Daily national Democrat., 1858-10-26

SIERRA CoUNTY.-We scissorize the follow
ing items from the Sierra Citizen, of Satur.
day.
TnE SroRM.-On Thursday evening, this
week, rain commenced falling rapidly, and
did not cease for thirty hours; then came
fall of snow, followed oy rain showers.
gold LAKE We learn that recent storms
deep snow on the country between here and
Gold Lake and Sierra Valley. We fear that
the contemplated survey of a wagon road to
the valley will have to be postponed for this
year
Rock CREEK AND FOREST CRY. On Friday
morning. the trail between Rock Creek and
Forest city was covered with snow to the
depth of eighteen inches.
of ordinary mining claims at Eureka, we in
troduce the fact that a claim was sold last
week for $2,75O.
INDIAN HnL-This place is some sixteen
miles below Downieville, situated on the
south side of the North Yubn, on a high
ridge, running parallel with and between the
river and Indian Creek-a small stream that
has its source from spring at the head of the
lavine through which the waters of the creek
pass, about two miles above this place.
Camptonville, Yuba county, lies in south
westerly direction, five miles distant; and
Youngs Hill, in that county, is three miles
distant. almost due west. The boundary
line of Sierra and Yuba is about one and a
half miles west of this Indian Creek af-
fords, in the dry part of the season, about
seventy mining inches of water, sufficient
only for mining purposes in the creek. The
Hill proper is an elevation of nearly n thou
sand feet above the bed of the river, is one
mile in length by one fourth in breadth-all
choice mining ground, The want of water,
as in many localities, is the cause of no fur
ther development of the mines, having that
altogether necessary element but three or
four months in the year. This being the dry
season, everything, of course, is at stand
still; but as soon as the rains begin to fall,
there will be sufficient to supply many of the
miners who have large quantities of dirt
drifted out, preparatory to washing The
intention now is, to have water in here from
the Sierra Z. W. d NJ. Co.'S ditch, by the lst
of July next, when there VII he an abundant
and constant supply, which will cause this
to become very lively camp. There is an
extent of ground that will enable four or five
hundred men to proftably engage in mining.
In the claim of Welsh, Stackpole d. Co.,
there will be an experiment of blasting a
bank of dirt, by burying deeply fifteen or
twenty kegs of powder. Properly tamped
and secured, it will undoubtedly create dis
turbance in the immediate vicinity of the
place of deposit. In this claim, as in those
Of the Scogin Brothers, Frees and others,
WestOver IL Co, and some others, there are
extensive fumes some with rock bottoms,
prepared for washing. Mining was first
commenced at Indian Hill in 1858.
CnIP's FLAT.-This town is situated on the
north slope of the ridge, directly across from
Minnesota, and distant one mile by wagon
road. Mining operations were commenced
in 1851, by Wilkason, ship carpenter, to
which pursuit 'chips" is frequently applied
Gold found on the surface caused the discov
cry of very rich deposits within the hill
The MANN 9th tunnel company paid expenses
from gold obtained while they were searching
for "pay dirt" The principal feature now
in mining there is quartz lode discovered
by the American company when running a
tunnel to gravel. Two hundred and fifty
tons of rock were taken out to prospect the
vein, and in this specimens were found that
yielded under the hand mortar process, $l0,-
600. One piece of the rock was valued at
$4,000. The company have unsurpassed fa-
Critics for getting out rock and their mill,
one of the best, is furnished with O steam en-
CINE of twenty five horse power. Quartz
rock is found in great quantities on the hill
for miles above, and all along the ridge to
American Hill, eight miles distant from
Chin's