The Nevada journal., 1855-05-25
Little York Township bitches and N1in.a &


Chalk Bluff Ditch, l9 miles long, brought
from Steep Hollow, supplies the miners
at and about Red bod, Walloupa, Browns
Hill, Squirrel Hill, Pine and Lobdell's
Hill,
st Red Dog there are seven compa-
MES running hydraulic works, making from
S. to So per day to each hand employ ed
Pier s Co., King, Pearlman & Co.,
Begole & Crane, Wood & Co., Turney
& Co., and Rigs &. Co.; the last named
having over two hundred feet Of sluicc,
and working two setts of claims. Chew
& Co. are carrying on large operations
in ravinc washing. A large claim next
adjoining Nevada Co.'S Tunnel, running
lover 1000 feet of sluicc. All the above
companies are being supplied with water
from the Chalk Bluff Ditch.
At Walloupa, McCawly & Co., Neice
& Thorney, Miller, Dill & Co., and War
den & Co. arc working claims already
opened. McAuly & Co., and Dill & Co.
are running large tunnels into the hill,
with high hopes of striking the ore abun-
dantly. Water from Chalk Bluff Co.
At Browns Hill there are six companies
at work, viz: Buffalo Co., Simpson & Co.,
Godding & Co., Rogers & Co., Ncice &
Co., and Neicc, Brown & Co.; all of which
claims are supplied BY the G. B Co.,
and pay largely from the ''grass-roots to
the bed rock"
At Squirrel Hill there are three COM
panics, viz: Harvey & Co., Fitzsimmon s.
Co., and a Chinese Co. No hydraulics,
but paying from five to fifteen dollars per
day to the hand.
At Pine Hill there are large number
Of claims partially opened, since the in
PRODUCTION Of the water from the Chalk
Bluff Ditch. Extensive preparations arc
being made for working
Lobden Hill, between Walloupa and
Red Dog, there are only one sett Of claims
taken up on this Hill. Mr.. Lobdell $50
well known and so long found on Clay
street, San Francisco,) in company with
Mr. T. Russell and W. Morgan have
here opened claims, which promise ex-
travagant returns. They have, with con-
siderable enterprise, erected hydraulic
works carrying 90 inches of water, which
they run day and night, and the way their
hydraulic sets the gravel moving is really
interesting. The dirt pays largely from
the surface to the bedrock, and increas-
ing in richness as they enter the hill
A San Francisco man, declares a friend
Of ours, with a fair degee of disgust on
him can move more Of this mountain
gravel than three or four of those who
have not been tempered in that delectable
region.
Grcenhorn Ditch is taken from the
Greenhorn creek-eight miles above Red
Dog, and is brought down at the opposite
side of the stream. 1t is brought to Nc
Clouds Ranch, running six miles over
auriferous dirt, which pays largely wher-
ever prospectcd 1t is one of the best
constructed bitches in the country-eigI,t
miles long-two feet deep--30 inches
wide at bottom and 10 inches wide at top.
This Ditch will furnish water. for Gass
Hill, GasS Canyon, Dutch Hill, Prior's
Hill, Hunts Hill, McCIoud's Hill. At
Hunts Hill there has been most work
done, paying well. The miners in the
vicinity believe it to be one Of the richest
leads in California, and now that the
Ditch is about finished, and 4 supply Of
water promised them, they arc applying
themselves energetically to open their
claims. These gravel hills about Red
Dog and the Greenhon are beyond CUES
ton as rich in gold as any in California,
dtloA cuCI as lCde Inducements TO men ID
pursuit Of good mining claims as any in
the State. The way Of washing dirt by
Hydraulic works is a very great improve
mcnt in mining, and makes great saving
in labor
The diggings at Red Dog and Walloupa
are proving much more extensive than had
been supposed. Most of the diggings
are paying as high as $l2 per day to the
hand and many Of them as high as s25
and $50. Capt A. Curry, the energetic
Superintendent of the Chalk Bluff ditch
has leased it, with the saw mill of the
owners Nessrs. j. Churchman & Co., for
years, at 100000 per year. Capt. G.
has an enlargement Of the Hume nearly
completed, which will add 100 inches run