Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-20
COAST NEWS.


Miss May McCauley, of Vallejo. is
studying for the stage and expects to make
her debut before long at the Baldwin
/ Theater.
Carter, late proprietor of the Shasta
Cogrier, who was supposed to have been
drowned, has been heard from away up on
McCloud river.
A sporting club has been organized at
San Buenaventura, with s. A. Shepherd.
President; j. W. Goodwin, Vice. Presi.
dent; and J. F. Newly, Secretary.
! The Board of Supervisors of Butte
passed an order lass Tuesday, approprias-
ing l,000 payable to the Town Trustees
of Chico in February, 1882, for the pur-
pose of building new Jail in Chico The
estimated cost of the jsii is 81, coo.
Lemoore on Saturday week afternoon was,
treated to an old fashioned thunder-shower,
which to the little folks was something out
OF the usual order of things While watch
ing the flashes of lightning, one little iel-
low said, Il guess God must be touching
off some matches.
The Roseburg Plaiadeale1 saws it is.
about 400 miles from Roseburg to the
terminus of the Donahue road, and to
build the road it viii take about /, O56. coo.
ties and 40, coo tons of rails. From Rose
bug to Reddlng the distance Is only 275
miles, requiring only about 650. 600 ties
John Spalding, Superintendent of the
South Yuba Company's claims at You
Bet, upon which he is building a ten.stamp
cement mill, informs reporter of the
Reno Gdzette, that they have struck the
blue lead $50 feet below the surface, and
that there is rs feet of it that goes from
81 TO SIS to the pan, and that it is so rich
that it looks like bank vault
The Mammoth hydraulic on Tunnel
ridge, owned by J. f. Veith, has Just i'm
ished cleaning up, after a run of four
months. We have not been informed as
to the exact yield, but hear thar it is well
up in the thousands. The Mammoth is
one of the best hydraulic claims IN this
portion OF the county, aud its proprietor is
an experienced miner and knows how to
work it to make it pay Mokelumne Hin
Chronicle.
An old pTospector named Stoddard has
discovered what are supposed to be valu-
able mines about four miles west of Pah-
sade, on the Central Pacific Railroad.
Three assays of the ore ranged from Sl0S
to $500 per ton in gold and silver The
walls of an old hut built by woodchopper
near the principal ledge some years ago are
said to be made OF ore that will average
Sl00 to the ton The discovery has ere
ated great excitement at Pallsade, and
every man in the place who could leave
his business has gone off to the mines
[ [Winnemucca Silver State.
Rich mines are reported on the Middle
Salmon. Four veins have been discovered
by parties who left Boise for that purpose
this season. 1t has long been known that
this was mineral region, but the difficulty
of reaching this almost inaccessible coun--
try, inhabited by savages and bears, has
prevented prospecting, hut now
the Indians are gone and rich mines have
been discovered, there will be a rush to
that country Water and timber are
abundant, the climate is mild and in sum
mer delightful, although on account of the
high elevation deep snow falls during the
winter months. L Boise Republican.
Work on the Feather river levee from
point little above the bridge at Yubs City
was commenced last Monday. The levee,
is being raised and broadened. There are
two gangs employed one working near the
bridge, the other farther down, near Briggs
place. The brick wall to protect the leyee
in front of the old Indian mound from the
tunnehng operations of rats is nearly com
pleted. The trench in which 1t has beeE
built is being filled in on both sides with
sand. The sand will cave on the rodents
as fast as they run their adits into it, aneA
even should they work through the sand
the brick and mortar wall will be an effect
ual barrier to further progress.
The train employees of the Nevada County
Narrow gauge Railroad have a new sonrees
of amusement in the shape of big black
and white canine that they call "the train
dog" He accompanies most of the trains
up and down the road, running Just ahead
of the locomotive and barking almost in--
When he is tired of going afoos
he will Chamber up On the tender as the
train stops at a station, and ride for several
miles. Occasionally he does not feel like
going out, but will lay around depot tin
he hears the whistle of an approaching en-
CINE when he scampers down the track.
meets the train, and escorts it into tho
station. The boys have learned to think
good deal of that dog.