| Show al nas inas I I 1 ta according tb a minute description g given ran of taud faud tb e libeg ani es in the colinta count ryby ibba a cori respondent of the sacramento union who had bad had hal given kiven them a tb thorough orough exploration th they eyare are situated in a range of mountains about thirty give five miles long iong miles wide running C parallel ta river and ab about glut ate ave five ta ma lis its 9 east of it their course is 19 north and i southland bouth ang and their altitude between beti feen fien two andl ilir e e feet feel on oi each bide dide idt sit this Is rai raj range a t tier ler ier of mining a districts has bas b been een laid taid aid als but out 1 being bein 0 ten altogether mey they are of vania vanna J bib bl bis extent generally generelly be being 1 in from front diveto five 0 o ten teil miles milea 09 eunaie square and rea reaching chip fro from in the base to ihk thi th cr cresa eaf of the mountain these aidin mining districts have haye been named respectively sacramento mento echo eldorado humboldt prince bio bho royal fio tai sai santa clara star buena vava vata istak jn in 1 dian and american the four first on the west it a aditha d the last alx gix six named on the east side cf the mountains each of these districts has a 1 t ric recorder 0 lder ider and a rodeck code cf laws or 1 local ocal regula blons wons all similar in their general provisions 1 in the sacramento nto district there have never ne ver 1 been bays tays sal sai s the narrator more than thana a v d zen or two men at a time and during the past winter it was entirely deserted jt atia is lepre tented as containing a large numb number of quartz quart I 1 j ledges but as few of cf them have been opened there is is nothing to support the claims thata than ilive have been set up as to their kichii BS but favorable indications 11 through the digi disi brict rains runs a deep gorge cutting the nearly pearly I 1 to its ils base and through which ch alagon 6 on 4 road is being lulu luiu anu ana arii auli cow tow ti plated will enable wagons o hs to pass from one side or orthe the mountain I 1 0 the difficulty there Is a small smail stream of 6 f water in 1 I 1 this kanyon 0 to o run tun a few shiites bit dit ices in the spring but bul bul but in the bummer summer r it is lff quite diminutive ineize in stze size as is the case with all the mountain rivulets in those mines in the echo district districts on the tha of april there were two families and about twenty men opening claims to some of which they had given splendid ariam names ei such as sc ettish h chief thief mason and D xou rattlesnake wol verine washington lafayette Lafaye tte tle constitution constitutions tc bein being names of glod omen omer and as the ledges had a e appe jepe it is aresu presumable aible that the boun dle s hops enter epter talked by the miners will measurably bly be realized in in timeto time to come there had bad been less work aik done in eldorado district alt ait than in fri th the echo and anci there were at I 1 the time only eight 1 or ten men operating in 1 th the e minis mines which resembled very much those in tao tho sa sacramento c r ament a and n echo districts s 1 j the district r including ae the west angle of odthe alfe range first 0 la in that region ant aut adiv was wils wila mar mat td out alot a aa I 1 year y 1 I ear tar and 1 n d a half since humbo Ilum lium bodt dt C acty ty we tue I 1 principal camp and the large t town in the county ts situated situ bitu aed cd on lindse landsea Lind sea ses K nyon about out a mile from its mouth month and afis teh telu miles southeast 9 of f lassen lasanen La asse saen nils meadow on the humboldt river it is reported arted to contain some bome I 1 two wo hundred inhabitants inhabit a i ante including several families 6 the houses appt ared f tuilt built allt exclusively of stone atone ina and acob e lumber julbe rbee being ng ent entirely ireby out t question the leeding leading claims cl almain la this thais district i arp are the cuba Hunting fotr forr id eda I 1 rayna payne california la live 1 ve anu yankee ank ee winn winnemucca em i 1 boston baston monte alonte I 1 cr sto lachine canada A I 1 louisiana Cleo cleopatra patra pitra cape cod and john I 1 son ton tact tace are others othere it is ia P equally as 1 I 1 good but lave laye haye baye pot eeb be een en opened 0 litto aitto In the abe e celba ceiba a had bean heen run two tw hundred bundred deev eel and a large quantity of ore had been taken I 1 out for crushing crush ing upon several of the others a la large rge amount of work orl had ad been expended 2 and ald andia andin aldin ia in eyers every instance with satisfactory atis factory re aults suits uit alt in th the e prince royal roya district the most north tn brn on the theart ea st side of the bills there is 9 as irr tor statement Awater t to drive two or three quartz quarts irl iri rillias milla lils eight months in the ther year bai bat there were only a tew few miners mere lerv ih ere arida and but hut little uttie ottie hlad had been done excepting prospecting ting and making akin alami da tu ga six miles jowh sou h of port royal diste ct c the kp lorer found iu in santa clara cla ra dati cl an active ca camp mp of or thirty miners birto had been at wot work kall kail winter sink bink in we or drifting tunnels they imey had a store store and ald in d a blacksmith