The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-30

o. the Aurora silver miue nosr Sartsua Pass tw,nty
mtles from the "'-sion OF San Jasn B.ur'ss, but
this ~ raid oy IN nefs e is u be only inmsa d.
pttft Of chrcme n'gera In ~ mouatsins 40 far rom
he Auross mire hare l. ssii 10 u very rich vsu
oil ciDnaosr equally vsus BILE that of se New ALMA
naeIis of the YER,
are known 70 the miner ei essysras aud Tuoum
Ties; ct iesss staed ia thu puolc jouraals Of
th TO-, two Counties in The e,ry part If iasa.
There nov xist on the b of tine Azsi in NJ atereJ
county not less than ,h'ee d,snct veius # miner A.
wbloh esid TO Contain silver The first veto Is the
ore ue ny hs Indians aa5 Csrnians for making bal-
let's &C. susteo in the foothills On ths east SHE
OF be psin Of the St1as far from thu old mission
OF s'edsd in tue MIDST of one Of the most fertile ADD
Falubrious portions OF our StAe. From tbs accounts
Of the people Ia tle neigh ,orhood, 1t appears t,
have been tfst worked by Old Mexican miua in 1884,
who from some disagreement wi b The op Of
lsd, TO the ship Of he moe the
after be had worked down tea feet in the ground
and pretended 'hs IT, was no. he ass
o. or pear La Paz In Lower Csiornia.
lhs mine vs~ again ked In 1852 oy patty Of inex
Perencsd German miaers, 10 conusct.o with some san
Francisco captsl s; but Of proper Grange
msnts and lack OF pr acioal miners $40 from want
cult though II sewers. mslngs Of the ore tni, old
vein proved in ehpy tnat Is very ich Ia lead
and easily fusole BY common casrcoai fire. From ths
lead metal wAs got about IL pes cent Of silver OF he
xiud the big moneys of the mit ars made Of This
dops BY simply melting the lead 10 lsdle, and thea
tos Of silver was lef which can't oe ev.porated il ap
pears by any kind q heat
ano pout two Thousand yaeas from old vein. Th,
No. veo il In hard quartz formation of blue 90
nate OF copper-bue ~ uitrauarne with silver
Iron, an what appears t, be- ye,i0w cop This
vein, We learn Ia very extens In the early part OF
the year. another vein OF t~' was found III The
anne hile and which appears 70 be Il an entirely
dis met charsc from those OF the two frst being
soft white rock
1t will hus be that there can be very little doubt
that fast mountains Of State are explor
silver will be tourd 10 aIge quantities, rich
tho'e o. Gusnshuato In Mexico or Csrro Pasco Peru
n IA ia trtn s,,.do~ vha
guidance and direction of enterprsnS capita ists and
prsctcs ners grow bs Of the most nvAlu able
In the mineral Interests Of the United states
The Indian War In MOI thorn Caurornia.
From Tue Yreka Union gather the following add
tionaI PARTICULARS ia relation TO the Indian the
Morrill,
BY sovernn emit express learn that force OF some
thirty IDdAus about ha OF them Umpq uas aud the
remainder from Rogue river probably
made descent upon the settlement Ten Mia Prairie,
In The Um qua burned fifteen uouses killed cattle
and drove off aud stole srty and that they
siI'd, only three wai men Killed Great excitemen at
nom The lnlisn camp on Rog 4e riser Toe troops
we learn, aler having been reduced to half rations
for want OF provisions. We do not ksow bv
whose fault this disastrous condition Of things suffered
to occur but eknow there must be cri nnal neglect
somewhere We are aware that there is class of men
In Oregon who their inhusune TO embaAss
ers Of the sroper oacers obtain supplies for the
army; but assured that abundance o: pfovi-
clothing secured in spite Of this obts
ole and whore l,tf Why must the solun teers in ai-
dton to the hardshps incident to the campaign
be obliged TO suffer with hunger grea. fAuls lie
somewhere
The A1a California says:-We learn from Geo. Cowles,
Esq, who present after The tragedy that DIM
Gully occurred at place called Bowes Ranch in Butte
couOty, Wednesday Last which resulted in the death
OF FIVE IpCjsns end white man
TIE Indians came into . store kept by Mr.. Joseph
SGhaefer and asked for some -four, and denAnded IL
Without payment Upon beiog refused, they Immediately
shot BIN down. and killed The white residents in
n01gh0crhCOd gathered
rulderers anc succeeded in killing Eve Of them.