The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-12-16
.x,. AND HkR GOLD

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Ias 'I-.' nrsgoons, and accompanies the
sOn' 81 - s.cve,Ary of Wal Ii will be found
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no 81 ~ Hoaersy. California aug 10 'o'''
-. fine honor 10 inform you thal, ac
- Ia Isut. NJ. T. Sherman, Sd artille-
ssap5nieu v General. started on the I'm oil
rs, A. A. a. 40 tour through the northern
June a. ~. My principal purpose now
mi 0. Ai',O'', ,'sit the newly discovered gold
egcr, wa me valley of the Sacramento. l
.Psesi ~ ~ about lony miles, W hen l was
had piooe'e an eNpfess, bringing lhe lhleiil-
oseliaAen \, srnyai At Monterey oil The I nIted
ssnte o. ~ champion, with Important lelteIS
Slsies shit' -. SbubTick and LIeui. Col. buI-
iJm I' ..,,osI At once 10 Monterey, ana DIES.
10. 80 ~ llsineSs Was most hnporlan,, anu
psiche. = ...,n,el my Journey. We reached
IN ne 80. m The 20th, and found that all,
ssu tiah' - male inhabitants had gone 10
o. ~',, The town, wlach Jew i'ion ..'s
ih[ W. ", vas 50 busy aud thfl'''is' was 'h'''
almost deserted. 81. oatb. the horses of the
VI -. eroSsel 10 Sousoleio ID lauhci' anu
e'ce. s,lo,, ing day We resumed The Journey oy
oau' Rcleka and SOnoma 10 Sui'e' ,o'',
us' u, ,rr.yeI on the morning oil the "a OF
nh'' AIons the whole route. MUS were Nihs
JuN 80 wheat were open TO cattle anu
F.r' 80 vacant. and farms going 10 waste
horse here was more life and business
Al o'.'', ,,er. dISchaIging their eaTgoes at the
Laui0l'II ms were hauling goods TO The ioft,
H'ei' 4NI-o.3y were established several stores,
where an, ~ Can't. suffer had only two me
aH-''-' :. b,s snpoy, Ga wagon-maker ana
clail0S Ct - u.bom he was then paying ten dol
'd1 A' I Merchants pay HIM a monthly rent
ar ! a. -,,rn. and whilst was there, two
Of ~ - N The fort was rented asa hotel ioE
sl,V -.,,sof solicitation of many gentlemen,
a ne s's IN anticipate in the first public eel
y III our national anniversary Al Tue ION;
e,-aUOi ~ rssumed the journey, and proceeded
bl. on u, A,;Ies ND the American fork 10 point
'Hsl - Is the Lower Mines, OF Mormon Dig
Do" r. IiI sides were ihlckN s,rewn WIN
~ IL ,sBts ana bush arbors, store Mas erect
= - several boarding shdniles al operation;
80 ~ a. was intensely hot, yet about Two hundred
- were al work m the iuii b'a'e VI u'e sr,i'
men We ~, yol5-some with tin pans, some with
y ISIS rsn Indian baskets, tut the steaier part
,n,chipe, known as the cradle. lhis Is
''- 81 ar eight feet long, open 81 The loot,
lH ~ IS bssl las s coarse CRATE or sieve; Tie
M . :; ,,,plaJ. with small elects mai ed across.
- .'O' -, rs1uirpd 10 wOlk this machine, one
on --1nn5 IN the bank close BY the stream;
rs, - LIES il 10 the cradle and empiies Il on
-'.,s. I, ,bird gives a violent rocking motion
! -. machine; whilst fourth oashes on "aiei
nm he stream ITSELF
r. s.aye keeps the coarse stones nom entering
.s-,Ila he current OF water washes of the
,y,by matter, and the gravel Is gIaoualE carried
!, he f,of OF the machine, leaving the gold
- ,,1,b besry fine black sand above tue inst
- Tse sand and gold mixed together are 1
= s~,up Of through anger holes into pan be-
= 80 srst in The sun, and afterwards separated
= tiSvrins OF The sand. A party OF four men thus
,i,sal - he over mines averaged slO0a dsy. /
- I,l;,ns. sYd hose who have nothing but pans 1
/, u'.iioW baskets, gradually wash out the earth |
- senaraie the gravel By hand, leaving nothing 1
hi he cold mixed with sand, which Is separated |
/, - manner before described. The gold in the /
,aer mines IS IN fine bright scales, OF which !
md several specimens.
a. mn he county became more broken and 1
,o,ut,;pous. .nd the saw-mill. > miles above the /
,,rar ,gashings, or 50 miles from Suffers, the /
M rise 10 about thousand feet above the level
Trba Sacramento plain. Here a species OF pine
,eurS which led 10 the discovery OF the gold
ant. Suffer feeling the great want OF lumber, con-
-Sa,ts3 in Sep,emher last with q Mr.. Marshall 10
1l5a s,v-mill Al that place Ii was erected in
. course OF the past winter and springs dan.