shop but ihei the beare conta contained conta luea inea no BO goods aoda and there waa no iron in the smithy thop goods Gooda and andiron iron tron were in pe I 1 Is t a never falling failing of 0 water in that of Buffi cledt cleat size blie to turn ons one oo 00 oi 01 W iwo tro D ciul atul vt gnatt small capacity 1 aid axa r 0 of f santa ola oia clarala ciara clara raLs U baar dig dis l 1 as a stated there 1 ia a a kanyon lanyon and d a city bearing the same name namer the th el explore r found the thet kanyon spoke borits for itself elfi but the city was not disco discovered ve rd for the simpli reason that it had vot lot not hot been bui t and existed jonly only ohly in imagination imaginations the miners having provided a nam name a in the event a city should be built 16 there ere which may b be e done at no distant period there were seventy or eighty persons in n the district vibo had done much ouch work A company has been formed there to ruin rtin run a tunnel into the mountain witha with a view of striking ir parallel ledges they propose conducting c business on an extensive cale caie there is a good stream of w water wlter lter iter flowing from the moult mountains which hab bab such sueh a rapid descent that jt it cari can be used several times over and can be made to drive four or five mills most moat of the year j in the B iena ena district there were over one hundred innerst m ners i and it is reported is as I 1 ting quite a thrive thriving n place ana cannot fall fail to bd one of the most imbor ant in that thab county as it is surrounded by a grat many rich quartz hattz ledges its it is said that there are thirteen tunnels underway under way in the district some of cf which have been run into the mountain a dis dig ance of two hundred feet and werk were were belh being 1 I worked upon day and night and about as many more had bad recently been betia commenced Uni unionville onville in this district district is the county seat of humboldt and contains oua lalus laius two toi stores a blacksmith shop and a i room or two for public officers but slight pro I 1 vision however has yet been made foru forA for their heir 1 1 a r e has f as reported been i very little need for a jail jall a as s on only ay one ne or two 5 v H 1 comity coulty since bince it was organized c A number of lawyers ha e codgel congregated abed ethie who aj aa per statement and as is usual wit lithe the c aft manage to live ilfe in a W way ay wholly inexplicable to all ali but themselves there being but tui little litigation their kracl practice ice is a small and when they do hive have a case they are obliged to take bakel their fees out in feet which in the absence I 1 I 1 of o money monty has bic me a lotof sort of currency there l 1 ta the i town has been regularly epta epla r laid gut out squares f have bee been n reserved for compty buildings aga chool s hool and anid othet public purposes the houses are built of acob and a nd a species of blate bate stone atone found foud near sy by j seyen seven miles south of vista is an indan district conti containing ining many nie ule uie ledge but butt n not ot avei over twenty rhiner the tv wealth afifi of I 1 those who haye havo made claim there thiro and the i importance of the place as a mining district 1 I 1 are all prospective 1 the thy american districts district the last found and least eipl red is said to abound in rich quartz quart 4 ledi ledges which have been taken bill op but buta no noti t and like jike i many others a are e dorsal for saimi i and will change hands the first favorable op 1 ity tty i the I 1 population ot idt county ts Is supposed to he be between to boyr foyr r arm ana five united I 1 whom about forty are women and children cheri there have not been many accessions to the ri number mger of people e in that p part arl ari of neveada nevada this th igl igi spring j for as reported as many have left for salmon salmo river as ag have gone thie there fe since thet thel the I 1 hopeni opening i I 1 0 o of f spring it ii is represented as being a bard country for or po poor 0 r mn m n for h however 0 wever rich and arid vahl yahl abe ahe e their claims they cannot be worked ed until they th eyare are opened by means of shafts ar tun tunnel tiel tiei s and nulls are afe erected to I 1 crush the roc rock J kj which require money and ank time time timo 1 to accomplish i the thi winter yf 11 ter tey inthe in the valley as a a in I 1 all ali there the region gioe of country west ivest of the rocky Moun mountains taini was severe bevere sev bev ere the indians say they I 1 leyer levet gaw saw any like it bedoe it there ther are large birds berds ct cattle cattie iud bud several flocks of shei sheep oa lle the liu ilu allu humbolt mb river liver r ani and nd ire lre fresoli beet beef f and mutton are plentiful at from fifteen to twenty cents per pen lound pound jound been bein sell hig lug there of late at from twenty to thirty cents cente barley twenty fave five and lacon bacon forsty five cents per pounds pound and but little to be obtained at an price drice af other pter necessaries s there are I 1 nane there and wih will noe dof cot be till the roads roada lii iii will ill admit of importations the ir are e represented as being beings and I 1 hamiag been I 1 een during the winter unusually i quiet and ind no fears ol of hostilities fram them are arr entertained niia ined |
