Georgetown weekly news., 1855-01-18

Time past, we nave ueSlSneu giving oltslSIl-
cal accounts of the various mining locali-
ties in the vicinity of Georgetown. To
Georgetown the hill or cayote diggings are
by,far the most important, although there
are perhaps as rich deposits upon the sur
face, in gulches or fats, as in many other
localities which are entirely dependent upon
these for their maintenance. But in hill
dggings we challenge the world for rivalry.
For the present we-shaH .conine ourselves
to a partial description of the mining ope-
rations now in course at q a.8 III
JONES HnI.-This Hill is located about
four miles north of Georgetown and over
looks the Middle Fork of the American
river. The gold lies deeply imbedded in
the hill, and is found in kind of blue .ce-
ment, which though hard when taken out of
the tunnel, slackenS like lime when exposed
to the air. This cement varies in thickness
from two to four and five feet, and so far
as proSpected is found in almost every por-
tion of the HILL 1t of course varies as to
its yield in the different parts prospected.
The tunnels are but recently run in and it
is consequently impossible to make def
mite estimation of their real value, but SO
far as men of experience are capable Of
Judging, they are as follows:
| COLUMBIA Tunnel Co.-This company
was organized on the 10th day of last April.
The tunnel was run in near 300 feet tllro'
a rock somewhat. resembling the slate, and
known among miners as hard rock The
tunnel is five and half feet high and five
feet wide. Entire cost, including track,
cars, &C., $4,000. The paying lead will
average about FIVE feet in depth-rich about
two feet. The company have only worked
about fifteen feet into the pay dirt, and thus
far the yield is constantly increasing as they
proceed into their claims. The pay dirt
thus far viii average one hundred dollars to
the foot. From the position this claim oc-
eapies with others prospeeted in the vicini-
ty, they must be immensely rich throughout
the entire extent of the claims. The COM
pany is divided into twelve shares and hold
tweve hundred square feet Of ground
The gentlemanly superintendent, Mr.
Hart, was obligng enough to conduct us
into this tunnel, and show US the sights
therein contained; and truly they were sights
well worth seeing The sides of the drift
where their men were engaged at work, for
two or three-feet above the bottom Of the
drift, were literally all in blaze, as it were,
with the sparkling ~oro." We needed no
telescope to distinguish the particles of gold.
1t stood out in bold relief, as plainly to be
seen as the cement in which it was imbed-
ded-of course not quite so plentiful These
claims have yielded prospect of 5000 to
a single pan of dirt. We have now at the
Office small lump Of this cement and gold
1t is beautiful specimen, worth about an
ounce, and was presented to us by the COM
pany through the politeness of Mr.. Hart,
as specimen Of their coming harvest
Shares in the claims are valued at from four
/ to six thousand dollars.
| UNION CoMPANY-This company is a
! little lower down the hill than the CoIum-
bia tunnel. 1t comprises fifteen shares is
run into the hill 3G0,feet at an entire cost
ofabout $4,000. The company own about
3,l00 feet. The dirt, in running the tunnel,
paid all expenses from the beginning. In
the commencement of the tunnel, and in the
face of the hill the pay dirt was about 81
feet in depth from the bedrock The main
pay lead will average from eighteen inches
to three feet in thickness, and will probably
average half an ounce of gold per day to
the hand. These claims are very extensive
and will require years of labor before they
are worked out. In the bottom oil the shaft
on the top Of the hill we are informed that
the company took out $4,000 in the cir
cumference of about six feet square. With
in the drift they took out of a single crevice
in the rock eighty pounds Of pure gold
This company constructed a ditch leading
to their claims, nine miles in length, at a
cost of 81 900. The dich heads in Canon
Greek at the foot Of Bald Mountain, as be-
fore stated nine miles from the claims and
five miles from Georgetown.
FLYING CLOUD Co.-This company was
organized with twelve shares about the mid
die of last April. The tunnel is about six
feet high and four wide-length, 25O feet,
and entire cost, including rails and cars,
86,00O The company have drifted into
the pay dirt about fifteen feet, although they