The hydraulic press., 1859-04-09
r b 9 Mines.

The recent warm weather and abun-
dance of water have infused great vigor
into the mining interest. At every camp
In this section, except at Columbia Hill
where the miners are on a strike, labor
has been actively renewed under the
most favorable auspices. The coming
summer will prove the most prosperous
mining season ever known.
Annexed are numerous particulars
SAN JUAN HILL.-The Sailor Co.
washed seven and a half days and
cleaned up s1,13S. The Gold Cut
claims yielded from the last clean up
the sum of s1,621 so. Dutch Mat
washed four days with only % inches
of water, in ground adjoining the
Bloomer claims, and made 1852 62.
The Bloomer Company, Dutch Go. and
several other companies of note were to
have cleaned up, and doubtless have met
with their usual success.
At Shady Greek, Stevens & Co. took
out $3.50; and at Montezuma, the Irish
Co. have washed from drift dirt the
handsome sum of 1854.
COLUMBIA HILL,-The miners of
this locality have long complained of
the price charged for water as being
higher than they can afford to pay, and
have at last taken earnest measures with
view to procuring a reduction The
water is mostly furnished in the Colum-
bia, Chimney and Kennebec Hill Dis
tricts by Irwin's Ditch, and has been
sold at the rate of % cents an inch
The miners insist upon reduction to
Is cents, and many of them have held
off work for long time past in hopes
that such reduction would be made On
Sunday last meeting of the miners
residing in the three districts named was
held at Columbia Hill; Jas. INITIAL pre-
siding, and J. P. Olmstead acting as
Secretary. A committee was appointed
to procure signatures to a petition re-
questing the Ditch Company to reduce
the price of water to Is cents. Suisse
quently the petition was presented, but
no official notice taken of it, beyond a
statement from Mr.. Henry, large
shareholder and Agent at Kennebec,
that the petition would not be granted.
The committee reported the result of
their application to an adjourned meet
ing which was held on Wednesday, and
were allowed until next Sunday (tomor-
row to report again. A special meet
ing of the miners of Columbia Hill
district has been called for the evening
of the same day, to take measures for
the protection of claims in case the strike
is long continued: The law now requires
claims to be worked one day in every
thirty days, and it is proposed to extend
Indefinitely the exemption from labor, or
until such time as the price of water
shall have been reduced. This will en-
able parties who wish to go elsewhere
and work, or prospect, without danger
of losing their ground. The other
districts will probably take similar action.
FRENCH CoRRAL.-Water plenty and
everybody at work doing well. The
Kansas Company cleaned up $1,000.
after eight days washing of top dirt some
distance above the bedrock. A tunnel
is now being run, through which to wash
the whole depth of dirt. These claims
are owned by the Messrs. Black, one of
whom went to Fraser river last year, but
gladly came back to California, satisfied
that it is the best country yet The
Empire Company realized from fourteen
days washing 60 pounds of amalgam-
worth about $4,000. Mr.. r. Casey,
one of the shareholders, lately sold a
sixteenth interest for $1,000. The
company have been offered $4,000 for
the whole set of claims, but unhesitat-
ingly refused to sell at any such price.
Dempsey & Co. took out of their tail
sluice, after four weeks run, 430 ounces
of gold. These items are not reported
as the best but as the only ones which
have come to our knowledge. Doubtless
otbor oop,paniac haya done as well