New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-09

srspe shot. A. the bark, over bundled i.e' sish
is undermined BY this b,t,ery, il frequently caves
from the top downward reaching AID SURFING TIE
csr.l.ts opeistor. Three msc have be-D t,os
killed At San Juan within the ls-t month, until a.
length eres.r caution Is exercised, and sp- "p7ra-
tsr staIds tvi-e as far away sc be formerly did'
Very long .luice SIS tong a. nay be-con'nc' me
oi.chs,ged water ausy: and ,rs'"l1 t7,t It /. NJ
matter how itiok with earth the water msy rao'
provided the suice be long enough. l. OF e'uf'e
so arranged "a To present rifles creviees, &c 20
arrest the gold st first borne slceg by The tIrod
food. believe there are companies operating ~
this method whose gross receipts fton sngie
sluice lave reached q thousand dollars per day
Ore Of tie novelties 10 u.) Of this region il
the presence Of soft graniss-Puf'y granite, II
nlsy coin psme for il. Uajlke meet soft rocks
this seems not 10 harden by exposure to the 81
mo,pteIe Its found at variou, depths, aud
know no way Of accounting for i. Ii seems I" me
,hss one. fourth Of tie granite saw At the base OF
recent excavations appeared soft a. cheese.
no, this peculiar TO California
-MuiDg is necessary art, hut it does no. tend
TO besutif, the face Of Nature On the contrary,
| earth distorted INF, all manner Of unginly teaP'
and ridges. hills half torn or a-sted gay, and the
| residue left 10 as repulsSe shape as can well tie
conceived. roads inter:scled and often turned to
miIe by bitches, water-coUrses torn up and goug-d
out, and rlvers, once pure as cry'tsi, NO." dense
Ard opaque With pulyerized 'ock-such is the spec
iscle prestnttd throughout the Mining region.
Not stream Of sny size ia allowed 81 escape the
poIlution-eyeu the bountiful add naturally wre
! Sacramento j. yellw With 1t, aod Ao~s sgrbd aud
uDiLyitirg 10 the Pacific. The people Of this City
hsye To- drink il, nevertheless Despite the I'teose
heat and drouth always prevalent at this season the
courtIy is FIJI Of ,prings, WHICH are bright aud
clear ss need be: bot berever three or four Of these
Rave Joined 10 form little riil, Id seeker -
sharp on their track, converting them into liquid
mud. California, 10 giving up hgr boarded wealth,
iurrpndeTs much Of her beauty slso.
Worse sii IL tire general devastation of Timber.
TIE whole Mining region aplesr. TO have been ex'
cslenty timbered-so much Of it as | h,ve tray
erscd WSs tminently so. YELLOW, Fitch. and Sugar
white Pre- (shd what ia here called Pitch Pine
is n lsree, ISL, and graceful trea), White, Black.
and Live Oab. with stately Cs1srs once over
sprtsd the hole country; rot densey as in East
err forests, but with reasonable spaces between
the lobe tutks-the Osks ofrfn preserving the
general appearance sf thrifty Apple Orchard, un'
deIerown With grass and bushes Brt timb-r Is
wanted for fumes for sluces, for drifts or tunnels,
for dwellings, FIR running stesin engines, and rs
TIE land has DO owner, every body cuts snd slisbe.
as if he cared for nobody but cnself, and 90 time
but 10 day. Pa 'riarchsl Oaks are cut down merely
to convert their limbs into fuel leaving tue trunks
10 rot: noble Pines are pitched this way snd that,
merely to tske 3 log or tao from tee butt fJr sax.
the groubd trees fit for the modest uses made
10 tubserye the pslriest, rely because they are
haDoy, snd il is nobodys business &, preserve
them. There was timber enough here tea years
ago TO satisfy every Legitimate ored for century;
yet ten ytaIs MI not elspse before toe maers
viii be sending far up into the mountains at a
heavy cost Tor logs That might still have been abdn.
dsnt az h cir doors had the timber Of this region
idle, but mutt be }trmitted 10 deplore.
i devote the coming week To q visit t. Col.
Frtmsnt and his works in Bear Valley, aud TO trip
TO the famous cascade in the Yosemite Valley, wit,
a look At the Big Trees Of Manposs (aot the
bceest Of ALL which are in Calaverss) by the way
! leave San Francisco and vicinity for the last.
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