The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-01-01

ont handsfu in about equal proportions but these tbey
said were We went Nd over the stony ,nrfcs
OF The island to see how the golden deposit Law Here and
there few were picking in the gravel say few feet below
surface throwing out by hande big stones and shovel
ing the lesser gravel into buckets which carried off to
the cradle The bed of gravel had been made by spread or
widening IN the river bottom and large rocks and
bonlders had caught the sand gravel down IN
this queer water by the winter torrents from above II
was four to ten feet before the The granite
rock that formed the rivers bed and this was found the
richest earth
In tn middle highest part of the bank thew woud b,vs
to dix 10 ii feet reach the bottom and two or three or
may be more feet would be surface gravel with lte or
nothing it, after which the gold strata would be moor tl
they had got Deep and not ye than two ounces psr
nay per man and then they said might count ON
hundred dollars day at the bottom of his pit or hole
Tins is larger deposits than common and ha, been dua
OF ps and banks but at the time of visit not more
IMAM three hundred persons left this island Every
one mad e Tor the Mines We had satisfied our cur
y nefe ana wanted to reach the mill or rst discoyery
that day. The road led through hily countrv-bils
geng higher oaks scarcer, and soapstope with
dry avines and occasional pine groves We found AS here
fofoe every few miles where there was sprng mr. match AZ
grass mp fires and wagons. families of Mormon, or of,be
roVing race that have wended for the last
ton tengtn turned East and perfectly con.nsd WITH
their luck at last With of them had spent the
ing chatting their gains prospects, etc. in the newv
aoshed city on the shores of the Salt Lake. which will
anord f'em quiet roof and from their wanderine
mere met on several occasions. who had sod enough
we ioand the MILL as It's called quite settIement-some
cant stores In log board bush shantes and
ded persons digging and hing along the b,pks nsce
OF ton acres or has been penned off for Can, Sn,,s
whose enerpsng efforts to civze this wilderness led tn
the discovery. He was having race opened for :, nil;
among the hills. and bis workmen found tho gold ,,had
and sent down to him. 1t was too pecuIia, not ~ h -
recognized. - " " oo"
They tried 70 keep the matter secret but too many In
H. and In three months from that time that wilderness If
III b-smong which none but Suffers men and Jnd,ns ev
venured alone for fear of the wild Indans-was noyv f,
being settled and the gisly bean wolves and iscka
listened in astonishment to the fryngpans Kissing babe.
crying. cow bells tinkling and boss kicking M .b;ndv
among the wagonS-and there no place left then for them
10 20 to- The climate high up the hills though exceedingly
warm in summer. is tolerably healthy and on the river
banks and grassy glades and then to be met with
owns are locating. log cabins already building and Uncle
land sales anticipated before have even right By
eaty 10 territory acknowledged belong to smother Gov
srnment.
'et the saw mill and found BY going up it, that the
HI aoove was pretty high one and following the wind
neS OF ne road round the hills which were fat rising in
we iode about into ravipe between two
Guy p'sn Ds which IN winter holds quite torrent Par.
es OF men Were scatteed along this csnada like ants II
ing late hnd very hot but few were working We n,xed
% to another caada beyond where TIE Californian, had
nncipaily congrega'ed snd it being Sunday
- o. gambling and the Indians. their aboren ditto
esseo Ia Adam-aad miserable british raee tbsv ,re
snow the use of fire to prepare their food nany Of
sA h'ns upon sssss seeds and acofnsin the sshtes,