The Placer herald., 1863-03-07

AURORA. E>meralda MIG Dist. |
Mlrch l. 1863

Editors Placer Herald: = Have YOU ever
the h.h attitudes of the grand Sierra Neva-
da>! If not You should have been here
some two weeks ago. when YOU might have
enjoyed the same to your heart's content
Oar (un,il hen) hitherto fine weather was
rul-ly invaded hv cold AMI piercing north
Winds accompanied bv heavy fall Of snow;
which, for a few DAYS. came drealnily houn-
dering down in glittering flakes almost IA
cessanlv, covering mother earth and the
grotesqie mountains in this vicinity with
mantle pure and white, some two feet in
thickness. Work. for while, in the expos
ed quarters. was suspended, hu, in the Older
claims, over whose gaping shafts houses Of
protection (trom the snowy were built. the
merry din of the hammer and the half sti1ed
roar of the blast was heard Within the
last few days old Sol has once more peeped
forth with his shining face and the cheering
influence Of his presence is again experienced
in our midst.
THE MINEs-LAsr CHANCE HILL.
In my last communication | endeavored
to give YOU some idea Of our town, aud will
now with your permi) try to give your
realers some information concerning the
mines. FIRSTLY. in point of development
and wealth stands f'rlh Last Chance Hill,
which when regarded in a mining point Of
view is truly a phenomenon, he ny literally
scanned through every part with rich veins
of gpld and silver. Not boulder on that
hill bat what has been Of late overturned
Not a stones throw from one place to the
other bat what has been prospe'Ied and
valuable quartz lodges located and worked
thereon. Anon. the IN re worthy OF no.
'i.-. are the Wide West. johnson, Ural.
Gariladi, Wyoming, Pond. Gen. Jackson,
and bamboo ln!eS ,-fr"m every one o
which rich rock is eng extracted. The
only drawback /" he more rapid Develop
mtut of the Va liable mine, on this hill, is
cIoS-ness of one ledge to the other
For ins anrr, the bamboo, which has only
within the last two months come into es
periaI notice (ls well rs being eagrlv IN
qnire for ia HE stock market on account
Of the rich ore taken hereiron.) has caused
ano her company to take up the extension,
viii g the third party claims to have found
the spr Of he same ledge. Some miners
while to work there sruck what they call a
cross tote. which as matter # course the
lucky finder, claim as their own. Now,
when each company sinks down on what
they presume to be their le,lre. some eighty
or hundred feet, the probability j., good
feeling will not increase with their proximity,
as they will be bound (as is generally the
case with opposition river s'eanboat>) to
run into each other. Litigation il.en conn
menres, and if YOU have any shrewl long
hea led LAWYERS in good but ont of prac'
tire, (raradoXlraIy speakng) in your now
peareaIle part of the State, advise them to
come here where they can be sure to have
'heir hands 'uI of feet business. and their
pockets (ke our busy niIi~) pe!horic with
amaIgnm
SILVER AND OTHER HILLS.
Second in importance (more claim it to be
ils) is Silver llIll, from whose bosom nts
forth he rich groupings # the E<,nprald,,
Winnamucca. St. Louis, Antelope and Utah
elges, while hundreds If other claims are
being prospected and worked and will ere
long come into prominent notice. The
lodges ON the hill are we'll defined and NOT
being 81 near each other. very little law
wlan9ling is anticipated hv its owners.
Mex comes MndIe Hi, Aurora, Hum
buldt aud NJ rliuez llill~. all If which con
tain II their Il Il tbs Az imcalrulle annnnt Of
treasure. awaiting only HE hands If inIu>r,
To whom they Sha. yield their precious met
ais. which when ha>in9 rrrevpd III impress
Of the Government, viii 90 trth tn swell (a'
home and ahrna") the already enormous (,)
circulation IF, the Root of aW epl
HAWK