The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-08-01
LATE FROM THE GOLD DICCINCS-


The Taunton Wing publishes The following let
ter, dated San Francisco, May lst, the statements
OF which are said to be worthy OF implicit con6
dence. e
Sill returned from the mines last Wednes
day. 10th April TO this place, after an absence OF
ABOUT three weeks. There is very little doing a,
.he ulggings, In consequence OF the highness o.
the streams, which II continue some Six weeks
longer. That there is great quantity of gold IN
'nls country am perfectly satisfied, but not in
such Quantities as we at home are led to believe
ana me labor you have to perform to dig it would
appear incredible TO those aft ted with the fever
at home, without the least certainty Of procuring
after performing the labor You might dig for
weeks close by those who were daily getting
from TO ounces, and yet not be fortunate
enough to get as much as would pay your board
The erof digging is as follows: you com.
mence by digging hole about six feet square.
aud continue sinking it through water aud CLAW
some times 10 the depth of IL and Id feet. irving
OCCASIONALLY with your tin pan to ascertain ii the
'"rlh contains any gold; and frequently this
a'"oun' oil iaoor Is performed under the rays OF
turning sun, without being able to make your
expenses Occasionally gold is found rpon the
surface, but in very smaIl quantities, and bv no
means IN quantities to pay any twenty men from
me states, II they could have the entire proceeds
OF such already collected; for when one man wa
fortunate enough to find upon the surface few
ounces, it was and is heralded by those IN stores
and other business in the vicinity, to all uarts
whlle not whisper is heard of the thousands
VINO are daily undergoing extreme labor priya
lions and suterngs, without being able to detray
their expenses.
Alter arriving here you have to take such con-
Veyance by water, as you can procure, which at
present is not com ortabe and proceed $50 miles
up the river, for which you p4y $50, and find
yourself, without any convenlences OF cooking mr.
sleeping, and So Tor 100 lbs freight When YOU
san as far as nayigable you have TO travel from
70 to 100 miles over very rough road, some
umes crossing mountains from one 10 two miles
above The level OF the sea, and as suItry as any
summer day you experience this distance YOU I
have TO travel on foot, if you do not buy horse,
which costs, without saddle or bride, $500 Al
ter you get to the mines, you will find class OF
people who spend all their digging IN rum and
bling, and quite indifferent to the comfort
,r lives OF those who will not associate and do as
hey do. The expense of living at the mines s
bout So per day, and you are liable daily to be ,
tackled by the lever and ague, or Intermittent
ever, without the chance of medical aid unless A
on are willing TO pay five ounces a visit There Il
no vessel here yet that sailed after the last OF
November, and goods already as low as in the
tates, and what it will be when they all get :
ere IL Is Impossible 10 TELL Board here is Sl7, n
per week. and sleeping on the floor at that, and
o grumbng IS dozen for washing, and but
cry few to do it; and | say it without finding
lult, that have not slept on bed Of any kind 1
ince lett Chagres; and since | have been in
his country have slept upon the ground when . !
shore, and never enjoyed better health in my !
ife, excepting slight attack OF rheumatism. II
my of my friends wish to realize the comforts Of
lee ping in common horse stable let them only
smigrate to California, and, my word for it, the
will come before reaching here.
Yours, &c. p p. CONFER.