Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-06-09
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The New York Tribune of the LIST inst, contains
several items in relation to California among which
are the following:
Mr. Parrott, our Consul at Mazatlan, is now stay
ing at the Aston House. He left Mazatlan on the
10th April, after his return from an exploration OF
the gold regions of the Sacramento reached Mexi-
on the 18th of May, Vera Cruz on the 18th, and
Mobile on the 2lst.
We are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Parrott
for much new and interesting information concern
ing the mineral wealth of California. His visit to
the placers was undertaken for the purpose OF INFORM
ing himself on these points, and his revelations are
even more astonishing than any which have pre-
vously reached us. I'm all that concerns the digging
of gold he fully confirms all former statements The
limits of the placcrs towards the South are constant
" being extended by new discoveries the Northern
districts owing to their remoteness from civilization,
have not yet been fully explored. The earth in
some places has been dug to the depth OF nine ieet
and the proportion of gold found to be quite as great
as on the surface. The richness of the dry diggngs
is in some places almost incredible.-Mr Parrott eS-
Inmates the amount of gold which will be obtained
the present year, at thirty millions Of dollars.
But the riches of California do not consist in gold
alone. All the precious metals are there found, in
greater less profuSion, well as the rarest and
most valuable Jewels. Two mines OF silver have
been lately discovered, of which is known to but
few persons, who ealously keep the secret. Platm-
A rough diamond nearly the size of hens egg has
been found by of the miners in the Sacramento
Valley Gen. Vallejo, who was MIR. Parrotts lnior-
mant says that it brought to him by the finder
who demanded $4,000 for it. EmeraldS OF large
size are often met with, but their value is little
known Three or four new quicksilver mines have
been discovered, one of which. very rich deposit,
lies between the valley of Santa Clara and san Joa-
quinn The Forbes mine. however, Is the only one
worked as vet. The extent and value OF these
quicksilver mines is not yet equallcd by any other
locality in the world.
Beds of coal have also been found near the coast,
but cannot of course be worked under the present
state of things.
Mr.. Parrott informs us that in the Sierra Nevada,
to the northeast of San Francisco, there Is volcano
in active operation. On the Sd OF March the
heaviest snow-storms in the memory OF the inhabi-
tants took place.
There are but fifty women in the town of San
Francisco, twenty of whom are Americans
The U. S. sloop-of-war Dale, which sailed from
San Francisco for the United States on the 10th OF
March, has 100000 in gold dust on board.
Nearly the whole of Capt. Shutters 4O,oOO
bushels of grain rotted in the field, for want of
hands to harvest it. The price OF flour at the dig
gings when Mr. PARROT left was 8 per h., though
at San Francisco it down to SO per Dbl.
There was not much sickness at the diggngs except
scurvv and few eases of fever. There was also
some scurvy at San Francisco, owing to the want OF
NeRtldblt lbtu' lHC cum itioii VI '''N -'' S
tirely neglected.
We shall endeavor to give further particulars in
day or two. Mr.. Parrott, who has spent nearly
twenty wears of his life the Pacific Coast displays
thorough knowledge of the condition of California
and an entire confidence in the vast extent of her
mineral wealth.-He has prepared, for the use OF the
IT, s. Government we believe the most complete
map of the Gold Region which has yet been made
He tells that some years ago he was offered the
whole of the ground now occupied by San Francisco
for about $4,000.
The New York Herald has received from its cor
respondent the following