Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-11-17

pasures OF that tpor''on wh'ch has long
COLI fRrMq@T'sd doLDIMiNE|
Bayard hylor, mis- lsster, sbeaksd Frc-
mont's iistuvery of gold In the following
strain 4------.---.-
But by far the most magnificent discovery
|M iSal Feeehhly Made upon The hhche of Coli
Fremont, on the Mariposas River. II is moth.
ing 'sss f,Ssii a'vtin of god m shs soiid rock
"a bosa fiidfetiYine, the first which has been
found in California. Whether il was first de-
tec,ed by party Of Sonomans or by the COM
pany which Col F. organized last spring, and
which has since been worked in the same
locality, is disputed point, though believe
the crct'it is due TO the latter Al any rate,
the gold is there, and in extraordinary abun-
lince | saw SOME specimens which were
in Col. Frremoni's possession. The stone is a
reddish guar,z, filed with rich veins Of gold,
and far sufpossi,ig the specimens btoneht
from North Carolina and Georgia. Some
stones picked up on the top Of the quartz
strata, without particular seleciion yielded
: OF. of gold 10 every 25 lbs. Col. Fremont
informed me that the vein had Been traced
FOR more than mile. The thickness on the
surfacc'is feet, gradually widening as it
descerds and showing larger PARTICLES Of gold.
The dip downward is only about 90 degrees,
so ,la, the mine can be worked with little
expense. These are the particulars first
given me, when the discovery was announ-
'ccd. Still more astonishing facts have Just
come TO light 'aa'sa1s 2'7a'if' ''7'F
A geologisi sent ont 10 examine the place,
arrived here last night He reports having
traced the vein distance of two leagues,
with an average breadth Of $50 feet, At one
extremity of the minc he found large guam
titles OF native silver, which he calculates
will fully pay the expense of setting up ma
chmery and working it. The rancho upon
which it is situated was purchased by COL
Fremont in 1876, from Alvarado, former Co
vernon Of the Territory. 1t was then con-
sidcred nearly worthless, and Col F. only
took it at the moment OF leaving the country,
because disappointed in obtaining another
property This discovery has made great
sensation throughout the country; yet it il.
the first OF many such. The Sierra Nevada
is pierced in every part with these priceless
veins, which will produce gold for centuries
after every spot of earth from base TO sum.
nit shall Have becii turned over and washed
out.
THE ABUNDANCE OF THE GOLD.
MIR. Taylor also serves up the gold dis
coveries with a very prudent caution TO the
reader respecting gold stories in general:
This country seems fated in regard to gold
and golden excitement. Ii was supposed not
long since that the limits of the pacers had
been settled aud that the Sierra Nevada was
the great siore-house Of the precious metal.
Since my arrival, however, discoveries have
been made which almost induce us TO believe
that the whole country, from San Diego to
Cape Mendoemo, from The Pacific 10 the top
most ridge af the Nevada, and heaven knows
how much further eastward, has been com
petely seasoned and spiced with The yellow
grains. News reached San Francisco of
large placer having been found on Trinity
River, stream which rises in the Coast
Range, and empties into the Pacific opposite
the head of Sacramento Valley The story
was soon verified by intelligence from the
diegings on the American Fork, which stated
that the diggers were leaving in large bodies
for the Trinity River, where men were said
to wash out 500 day. |, is best to receive
the stories Of gold digging, even here, with
"a grain Of allowance, but the main fact is
true. lately saw letter from merchant
in Sacramento City 10 his partner in San Fran
cisco, in which he says: ':There is good
news from Trinity River; gold is very plenty
and provisions scarce. We shall make
great raise on the loads have sent there" [.
l' Near the Mission of San Antonio, situated
among the Coast Mountains, sixty miles south
of this, washing of considerable richness
has been discovered AT the last accounts,
"a number of people were working there,
with fair success, and traders are beginning
TO send their teams in that direction. Gold
is saidto exist in small quantities near the
Mission of Carmel only four miles from this
town, and, in fact, there is every geological
Indication OF it, That San francisco itself is
built on a placer, am well satisfied Tony
certain knowledge boys have picked 81 and
IS in a few hours, from clay dug 80 feet be-
low the surface, in sinking a well The story
of MIR. Harrison, the Collector, having found
gold in the abodes of the custom house. is
something more than good joke. l.r Oh.
A NEAT CALoULATIoS.-The editor of the
White River Standard, published at Bedford,
Ia, was Dragging the other day Of three large
pumpkins, one weighing Ii9a pounds, and