The Placer herald., 1867-03-30
[From the S. F. Examiner1
PLACER COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE
THE DIce1Ses," March 10th, 1867.

THE DIeGISGs," March 10th, 1867.
FDIToR EXAMINER: While sojourniug here
short time find few leisure moments to
devote to short letter. But it requires a
great effort to resist the epticiug influences
of the pure, luscious air and beautiful seen
cry Of this mountain gold region, and sit
down with pen and ink to scratch out
thoughts perhaps neither original nor in
sructive. What a treat to get away from
the din and hum of busy city, and recreate
in the quiet country, perambulating through
the forest Of stately pines, or sitting upon
the bank Of the limpid mountain rll, and
congratulatipg ones self that be breathes the
pure air Of heaven out Of the reach Of the
land sharks that infest the crowded marts of
the world, and, may be permitted to say,
San Francisco especially. Aye, that young
giantess Of the Great West, though she has
brought forth much to be proud Of and to
excite the admiration Of the world, has given
birth to and nurtured with misapplied care
many gross deformites and hedious mon
strosties. But fe, did not take my pen
to write of San Francisco, and these thoughts
were forced uppermost in my mind unavoid
ably by the contrast, presenting itself, be
tween that corrupt city and this ursophisti
cateI country.
PLACER LOOKING Up.
have beard it said (though certainly by
the designing or gnoranD that Placer Coun
ty is "play ed out" it is true that it is not
now what it once was; some Of it towns and
mining camps have retrograded or gone
down; some hy the visitation Of that destroy
ing agent fire, and few by the exhausting
of surface mining. But there exists here
evidence that there is future not
far distant for this country, far ahead of Its
past, aud that will give it rank with any
mining county in the State. The immense
gravel and cement banks, holding rich gold
deposits, that could not he successfully
worked by s!uice washing, it has recently
been discovered can be remuneratively work.
ed by crushing mills, and these are SPRING
ing up 10 many parts of the county, partic-
ulary about Yankee Jim's, Forest Hill,
Sarabsvile, (or Bath,) Iowa Hill and Wis
;onsin Hill.
sARAHSVILLE.
~ OdTdUSFlllo l lOuUu tutSc NIAio VI ouC"
cessful operation, and satisfied myself that
they were fully compensaing the owners.
One OF the great secrets Of the success Of
this sort of mining found out at this place.
is that the owners are steady, substantial
men, working hard in every branch and see
ing to the running of the mills themselves.
None SO worthy of the gliltering ore hidden
away in the great depths of the earth, and
which supplies the necessities Of life, as he
who deves in after it. And if the specula-
ting capitalist, trusts bis investment to 9TH
ers, and will take bis comfort and ease in
idle city life, and fails to derive any good
from such investment, it should not be con-
siJered strange, but rather be looked upon
as consequence Of fair law of compensa
tions.
At SarahsviIe, what is called the Dewey
claim, tunnel has been run in over two
thousand feet ard good pay dirt found all
the way, so that it is said there is now in
sight suffi Int for five years work Of a TWEEN
ty stamp mill. The owners of this mill are
working it so Systematically and inteligenlly
that they will certainly make very big
thing of it. The ground Immediately along
side is the claim called
THE ROUGH GOLD,
the owners running mill Of ten stamps
and said to be doing we'll. The next a1join-
ing is the
GOLDEN GATE CLAIM,
on which there is very pretty little mill of
five stamps, being run very successfully,
Then alongside this there is the "Old Rip
claim only partially opened, with no mill,
one.half of which sold few days ago for
len thousand dollars. There is certainly
splendid future for this locality.
FOREST HILL.
At this place there are number of mills
run with various results, some successfully,
and some ruinously by reason Of bad man
agement. All, however, are capable of be-
ing made successful. Crumpton's claim is
q large one and we'll opened, and gives evil
lence of richness. At
YANKEE JIM's,
was completely astounded at the amount
Of work that had been done. Why, sir,
actually large, yes a very large mountain
has been removed and the locality now be-
come deep ravine, and this by the appar.
emily slow process ofsluice washing, carrying
doubtless much of the dirt clear down into
your magnificent Bay. This is on the north
side Of the town, and much Of the WORK for
nerly being done is now suspended though
here are vet some very valuable claims
here, one Of which, owned by the
GILBERT BROTHERS.,
square faced, gravel bank, some
$50 feet, or more, bigh. In the south sub.
,rbs Of this once thriving town, there are
ome excellent claims, and one mill in op.
'ration, on what is called,
"GEoRGIA HILL"
Here met an Oakland citizen testing the
.Io;., ,Lot haI fiva stamn mill unOn il