The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-10
FROM CALIFORNIA.


any moment that we have not already
presented to ourreaders at different times.
The most important matter is the Difficult.
ties attending The formation Of Govern.
ment. The rumor Of a disturbance be
tween the miners and Gen. Smith prove
to be unfounded; but some difficulty is
apprehended between civil aud military
rule.
The following sketches Of "LJe in FL
DOrado' may prove interesting to those
OF our readers who look anxiously for
any Intelligence from The diggins a cor.
respondent Of the Newark Adgertiser,
writing from Saw MIL Valley, gives the
following account:
1--WE reached the valley of Suffers
Mill at O'Clock. A. NJ, April 18th. Put
up our tent packed away our baggage,
aud about four O'Clock went to the dig.
gems below the saw mill with our wash
pans and washed out few grains Of the
gold. On Monday. The 10th, we went to
the diggins, gathered all the information
we could from the people we found a:
work there, and washed out or 81 dol.
lars worth of gold. On Tuesday | put
the washer together, while the Others
went to dig and prepare the dirt to wash.
In the afternoon, we washed out sic
worth, or The weight of an eagle. Wed.
nesday, 18th, Mr.. Davenport stayed at
the tent while the other five washed all
day, and obtained S27, so. Thursday.
18Th. all hands together washed out
$3.50. Friday, goth obtained SCI worth
of gold, and on Saturday. goth, $50 so
worth, having struck good bed of allu.
vial dirt, which we had to carry about 90
yards to the water. On Monday. 23d
collected SGT; Tuesday, 24th, S63 so;
Wednesday, S6S,5O; Thursday 500; Fri.
day, $53 so, Saturday. $50. On Sunday
we stayed at the tent. washed up and
made dividend Of five ounces of gold
to each person, leaving six penny weight.
in the treasury. This is not up to wha
it was represented, being not over s.
per day. and our expenses are enormous
1t seems strange, that after all that ha,
been said with regard to this country, ne
correct idea of it has been conveyed.
When person arrives at San Francis
co the journey is not half performed-thc
labor, fatigue and privation then com
mences. A person may go from Sar
Francisco on the decks of small vessel
and ride across the prairies in an OK wag
on. but no person would risk riding uI
and down the mountains to Columbia
(Snttel's saw-mIl,) thence Is miles tt
the Spanish bar on the middle branch o.
the American fork, the nearest mine ,ha
yields sufficient to pay for working.
good horse will carry about 100 pound
across the mountains, at an expense o
about so cents per pound; from that
person must take his blanket, tools an
victuas on his own back, and climb hi
way wherever he goes.
You may wonder why we stay here 81
long. The reason is, that the water i
so high that miners do not work, and j
will exceed six weeks longer on accoun
of the snow melting on the mountains
The river here is high, and it has rise
some three feet since we began to work
driving US from the diggings This riy
er is about rs yards wide. and from fiv
to ten yards deep on descent from
to or A feet in 100, and runs like trai
ofcarS over the rocks, making ten time
the noise.
Aperson commencing to dig, selec
his place, clears away a bed of rock an
gravel Of all sizes and of all depths, frol
one to six feet, ill he comes to bed ,
yeIlowish alluvial sand few inches thicI
and sometimes foot of this contains III
gold in greater or less quantities.. Thi
is carried to the river and washed, yiell
ing few pieces, such as send, in
shovel or pan full. five strike ou the lie
side of rock or pocket in the rocks, "
make good days work; but if we strk
a place that had no shelter when the gnl
and yellow sand was washed down, w
get nothing.
The following items are extracted frur
the Placer TtmeS and the Californian b
a correspondent of the New York Z.
press:
This is dated at the "Mockelumne
Diggings, referred 10 above:
."Here some forty persous are hard
work washing on; golG--some with ms
chimes and some with tin pans. One ma
has a hole sunk Ia feet below the bank
and although obliged to bail The wate
out Of it every morning, he makes frOr
five ounces to pound every day. Thos
at work there are mostl y young men wh
come out in the volunteer regimen
They are hard working fellows and d,
serve all they can make. The current
the river is very strong. ...s t..
Monday, l4th May--1 have earned
day only Sl2, and the prospects anon
the oOrkies are rather dishearlenin
, Three Americans however, below Jane
town, took out one piece of gold wor
S27S! The news few like wild fir,
/ Twelve California carts, with four yot
, of oxen each, passed this valley last ev
and it was scene of rural beauty, ha
, seldom seen surpassed"
The villainous Mexicons have be,
showing the "red flag"
Wednesday, l6th--Still digging wi
, only mediocre success. as are the main