The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-03-21
ESmERALDA CORRESPONDING
AURORA, March 10Th. 1868

Eds. Herald: Enterpri-ing individuals have
taken time by the fOrelOck Tor instead OF waiting
until sunny May or June, are and have been for
the last month rushing over here as fast as II
daily and an occasional extra stage can accom-
mod,.te them. Those who hive visited us with
the idea OF investing. appear to be so VOL salts
fed with the richness and extent Of the mines.
that grand cash has been left behind rs II proof OF
tn :ir entire appreciation Capitalists and monled
spectators. however, are not the only class who
have conescended to swell oar populations; for
in the various saloons are to be seen Il large num
Der of gentlemen, who. from their fine habliments,
sparkling jewelry, and eXquisitely trimmed beard
and mousaches, are easily recognized AS belonging
to the sporting fraternity. Seated behind tables
on which are dealt the fuctuating games of rouge
ct noir, Diana "a PROCLAMATION OF the charming
goddess,) monte and faro, these gentlemen pre-.
side with q gr,ce ard n0nchahnce to ease the
silly advenurer OF all surplus coin. Greenbacks
are at such ~ heavy discount in the eyes Of these
mimic bankers. that ten dollar bill which WAS
laid on n card by daring miner. was very polite
ly handed back to him with the remark they did
not turn for such money as that.
Five buxOm Dutch lassies from die FHterland
are also among the late arrivals. who taking into
their kind consideration the way out of the world
condition of us poor devils. have come to advance
MS one step further in the gran. march Of civiz..
ton at the moderate price OF four bits per lesson
or dance. Unglllant persons in our midst. for
the want of Il NOR. euphonious name, call them
Ivy the deprecating epithet of Hurdy Gurlies.-
Also. forced on my observation, are several gaily
dressed ladies' (?) encdspd in vast circumference
of crinoline and rich silks. who h,untn.ly parade
the town, and occasionally make the rounds OF
gambling saloons where to the merry sound of
mu-ic. an occasional dru ken br,lwl plays the
accompaniment. Being however of a modest and
moral 'lispo ition. refrain from further dilalings
on the various classes of people who have SO sud
denly focked into our now lively camp. but will
give you in continuation with my List few mining
items. Il slight scratch of the almost unknown
district Of New EsmerlIia.
Situated about three mi les from town this place
was discovered Il little over two years since, by Il
p ,rty of hungry miners who were out on hunt
ing expedition. Beet. mutton and other substan-
tial'eatibnS were at that time numbered with the
things of the past. and having strong u sire to
part,ke OF u good 50 lare me 81. they went forth
hoping to bring home "A few sage hens. Rambling
over the hills their eyes were greeted Ivy Il SIN I'll
regiment of thirteen lodges whose groupings tow
cred above the ground in some places to the
height of forty feet. They locate, the same. and
right away started tunnel which WAS to run
through all the lodges striking the hindermost
one ut IL depth OF some five hundred feet beneath
the surface. When something over one hundred
feet of unneing had been bored and failing to
reach the first lode the different parties bee tme
Disguised. and quit. For nearly two years
nothing in the way of prospecting the work WAS
done, but lately of the discoveries OF the dis
trict (and present Recorder) p. B. Oppenhein
having shown the lodges to some San francisco
gentlemen, who were hig ly pleased with the
same, have entered into an arrangement whereby
they are to complete the tunnel and take their
pay in feet, or stock in the company. The owners
OF the various lodges have consolidated and in
| corpor,tel under the name Of the New ESmprad,
Consolidation Mining Company. Since then the
work goes bravely On. by day and night, and two
of the lodges have been already penetrated. The
prospects obtained from the rock are very en-
conra ging. The shareholders are elate and think
they have the biggest thing this side of the
mountains. not even excepting the Comsiock, from
whose rich vein the Gould x Curry. Mexican aud
Ophir mines in Virginia City. obtain their vau,-
bic ores. Should their 'nticiptons be only
partly realized the small interest owned therein
by your humble correspondents will be quite
sufficient to mike him come out all right.
HANK.