SUNDAY 28
Weather remarkable fine. Travelling very good, provisions cheap. etc. Flour was Sold yesterday for 15 cts This is the cheapest it has been Since I have been in the Mines . We finished our pump the fore part of the week, & commenced operations amediately in one of our Holes on the Flat. The pump works very good, and throws water very fast, but not Sufficiently to keep the Hole clear, after we had got well down into the gravel, which, being loose admitted the water very fast. failing in our purpose with one pump, we Set about Making 2 More, which are now well under way and We hope to have them ready for use the latter part of this week. We have Some little incouragement from the fact that we found Gold among the loose Gravel. There is Something very Singular about this Flat, that deserves notice. Natureal Caves Six feet deep have been discovered under the ground containing nothing but water. They appear like a natureal aqueduct from the Mountain Crick a distance of about 200 feet. There has been one or two cases where Men have come near falling into them but fortunately they escaped. Radishes have been planted and brought to Maturity in this Nabourhood and are now for Sale at the Store