The Placer herald., 1860-06-30
Last Chance Correspondence.

3Oth, our friend will have to see to il that his
correspondence is placed in hands that will
mail it punctually on arriving at "the Bluff"
However, here is ''Nemo:"
LAST CHANCE, JUNE 18TH, 1860.
Editor Hwald:-ln my communication Of
May 2sth l spoke of that day as being very
pleasant and lovely, it was the only delight
tul dav, however, which We had for some
time, for Nav ended in storm. which might
almost be said to be the continuation of the
same with which it was usl,ered in. June,
usually our warnest month, came in cold and
wet, on the 9th we had severe thunder
storm, such as is seldom witnessed The
| lightning flashed, end "the loud thnnders
rattled," only, as we thought they were cap
able of doing on the other side of the con
tinent. peal on peal anear"-so sharp and
near, that it had not the least resemblance
in sound to the car rattlng DER the stony
street, but the terrible crashing of the
mighty elements, more calculated to startle
man and beast, and then such shower as we
had in connection with it, seemed as though
all the fountains of the great deep were bro
ken up, and the windows of heaven opened;
bat fortunate for US the earth was not to be
flooded again. The weather is now pleasant
but very cold, So much so that fires are not
uncomfortable.
We will now turn our attention to the
mines for moment. Adjoining the Slab
ground described in my las, is the Fiddler
Green, into which a bed rock tunnel has been
run distance of three hundred and ten feet
at a small cost of only five dollars per foot,
they think that they are near pay. Next
comes the "Pacific"- Kibourn. Jones & Co.
who in connection with the adjoining com.
pany, Lewis & Streeter are running tunnel
on the line between the two claims for the
use aud benefit of each; tunnel in nearly 200
feet, bed rock hard. Adjoining is Henson
IL Co., bed rock tunnel now in $50 feet; rock
soft all the wav Then comes the Wolverine
Snyder q Co,-who have had the hardest
task of any Company in the place; but with
untling energy and perseverance, they have
extended their tunnel 800 feet through rock
which has cost them from 500 to $50 per
foot. They deserve a rich reward, and am
GLAD to say tha the prospects are very favor
able for their receiving it.
We now come to the Dutch Co., who have
a tunnel in 100 feet, mot 400 feet as a cor
respondent Of the Courier had it,) in running
which they passed under channel when
about 500 feet in, but pushed on to get to
the main deposit, which they expect to find
in the main divide, but failing in funds they
are drifting in the channel which they
passed. and which pays $40 to the car load.
Next is Anderson & Co., who have taken out
small fortune from the front of their claim,
and have struck the same channel in which
the Dutch Co., are at work, where it pros
poets equally as well. They are also owners
in the Dutch ground.
More Anon, MEMO.
p S. am perfectly willing for the Sac
ramento Union to copy my articles for the
in!flrmaion of its readers. but hope it vii.
give the proper credit to"Last OnaDce, III
stead of .,Lancha Plana." as here otore n.
"The following communication was sent by
the author, Mr.. Smith, TO the Placer Coarier
for publication, but was returned to him with
the information that there WAS no room in
the columns of that paper for argum ns in
favor of the Rail and Wagon Road Bill
The article was then forwarded TO us, and is
given below" ."--Plocer Herald
We pronounce the whole of the a cve
paragraph positive and unqualified false
hood and the author or anthors ''liars of the
first water--not a flaw in them"
Mr.. Jno. Nelson Smith never sent the
Communication" to the PLACER COURIER for
publication, but brought 1t himselt, and de,
manaed the author of the article over the
signature "a. b." We declined giving Mr..
Jno Nelson Smith the name of the author
of the tile over the signature Of "a. B )"
and stated to him that the whole of our
space was filled with editorial matter and
communications in opposition to the Rail
road and Wagon Road appropriations; and
we advised him to send his article to the
Placer Herald or Dutch Flat Enquirer for
puhliration, as it was impossible for us to
insert it that week. The unscrupulous pup
pets whose names figures at the mast head
of the Placer Herald surely have created
much sympathy for the railroad party by
The propagation of falsehood but even if the
editorial remarks above copied from that
paper were true, they cou d have no effect
towards influencing the opinion Of men of
sense either against as or against the posi-
ton we occupy in reg"rd to the railroad ap-
preparation. We think we are competent
to attend to our own business and we knoW
that we do not rquire the assistance of the
Messrs. T. d G. II. Mitchell in conducting
our paper, and we would be obliged to them
when speaking Of us and our business trans
action in future to confne themselves to the
truth -" Habit" however is said to be "sec-
ond natu e." and perhaps the types in the
Herald office have become so addicted to
express talsehood that they cannot be made
to tell the truth.
Placer Courier.
Readers will perceive the cause Of the