Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-21
COAST AND STATE.

cations of blue gravel in tunnel on the
west side of Mill Creek, and a mile or SO
from Quincy, Plumas county.
One mile below Downieville, on the Yuba
river, is apparently thrifty pine tree
about three feet in hight, growing out of
a solid rock What is curious about it Is
the fact of its making no perceptibly change
in size since it was first noticed twenty
years ago.
The S;lUer State is informed that FL. G.
Emmons, Of Lovelocks has, in ali proba-
bility, one of the most valuable copper mines
in the State. The vein mas an average
width of twenty feet of pay ore. A great
deal of the ore is very rich. 1t is situated
about thirty-fve miles east of Lovelocks
station, and is surrounded by large forests
of timber, and there Is an abundance of
water. 1t is Mr.. Emmons' intention to
erect reduction works in the early spring,
and to Systematically work the mine.
Over in the Big Meadows, any day, fine
illustration of chilly comfort may be seen
10 the plan adopted by the Indians to catch
fish and keep warm at the same time. Fol
low the river, and occasionally you come
across noble red man, mutfied up in all
the old coats and blankets he possesses,
sitting in his canoe, which Is loaded with
firewood. Three or four feet of the center
of the canoe is covered with sand to the
depth of two or three inches, and on this
he keeps bright fire blazing, and with his
back to the flame pursues his business OF
taking in the speckled beauties. The smoke
might prove troublesome to white man,
but the Digger is in no danger of having his
complexion injured, and as he paddles
along from one good rifle to another, he
looks as independent as lord. and throws
glance of pity at the poor devil OF white
man who takes his chances from the snowy
bank, and has to knock under in the fishing
race at the rate of about five to one
GPlumas National.
Last week couple of men who reside
hunting expedition, about ten miles dis
tant. On arriving at the scene of opera.
tions, it being late they concluded to camp
for the night. Early next morning one OF
the party decided to go to some convenient
spot and prepare what the hunters call a
"deer lick" He started out with yeast
powder can filled with salt, and an auger.
While pushing bis way through the bushes,
he suddenly came face TO face with huge
bear. The bear reared up and prepared to
fight The hunter and the bear were so
close to each other that neither could very
well back out. The only weapons the hun
ter had were the salt and auger. Believ-
ing that the salt was the best weapon at
hand, he dashed the can of salt directly
in the bears eyes, and while bruin was
scratching the salt out of his peppers, the
hunter pegged away on his head with the
auger, until his bearship gave up the con-
test and fed. The hunter, not caring to
follow up his advantage, returned to camp
to relate his adventure. Il Sierra Tribune.
The Yuba river is at an unusually low
stage for this time of the year. Yesterday
the surface level was below the 5-foot mark
on the old gauge. 1t was scarcely foot
lower at any time last year. Low water
in the river at this season Is not displeasiug
to the people here. The water is now low
enough to disclose an enormous bed of
debris brought down by the last freshet
and deposited above and below the bridge.
When the water last rose it gradually
washed away the old bar of debris at the
bridge, and carried it down stream. A
portion of the burden was probably dropped
in the Feather, and the remainder swept
along towards Sacramento. When the
water began to subside and the current to
slacken new bar began to form in the old
situation. As the water fell the bar rose,
until the river sank below the level of the
bar, leaving it conspicuous in mid-stream
"a mass of many thousand tons OF debris
from the hydraulic mines above. This
washing away and rebuilding Of debris bars
is repeated with each succeeding freshet in
the river, the bars apparently increasing
in hight with each renewal. Marysville
Appeal
Quong Kee, Chinese banker and trader,
who absconded from North San Juan Mon
day night, is nothing if he is not Ameri-
canized. A year ago, more or less, his
brother, who had long carried on bank
ing and mercantile business in the same
town, and won a reputation for probity and
promptness that gave him the perfect con-
tidence of his neighbors, both Asiatic and
Caucasian, died and was Immediately sue
ceeded by Quong Kee. The latter stepped
into lucrative and well established busI-
ness, and had his deceased relatives spot
less record to lean on. OF late Quong
KEGS establishment has been showing
signs OF weakness III InS Knees, ana on
Monday one of his more astute Chinese
creditors came to this city to get out an
attachment on bis effects. Constable
Scott went to San Juan the following day,
but he was too late. Quong Kee-where,
oh, where was he Not only was Consta-
bic Scott after him, but would-be servers
of other attachments were searching for
him. They hunted high and low, but
without avail What was more, they
could not find any of his effects to pay
their respects to, He had quietly sold to
friends everything he could not conve-
niently transport, and slid out for pastures
new. 1t is figured up that his defalcatioDs
amount to about S5 900, four fifths of
which belonged to Mongolian depositors
and creditors, the balance being out of the
pockets of white men Nevada Tran