Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-19
TTE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
CONTRADICTORY ACCOUNTS.


One young man (says the Boston co'lespOaa
den, of the Republic) writes from The Satan ~;
10 river 10 his father, in New Bedford, lhl'' -.
lin F. Davis Iha. ne is one OF a co"'p4", - =,
hiry who have succeeded in turning s''eHu' o.
The North Fork laying bare The bed Of Inc '''e',
and lha. their success has averaged two hunu'.'
dolars per day for each man, with every P'o''
nec, of realizing similar amount per uay io4
an Indefinite period Of time. He says nc h'' o.
cuuulaled about $4,000, and means 10 fe'u'"
home 10 month.
AS if to ofse, this Pactolian story young
Boslon;au writes, under date Of San franc''co
Angus, 20: al have seen enough OF Inc eie
pbanl 10 last me for The present. was al Tue
mines about month, with a company u %.
Americans and three natives OF Inc oanu"ic"
Islands, and we did no, dig gold enough 70 pay
our expenses. have heard Of lie" 'his sum
mer who have done well, and grea' msnJ "ho
have done nothing. Gold digging IS 100 mucn
of a lottery for me-"
I have another letter before me from oar
Francisco. which says: 1.-THE climate mere
as bad as has ever been represented. fu'mo-
nary complaints abound, and though the deaths
are few among the male population, Inc ieIna'es
seem TO be fated. Female strangers are ainios'
cerlain 10 lose their health, if not their 'es' III
California
We suspect that The following in Inc IN. "
Bulletin from Dr.. w. J. Brent, well known
citizen of New Orleans strikes the happy me-
dunn and givesa correct vie OF The subject. Io
make gold ,lsbFr is necessary every whefe-anu
without il. i, would be the greatest curse we
have friend, who, finding gold-disg'ns too Sc
we're for his weakly constitution, has very prop
er,v ,urned 10 the practice Of The law In San
Francisco. and i. already the agent OF Suffer
III. gold-discovcrcr and quasi PATRON oil Cali.
fornia: ,o,o
have Just returned from Trip 10 The gold
region, and as the steamer Starts within the
hour. / have only time TO scratch few lines to
vou You would like 10 hear something au-
tbentic and true about the gold. Well, Will
Tell YOU what think, and my opinion is formed
from actual observation. TIE Whole country
for space of 5 OF 6 hundred miles or more, is
filled with gold; take up spade full OF earth
any where in The gold region, AMI you will find
more or less of the metal in il. Although It ex.
isis in such abundance, il is not TO be Obtained
without great abor and loss Of health. Laborlng
men VINO can stand the climate and work
throughout The day, can average from ten 10
sixteen dollars a day-to do this they have 10
w.rk as hard as any negro On cotton or sugar
plantation. Exposed 10 the burning rays OF he
sun. that no thermometer has ever been mad.
long enough TO mark its heat bad and unwhole.
some food and sleeping upon he ground al
night, unsaeltered from The dew, you can see al
once that disease is no stranger 10 persons thus
exposed, and death is not OF rare occurrence.
There are but three classes Of Individuals that
can ever work lhese mines, The negro Indian
and Irish. There is no mis- axe about The gold,
and the newspaper stories you have seen, are
not much magnif"d, yet 10 obtain il, requires
Ialur, aud is attended with the ulmus, peril 10
health and lite.