New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-14
The Placer.

The Placer.
Froa ps Pscsf Inss, haJ ,
The arriva. al our landing Of meet OIL OhAt
brig. .cbooners, aud smaller sal during the week
h.. esd the streets With strangers, given % trade
nav impuise and revived the general Business
..oect OF The place The new corners are almost
20 man bound for the Placer, and encauped
along through the cool wood and skrting the y ater
they may be encountered whithersoever Que wan
ders IL bespeaks the Intensity Of the excteraen
created abroad by the god discoveries Of tnis
country 20 witness the magnihcently -HnfakeN
scale upon which the mass have PreParso loI
operating 10 the mines. AL the absurd shn OUT
landish inventions, the ili-apphed coh"1' A-Ses'
new tangled works, and novel Implements " aci-
litate the finding and gathering OF s"'o al 'ue
unsaeable, refuse and nasty trssn roH ~ -.
uers Of store shelves aDtquated "Afes, HappIhRs'
,,ioksts-ip short every variety oi useless article.
!, wouid appear, has been shipped 70 try It's tor
,one In e .hfornis" That this IA the fact, any one
Who has queted within him the grssplng alter
gain sufficiently 20 besto~ a lew moments aIten-
lion upon things around. can attest
Add instead OF going sensioiy - work and com
hitting such rubbsh 70 the rivers current, where
II will be very likely % 20 dorm, quite deter
minedy, the owner Or agent y III make his camp
IN the midst and quite philosoPhicaiiy Will await
the chances Of trade aud with maniiesta'lcn oi
the m)st complete stolclsm, his notions are ofered
for sale at prices that not unirequentiy lead one I
almost douotthe sanity OF the vender. However.
the altogether false Impressions Of this Il Dorado
market under which . many OF the petty spec9-
suye operators OF the ast arrive and renew their
pitfol process Of m0ney-gettlng. very happily Tor
All. soon wear away But with the worthless and
unwieldy machinery for gold washing should the
newcomer set out for the Placer. Here he will
discover that freight has been paid on Cape
Horn passage Of uDserviceab'e material iOr lis
machinery is perfectly innocent OF any gold-w ash
ing qualities. and alter all, gold washing Is hard
WORK aud fortunes are not 70 be made IN day
To prevent then, the sheartening consequences
attendant upon such an Unprospered determination Of
their long voyage, strangers had best accept as
they will find Of service, the following ioiorma-
ton
They have been advised TO visit the placer, and
at once, that correct idea may he derived % q
gold washer laboriOus vocation. During the pref
ent season the foods, II will be observed, cover
the richest wasnngs aud numbers remain idle d.
consequence. Companies are forming Tor turning
the streams at different points, who. upon per
fectng their plans encamp on the spot where 1t Is
proposed b execute them, aud their nights a.
ackDo .ledged and scrupulo1sly respected by tht o.
fellow aborers The individual claim which s
likewise one OF preSmptIoa, Of the gold washer is
similarly regarded. There is seldom an encrosch
ment, and Disturbances from this cause do not ire
quently occur. Tue new conner, II he would snare
the success of the body Of those who nj preset'
wash for gold, must adopt the system Practced So
y
Of gold hunters and labor with diligence In the
strait and safe path marked out by experience
Discardlng the visionary schemes OF an over
wrought mind. and dIvesting himself OF the worth
less weight Of observation-disclosures oil man iOilN
or DArsnsy either end ignorance Of matters IN this
FL DoradO-he should prepare for the fortunes aud
reverses Of practical goldwashers HE tie wall
encounter fatigue and privation, but with due L
tentiOn to the preservation Of health, he Is soon
secure against OF the worst issues that CAN b.,
fsl bis adventure. that Of premature disaPPolnt
ment.
Ger have occurred. In every quarter where labo'
10 performed, those employed appear "a be vefy
well rev tded. A report reached TINS place ?
few days since that new gold discoveries hac
been made on the Sacramento River near rs nea
waters, aad about 200 miles distant nom I'M
point IL 10 quite probable thstsuch is ths fact g.
washings were found high up this stream La
Summer. The gold was discovered IN line grams
and scarcely IN abundance sufficient 10 repay tn
labor Of exacting by the usual process Toe lat
rains 10 tins valley proved snow aud han - N
mountain dgelers, aud though the cool wealhc
OF late caused the rivers u fall. at last account
they were rapidly rising again. A gcntiemsl
from the American River Dig Digctags inform
US that large sccessions 20 the numbers ALREADY
employed there have taken place OF late. Thu
deposit Is about 50 miles rom this place wofh
commenced 10 April last and since the gold hai
been found over large extent Of country There
are those at present laboriug who average 500
per day in most cases the yield Is from one e
two ounces. The diRgiags are about four NILE
from the River, aud in the beds or sides Of "a
vine which now contain water but at later pc
Rod are entirely dry.
Those who are employed IN working the bed
divert the course OF the stream with little diM
Guilty. Hundreds have been hocking to the Middl
Fork during the month cncsmpmenis stretcl
along the banks of the river 10 the extent of IN
gorge; numbers are at work and doing well. Tn
feeling against foreign labor IN the Placer appe az
t. be pretty strong. Ii 10 at this time chiefly di
rected against the Gillian subjects. who ar
found in great numbers upon the San Joslao trlb
utares. They are expert washers. and HE @
servitude, together with exposure to hot c.
mate has well fitted the m for labor on the slope
of Sierra Nevada. About forty of these peoPl
who had come upon the washing ground Of th
North Fork were csc ,rted irOm tsence by part
Of our eountrymen, and informed that their pref
ence woaid not be tolerated IN that vicinity,
least A correspondent writing from the Nstom
mines, American River says
Weather exceedingly hot herc-rver on the rl'
again. II this weather continues two weeks longer u
river will De down 10 low stage and Miners here an
ON tha North Fork can then readily make from four
ak per day No lcss than ak canal operation
under way within ten miles OF this place. aud
hid fair to be profitable