New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-12
MINING NEWS.

MINING NEWS.
OPERATIONS IN TABLE MoUSrAIA-Al,houJ.h lii.
tie available near have yet Teeulted from o ex
tepsive operations in Table Mountain, the p<,jdvs
certainty of he immense wealth bwiec benes IN us
rocky ,is has sready given perce2tble imp etus to
business of all kirds in this region. From nearly
every possible point il is being penotrated aud human
enterprise and ingenuity are buey In vising plaus 70
reach ia interior in orcer TO secure the rich deposits
which q re 10 realize when the water come J." The .
noun ain is level plateau or table, Severs bundled
feet Width extending In length es times almost IS
far as the eye can Iesoh-an uninterrupted plane. IL
is emos destitute o. timber and tricky CO. yered win
rough eoIia which peuerates TO various degrees Oh
depih--say from fifty to two hundred feet Arriving
Of the termination Of this crust tire miner as ip every
instance secured the reward of liz toll lew tunnels
are TO be every side, and new sh. rs are beag
suuk from the summit at iDnupersole po nts
Beside the rich discoveries In gold IN 1t are esinX
constantly made, several diamonds have been found
Gear ByrOns Ferry, and aud bean' it'll suostan 70
resembling the opal hes been taken fro tunae In
considerable quantities IN the vicir,ty Of the Table
Noun Gin House. We have not ssen b csc personally,
but OIL of tho GitmOads we lesn fOn unique eae Die
az tboity brought to this city, "a vsiu ID at SOC.
Mann & Co on the bro y of the untsin otter de-
scending leo feet tskiog on. sh , Richest ore wa
bave seen in California. BY s'briaf up the dirt with
sick We co1d pick up scas of &c ID Of she value of
rs 10 %. The COLO of tbesa ms quality 70 that
tau Va river beds and all concur 10 the b.liaf that
tie L. ad cccupies the be- Of ano ent river Doctor
5, mfrs OF tie Coum bia CoapaD y has two sh alta In
OF Grafton, sLd smother IN pr0sfeS He Is taking out
dit the s'mseu value OF which Ia Ego ounces 70 the
t-lord.
Huge pics of this vslasb.s Dir 3 are being hsspe I'd
IN Ci.eCtob nt TIDE egg ogs" That Of Naler-
the Go. 10 Vaued at so 900; johnson & Co g,
S2j COO .Tnpscn Co.'S <3ac 90. Caldvels x75 900;
and TO on through Dunbes.s artificial mountains Of
the precious ore. water "a Il ths. is wsnted TO sep
ara;e the pure meta frou, he ohty dross and when
the rain comes we may II feel the benefit OF its
long prayed for advent. [souots Democrat
TIE Sonora Herald Informed that tbare In
hs div foot OF Table o. ,untain from Shaw's y, MT
to the StsnlsisGs river but Is claimed and being
worked upon Dy mlIeS Az many as one hundred
tnnLeis have been stsI1 into H. beside the shafts
that are beiDg sunk ipen it. The lead has been
struck ard 'ound 10 DO yeIy rich near the river at
diststce OF eight mules from Shaw Fat, where the
lead az fret found.
RIVER MHIse--N bough the digges 10 tts raw
ines and Dill elces Az sDxiousy and eagerly praying
for coPous csulbns of the aqueous o.. meat, the
m DeTs IN be penS- he streams quite ~ devout
N tter SnppeauoE for continuance OF dry weather.
One OF ibis Auer ~ Of mining population, who
hes been coDI eotes with tuning association on the
ncd loik oI hs American River during the present
F6i htOims 10 hat mott OF the companies at
wofK ON inc oilS ed channels are succeeding beyond
all former pretO& ent
On lhai III Dug AIRY, as aso along the north fork, hs
siOnpeG at zen dffereat bsIs IN his AZ xnv ard
Up, slG iou every enterprise Of this character pay
IL z Tenunera7 We wages
Tie steah Hill COmpany, to which our informant
Dlobg. coA neLced putting in their hume about the
ist OF AuBx and On The 10Th Of September began to
Gig IN ne q Of ths river From that time up to the
prefent do srs,m has been falling little by little until
NJ" OW 40 0ry tnhT as ne Expresses III, enc
" can "ss match On any rock 10 the claim" He
tuTtheEW ssys, that in ell the leads which he Wis
tied ;hsr many rich pockets laid bare for the first
hIas d IN fact there are very feT spots where the
wsSe4 presents any OF stacles Whatever to their thor
ongA exploration. Below Junction Bar and immedi-
a's'y contiguous TO Oregon Bar, are stretches Of
sEos'tb ceep wstsT, which have also been diverted
into artificial cham ss and the earth q: the bottom
fourd 10 be highly suriferous.
BY The memoranda Of The Steep HI Company V
appears hat between the 10th Of Septen and he
Sd Of AoveInbs, the total proceeds of the labor Of
even en- aIa1anted 10 SEA i40 aud tAeir expenses,
rclncr- cost OF struc'iop OF ggns, extra hands
employed. bose pun ps ard various repairs, 90 400
hss 'esv'og e. profits the sum Of $7s, $40.
Tbsres eroubt that ncacusbiy greater quantities
OF 'he p.tsas metal have been dug out OF the beds
1no hank OF he mining ct Of the State the last
Snnret ara fnsen. Autumn, Than during any siailar
peFcd slne the settlement Of the country The nun
hr Of |ssHTtrs has been greater, mainly in COME
qurce q the excessive scarcity VI water in the dry
tifgjlgS end the II ers have been uprecedentedly
low aene tSo eau:ts justify as in the above sssef
tiop.
Owing 10 The thorough working OF the river-o!ams
this year, may be reasonably anticipated tns. mnny
eIterprses and operations Of thh character wiz oe on
a kAs exsnsive soae Iext ssason than Tor soms year,
r&t. sacramento Cn'op.
MINrsG Is PLACER.-From ali part % sne Sol hiy
the intelligence 10 regard TO The mines = OF n,sny
H.tte,itg eharso,er we are informed oya gentleman
from Iowa HILL nat the ines are epenns nen Lnses:
Wherever thy baye penetrated lnlo me ns "a Ia
Nj, ~, he, rave found good pay and plenty OF It.
The wsJIi ofwsier IN lne ol'' ' d. D.. "
'' Pr,..,sn on Canon CIIY.-Iks SAaaa Republican
Ct S. 'uI6sy LIST Gays; . .uo
py little town called Canon City, Trinity County, vas
enfitey d. sroysd by fire the evening OF the Stat
!, uItimc. The fames commenced 10 the III Dorsao
Ss,oop a. all the houses were bailt Of very hgnk
srd AiDn able material, the whole town WA soon I"
We lat Of tie principal Icsses: Rsvelsg's