Amador weekly ledger., 1858-01-09
FOREIGN MINERS LIcENsE.-- There has
been sold in Amador county, in 1857, Ii
censes to foreign miners in each month, as
follows;

August, ...................... 3,l44
September, .......,................ 5000
OcsoDcr, ............s......... z.oeO
November, ........... ..........-... Z,ZzV
December, ....................... zY941
Making in all s5l9 licenses, amounting to
$34,076.
MAIL ARRANGEMENrs.-We are pleased to
announce that the jackson mails from Sacra-
mento are now brought by the way of Ione
thus securing to Mok Hill and Volcano their
mails the same day from Sacramento, and
giving to lone daily mall while we are the
gamers by several hours. To Jesse Elder,
p NJ at Sacramento through the solicita-
tions of John Bradley, p. M. at this place,
we are principally indebted for these adyan-
tages. TO Charles Green and his employees
the public are also indebted as the mails are
conveyed ON the lone line of stages without
extra charge What we are now getting
through courtesy we should have as a matter
of right and we hope that before long the
route by lone will be sanctioned by law.
A CHINESE BuRGLAR.-Last Monday, on
Indian Creek, near the Forks of the Cosum-
nes Chinaman attempted to rob company
of Chinese. The company had $500 buried
in their house, which excited the burglars
cupidity. We shall call him All Saw, for he
sawed board out of the side of the house
and entered A white man was watching
him, and replacing the board, had him fast.
The Cinnamon subsequently hogged All Saw
with great severity after which he was ar
rested and taken before Justice Bell and held
to bail in the sum of $500 (an amount equal
to that which he didn't succeed in stealing)
in default of which Constable Forsyth ac-
companied him to this place and handed him
over to the keeper Of the county boarding
house.
MINING AND THE WEATHER-The season,
thus far, cannot be said to have been favor
bic one for mining operations. In some To-
calities, where the bitches are supplied from
larger streams water has been plenty for
some time; but many Of the smaller bitches
are dry, or nearly so. There has at no time
been rain sufficient to furnish natural water
in the hundreds of little gulches, not within
reach of any ditch, from which large quanti-
ties of gold are taken in wet weather. Should
the weather continue clear and cold much
longer, the winters product Of gold will fall
short of that which was anticipated. Rain
is much needed
GRANITE FLAr-Ths locality is on the mid
die fork Of Jackson Greek, II miles from
Clinton. Capt John Hawkins & Co. have
been at work and at heavy expense for about
two years, opening their claim. They have
put in over fourteen hundred feet of flume,
the largest portion Of which is sunk six feet
in the bed rock and are now ready to com
mence taking out the dust. In day and a
half S washing, last week, three men took out
fourteen and half ounces, which we should
call very clever beginning. In fact, Capt
Hawkins 4 Co. have thoroughly prospected
their claim and have dead thing on their
pile. Capt. II. and his associates richly de-
serve their good fortune, and the worst wish
we hare for them is that they may take out
gold enough to freight steamboat
We are indebted to Mr.. G.. W. Browne
Expressman, for the above information.
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ANorER LEAD-We have just been shown
some extraordinary rich quartz from a lead
recently discovered near Vanorden's ranch,
on the road from Jackson to Volcano Some
Frenchmen found it, about two months ago,
and have prospeeted it in two places to the
depth of 20 feet Two weeks since they re-
vealed its richness, since when at least mile
of the lead has been traced and claimed
QUAErz-M Bowman, of Yeomet, has
recently shown US rich specimen of quartz
taken from new lead he has found on the
hillside near that place. Should the lead
prospect as well to any depth as it does on
the top, it will prove fortune to its owners.
In JML.-There are nine prisoners in jail
in this county two white men indicted for
murder, and one under sentence for assaulting
an officer and six Cinnamon, two indicted
for murder, three charged with murder, and
one charged with burglary Two men, one