New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-15

D. the operation. Macy o. tue Americans mere
employ Sononans and Indians 20 work FOR them,
giving them half the god and fading them II pro
visions. NotTit1s;sndiog the enormous PrIces Ct
every article Of food these people can be kept ioF
=. cents & dsy-conseqasnty those who hire
them profit Handsomely.
In the "guca eres, deal Of dry digging Is
ST done though the richest deposits have been
exhausted. Still, an informed that an ounce
daily is made by most OF the vorznen, aud If the
digger "a lucky enough 20 strike on a " pocket CT
well amorg the rocks he mty take out ron e1e
70 tFs thousand dollars IN day or two The met
a. freqcentiy lies deep, and many instances are
told Of men who have dug two or three days and
given ~ IL despair, while others, coming AFTER
them AID working 10 their holes, have taken out
thousand, Of dollar. IN a short tine. il saw man
sss night vho came here three weeks ago with
out money, 70 dig in the dry guleh Being very
lazy, he chose spot under asnady tree, ana dug
leisurely for two days without making cent lie
then gave up the place, when little German
Jumped into his tracks and after day S hard ~ork
weighed out 800. The unIucky cigger then Dor
rowed five ounces and started boarding house.
The town has so increased that asst night ne sold
out his share one-thrdy OF the concern for 200.
Men are not troubled here by the ordinary ups and
downs Of business. rs person loses his 81, he is
perfectly Indifferent two weeks Of hard work
will give him enough 70 star. on and two months
with the usual luck, viii cutie r6nstste him.
The largest piece found at this place Weighed
II lbs Mr. James who has been here since
April, showed me lamp weighing ~ OUNCES
pure. una3ultersted gold. He commenced this
morning the largest operation Of the season, by
which about a hundred yards Of the river will be
turned into a race, and several deep eddies made
dry. twill take the 20 person, who are employ
ed on it q month 3 complete the race, alter which
from > to 2 feet water must be pumped out Of the
old bed. The treasure lodged in this part Of the
river will certainly richly repay the undertaking
WbIo bathing asst night in is Psctolesn waters,
saw several Mexicans wash on: good yield
from the sand Of ia banks
After we had taken the sharp edge cE our curl
osity, we returned to our quarters. Dr.. Gillette,
Mr. James. Capt Tracy and several other Of the
LARGEST opo rat.rs entertained with hes pitclty
as graf tying as 1t was unexpected. learned
many Interesting fscts from them il relation to
the success Of gold hunters, and the chances OF loss
or gain in the various diggings. In the evening
we sat down % supper prepared by Bapti'te
and his partner, Nc. Fisher, which completed my
sstou,shmeu. at tie resourCes OF this wonderful
and. Here in the rough depth OF the hills where
three weess ago ,here was scarcely a tent. ard
where we expected to 1--we on ierhed beef aad
bread, we saw on the table green corn, green peas
en-, ; inr
butter aud exec lent codee. will DO, pretend to
say what they cost nor how they came there, but
begin to think that the fable Of Aladdin was not iug
very remarkable alter all. The genie will come,
and has come to many whom have seen bat the
rubbing Of the amI-aye, there's the rub. There
is nothing il the world so hard on the hands
Wherever there is gold there are gamblers
Here there are at least dozen monte tables, all
Of which are frequented q. night by the Amer
cans and Mexicans am now writing on cor
ner Of one Of them under the canopy Of boushs,
with three mules standing near. AMI two disheart-
ened diggers sitting on the opposite side, excheng-
ng coincidence The -onorans leave large por-
ton Of their gold at the gaming tables though 1t IS
calculated they have taken $4,000 0o0 out Of the
country this Summer. Tho excitement against
them prevailed also on this river and they were
once driven away They have since qgi ty re-
Turned. and in most cases work in companies for
the benefit and under the protection OF some Anne
ricsR. They work steadily and faithfully, aud are
considered honest, if well watched The fret COL
ouy of gold hunters who came here attempted TO
drive on, all foreigners, without distinction as well
IS native Caifornians Don Andres Plco, who j,
now located about a mile above this, had som dit
fculty with them until they could be made 10
unders,end that his right as a citizen was equal TO
theirs Last night one Of Gsn. kearney's dra-
eoons " no ed in to see Lieut. Beae, tod me that
when he was in Los Angeles without money. a.
terreceiying bis discharge unpaid from the I :.
service Pro gave him $3.50 out Of his own pocket
and or,cored him employment.
! slept souuiy last night OF the diaing tas.e,
and went down early to the river, where | found
the party Of ten bsing cut the water which had
leaked into the river-bed during the night. They
were standing iu tie sun, and had two hours hard
work before hey could begin to wash. Again the
prospect looked uninviiing, but when l went
there w hours ago, one Of them was scrGping up
the sand from the bed with his knife and thro wing
it into basin, the bottom Of which glttered with
gold livery knifefull brought cut quantity Of
grains aud scales, some of which were as large as
the fagernsn. At last two-oaIce lump fell
plump into the pan, and the dissers row in the
best possible humor, went on with their work with
great sacrity Their foren0ons digging am uats
to nearly lbs 1t is only BY such operations rs
these, through associated labor, that grcs; profits
sre to be mase in those districts which have been
visited BY the frs: eager horde Of g5ldh0n:ers.-
Tie deposits most easily reached arc soon ex-
hsusted by the crowd, snd the labor required u
carry on further work successfully ! te-s sing q
individuals from attempting it. The two Per,ons
opposite 10 me a. present nave been digging al
day in the dry guch, without finding anything
One OF them, whose meas are exhausted, has asst
engaged TO work fer a company at = 4 day pre-
ierrng the certainty Of mere support TO the uncer
,sinty Of sudden wealth. Those who return home
disappointed cay they have been humbugged
about the sold. Tie fact is, they have hambGSged
themselves about the rork II they expect 70
make money out OF the earth without severe "a
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