The Nevada journal., 1860-05-11
Correspondence of the JouruaI.

/ OAEGA, May otn, lSoU.
Ar. Ed. Journai:-The following account Of
visit TO the Samilkameen mines is taken from
. letter just received from relative living in
Walla Walla, W. T. 1t can be relied on as cor
rect at that time; whether any further discoye.
ries will be made remains to be seen. The pict.
urs is not fattering, EBExEzER.
81 will give my experience in as few words as
possible. The first of last February, myself-ia
company with five others-started for the Samil-
kameen, or rather Skim Milk mines, distant
from this place three hundred miles, almost due
north, and on the line between Uncle Sam and
John Bull
For over two hundred miles we had no trail.
but were obliged to fight our way through snow
| from two and half to five feet deep. Most of
US had our feet and hands badly frozen, the
weather was so very severe. We were obliged to
make our beds on the snow, our covering the
blue curtains of Heaven.
Finally we arrived at the mines, with the
loss cf most of our horses, and found about
twenty men at work. We were the first party
through this winter. We prospected for three
weeks and made during that time the awful
pile of enc dollar and fifty cents, being, how
ever, more than any other one of the party OBJ
tained When we left there were Just three mer
working; the rest mad all thrown up. On our
return we met miners by hundreds bound for the
mines. My appearance on my return to Walla
Walla may be thus described: Out at the elbows,
hi e IL.
or boots, a-stride of the d--st crow-bait of
horse you ever set eyes on"
A Coon LAw-We find the following Act
for the benefit of our city III the Union of
Wednesday. 1t was enacted through the
influence of Senator Chase, and was gotten
up by him. 1t is an excellent law and has
been much needed for years past:
AN ACT supplementary and additional to an
Act to incorporate the City Of Nevada, ap-
proved April 10th, 1856.
Thr People Of the STATE Of CALIFORNIA; represented
in Senate and 1sscm6ly, DO enact as Jotio,cs:
SEcTIos l. In the public streets already laid
out and opened by lawful authority, In the city
OF Nevaca, or Ill the public streets which shall
be hereafter laid out, opened and used in said
city, ali expense for paving and planking the
sidewalks, aud the expense of all works and re-
pairs necessary to keep said sidewalks in good
condition and repair, and all xpense of paving
and panking the streets, shall DC assessed upon
owners of lots each side of the street. Every
owner of lot shall be liable for the expense of
pisnkng and paving the sidewalk in front of his
lot The expense of paving and plauking the
streets shall be assessed upon the owners OF lots
on each side OF such street, and in proportion to
the frontage at an assessed rate per foot, sufil-
cient i'll all to cover the total expense of such
work.
SEC. 2 The Board of Trustees of the city of
Nevada, by an ordinance may declare and estab-
lish the necessity of any such work and repairs
as is specified III section one of this Act de
scribing particularly in such ordinance the ex-
tent. kind and character Of the work to b. done,
and fixing the time within which it shall de
done
SEC 3. Whenever ary such ordinance may be
pass ed, the owner or occupant OF the lot may
do the paving or planking of the sidewalk, or
the paving or planking of the street to the cen
ter of such street. in front of such lot or part of
lot so owned or occupied, under the direction
and control of the said Board of Trustees and
within such time may be specified in such or
dinaace. Whenever such work shall not be doue
within the time prescribed said Board of Trus-
tees may levy tax upon said lots sufficient to
do the work specified, which tax shall be assessed
and collected in the same manner as other city
taxes now are may be hereafter.
SEC. 4. All work herein authorized and re-
CURED to be done, shall, in all cases when not
done by the owner or occupant of the lot, be let
out to the lowest bidder Offering adequate secu-
rity. Before giving. out any contract the Board
Of Trustees shall cause notice 10 be inserted in
each of the newspapers published in the city of
Nevada for one week, inviting sealed proposals
for the work contemplated to be done. Such
proposals SO made shall be opened and examined
in public session, and the contract or contracts
shall be awarded as hereinbefore provided
Said Board of Trustees may provide by ordi-
nance for any such system of sewerage, and for
any and all street crossings that they may deem
proper.
SEC 5. This Act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
Approved April 2Sth, 1860.