The Empire County argus., 1854-06-10
Correspondence of the Argus

Bear Greek Canal.-Fyght ,cith a Gr,zslv-El Doyudd
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ALONG SHORE June 6, 1854:
MR. ARGUS; see you have put my communication of
the ISL III PRINT SO VIII write again, and keep myself be-
fore the people, may have fancy for politics one of these
days and desire to for constable well tberere 70
improve this opening Since my last have been over from
Spanish Flat to Gold Hill here ditch terminates soma
thing like thirteen miles in length leading the waters of
Bear Creek out of the natural channel and distributing
them along the hill tops to miners This canal is owned
by company of ten miners who constructed it last sum-
and winter. 1t was originally projected by Thomas
Wren ESQ., who is still of the propretors. 1t was de-
signed originally for the accommodation of the parties con-
structng it, and the water used by them in mining
operations developing too extensive district of aurifer
ground and aordng another prominent exhibition of
the perseverance of our mining population.
wandered to the eastward and then to the north among
the hills, finding many raynes and guches all containing
godvery little work has been done in any of them
and in many of them none owing to the scarcity of water
In here among the hills your traveller came near losing
his life in an encounter with Grizzly Bear. Brain pre-
sented himself on the slope of hill about half mile dis
tanta deep gorge was between us-he snued oinously
but finally walked leisurely off, your servant running in
another direction like hard cider in 40 went over hill and
valley like the wind until arrested by deep cut of the Ell
Dorado Ditch Company Here took long look for the
a Ia DIontee. Thus ended the fight.
The El Dorado Ditch supplied from branch of Rock
Creek leading the waters of that stream through good
mining region, and terminating i'll large reservoir at
Georgetown from which it is distributed in every direction
where required. Rambling along, l found a newspaper
telling about and rumors of in Europe and
among other things expressing fear that ugly Eng
sh cruiser might blockade the frozen regions and deprive
the smiling citizens Of San Francisco of Stka ce Thinks
to myself Beverly G. Saunders be sharp man.
over the left, to off to St. Petersburg secure tho
trade in Sika ice, when right here under my nose is a
thousand tons of good and pure could have been
quarred in Switzerland chseled any where in tho
Russian possessions, secured from the pond of the Pilot
Creek Canal Company We might just well have secured
ten thousand tons as less quantity We have good
road to Georgetown and send direct to Sacramento
and in fact everywhere let Europe pitch into the ice-
bergs in welcome, have the pond right up here in Ell
Dorado county, in the exact centre of creations big enough
to supply christendom and hcathendom beside with ce
The Pilot Creek Canal is tweny-eight miles in length
terminating in reservoir at Georgetown of vast dimen-
sions from which the water be distributed all over tho
ridge between the Middle and South Forks of the Amer
river The stock of the Pilot Creek and Rock Creek
Canals to be consolidated la steamboat and stage COACH
next time and will only say that am at home again.
safe and sound although in riding from Georgetown to tho
Flat i'll the stage with Ellis, was nearly frightened to
DEATH expecting every moment to be turned killed.
by fast driving Bob said there DANGER and that he
could with his team split hair all day, and believe it
now CROW BAR,