New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-21
Goins 10 California.

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are blessed with a supersuity Of private letters.
,ol;eiring advice and inform alton various points
,,,noec,ea with the new Gold Region. To answer
,b..e in detail il most inconvenent. and we pre-
,., 10 ON. what We know and think into The
Tribune. where all who choose can have far and
foil oovortuni,y 10 profit by II. Presuming that
those who deem our opinion worth asking tor are
readers OF these columns We propose, therefore,
70 answer 10 the best Of ability four or five
leading questions-vIz
|. How about that Gold IN California
Taats considerable area in Northern California
Is extremely rich near the surface IN virgin Gold,
no sensible man now pretends 10 doubt There IS no
longer shadow OF excuse for affecting TO believe
the accounts fabulous nor the product Mica nor any
thing ofths sort. That from one to Ave thousand
persons were engaged 10 digging and washing for
Gold in the new placer from June TO September
last inclusive and that the average producto OF their
Iabon was at least one ounce of 23carst Gold
worth fully ego for each days faithful labor are
very certain and the product per man was rather
Increasing than diminishing at the latest dates,
partly by the discovery of richer deposits, but
more sensbly by the invention, purchase, and
manufacture Of more suitable imp PIGMENTS, DC rem
dsring the labor employed far more effective than
At fut--But
va the Gold continue obund0M'
We think IT will not to the extent hi,hertoreazed,
bat that it will 10 a very considerable extent -
Tina. Gold is foand over very large area is true,
DO. that It is everywhere 80 plentiful as in the
neisbborhood OF Capt Suffers settlement, whore
this discovery was first made, we distrust. The
accounts favor it, but analogy is rather against 1t
True, the Russian Gold Mines in the Ural Noun
tsins remain as productive as ever, after several
years efficient working, and these are in region
by no means so new 10 civilization rs the interior
Of California Usually, however, the first fruits OF a
newly discovered or newly-worked Gold Region
are the richest, and the sanguine expectations
formed at the outset are not justified by the cx'
perience Of following years. The unparalleled
rnsh Of odventurers to California will also operate
against the realization Of extraordinary profits in
dividually, by speedily crowdins, and in time ex-
hsusting the richest localities, when inferior must
bs resorted TO. while the cost OF all the neces-
saries Of life must remain very high, not only by
reason Of the great demand for them and tho dis
lance whence a good part Of them must be
brought, but because Of the great difficulty OF re
tening the seamen and thus bringing away the
vessels in which supplies are transported thithor.
We presume therefore, that Gold digging in si9,
though still very profitable will in the average he
less so than in lsis.
We are not forgetting that the Mines whence
these diluvia riches have in process of time been
washed to the valleys and ravines Yet remain to
be discovered. but though they will doubtless long
r Cali l,nld 10
rion. they can hardly be expected to increase nor
sven sustain It's productiyenew We know no
actual mines OF any sort which will return twenty
dollars per day for the labor required to work them
But there will be an immense amount of Gold
obtained in California during the next year, and
probably through many years to come. The ques
ton next in order would seem TO be
5 Wat obstacles and dyarbocks are 10 b. eHco~R-
tered BY seekers for Il
We have already spoken OF the high prices Of
oil the necouares and comforts OF life which will
inevitably subtract heavily from the gains so
eunely counted IL will cost from $500 to $500.
with from so TO $50 days, TO reach the Gold Re
Gion from this quarter, and when there. transpor
tation, food, &c. must inevitably be very dear
Manufactures, Implements, &c. will be cheapened
by the arrival Of the vast quantities now their
way thither, but these must still be sold high to
afford fair profit to their owners We apprehend
that those who but half work. OF fear to wet their
feet or try to acquire wealth without work, will,
Q general rule, be found poor In California
when the golden food shall have ebbed {. any
where else in the world Those who drive hard
at the work fearing nothing, spsrng themselves IN
nothing, will generally have reshred compe
tence while those who unite schening with
working-a faculty for business with straight
forward energy in diggng-wil, especially if they
commence with means and are Fortunate realize
immense fortunes.-But
T. Is the oosatry healthy'
For the temperate and prudent, we believe itu
for the dlssipated and reckless we know no re-
eion that is safe. Doubtless there is much expo.
sure 70 the elements TO be encountered in a region
where habitations are few as wretched and the
arts of life almost unknown. But the climate is
temperate and equable. the waters sweet and
rapid. and the mountain breezes dispel any fair
excuse for fevers. We believe men from this !
quarter may dig gold throughout the year with
mpunity-changing from the river bottoms 10 the |
hills as the winter or rainy season comes ON. and
nsing reasonable precsution to avoid needless sx
rosure unwholesome food, Sc.-But
S. IiAo should 80 to CeisforHIa
No, those who are well employed here. and
have families that need their care and protection.
Not the wealthy, who have already their share OF
this worlds goods let these take venture ii they
VIII IN supplying proper outfits for industrious and
RELIABLY upright men, and IN subsisting the fanli.
hes OF such during their absence. upon an agree
nent 80 share the products of the enterprise But
let young men OF moderate means aud resolute
energies. either unmarried or with wives full OF
spirit, OF energy, capable Of making a hosse oct
Of buhalo-sk and getting up comfortable din
ner out ol slender materials aud with but one
kettle 20 cook 1t inf they understand tailoring
" have had taste Of bsck.woods life, so much
he better-let these and such these gc over.
or fsstdioas people and those who cultivate
Ierves, there Is no room in California at present,
Let those who have been hardly used in the eai,-
hroat ways OF trade, but are still unbroken in
pint and not afraid to WELD spade or msttock.
0 over also If they can ind the means and leave