New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-01
r.x,,b,e sgneripEs Of Goid-seek,rs-De
frotn ELIMINATION,

THE following letter written BY gentleman long
,,sdent Of this City but now 10 California may b. 70
ned upon :. being truthful s,atnent, as the writer
,sn and fsvorsbly known 70 large Pyr''on o' our
rnos, thorough going business men
Coanr.as. 40 ~ H. If5sas
WooD NINE, about 800 me. ir,"'
san Francisco July 30 lrfS
lam At isst IN the gold region sn9 VIZ
a description Of my tedious j,urney ho'e'
rived tt Stockton AFTER fair Passs5e.-
there a few DAYS. snl then s;si'e4 io' '"' ~
+, Gaming bs,a We crossed 81 srii paia OF ~
,.,,...-o ysgetst,on no shade, no ~s'er' except
,yb,, We carried with US, and cne o' we 'o''ea'
ds,.Iever experienced sitec taxing on each o.
,,r bses. some 80 or 20 pounds, sos hiiing it;!e
L.,,,,b water some ) Of uss,sr.cd n comps y
r., e,.. dsy we made about l3 miles AID then
Ia d.so ;, rest our exhausted frame. On the
,-o,,o5 with bat a s,ng.e blanket each FOR cover
,,g. The second day We Travelled b.. miles IL
,le ,ooraing AID cf 6 Ia the evening. This day
man by the name Of Hunt, from Massachusetts,
oave out aud could go no lurther. AZ no was cot
eIvsts, lei him net rs lips ita NINE, and
,o,oe other. did tle ssme, but all W. could 10 u
rcvIvs him proved unsvsiicg. lie was deter
mined 10 ole, snd We - save our own ii'es we're
ch1. 81 [, leave him Es cur stock 81 "stcr was
Inn, very abort W had some IL ar - mics
t,,,avel before we came 20 rscr. never shsl,
Erg.t ,he scene Of eaving ;tat poor man 70 die on
tse batfen plato bat TIA, was nothing 70 what
fllosed. The next day COR water was reduced
% few drops. A, II o elk c6 the s1n ~ss pourng
down with uuheard-Oi intensity, aud not brea attn
Of air stirriog, when another very fine yOuOg man
from New. Hampshire, WHOM had formed quite
an attachment tor On our Short scq2aintaEce, ana
when we were within 7 or miles OF the river, IS
H..1rx - a, nrt-T or
the sun and could 20 no further. All va. done
TAT could be done to arouse him 20 action but
without effect gave the poor fellow a few drops
OF water, and such d scene as presented itseii
when W @ were about TO leave him hope never u
witness again. He drew me down 70 the ground
sud kissing me said o God can you leave ine
here 10 die alone p 1 told him . keep up cOur-
sge that We won 20 10 the river where there
wss tent, aud q at would rig up son eihing 10
carry hun o. and would be back IS sOon e. pos
sibe so we bid him good BY and started Before
We reached the river felt myself as II | must
snreiy fail but knew II gave W at all It was 70
die, and when such thoughts as hsl,iag came over
me would arouse ss from sound sleep. new
or exuerlenced such feelings. think death from
hest or exhaustion woud be al easy one Be
fore we got % the river two more dropped, but
the Survivors could 10 nothing for them but were
obliged to press forward toward the river IN order
10 save their owDliyes. We at lat came IN sight
10Y as we experienced vii not attempt 70 P0r
tray.
After replenshing a little we procured three
mules uud went back for our friends. was III
hopes TO iind the one - no dropped frat alive, bat
when ! arrived and jumped oti the male i9uod
handkerchief over bi. Taco / raised II; he lay as
though asleep with his bands crossed Oh his breast
bat be was Quite dead. We put han on = mule,
and one Of the other two was 50 weak tina. he
could not SIT alone and SO W. trufged back t. the
tent found an Indian blanket. sewed him up III II
snd buried him. stSid AZ the river two DAYS 10
recruit, taen came ON 10 tits place. There IL one
other route to cross this plain where there Is wa
ter ia one place. bu, WI got on the wrong road
We arrived here on Thursday evening d,
booking about among the miners and making ali
the inquiries We could, lOuGd that THIS place had
bsen pretty well used up 1t has been very ricb,
bat now every crevice 70 dug to the bottom Ia
the evening fell IN with a Mr. Van benschoten
from New-York who has q store here. lie said
that his partner had been out two or tire" days
prospecting, and # he brought favorable news ne
would let me know 50 while waiting Tor him !
concluded, with two men from SchOharle 90. 70 *
70 work. went Gown Into the creeh, picked out
place. of coat aud vent to work. When We
had dug about three feet down man came along
who oifereJ VA an ounce for our place. we tooh
II aud looked fu another. We worked until last
night then weighed our earnings, and found We
bad s5 Ga after working q day and a hsl' Dls
gine does not pay here. There are about l'ooV
Chilians and Mexcens IN this place, who are sat
isGed with from three 10 five dollars a day, ano
spend it ell gambling at night. They are the only
men making money here. To morrow we go to
another digging where this Mr. Van Ben,choteu
goes with his store. Whether We shall be iortu-
nate or not remains 90 be seeu. Tho work is very
hard. : per ddg an NeW York IS beitcr than sic
hon 81 a h. for -four, 81 for pork, 81 for ham,
Is. for sugar. &c. for coffee l2s for meal, aud all
In that ratio.