Daily national Democrat., 1861-02-15
MINING At DEADwooD The following i
from the Yrcka journal:

MINING At DEADwooD.-Tho following is
from the Yrcla Journal:
A friend writing from Doadwood, SAYS -
business, at present, appears to be at dead
stand. We are all waiting until las our
tricad 7. says South Carolina shall have fin
! ished Succeedihg after which it i, to be hoped
that the old ship Of State viii move steadily
! forward and business will revive.
As general thing, the miners are waiting
for water with 81 the patience of job. On
Dcadwood, there are but few who are now
engaged in washing Messrs Beam, sharp
less G Co. are doing very well; last week
three men took out some II ounces They
are the only company who are at present
washing There are three fumes now ready
for operation, which will no doubt Weld a
rich harvest if We can only have plenty of
water
On Cherry Creek the miners are doing re.
marlably well, considering the grcat scarcity
of water and the other iuconyeniences Of
working
On Nc Adams, those who can work are do
ing very well. Mcssrs Bowers, Coats d Co.
took out several hundred dollars last week,
with good prospects ahead The lIardscrab-
ble Co. are still doing a good business also
Harper " Co. The Oak Grove Co. are still
at work, with high hopes of eventually being
able to strike it big. Success attend their
efforts.
They've strove like brave men, long and WELL
They'll conquer yet though none have fell,
Through hope deferred.
They have been prospecting the same claim
for five years or more Energy like theirs
should be rewarded The next below is the
Steamboat Co., which after all, is not so much
of a Steamboat. They make lumber and get
a better quality of the precious metal The
next is the Live Yankee Co, who are lust
starting, and as yet have never seen bed
rock and but little gold They have already
sunk shaft to the depth of one hundred
feet, and are raising the water ont of their
claim by the agency ola pump, manufactured
10y Sheppard " Co. Of the Yreka Iron Foun-
dry. The undertaking is a big one and the
prOspectors deserve much credit and great
success. | believe the other drifting claims
on the creek are generally yielding fair
compensation for the labor bestowed upon
them. Last, though not least there are two
fumes being constructed, or in other words,
near their completion viz: that of McGinnis
& Co., and Quiyey, Morse d Co, both large
fumes and well put in. The entcrprsing
proprictors certainly deserve much credit for
trying the experiment on so large scale with
30 small capital.
Then comes the word-renowncd Hiyou
Gulch, so cebrated for its minerals and metals
and the quantity Of material for manufacture
ing gas, with which it was so blessed in
olden times. Our friend Steel, with other
gentlemen, have a nice little iiune in this
gulch with dry weather ditch leading to it.
a correspondent of the Portland Adyerti-
ser, writing from the DalIes says
Mr.. Newell, of the Mountainecr, has gone
to San Francisco to be present at the trial of
Horace Smith, for the murder of his brother,
and for while the Nountaineers table will
be presided over by V, whose faculty for
carving out funny bones" and "ut-bits' has
been already well established.
MILITARY MoyEMGNrs-The New York
correspondent of the Bulletin says:
Cen Scott has sent orders to West Point,
to have all the guns, small arms, ammunition,
etc, at that post put in readiness for remov-
al at a moments notice. Orders have also
been sent to the Government Foundry, to
Lave all the finished guns at that place in the
same state Of readiness Arrangements have
also been made with the railroads to have
engines with steam up, and ears in readiness
to receive Government freight, and proceed
TO any point Of the compass, as Gen. Scott
may direct by telegraph. This looks like
business in the gun powder line somewhere,