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Huron Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio
11 Dec 1849
News from the Mines.
From the Alta Califomian, Oct. 29.
SHERLOCK'S DIGGINGS, Mariposa, Sept. 27.
This, Mr. Editor, is unquestionably the place for 'bigchunks,' but let me instruct you concerning these diggings. They were discovercd two or three months since by a man named Sherlock, who, with a company of seventy Mexicans worked these deposits on shares. The work varies with us, as well as elsewhere. In eight days, three men took out 57 pounds of pure gold. And last week two men took out in two days 29 pounds from a spot near my camp. Sherlock has gone into the mountains, no one knows where, and we have elected a new Alcalde, who, the day of his installation into office, issued an order for all Mexicans to decamp, which they did forthwith. We all intend to winter here, as we can easily make comfortable quarters. This place is distant 11 miles from Fremont's discovery, and is much the richest of the two deposits. Many largo pieces have been found here averaging from one to
eight pounds pure gold. The finest pieces usually are worth about fifty cents, so you perceive this is the region of "big lumps".
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