Nd ace constructed: but when the wafer was lei
! he wheel. the talI-Tace was found 10 be too
ifr5W 20 permit the water 90 escape with Sutii-
lui ra5 dis. Mr.. MARSHALL, 10 save labor. let
HH.H -. rHE aFrF sfnT %. I
.ut. 50 as 10 wash /; wider and deeper. He ei-
c,ed h S purpose, snd a large bed Of mud and
ave. WIS carried % the foot OF the race.
the lay Mr. Marshall. as he was walking down
r race o this dep0sie OF mud, observed some
i,iering particles al its upper edge; he gathered
lew. examined them, and became satisfied of
sir value. He then went 10 the fort, told Capt.
alter Of his discovery, and they agreed 10 keep 1t
.crel until CERTAIN grist-mlll OF Suffers was
nshet. Il, however, got out, and spread like
age. Remarkable success attended the labors
The first explorers, and ia few weeks hun
-els Of men were dawn thilher Al the time OF
IS visit, but little more Than thee months after
) frst discover, twas estimated that upwards of
nc thousand people were employed. Al the mill
ere IS q fne deposiie or bank of gravel, which
e people respect as the property of Capt Suffer,
though he pretends 10 no night 10 it, and would
perfectly satisfied with The simple promise OF
exemption, on account Of The mill which he has
lill here al considerable cost.
NJ hITshsll was living near the mill, and in
lmei me thsJ msny persons were employ ed shove
ID below him; thst they used the same machines
atthe lower Washing, ana that their success
a. about the same-ranging from one 10 ihTee
lRcss @! gold per nan daily. This gold, TOO, is
scales little coarser than those of the lower
ihes. From the mill Mr.. Marshall guided me up
le mounlsin on the opposite or north bank OF The
9uIh fork, where, in the bed Of small streams or
vines, now dty, great dealOf coarse gold has
eco iound there saw several parties at work,
! OF whom were doing very well; great many
Decimens were shown me, some as heavy as four
7 fEe ounces in weight: and send three pieces
bellee No. 5, presented by hr. Spence. You
lll perceive that some IF the specimens accom-
anying this hold mechanically pieces Of quartz;
lal ne surface Is rough, and evidently moulded /
theereviee Of rock.
THIS gold cannot have been carried far by wa
y but must have remained near where il was 1
Isl deposited from the rock that once bound H. /
inquired OF many people II they had encountered |
ie METAL m il mairK, but in every instance they |
l'e hey had not; bat that the gold was mvaria-
y mixed with washed gravel, or lodged in the |
ie'ices Of other rocks. All bore testimony that /
icy mad iound gold in greater or less quantities |
me numerous small gullies or ravines that &C.
nf IN that mountainous region. On the 9Th of |
NY leil the mill, and crossed TO a small stream
implying into the American fork, three or four |
iles below the saw-mill. struck this stream |
'noWn as Weber's creek at the washing of.Sunol |
70. They had about thirty Indians employed, |
nom they paid 10 merchandise. they were get |
he gold o. character similar 10 that found in |
e man iork, and doubtless in sufficient quanti-
IS to satisfy them.
send you small specimen, presented by this |
1mpany, OF then gold. From this point we pro- |
eeeeo Up The stream about eight miles, where |
: lounc great many people and Indians-some |
gagged IN the bed of the stream, and others in the
hall SIDE valleys that put INTO it. These latter
: etceeclnsly reh, and two ounces were consid- |
an ordinary yield for a DAYS werk. A small
ll.eI not more than hundred yards long, by 4
et wee and or ; feet deep, was pointed out 10
: % me one where two men (Wm. DAILY and
e-y acCoou) had, shor. time before, obtained
: NV worth OF gold. Capt Weber informed me
lat ne knew that these two men had employed
'ai white men and about hundred Indians. and
i i1 a. NE end OF one weeks work, they paid off
.en parry, and had left $1,000 worth ofthis gold.
n ny small ravlne was shown me, from which
- Geen iaken upwards Of Sl2, 600 worth of gold.
iunofeds OF similar rsvines- TO all appearances,
e as vet untouched.