The Placer herald., 1870-04-02
THE PLACER HERALD.
AUBURN, APRIL 2, 1870.
LOCAL AND COUNTY MATTERS.


INDIAN MOUND LEDGE.-This mine, lately dis
covered, is located in the ed ge of Ophr, on the
south side of Auburn ravine, and belongs to
Choat. Staples and Co. The claim extends four
hundred feet on the main leege; the eastern and
western extensions have both been located since
the dscovery. The shaft is commenced on an old
Indian mound, hence the name, and is now down
only abou. twenty feet. sSome sixty tons OF
quartz having been taken ont and millcd at four
small clushings, yielding some $500. One of
the crushings yielding 81 per ton, two others
SIS SO per ton and one Sis per ton The ledge
Is from two to three feet thick and the quartz
is easily taken out. The gold is course and free,
no eulphurets having as yet been struck The
owners Of this claim, Choate, Staples Co., feel
ing 20 confden: Of the extent and richness of the
claim have purchased the St. Lawrence or Chip
man quartz mill and water right, and the Hath
away mine connected with it, located short
distance below Ophir. 1t is but a short distance
from the ledges to the mill, and down grade all
the way Every md ication leads to the conclusion
that there is large fortuneiin this mine indeed
q mine of this extent and character, 20 easily
u
eiaht or ten dollars per ton. This claim has
~aeca Travelled over nearly ever day for the past
sxwents ye ars, and at last old settler, who had
himself crossed it hundreds of times, struck his
ppiek into it and revealed its richness, At the
raie the sha IT has yielded there are fully sixty
thousand dollars in this four hundred feet within
twenty feet OF the surface
IMPORTANT SALE The entire property belong
ing to the American River Water d Mining
Company. consisting OF DAM bitches, ETC., and
commonly knOwn.as the North Fork Ditch, sit
uated in Placer and Sacramento counties, was
sold on Monday last to the Auburn & Bear Riv
er Water and Mining Company, who intend to
put The North Fork Ditch in proper order. and
have the Bear River water running in it in two
weeks. This will be God news to large num-
ber of miners on the west of the American, who
have had no water for Two or three years Fol
som Telegraph.
Mr.. W. Reamer Of Auburn, the present owner
Of the Auburn and Bear River Ditch Co, paid
$4,000 for the property OF the American Com
pany. The dam of the American Company just
below Auburn has long since disappeared but
the bitches will serve to supply water from the
Bear River Company's bitches TO Dotons Bar,
Cnrolton Rose Springs, and large section of
country, including the San Juac Grant, in Sac
Yamento county.
RIAL ESTATE TRANsAcTIoNs On Saturday
last, Judge Spear, Trustee for the disposal Of
lots in the townsitc of Auburn, sold at auction
three unclaimed lots in the Southeastern por-
tion of the Sec tion aggregating about So acres,
which brought from two to four dollars per acre.
Charles Swami, we learn has purchased the
homes residence Of james Neall on Broad
street. Thos. Mcclure purchased the house and
lot OF Ed Walsh on Union street, formerly oc-
cupied By Decker; and Mr. Burns has purchas'
ed Elliott Vests residence on L igh street. for
mery known as the Osborn property. Most of
this property sold at heavy advance on what it
1 would have commanded one year ago.
To GARDNERs. have received, through
Senator Casserly from the agricultural Depart
ment at Washington, a choice lot Of seeds, name
ly: Improved Long Orange Carrot; Long Blood
red Beet; Extra Early Bassano Beet; Large
Drum.hcad Cabbage; Hood Dwarf Imperial Gel
lcry; Student Parsnip; Asylum Sugar Corn; Car
tcr's first Crop Peas; Ne pus-ultra Lettuce; Car
ters Imperial Swede Turnp. Parties desiring
to test these seeds will be supplied by calling at
the herald Office, on the following conditions:
The object o this distribution is to disseminate
new seeds, and extend those that have proved Of
sectional value 1t is therefore indispensable
that the Commissioner be advised OF the results
Of experiments. Please report.
DIED SUDDENLY Conrad Flickingcr died about
one and n half miles from Newcastle on the
25th ult Coroner Jamison held an inquest
and buried the body at Auburn Deceased