The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-16
ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS.

San Francisco The writer ID the Rev. C. g. Lyman .
II e s s:s .:s
voyage to the Paoihs. He was there when the gold
mine. we're h,st discovered, and going to them hs Il
weeks some y. cooin gold.
Nos, 49, lS4s, and received to-day, contains interest
Ing obesrvsticns the grand boreslis Of FRI
day, Nov H. ls4S (which also In the United
esrDiDg the gold regions Of Upper California A.
the first matter It enough to cay here that the
raj display brilliant at San Francisco and that an
old Californian who Il declared It was the frat
time he Esd ever witnessed any thing Of the kind.
The following extract Of the letter relates to tho
fecona topic. Mr. LYMAN Is we'll known In this COM
munity ~ . Of science and excellent character,
a.d his statements are entitled 70 great credit.
aThs imm.ns. gold deposit in the sisrr. Nevada
has been the prominent object thought in California
the last six months, and It wsl be for years have
visited seve:ai different parts Off u" every
has already been explored some 400 mIss, and rich
dgspgs have been actively worked At moderate est-
mate probably four or Ave millions Of dollars st $40
per Troy has already been taken out since the
WORKING nrst need about nine months ago,
most Of IL within the last four months As the exPio
ration proceeds tho recruits become richer and richer
from four to SIX thousand people have probably besn
digging, and average days work for the whole would
ounces are not uncommon days works, and some In.
dvidusily have taken cut two, three, four and
ten or mere pounds Of gold In single day | dssign
1t earliest leisure to write full desci
ofths placers. and their geological sssocaons Sucs
1t to say that the the Sierra Nevada range
primitive and motsnorphic, and that the gold occurs
70 far have observed solely in geological posi-
tion End that the stratum or drift dnuvum, which
In places where the dggipgs have been carried on,
varies from half foot to several feet In thickness
The richest excavations have been In the bottom Of
dry ravinss, though gold Is found on the slopes and
even the sunmits Of the hills. Single pieces have
bee reported Is weighing Is and 20 pounds but the
largest have seen 10 ono 1t present IN my keeping
1t weighs between six and pounds Troy, being
NJ Lave fnh kap ~tr
with metallic gold weight Of the gold
amounting probably to two and half or three
[Fron the Newark Advertiser, Feb al
Many readers will be gratined to know that highly
encouraging letters have been received BY his family
Gently left the SAY s.Sd"sh Island: 10 ..ssn
In San francifco. Having been politely favored With
speruss We are permitted TO make the following ex-
"SAH FRArcnco, California, Nov. 81, ls4s
You viii be rcjoiosd 10 know that my pros.
poets here are cheering. Last Sabbath there was .
were no vacant seats Gov Mason Of this tsrritoI ,,
and ex Gov Briggs, Of Missouri were present. I
'pirtusty, humility and usohs sb,sn.ss Of pure
religion In the evening, from Epbssaus vi ns
on etn occasions the eye aid ear OF all prssent OR
Sabbath school numbered seven the nrst Sabbath and
twelve the second and expect report four.
Thing school; weekly PRAYER meeting and singing
though do not look for continual sunshine
From the Baltimore Sun, Feb 151
We have been favored with the perusai OF q letter
dated on board the s ship Ohio, and written her
the 9th Of January was written the voyage the
Ohio having sailed nom San Fr.nsi.co tss 10Th Of
You ak me what { thisk Of your coming out here
] viii give you plain statement OF matters and
thipgs You can form NO idea Of the OF pgs
there 1t Ia destined TO be very large city and even
1t is dcult to buy property IN the busipes part
81 the town, except a. The mast exaynscnt 2ios,.