The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-09-24

press Co. at Murpby's and will givo
| tourists all the Information they may
desire. The temperature at the trees at
morning, noon and night was respective
ly 81 deg, Ga deg, and 32 deg. May
st there was light fall ofsDow. and by
the first of June it will bc mildcr and
the better time to make the tour.
We left the Grove on Thursday, wero
8 hours driving down, enjoying tho
company of body of water convey
ed by fume, ditch, tunnel and natural
ravipe. FLASHING and dashng at furious
rate, illustrating the way the "water
comes down from Lodore." Left for
Coumbia-four misunderstanding ff.
toen hundred feet to Abbey's Ferry a.
cross the Stanisaus and climbing al as.
cent of equal height the other side The
hosptaities of this place were bound
less, and in company q numerous
troupe we visited Table Mountain famed
for its rich deposits of gold-thc surface
covered with balsaltic rock-and from
| its height affording one Of the grandest
views in the country. Up the Stanis-
laus the Palisades" look as formidable as
tlOSe uItOu tub IluuoOu-Undy " UHO
south intcrminable hills and deep val.
kys repose, while northward Columbia,
Springfield and Shaw's Flat lies spread
out among arteries and veins Of water
bitches, canals and fumes Table Noun.
tain extends forty miles, and tho entire
length is s,akcd eff for mining. Tun-
nels perforate its sides in every drec.
tion, to strike the lead of gold veins
Columbia was by far the best looking
pearances, siza and solidity of fbuildings,
and active trade.
MINING. You strike first at Sebasto-
pol in Iopo Valley, where water intro
duced by canal enables tho surface earth
to be SIX mmcd for acres. Tho s,il will
not average over one foot depth before
striking the bcd rock. Between Jack.
son and Mokolumne Hill soms loftyhils
mile from the road were bored, and
track laid upon level runs out throe
hundred feet, supported by immense bra.
ces Of timber, upon which car loads Of
earth are drawn and dumped in near the
vicinity of water Hydraulics are just
introduced to the Southern, two years
after their successful operation in the
Northern Mines. At Murrhy's they are
reapng the reward of enterprise aud in
all places where the same has been adop.
ted. Canal, cross your path everywhere,
the fumes constructed with evident care,
and of better finish than those botyeen
here and Nevada
at Columbia the conducts run in ev-
cry direction-the loftiest bills have the
red ridge of ditch winding along, and,
tapped at various points, the silver thread
is seen dashlug down the mountain side.
One company have constructed a broad
aume to take the waste.water and tail
irgs Of all the sluices for distance oe
Is miles, and extract large yield by
quicksilver. AT Shaw's Flat is the best
claim in the state for productivoness,
having yielded S73 900 tho past year.
1t is only about $50 feet long and owned
by one individual. In circuit of 10
miles, with Columbia for centre, are To-
Gated water bitches and canals that have
cost no less than So 900, 900, and the ma.
jori;y Of them have always been and are
now paying steady and lucrative divi-
dcnds, while the facilities to miners
could not DO excelled.
No respect is paid to soil, provided
gold is found Even the grave yard was
staked off and washed out, after remov-
! ing the remains buried, in Columbia and
the new Que will undoubtedly share tho
same fate.
The miniug in this vicinity is from
| the flats to the SUBMITS Of he loftest hills
and the entire region seems to teen with
gold. 1t yields larger returns than any
other section in the country-the dust,
selling at SlS so per ounce.
Sonora was improving rapidly in ap-
pearance by the construction of brick
stores, but for business seemed dull and
quiet.
Mining Of every description can be
seen in this vicinity, many o. the appli-
auces exhibiting skill and the greatest
ingenuity.
Left Columbia Friday p. NJ staying
over night at hale called Knights Fer
ry, There is no reason why good ho-
tel should not be kept here, it being the
half way house from Stock ton and never
without abundance of company. A bet
ter chance does not exist In California
for an enterprising person than TO erect
and keep hotel, free from the dirt and
vermin that in fest that low kept. Trav-
ell never ceases, and steady income is
certain
Saturday morning we left for Stock
ton aud put up at the Webster House,
finely kept and commodious hotel.
The town looked dull, and trade princi-
pally at the steamboat landings. where
teams loaded direct for the interior.
By-the-way, speaking OF good chances,
not blacksmith's shop or good barn
IS to be seen on the road from Stockton
for seventy miles up.
GOLD AND SULPHUR IN Mexico Mex.
lean papers state that within a short
time immense plaoers Of pure gold havs
been discovered in the southern portion
Of the State OF Guerrero. Attention is
called to the sulphur b ds which exist
at and around the volcano of Popocat-
apetl, and which are said,to be iuexhaus.
tible. The United States pays S s ,000,-