Daily national Democrat., 1861-08-20
GEosoR MINARD, Secretary.

MINING IN SIERRA "A correspondent Of
Sierra Democrat. writing from Chips Flat,
furnishes the following mining ne VS.:
Bnlsam Flat is lively. The dig .ings are
paying well The Live Yankee company
has its tunnel in about 800 feet Having ran
too high for the channel, the company has
iI>-,, run an incline of 100 feet where the
blue lead is struck. and the men are now
breastiug in as good looking gravel as ever
saw in This regi'n. They have washed IL
little dirt as n prospect, and the owners are
satisfied that it is rich One specimen | saw .
of gold and quartz miXed-a very handsome
nugget The workmtn of the Morning Star
company have also got their tunnel in, and
after putting down an incline of 80 feet. have
commenced hreasting in very good gravel
The boys are nll in very good spirits and
they have what is called dead wood on
their pile. The gold is coarse. and assays
higher than any other gold found in this
ridge
The United compeny lie doing well. Find
ing the rock pitching toward the hill, the
men continued the tunnel. and have now got
into channel never before found hyAny
miners on the Flat 1t pays better thnn any
other ground ever worked by them pre-
suMe the Empire, Mint. and Gem companies
will soon put on extra shafts and continue
then main tunnels urtri they reach the same
lead. If SO, this will he II lively camp the
coming winter-asd cutie a town.
Lots are staked off tor considerable dis
tnnce around; teatns are hauling lumber
miners are clearing lots and building cabins
shd the hum Of the saw, atid i4e ring of the
hammer, make one think of old times.
At Minnesota the miners are DUNG well
The little town has quite lively appearance
AT Centreville, the Downieville and Brahcr
tunnel companies are taking out from three
to four ounces TO the share per week.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT GRASS VALLEY.-A tin
ner, named Joseph McDougall. in the employ
of Mr.. Thomas Lloyd. hardware dealer in
Grass Valley, went to the residence of John
2. Bell to put force pump into a well which
is about 60 or ~ feet deep. Having occa
sion to go down in thu well to fix the pipe, he
took his charcoal pot down in the we'll with
him. The charcoal fire coon Sd exhausted
the oxygen ut the bottom Of the well, tina,
McDougall called out to John Garrett, a col
ored man that was helping him. to hoist him
out Immediately, as lie was f"iuting Gar
rett hoisted him upto the surface of the plat
form that is over the we'll ana reached down
to haul him out He caught him by the
shirt collar and had nearly got him out,
when his shirt gave way andhe fell back into
the well. striking his head against the side
and breaking his neck. Assistance was called
and the body taken out and brought to the
Pacific Eotel, where he boarded. Coroner
Henry held an inquest and the jury returned
a verdict in accordance with the above facts.
The deceased was a young man, about 25
years Of age, WHO has lived at Orleans and
Moore's Flat for number of years. One OF
his brothers, who lives at the latter place,
was sent for as soon "a the accident occurred
He had lived in Grass Valley only two
weeks. and was esteemed as sober and in.
dustrious man, NeVada transcript, f7M.