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Much ax wo have ♦lt;001110 di-gu^ml*r| with Hie several arretnp's iu this CM ate to j ‘1o|get tip gold oxciteiiK.o*«, says the jfsiI, | Slor];fun Dfmnrrnl, we do not foi l at*• j libe rty to avoid ljoticin«r one when it i j tlvactually in exisiance, and to denounce I g\nClnr1. it, when we find that the statement* which caused it were unfounded. Most of our citizens way have noticed that J g ijuite an excitement has been caused by the reports which have been made 0 jibe new diggings in the country above I mentioned. The locality is upon the j eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, and ^ | in the Carson Valley region. The I route fo the mines from this city, is ! either over the Rig Tree Route, through | the valley, or by way of Sonora or Mari-I•at01faprJ'ataiP*As posa The distance frorrr Yosemite atI . Valley, is about sixty tidies.iIn conversation with Mr. Hite, agentleman who formerly lived in this j!1 iatlfti i city, and who is cousidere I as a reliable ,(]a man, we learned the following. W e ’tl01nshould femark that Mi* Hite has jut I arrived frc m Lake Mono, which p'ace j be left August 30tb;• I 1a a -The new diggings which have been I hic • discovered, are between W’alker's river ogland Mono Lake. Iu extent, they are* ^1 | }t I about six miles long and two broad j ,e 1 uif; riiey are described as vet y lieb, vield-I • • Xing trotn six to forty d dlars per oav to*, (the hand ! he pay dirt is tweufv^five j ^* #a I feet in depth in some places, ami has, so I |tltia1atJ[jfar, been worked with rockers, lumber i DIlor sluices being vciy difficult to obtainsuch as is had being cut with whip saw*.c•iV great deal of g»dd N iound/tfmongc? n * r*n ' r qrotten granite. There are at present j y at the new diggings about 175 miners, s There is plenty of provisions there, ea 1 j pecially flour.
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Columbia Weekly News
Columbia, California, US
Thu, Sep 29, 1859
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