New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-12
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS TAKEN BY THE FRENCH


Me.sr.. Greey HeEhath
This cOuntry seems fatet IN regard 10 gold and
golden excitement. 1t was supposed not long
snce that the limits Of the placers had been settled,
and that the Sierra Nevada was the great store.
house Of the precious metal. Since ny arrival,
however. discoveries have been made which al
most induce us to believe that the whole country,
from San Diego to Cape Mendocino, from the Pa
chc - the topnost ricgeof the Nevada and heaven
knows how much further esstw ard has been com
pleteIy seaioned ard spiced with the yellow
grains News reached San Francisco OF large
placer having been found on Trinity River
stream which rises Ia the Coast Range and emp
ties into the Pacific opposite the head OF SAcra'
mento Valley. The story was soon verified by
Intelligence fr m the digging. on the American
Fork which stated that the diggers were leaving
in large bodies for the Trinity placer, where men
were said to wash out 800 day. l. is best to
receive the stories Of god-dsging, even here, with
grain of allowance, bat the main fact is tr1e.
lately ssw letter from merchant In Sacrament
City TO bis partner in San Francisco IN which he
ssys There is good news from Trinity River;
gold is very plenty snd provisions scarce We
shall make s great raisc 81 the loads have sent
taere.
Near the Mission Of SaL Antonio, sltUsted among
the Coast Mountains, 60 miles south Of this,
washing Of considerable richness has been discoy
er,d At the las. accounts, number Of people
were working there. with fair success, and ira
ders are he zinniu5 send their teams In that d-
rection. Gold IS said TO exist In small quantities
near the Mission of Carmel, only four miles from
this town and, in fact there is every geological in
dicaton Of it That San Francisco itselfis built on
placer. ! am well satisfied To nay certain
Ano sedee, boys have picked - and 8 IN a te~
hours, from clay dog 50 feet below the surface, IN
sinking well The story of Mr. Harrison, the
Collector, having found gold IN the adobes OF the
Custom House 10 something more than good
joke
Bot by tar tie most sgnihcent discovery 10 that
recently made upon thu rancho OF Col. Fremont,
the Msriposas River. IL is nothing less than
vein OF gold IN the solid rock-s bona hde nine,
the first which has been found III California
Whether it was first detected by party Of So
Romans or by the company which Col. F organ
lied last Spring. and which has since been wCik.
ing In tha ssme locality ID disputed point. though
rate the gold is there and in extraordinary sbun-
dance. saw some specimens which were IN Col
Fremonts possession. The stone is reddish
quartz filled with rich veins OF gold and far sur
passing the specimens brought from North Carolina
and Georgia Some stones picked up on the top
of the quartz strata, without particular selection
yielded ? OF. OF gold to every rs lbs. Col. Fremont
informed me that the vein had been traced tor
more than mile. The thickness the surface -
2 feet, gradually widening as 1t de'cends and show
ing larger particles of gold. The dip downward
is only about 20, so that the mine can be worked
with little expense. These are the particulars
fret given me when the discovery was ounced.
Sill more astonishing facts have Just come - light.
A geologst sent out 70 examine the place, ar
rived here last night He reports having traced
the vein distance OF TWO leagues, with an aver
age breadth Of $50 feet. At one extremity Of the
mine ha found large quantities OF native SILVER,
which he calculates will fully pay the expense OF
setting up machinery and working 1t. The rancho
upon which it is situated was purchased BY Coz.
Fremont in 1886 from Alvarado, former Governor
of the Territory. Ii was then considered nearly
worthless, and Col. r. only took it at the moment
of leaving the country, because disappointed in
obtaining another property This discovery hss
made great sensation throughout the county
vet it is bot the first Of many such. The Sierra
Nevada is pierced ia every part with these price
less veins, which will produce gold for centuries
after every spot of earth from base to summit. shall
have been turned over and washed out.
So much for the sold. In ether respects the
country is soersbly quiet specuaiionin lo!shoueh
sill going on, ha, ing assumed more cautious char
scter Ssn Francisco, Stockton, sacramento City.
and So Jo.e sell maintain their value. Benicia
lots are rather dull and have slightly fallen. while
Co, Steveuson's New-York. thePscitc, with
l. s awkward snd absurd title does not seem to be
thought of. A town called Vernon. at the mou III
of Feather River, il rising rapidly TO notice, and
another ia said to be sprlneing up on Trinity
River Many persons have made large fortunes
by buying up lots at lucky time and selling them
still more luckily. A case wss told me OF young
man who lSss Fall borrowed money enough to
pay his passage from the Sandwich lslaads 10
San Francisco, and who is now on his way home
with $4,000 made in this manner. Three or tour
gentlemen who came Up in he Panams have a.
ready made $40 900 by similar operations.
friend Of mine who shipped lumber from New
York 70 the snoant OF 81, 900 sold il nere for
$4,000. Houses which cost $500 sell readily for
s. coo, snd the demsnd is G instantly increasing.
A. least rs houses have beer. imported from Car
ron, and are pat up by Chine, carpenters Nearly
al the chairs in private families are Of Chinese
and there are two restaurants in the
Town, kept by Kons-suns add whsns tong, vhsre
very pslstsbke chow-chov, curry and tsrts are
served mp by the Celestisls-
Wishing ia still ss COZ Ell, and the
qusnee ia. lau'e quantities of soiled linen sent
to our sntiposies to be PARTED A vessel iuN IN
from Csnton brought $50 dozen. which " ere sent
o0i few months ago anoaher from the ssnd-
wich lslsn5s brought 100 dos 90. ana the Prsc-
'ice is no " becoming general San FraDcsco "a
IN TACT 'Oore metropolitan in It's character shsa
any 9TH port In the world Its trade With sn
parts OF the Pacific 10 rapidly IN ereasins.
The overland emigration is pouring into TIE
aonDtry- in full tide The rer< rtx which rea chsd