The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-19
Late and Interesting New. from california.

TIE GOLD LEGENDS FULLY CONFIRMED
by the arrival on the 7th Of the ship " zone,
rom Vera Cruz, the New Orleans Picayune re-
eeived letters from San Francisco as late as the
lih Of March, which fully confirm the rrevlous
accounts OF the vast amount of gold gathered on
the Sacramento; also, the fact OF the steamer Cal.
fo-uia being laid up at san Francisco, caused BY
the entire deseItion OF her crew-leaying The cap.
lain and first mate in their slory. The steamer
was detained some time at Mazatlan, on her trip
ap, 10 wooding, her coal having run out. Ii is i'm
possible 10 say when she will leave on her return
UP.
The town Of san Francisco was crowded TO
overhowirg al the date OF the letters; end specu-
alton in ''iown lots" exceeded the widest and
maddest era Of the sPseulltiOus Of 1913 IN the
South. Choice lots were selling for s20,COO-
So, 9O0-,nd even $4,000! Not for promJs rs to
pay, but lie "dust' ITSELF
Even 10 the wet season, when there is no work
going at the digsngs, attendants at the hotels,
restaurants etc, are paid $40 to $50 per month;
and when operations commence in the gold rC gon
il is impossible TO say what labor will comm aud
Ok teams receive slO0 per day for hauling. Clio.
nous timei,-labor dictates 20 capital
We cop! a portion Of one Of the picayune'S let
tiers;
SAN FEANctsco, March Z 1919
| wrote YOU q lew dsJs since on our arrival aud
avail Of The detention OF the vessel for MaEa Ian,
10 give y0u some items OF matters and things IN
this deleclable country. la the first place. far
as one can lean, ne gold SioTies are al fYle.-|
The consequence is that labor, rents, provisions,
&c, are enormously high. Town properly for
cash is beyond any Thing ever heard Of in a new
couniry-rrnts from five hundred 10 one thousand
dollars per month. CIrpenter's wages eight 10
ten dollars pei day.
Fifty to one hundred dollars per day is nothing
extraordinary for miners 10 make. Those who
have been here year, with common industry and
prudence, are worth iIOm twenty thousand 20 two
hundred thousand dollars. have not been abb
10 procure board in the place, and in company
with Frazer and young DucTos, have pitched our
tent quarter OF mile from town. You may
Judge hat a state OF things exist when common
laborers can go 10 the mines and return in a month
or six weeks with from one 10 three thousand
dollars i gold
It is yet to- early for the mass to start To die
mines, the weather having been very inclement-
We intend 10 go up TO the mines and see the conn
Try, and have formed a party Of FIVE for that pur.
pose. The geat difficulty is in procuring convey
ance. The price Of passage 10 Suffers Fot is
SIS each, and SIS per cWt for hsggsge and pn)yis-
ions. We have an idea OF buying whale b06i;
ine price ~ SUI. from suffer OIL 10 ihe ~ an
islaas the transportation is difficult and expen-
aivc, as a team Of tive oxen and wagon earn 500
per day!
Gold is selling at ga per ounce, bat is taken in
trade AT SIC. IL is worth in Valparaiso SiS, and
would nett in the States ST., all expenses paid.
know not when shall he able to SEND YOU an.
other letter. have little faith in this reaching
you, as il goes by transient vessel 10 Maza Ian,
thence through Mexico. Captains of coasters are
much in the habit Of destIoyiIg letters TO avoid
carrying mercantile information.