The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-12

THE NEW PLACEKS IN TABLE MOUNTAIN.
The liable Mountain excitement anorg the ruolumne
n tiers Is incrtatng greatly. II has led " new mode
81 mining by sinking deep shafs 10 the plato round
about Taoe Mountain aud in almohs evey instance tae
pesletor has reached the ich strata thst through
he mountsio. The Uni democrat says =" Since lat
week there has h. en- no abatement ia the ioter1s
hat has bse awakened in regard to the extensive go.3
deposits of Table Noun pip Gains have been taken up
ana renewed in all the fats in It's Immediate vicnit,
New tunnel companies being organized ssery day and
Old derive energy o the success every shere
reported aierg the line a the mountain A. caic Ell
Ranch james Bennett Co have just struck ,od pAyisg
dirt nj distance q some three hundred feet 10 their
tuntsl. TIE California Mining and funnel Con-
pany, Turner, Hoffman, futile CD sf.r
heir satisfaction Hoffman CO. have also sunk
shaft Turnet's Flat, about t~en'y.eight feet
deep FRI witch they hav. washed ounce 10 the pan.
plumber OF other caims being sc.ivey prospeciei
IN vicinity. Even below the Mountain ass House
twadswoith's) the large basin in when New York
tent Is iocated The ground Is all GAINED, in
spectiIg strala Of precisely the same chtfactsr -
'la found above the god vein at -hsw Fiat has b-ea
cug up. MOntezuA Flat l. alro faubc 90 contain very
similar deposits several CHI ips alter cxamin,
uon Of from a. thirty fe't, The minors have taken
5oub That the entire vicinity 81 Iaee Mcun'aa, with Its
and wndrg.-its diversity of app. aoces)ne
times ispg boldly toe Palisades one Hudsl and
again easing of nto more eeaie unduai Ms richly
lined with most cossy wardrobe OF preciyus orc m
uenng upon the Fame W nderuI o'poits ths Sonora
H,gad Considers bl. excits ment created
Iiay urdsy Of lat wees by the discovery 81 rch
th. fat back OF Mortszums AZ the foot OF fabe
Mountain and about five miles aud halt fsom Sonora
some persons who had been prospe,iug there for
time succcedcd sinking their shaft to tao bed rock,
where they discovered exceedingly Itch eatthpros
Ieciipe tom hal b. two to tue pao. I'm
eda els upon this being known, crowds rushed 10 The
iossly and In almost incredible space OF time hon
3i.os as,s claimed Tor mialcg purposes. Hes.
lep's ranch and Turner's AL claimed by the
miners, Iesides toe whole II the ex epsive Ia contain
Ing eme eight hundred acres The hat IN sh sh
hese dgvrgs have en- Uncovered I. sort Of bs-
sin, pres ning The appearance OF once having been
asc and tiled up by break from he famous Table
| Mountain. The dirgngs are from tsenty i've T. hty
set dep, ana In some PAGES ve,y set, requiring
ste, po.er " pump the water out Of the holes. The
rmston o. the deposits u almost precisely ho The for
nation hcov,r. N Table Mountain at shsg = hai, six
| miles above. Pieces Of wood and bark have peen
extrmed In sme Of the shafts, showing very
| MY that the deposits have been mtin'y
| CAUSED ny the sction ot the water. Ecsides tho
wos d. Large quantities % gravel and hnuldrs, bearing
,yiiences Of having BEEN worn BY frc,i N, such
smoo'ls The rocks IN The teds II MYERS s,oSnd ng
TIE riav ard ena. kr'eriing 50 The enc, " with Sheh
mini 81 crn'ifs cn'tc''a and the escetncss ~
e. II ~ ,rts,iers - ibset Del, rsfisl Ia rsblr
y ~ in ms he fnHr ffItt ftrats -. M y