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tour Of the various mining districts, Is now at
waIla Halla. Mr.. BIS attention has been more
particularly directed to an examinations Of the
quartz veins, and as general thing his reports
are favorable. Having been engaged 10 mining
enterprises since 1852, and having spent three
years In washoe, iu the height Of the mining e1-
citenent, his opinion 10 regard to mining Affairs,
possesses unusual value. The 0Wyhes be pro-
noHnces the richest mineral district Of which he
has knowledge, and when the mining business is
systematized, and the management of the uills
passes into the hands Of practical men, hepre-
diets the yield Of treasure from that quarter will
eclipse anything heretofore known in the hiltory
Of mining on this coast. Of the Yuba and
South Boise districts be also speaks faVonbly,
but before any great results can be achieved, he
thinks the management of the working of these
veins must be pursued on . more eeOnbmcal
scale. Inexperienced men, having no knowledge
whatever of mining, have rushed into the conn
try and expended large sums in the erection OF
mills and other Improvements, which under the
present system of working will never yield an
adequate return. Gradually As they become ae-
customed to working the rock, and learn the
best means of saving the gold, the mines will
become valuable. In taking general survey Of
the country, Mr.. B. has formed the opinion that
the mines in tue neIghborhood of Auburn and
the Powder River country, including Granite
Creek, offer greater inducements to capitalists
than any other mining district be has visited.
This opinion is based on the fact, thatthe veins
are undoubtedly rich, and that they can be
worked to greater advantage than the districts
more remote. Provisions of all kindSare pros
duced in the immediate neighborbOod OF the
mines, and as a consequence can be sdUrded at
low rates. Cheap living brings in ih train re-
duced rates of wages, and enables capitalists 70
work inferior rock to advantage. Much OF the
present success of the Grass VallV mines ia due
| to the fact that living is cheap md wages low
In this, the now richest mining district in Call
fornia, the current rate Of Wagesis 80 per day
Iu owyhee, as also in South Bois, quartz miners
are paid Sc per diem. All otheI expenses are IN
proportion, and hence it is thaA yield thAt pays
we'll in Grass Valley, would be worse than a
"dead horse" in our country. Time will remedy
these inequalities, and with thi introduction Of
improved machinery, and aeaP labor, our
quartz veins will pay for the capital invested in
opening them. OF all the legeS be visited, Mr.
| B. reports the Ruekel lead as exhibiting the
greatest skill in its working, 70 also the greatest
amount of labor expended toths best advantage.
! + al. artnninad has
been WanIonly and recklessy squaudered, and
owing to this fact, the reputation Of our mines
has suffered. Gradually he "high pressure
operators are Iubsiding, AId with their disaP-
peArance, the way iS opening for Practical men
who understand that economy 10 necessary even
in working gold mine. This change necessa>
riIy opens q better field for men of capital, and
in the future we may expect large influx Of
San Francisco capital to be used 10 working our
mines.
Murder Trial---The Prisoner Sentenced to be
Hung.
In the Circuit Court Of UmatllA County, Or
egon, on Friday last, Frederick Brown Was tried
and convicted of the murder Of FrenchmAn,
whose name is thus far unknown. The eircum-
stances as they were developed on the trial are
as follows On Sunday, the 22d ofAugust last,
Brown aud the FrencbmAn called 4 MsAcham's
on the Blue Mountains, and asked to purchase
me dollars worth of beef, which we furnished
and nam for by the Frsnchman, who at the
,.,n. tim. s,hibi,ssd some three or bur hupdred
dollars, gold coin. The two lsfii company
- .kont t,-o boprs etor uara aHcamDed
at Ere some three or four hundred yards from
Meacham's s, ON tbs road 10 Umatilla The same
person who saw them testified that b saw Brown
go towards Umatilla, leaving the Fenebnan at
the 6re. Brown was seen the sane day some
two miles further on the road traelinE alone,
The next day Brown was seen som forty,three
miles Distant still travelling tOwaas Umatilla,
which place he reached on Friday .Tening, the
25th.
On the same day that Brown reaaed UmAtilla
the body of the Frenchman was foud some two
miles from Aeacham'I, and about fly yards die.
tant from the road, in an advanced tags Of dee
composition, with marks Of Violeno consisting
of two gun or pistol shot wounds ir be breast and
most of the clothing stripped from .is body. A
party Immediately started for Uuatilla wher.
Brown was found, having in his possession a
revolver from which two shotG hadbeen recent.
y discharged and replaced, and hrviHg in his
pocket some eighty dollars in gold ,oiI. His con-
duct along the road, and the fact tbata fe days
before be was without money, havDg been put
in proof vito the above circumstances satisfied
the jury of his guilt, aud they brouEh in a ver-
dict accordingly. The prisoner vas defended
BY Frank P. Dugan, Of this place, Who did all in
bis power to save the unfortunate mn. A motion,
was filed for an arrest Of JudRsmsa, and, also,
for new trial, which were argued IN Saturday
hast and oVerruled, aud the court IN Saturday
night passed sentence that the psisonr b. banged
on JAtuary 18th, 1867. We uudersand that his
counsel proposes to take the case tothe Supreme
Courttund the firm belief that thse1treme pen.
atty OF death should not be inflicted 10 case
"here the evidence is only circumsAntiAl.
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RETsHSISG hIxERs.-There il q steady rush
oi miners this way, and scarce 8 day passes
that does not witness the arrival d score or
two Of these hardy sons of toll. GeAsiouAlIy a
man comes in n"brOke, f" but as a rub they appear
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