San Andreas independent., 1856-11-15

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The last verse we suppress, forbidding under
the penalty of eternal banishment any further
effusions on such subject unless by the seniors
special permission Do you mind that, junior
But we have wandered from our subject
Leaving San Andreas, we travelled the stage
road to Lower Calaveritas, a small town con-
sistng of SCOTS bridge and dozen or two of
mining cabins, stores, etc. The Calaveritas
stream has now enough water to supply one
hume; the mines are rich in the vicinity, and
plenty of deep holes have been sunk in the
well, said our informant. We noticed that
ground sluicing had been a mining feature
near the camp.
At the Live Oak Ranch we left the stage-road
for Upper Calaveritas passing over hills and
through grain-felds along worked out Tor in
gulches, dug up flats and unprospected table
land, until we rolled over a hill in view of the
Camp. Upper Calaveritas is a town five times
as large the place just described, and polled Ga
votes at the recent election. Viewing the camp
from 'HrSt appearances, IL lOOkeu ike a DaQly
posted bill on an inclined bulletin board the
narrow streets seemed to be short blank lines,
and the irregular rows of unpainted tenements
lower case and capital shaded condensed
and extended) houses we noticed, down near
the creek, a row of Chinese aalic and blackstone
thatched cottages, which We concluded was the
q imprint of the place, but our junior said that
Mexican type were the prevailing features of the
bill, IF it is so, the font in this place was con-
siderably battered, and so worn that it would
be useless to feel for the hicks. At Upper CAL
averitas, we noticed many preparations for
mining during the coming winter. On the
hill we observed extensive Hydraulic works for
ground-sluicing, which seemed to be perma-
nent and firm enough to last several years.
All along the creek we noticed huge piles of
dirt thrown up, to be washed out the first rains
The town appeared to have large population
! ION Sunday) for its size, and an air of assur-
ance and prosperity marked the countenances
of all the miners conversed with. After ta-
king "smile," at two candidates, for the same
Office, who were in quandary which was elect
ed to serve the dear people, eve administered
such relief to their distress a copy of the
Independent afforded which appeared to be sat-
isfactory, we started on the Cave City road.
Continuing east, we observed preparations for
winter, in almost every ravine and gulch. The
quantity of dirt thrown up in large mounds to
slack, was immense, some of it carted a long
distance at the base of each mound small
sluice-boxes passed through, from eight to ten
eetapart. The water-ditch courses on every
hillside in this vicinity All along Old Gulch,
every few hundred feet, was s'miner's notice.
as also on French Guch where the road crosses
The regularity of these 'notices' and the fresh
ness of the paper on which they are written,
certainly indicate that the claims are rich, and
that large number of miners intend to work
In that region during the coming winter. Old
Gulch has some of the richest mining ground
in the county, the Camp is favorably located,
on bench of land sloping towards the stream.
The Camp has about thirty miners cabins, some
of them built with neatness, and well finished:
five families reside there, and from the beauty
of the place and its convenience to a rich min
ing neighborhood, we expect to see the place
rapidly increase in population and Importance
The store of Messrs. Thompson Il Osborn con-
tains heavy stock of goods, sufficient to sup
ply, during the winter, almost the entire trade
of that vicinity; their store is neatly fitted up,
proving that their liberality is keeping pace
with the progress of refinement and wishes of
their customers.
Buckeye Gulch (new and rich diggings just
discovered is within one mile of Old Gulch,
but we had not time to visit the place. Our
Junior, will insist, that Old Guich is the most
beautiful camp in the mines. We concur
DuLL.-Since the election town is dull
old place the bummers'' have not yet walked
up from their nbig tired ON election evening.