New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-09
The California Gold Region.

SAN Francisco, Feb. !, ls49-
Our gold region or placer IS sctnsIy tne o'l'y
thing or circsmstsnce that ever knew not efsggsIs
ted Law, gospel and politics are becoming 1oso'
ip the great eagerness 70 obtain share al the
Las, July our gold digeers were satisfied 10 OBTAIN "
or three ounces Of gold per day now they throw up
the spade and picksTe If they don't ma cnunA "a
cry hour two Up 10 this date, So'O nss ~,
for a single lump an informed there 10 in this to"h
piece weighing thirty pounds have heard OF sevel
al pieces weighing each FIVE pounds mere is IN ton q
a piece Of stone weighing seven pounds, con'slnns
about three pounds Of gold oors a. 'he sIone s"u
gold had been half melted up toselner'
From November 70 March the San Joaquin ana sac
rsmepto valleys are too cold for gold diygng although
the people have buittfom four to SIX hunofeu
of Aur 10 Auus, there will be daily turned cut OF the
banks and rivers six to eight thousand Troy ounces
gold q 20 PIG cerats fine, which sells mere Iot mei
chsndise al sl6 per ounce sli for csin A,er nueus
Thousands will leave the placers; oneforrtn OF mos
who remain In August and september VIII De SICK Ni
a fever that holds them from thirty TO hundred nAys
Some twenty csrgoes Of merchandise are ianding IN
tis mort AZ this date From hence grsater part " ~
shipped in launches for the Sacramento ana IAN 80"
anin Rivers l20 miles up, run of two or tnfe oAJ
Freight at the rate of g per Dbl pAs.snsers-
one feeding himself common board IS per oy go
ling So rooms by 10 Il by is feet each, 7iO 20 siO
ner month hotel il next month 20 De opebeu nei9
The building cost $4,000 has % rooms maj VIII oI's
500 to 81 500 per aDnUm each vt.o
Tho ovsocr "a culstes with the nicety OF ankec'
TINS: should the building burn down In ak months II
psy cost and tho bar and table pay S2O or 5uVo per
month should il last over that time IL pays 10 pei
cent per month In rents only 1here are sman nousc
having the same ratse Freight 20 Monterey, zone day
sailA $40 per ton; brgs chartered AT sJOVJ per
m nth csptalns wages 500 per month males F"D
10 s200per month pork $50 per Dbl hOu. stV one
week tho next So fowls, 10 - eggs :" :" - -
dozen mot an hUndfec) washing Oh clOneS - 10 -
per dozen Some merchants send their washing 10 U.
Sandwich Islands only 100 miles House lots Of p
feet front bought up at SLOW 70 sJoOO me puI'
u. K,s.,N .tb fnr no
Ne have no workmen nor time 10 DO anything but
dig or pocket gold No one has much time 10 duh
debtor and no debtor has eny time TO hsten 20 cfed
itora very happy state OF affairs bh ~ isss' oi ou
marty Even our Government 1T Warrington appear
In the same ysy fer a. attending 10 California whc
with New Mexico cost Uncle gam 80 OOOOOH the m
terest Of which s, say $4,000 per month when tne
duties collected In this port alone VIII cover anu 'no
placer will distribute one million per month, ana no
mistake Adv man. woman. or child, who may need
thousand dollars has only To go 10 toe "Cai'ofnia
Placer Bank and take Il, snd he huds himself innc
dately ready made stoc khOlder aud director AL are
on The .qe, gold principle lavyers
traders, bosinon, carriers, diggers, thieves and mur
derers.
Up 10 thi. date the murdered bodies have been re-
cncized-at least could be counted. This year. Tear
they cannot be counted. Gold real pure gold, IL so
plenty you may ii piled up on counters and hbhs
like go many bags Of shot, one 10 three hundred ounces
In bag. Nothing Is rorc common Tor person traVe
ling from one town another ON horseback, u reise
TO carry gold for friend on account OF It's weight
Il IL eouva 70 asking your friend 20 carry bag o
corn 20 mill in any other country. We have become
strange people and live In a strange country Nature
ia no, saishsd with covering the valleys OF the Sacra
nento and san Joaquin with gold, but to please us
she has this winter covered the Garth with snow to call
up old associations We have for the first time, snow
In the streets. ~ 81,
Thousands of applicants In Washington City VIII
GLADLY come here ior c. 900 per annum but when they
arrive here and find cooks and stewards ask 1000 each
they will 40 gladly resign and take to digging.
A salary OF $1,000 per aunum Ter Governor Wont
paw How the officers now Ia California patiently
awaiting to be relieved, pay their way hardly kno"
The termination 10 dig OF speculate is arsstye fr0IE
the Governor 10 Lieutenant they have attended solely
10 their duty their respective offices perhaps men
were never so tempted before.