New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-14
Large Lump of GoId-Probable Weld Of
Goid-Incrense of san Francisco, &c.

san FRANcisco, July 3l, l-il.
Since | last addressed you on ihe lst July. per
steamer Oregon. nothing OF Importance he's occnr-
red the accounts from the Dg-inss eye every day
more favorable. As tie rivers la. rao work o. Che
bars yields ablndanty. One party of six men,
with p Virginia machine. washed aut o. earth
which was thrown away by ID gers at ihe Nor
mon Island. ia six days. A. ounces Of fine gold,
which have seen here. / had fine specimen 10
my hand this morning, weighing lil lbs. Troy
slightly mixed with quartz, for which was offered
- 600; it will be sent 20 Eng and. and also p
piece 81 pure native gold weighing b bs Troy
The above Is the largest specimen ] have yet
seen. From the best Information ! am able % Oh
tain, either from inquiry or comparing notes with
others who are cOnyersant with the subject OF the
probable humber OF men now working in the dig
gir IS, the number is about 2jOO0 working men
These men, We viii say, get on an average each
day halt ounce of gold. land the average Is never
calculated here less than one ounce per man per
day. say during the months oi October, NOvem-
Der and December 0i kills. year, twenty workin-
days each month will DO sixty days or $50 BOO
ounces, OF fUcire mtHiOHs n dJl1rs. These
figures are far below the estimate generally made
here by other persons Who have taken toe troubi,
TO Investigate the subject Thus, you vii per
ceive. the immense amount OF gold which, IN oil
probability, viii be taken our by those now work
i1g by the end OF the present year and this. too.
without calculating or making suy allowance upon
the number OF persons which are daily coming 90,
Or may arrive here during the next three months.
There are rumOrs ahoat with regard % the abuu-
dance o.. gold which | do not deem prudent O.
mention. and leave 10 for time % bring q light
the truth or ialsty OF the report that very large
quantity OF gold 5 - be found over al extensive
region Of the country near the ranges Of the noun
tain. IS true, IN my opinion, as that iron ore Is
abundant Ia Missouri or Pennsylvania. All the
gold which, up 20 the present time, has been
found has been taken out by persons who a few
months ago. had never seen II Ia any other form
than coin or manufactured articles, yet such per
sons ia hundreds Of instances dug and washed
out from one 10 twelve ounces per day, with the
ruiesf kind OF machine, made from three boards
nailed t1gether, or a lOs dug out in the toughest
maoner, aud oitentimes not deeming 10 worth
their while to try o. save the finer PARTICLES OF
gold which. If they feit inclined e. DO, would be
very difficult ~ ihous using quicksilver
Our town Is now three times the slze DC was
when I arrived here. sai buildings are g0ng up
il all directions. Rents and property very hisb
and sail Ou the rise goods from all parts Oi the
world are low abundant aud generally meet with
ready sale. There are now In our narDor l30 YES
sells AID most OF them Of large SIZE. Many yes
ses have gone up the Sacramento River % Bcne
cia aud Stockton, where they are used as STORE
houses. hotels, &c. and will probably never 60 q
sea again. Yours, Sc.
= Sd have iust been cOnyersing with two %
our most intel.i gent business men here, who are
well conyersant with the subject OF od, and they
Tell me that the receipts Of gold FOR the asst twenty
days vii. amount u one million Of dollars.