Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-10-26
GOLD NEWS


en- country, has been compiled from the most au-
thentlc sources from men who are recently from
the diggings, and from those who have been en-
gagged prospecting over the whole OF that inter-
estIng region:
The Sacramento still yields good dividend OF
something like ten Or fifteen dollars day to all
industrious laborers, and bar near where the
gold was first discovered, which had been entire
ly overlooked by the eagerncss of new adventur-
ers, has been wrought " tn great success, some
thing like an average of two hundred dollars
eachto party OF three for some two weeks past.
The new method of turning. the river and OF
working in It's drained channel has not always
repaid the effort yet, in enough cases. il has sue
ceeded to make 1t quite popular. 1t requires
union OF some twenty TO sixty to build the dam,
The one at Mormon Island has not as vet reached
the expectation OF its friends, though the shares
of the stock have been sold here fifty per cent.
above par. The Feather River, where the finest
gold has been found, Is yet tavorite stream
among the diggers. 1t Yields the average of an
ounce per man, il he works well. The lazy and
inactive in this country do not fare any better
here than in any other, and the dssipated are Of
ten the earliest victims to the diseases of the
climate. But hard labor is well rewarded by the
bountitu hand OF Nature About 1000 persons
are now engaged there.
The Ayuba Rivers said to be the surcst place
Tor making money by those VINO stick to one
spot and the Indian trade is brisk. A friend of
ours assured us that he had sold common scarlet
blankets at from four TO ten ounces apiece. At
| the present time he has already realized a few
| thousands by his mercantile shrcwdness.
vi three forks of the Rio de los Am ericnnos
the North has now a majority of miners The
sold Is OF hight lemon color, and when assayed
Is iounu 10 possess greater quantity OF silver
imam that OF the nelghborng streams. Many
nave ieft the Middle fork, IN parties, for the
mountain sources of the precious metal but these
parties have not been as Successful as was eX-
pected. The Oregon men seem to be the luck
lest dlggerS on these branches.
Inc old fashioned rocker is the only and the
simplest way yet invented to separate the dirt
from the ore. In future years quicksilver will
uo''o'iess De used, but gold is yet TOO plenty and
100 easily procured to need the aid of amalpams
The mornings and evenings are cool and de-
ightful, the middle OF the day hot and drv, when
The thermometer ranges from ninety to one hun
dred and fifteen Farenh it,
Upon the Sacramento and its tributaries are
at work about 5000 men. and with the wear
ehdlng next ia .uary, they will doubtless relieve
the earth OF little less than S20O00UOO. and this
we consider moderate estimate
Inc San joaquin divides with the Sacrament
to the gold seeking population where. though
wrought and rewrought, the quantity still re-
mains undated
The StanlsauS shores have afforded the larr-
est specimens, VARYING from half an ounc, to ff-
teen pounds, AMI thousands are now waiting the
low water to eAcavate the virgin bars OF this
wealthy river.
Inc dry dlggngs OH Woods Creek have
yielded thousands OF ounces; and the MoAicans
located AT Some rlEiaD Cl,,r, ha,,, r.,,,,t
harvest: thes3 ii -gngS are nearly deserted fora
| lack OF water to Wash the gold. While on the
Hldnislaus: the shores are filled with springs and
pumps are necessary to keep the water out
while digging.
The Iouumn2 and the Mercedes Rivers have
been merely skinned over vet with brilliant
success And many feet are now turned toward
the ravlnes Of the Caiayeres where a fortunate
miner earned 500 900 in two weeks We hal
thc plea5ure OF seeing some of this windfall of
goId' Ihe mountain parties have not vet re-
turned Ot their fortune We shall give our rca-
ders the earliest intelligence
Upon the San Joaquin and it's tributaries thn,n
are some twenty Thousand men now at work,
WHO will earn by January next some S2O. UUO-
ooo. According to this calculation this coun-
try Will yItld not less than $40 DO0. 900 annually
An income unprecedented III the annals of the
world. word - those who are aSout startinr
Tor TINS region Stout Woodworking mon are
those VINO acquire the most gold. Boarding
tents are plenty all over tn mineral country. and
board Vanes from So to So per day Parties OF
from three to i've, are the most successful A
large party breaks up from a want of unity of
ieehng, alter reaching here; in fact thew are I'M
profitable. Machinery is of no use, and does not
sell Tor the freight it costs. The fourishng
cities OF Sacramento, Stockton, Beaecia. and 9TH
era are the best evidence Of the immense value
OF TINS wealth, IN popuatng land that only
needs laborers to make it one of the finest rra-
zlng and agricultural countries in the world
1t is reported that new and valuable cold mines
have been discovered upon the Turkee river inst
the other side of the Sierra Nevada and several
parties from the northern fol Ks were on their
way tni.hr. 1t is stated that from 500 to 1000
dollars have be IN dug per day
If this report is true, the real digging. are just
being dscOv