated were
highly colored. There are about twenty-five men
working on the river At present, who intend to com
tinue working two and thee cent dirt until the river
falls, when they expect to find richer deposits.
Three celts to the pan IL the most that has been
found a. Jet, and there is only ono party working
dir that rich--the Others only two cent dirt. The
river u very high. and they expect TO do better
when The water subsidies sufficiently t, enable them
70 reach the bed rock. think however, that they
win be disappointed in the water falling low en- ,ugh
for their purposes Kern river is known to remain
high longer than any tributary Of San joaquin. Its
south fork, which heads in Walkers Pass, Ia fed BY
almost perpetual snows, and its north fox, which
has its bead among the highest peaks Of the Sierra
Nevsda, is roaring torrent the greater part Of the
! year So, to take all things into confederation,
those pers who expect to dDd fortune Ia day,
or dirt richer than three cents TO tho pan had BET
| ter stay at home.
yssiou. Fss harvest i III Suffered. '1 ana the
! threshing machine Is doing lie work Of sepNa.
ton Is II indeed . most lovely and interesting
sight to observe parties Of Indians in their vari-
cheerfulness and slacrity some diving four