New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-15
Gold Hard 10 Get-NIixed Population
LOnfer-Bad Hole.

California Correspondence of The Tribune.
San FRANcuoo, June q, lsi9.
Me.srs. Grecley q McEbah
After most severe tour OF five months through
Mexico, aud thence by water up :he Pacific, ind
ny self among the golden sands of the Sacramento
Statements have gone 10 the States, ere this con-
frmIng the rumOrs rife on my leaving New NOrk.
u the richness 0f the mines ani their exhsustless
resources but from ms short ext erlence ! cannot
add ny conviction 10 ttese W I'D and exaggerated
reports. Undoubtedly there immense re-
sources OF gold 10 the valley and tributaries of the
san Joaquin lSen WAkecnl and Sacramento, but
II requires the most severe labor To extract any
lerge quantity. Much, too, depends upon luck
One may stumble on mass sufficient 10 enrich
him for life bat these cases are OF very rare
currence, ana the general average OF miners is halt
an ounce per day for each man. IL would be folly
to estimate the number OF men engaged in the
mines. There would be no accuracy In such cal
citations They are countless multitude of ev-
cry nation and tongue of the civilized globe nor
can there be even a partial estimate made from
the number OF arrivals al the shipping ports, be-
cause the overland immigration from Lower Cali
iOrnia Mexico, Texas, aud our south estern land
routes will far exceed the number arriving by sea
The mines in some localities are reported sIckiy,
but generally the miners ENJOY the best OF hea tn.
As the sutry season advances, chIlls aud fever
may be looked for on the Stanislau' River, where
the greatest number of men are congregsted
awaiting the abatement of the waters, in expecta-
ton OF golden harvests and last years yield will
Justify such belief.
Villages are springing up In every part of the
mines, and gambling and trading constitute the
business. The Americans are becoming very jea-
Gus OF the foreigners working the mines and you
will undoubtedly hear Of serious difficulties be
tween them on the return of the next steamer
The mines 10 new conner, present scene OF
busy HE of which the world has never before Of
cred parallel Such a motley group was never
before congregated. Casting aside all distinctions
each individual applies every energy 10 the task
upheaves the stones and soil, seeming 70 enjoy
the labor which has ever been considered repui-
sve and degrading You may the pale and
caiaverous clerk OF our cities toiling beside the
| hardy Western pioneer, the ship captain and
common sailor, army officers aud common sol
dlers; professional Broadway hoods and proies
sOual Water 81. lOaiers the grey haired man aud
the juvenile adventurer the Southern STAKEHOLDER
beside the swarthy African now his equal, the
scholar and law eNpOunder beside the wild aud
naked savage the representative OF every South
American nation on the Pacific coast the repul
sIve Mexican PeOn and the demi-ssvsge OF the
sandwich lsands-all cOngregated here 10 wOr-
ship one common IdO, GOLD. To such as believe
thst She Creator designed man for nobsr aims. for
more exalted purpose than that OF becoming a
mere gold getting ANNA. this worlds convention
# gold worshippers furnishes profitable foot for
cOltemp p alton 70 reflect upon the causes " hch
have conspIred 10 tear men from home, friends,
and the industrial pursuits OF life, 10 plunge into
this steeDlechase for gold, to the sacrifice OF every
comfort Of social life the jeopardy OF health, and
the Punishment from all the endesrng associations
which render life desirable or even tolersble.
san Francisco 10 GOd-iOrssken place, nearly
given over 10 gamblers professional ders and TIP
lers. They seem "a band OF oGtcssts met 10
broth erhood OF woe Daily arrivals OF fancy
and sporting men, pugilsts, geDteel loaiers and
abandoned women from the States are rapidly
swelling their ranks. The buildings 10 the town
are mostly thrown together, bu, new frame build
.ngs are rapidly rising. and lumber arrives, the
new edihces will soon AmericAnize the town.