The Placer herald., 1865-10-07
CLIPPINGS.

AxoELs.-At this place in Calaveras coun.
", are large number of excellent quartz
claims, some OF which are being worked with
profit 10 the owners. We understand, says
tho Courier, that the new process of extract
ing the gold from the rock has been tested
there to the entire satisfaction Of those inter,
ssted in its success. The Winters claim is
said to be paying handsomely. l; is predict
ed that next year Angels will be one of the
most prosperous and lively quartz mining
towns in California.
1t was a curious freak of the late tornado
in Minnesota that it stretched the telegraph
wires sixty feet. When found by the repair.
or, the wire. though disconnected from the
main battery, was SO charged with elecrici.
" that it communicated severe shock nine
teen hours after the storm had passed. 1t is
supposed that the wire was SO overcharged
as 10 become red hot. and in tina, condition
stretched by the sheer force of the wind.
HANDSOME YrELD.-A fsld of twelve
acres, in the San Ramon Valley. near Alamo,
Welded the present season, upward of ninety
bushels Of wheat per acre. The Same tisld
has been successfully cropped in wheat tor
more than ten years past, and invariably
yields we'll.
YuBA CouxrY-The Marysvills Appeal
says that an offer Of 100000 for the J-tfer
son mine and mill, at Browns Valley, Yuba
county, has been refused. The party to
whom the offer was made said the company
could take out that much in four months.
Coon LEDGE.-1'he Shasta Courier states
that the Joll,e lode. near that town, owned
by the brothers Morehead, is yielding spen-
dldly. The proceeds of twelve tun Of rock
yielded 81 ,62O "a, AL average Of $s4 SO to
the lun.
Some speculator has secured the ashes re
sulling from the burning of The tobacco at
the evacuation Of Richmond, aud shipped it
North to be used as fertilizer, for which it
is equal to guauo. One vessel took away
5,4OO bushels.
FIREpRooF SroNE.-A ledge of tacose
slate, treproof IN character has been dscov.
cred near C"pperopols, and will bs invau.
able for building purposes. q. /. Meador
d Co., USE it for Inning their smelling works
at that place, and find it lasts three months,
weeks. So one of that firm Informs the Ata.
If it can be sawed into smooth blocks for
walls, it will supercede all other materials.
SUMMIT CIrY.-The Nevada Transcript
says:-We understand that petition is be-
ing circulated in Excelsior District, which
will be presented to the next Legislature,
asking for division of the county. We do
l,n,u ,vl,.t .l.r tha
ask for or what reasons they give IN favor of
making new county.
LARGE YIELD-The celebrated Irish. Amer
ican Tunnel at Blrchville. Nevada county,
recently cleaned up over S26, 900 in thirteen
days run.
ToucH MEAr.-If you fear that your beef
steak will prove tough, rnb over 1t small
quantity Of carbonate ot soda. Let it stand
I'LL next morning, then wash off, d'y on n
clean cloth, and broiI as usual. It will be
found tender AS the tradil onal chicken.
There we're more marriages in Petersburg,
Va. during the last moulh OF August, than
in any one month for ten years past.
"OId Man Mountain" SAYS the Nevada
Transcript. is the name Of the highest peak
in the Excelsior District, aud it is destined
to become famous for The ich Iedyes passing
through it. 1t is large mound o: granite
and on the side facing the north fork of the
South fuba is so preclptous that it is almost
Impossible to pass around it even on foot.
The mountain is a landmark for prospec,ors.
Sons OF COLUMBIA. An organization un-
der this title, designed to int rec the Monroe
Doctrine at the ballot box, by electing none
but those favorable to that policy, is assu'
ming formidable proportions throughout this
State. Its plan of organization includes
features no, generally found in political so'
ceties So says the alta.
Gen. James Shields is again at Washing
ton, d. G., aud intends to make his residence
permanent there.
G. Hosaphat thinks that the man who first
nveighed against filthy lucr-' had some OF
our old postal currency in his mind.