The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-12
The California Gold Region.

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merchant Of this city, engaged in the Calf
trade, has received the following letter from bic
pendent, dated at st Francisco. 1t may be adj
" placer gold" as 1t IL called, has been, receive
from that country for fifteen years, by pereo
gagged in the trade, and has brought about u
ounce:
SAN FRANcrsco. Aug 20, 1910
The wonderful devslope ments Of the gold region
California and the nockipg of all classes of people
gather it, nave deranged ell the calculations of
Lide and talow voyagers. The Rancheros having
left their farms and their regular occupations, the
will be killing Of cattle this year. around this Bay
upon the whole length of the coast The Tasso hae
just arrived from the leeward, and has collected only
90 hides at all ne different ports on her passage up
On arriving here ships left without in ~
hours. Wbaers men desert from full ships, and
sailor is induced to remain on board vessel 1t
at from forty to fifty dollars month have some hun.
dred hides ready for in different parts Of the Bay
but cannot Tor them without men, aud the expenses
would consume all the collections n fact, you can
hardly conceive the present state Of affairs in Cali
forpis cook, for instance, gets from 500 to $3.50
q month, and Ranakers SIS per month, to g in
launches. How long this state of things may last
impossible to foiesee, but 1t is not probable that
men can be obtained at justfsbe wages by ships, re
long they 20 to the mines and realize $I6 per
day, and this am Ratis SIZED they do for long
time to come. ! have been twice in the mining
gon, and satisfied Of the fact that tie gold in.
exhsustible The whole chain Of the Sierra Nevada,
Snowy Mountains Of California seems to abou nd
with the mineral There has, no doubt, been col.
lsctsd within the last six months, q million and
half Of dollars at SIC to the which is the price
allowed for it at the stores. Merchants from Chill
and Peru have been purchasing IL at the on nee:
at $40 per 1t is very sckiy at the mines
and dare not return there again.
Correspondence of the Boston Atlas
SAN FRANcisco, Aug. "a, 1913.
embrace the present opportunity TO write few
lines to you, hoping it will interest you The gold
fever which is raging heress in the oftwo
years bound to make this place the only port
merce in the Pacific Ocean Gold is found on the
Sacramento en- average Of twenty dollars day per
man. There IL supposed to be 5000 people already at
work; and when the emigration arrives. the number
VIII probably be 10000 AT the present time the fever
quite prevalent; but In the course Of two months
uhe rainy season being over people will again
Epek 70 '.cs occupation. The currency Is nothing
would amute Bostoniaa to witness the merchants
ceivpg pay ioI th'ir goods clerk for the gold de-
Iartms MT with pair of scales and weights, Is his
osiy Toll Hotels, merchants, boat.mskers, aud all
other branches OF business share and share alike
Newspaper once on tive hourishei in this plar
but like all others the editor and his devils hs- 80
for the Of all good. have In the - ~ -.
par alton an account Of the mines resti' y, pr
finding Of the gold which shall 70 you az tbs
earliett opportunity. '"~ ''
BY the snip Eophrates, o. ssv Bedford which ..,.a
from here few days. sent to Charles Leighton
E,q specimen II gold found at the Upper Mines
"nisp -e V-d BE- happy TO shew you, do not doubt.
ana prosaby as good as any yet found.
~ 8 send you small specimen OF the Lower
From the Baltimore American, Dec. IL
We are indebted TO friend, At present residing at
San Francsco, In California for copy OF the Poly
neaa'l, published at Honolulu, the capital Of the
San dwcb Islands. which contains some interesting
information respecting the gold mines Of California.
We copy from the following account Of trip 60 the
mines made by Of the seekers after the golden
from San Franeisco our road lay through the valley
Of the futbla to San jose distance Of about sixty
miles oyslier country eye of mine never gaxed on
the Level prs,r,cs Rnf{sa YAkR a2xefs q