Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-01-03
From the IN. ~ Tribune,
GOING TO CALIFORNIA.

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The journals TEEN viii, sage and
fn,ilellv advice 10 people who think oI
going to California, and we are blessed
win super6uify of private letters, So
lciliag advice and information on various
points connected with tile new Gold
Region. To answer these in detail is
most ipconvenien,, and we prefer 10
pulewhat we know and think into THE
I! Tribune, where all who choose can have
far and ful! opportunity 10 profit by it,
/ presuming lha' these who deem our
| opinion worth asklng for are readers OF
those columns. We propose thersfore,
10 answer to tls best of our ability four
i;,or livt Leading questions, viz:
n. Hon. abort that gold in CalJornia
That considerable area in Northern
| California is extremely rich near The
surface IL virgin Guid, no sensible man
now pretends to doubt. There is no
longer IL shadow Of excnse for affecting
TO believe the accounts fabulous, nur The
nioducl Mica, nor any thing of the sort.
fTjar from one to five thousand persons
were engaged in digging and washing
for Gold in the new placer from June
10 September last inclusive, ana that the
average product OF .hei; labors was a.,
Ieas. one ounce Of %. cara, Gold, worth
fully $50, for each days faithful labor,
are very certain; and the product sper
man was rather increasingfthan dimin2
ishing al The lales; dates, partly by, the
discovery Of richer deposits, but more.
sehsibly by thu invention, purchase, and
manufacture of more suitable ssimple-si
ments, sc. rendering,he labor employed;
far mors effective than at st.-But. -.
IL. VIII the Gold continue abundant I?
We think il will not to the. extent
hitherto realized, but that ii wif@io a;
considerable extent. THAT Gold is found.
over a large area is true, but that il is
everywhere so plentiful as in the neigh
.borhood Of Capt. Suffers Ssettlemenl,.
where the discovery was 3fIsi made, we
distrust. The accounts favor it,, bu,
analoggig.is is S,a!her.agsipst il True. The
fSusSlaD UoIi NI1hes'in TIE UTaT NOUN:
lains remain asproductive as ever, after
several years eficien! working, and ttese
are in region by no means so new TO
civilization as the interior Of California.
Usually. however, the first traits Of "a
newly discovered or newl y worked Gold
Region are the richest. and the sanguine
expectations formed at the outset 3re moi
justified by the experience Of following
years, The unparalleled rasl OF ad-
venturers to California will also operate
against the realization Of extraordinary
profits individually, by speedily crowd
lug, and i'll time exhaustins the richest
localities, when infarior must be resor:ed
to; while the cost of all the necessarics
Of life must remain very high, not only
by reason Of The great demand for them
and the distance whence good part Of
them nusi bc brought, but because Of
the great difficulty Of retaining the sea-
men aud thus bringing away Ike vesseis
in which supplies ale transported lhlher.
We presume tlIsreIoIe, tla, Gold dig
gng ia 1S49. though still very profitable
will in the average be less So than in
1918.
We are not forgetting that the Mines
whence these diluviaI riches have in
process of time been washrd'to the val
leys and ravines vet remain 10 be dis
covered; but though they will doubtless
long defer The exhaustion Of lhe Califor-
mia Gold Region, they can hardly be
expected 10 increase nor even sustain its
produc'ivencss. We know no actual
mines of any sort which will retnrn
twenty dollars per day for the labor
required to work them.
Bur there will be- an immense amount
OF Gold obtained in California during
the next year, and probably through
many years to come. The question
mex, in order would seem 10 be-
8. Whit obstacles and drdybncks are
to BE- encomtertd By seekers FIR 1t?
We have already spoken Of the high
prices of al! the nccessaries and comforts
.! life which will inevitably subslract
heavily from the gains so sangninely
counted on. 1t will cost from 5000 10
! S40O, with from so to $50 days, TO
reach the Gold Region Iom this quarter,
aud when there, transportation, food,
81. must inevitably be very dear. Man
ufactures, Implements. &c, will he
cheapeued by the arrival of the vas,
quantities now on their way ilhither, but
these must still be sold high to afford a
fair profit to their owners. We appre-
hend that those whc but half work, or
fear TO wet their feet, or try TO acquire
wealth without work. will, as general
rule, be fonnd as poor in California when
the golden flood shall have sbbed, as
anywhere else in The world. Those
who drive hard at the work, tearing
nothing. sparing themselves in nothing,
will generally have realized a conpe-
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