The Arkansas banner., 1850-03-26
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 Extract of letter from Mr. James B Galloway, to his wife, dated
 IoLUMSE RIVER, 1 miles beIoD Haickins's
 bar, Jansa,y 6, 1850. {
 We remained ia San Francisco several days, waiting to get passage on some vessel bound for Stockton. We at last secured passuge on small schooner, crowded So that we scarcely had square foot 10 each u,au, and seven days getting 10 that place. We made a stay there of three or four days--pnt few things in a wagon. and started on foot for Hawkinss Bar, where, d 1t le over two mosths ago, pitched tents for the tr time in the gold mines. Oar company consisted Of keats, Crease, Pennington, Thibsnit, Lavenberg. Edwin Galloway. myseif. and two negro men. The evening of iha Gsy after we reached inc Bar, we hired ourselves to Mir Henry. at ten dollars day, and worked one week al that rate. The next Week worked on shares, and the week following fhibaalt. k,alts, Edwin and myself, purchased the interest Ot Mr. H1arv's two partners, eessis.gg Of one hall of the dggings and we are now working the lots a company Oar diggings are yirlding more than any we know of on the river, l. C from Vt ta 6 each, per day. at. though our best and main diggings under water They have been In that situstD0n since shoat week after our arrival here hen ihe river reaches its lowest stagr which will not be until some time in July or August. we will endeuvor to make every hour count Then We expect to make two ou uucss per day 10 tho man.
 :" We have asso been engaged for the Ia.t four weeks, with fifty n,ea, Ia digging race 600 or w yards ioug, for the puFpos' [ divsriing the river irom is channel. When this work IS ihished ( which viii Do about the 10th of the nexI mouth, we will be abls 10 b scow oar undivided isbors upon our present dtggings, until sometime ia June next, at which time the waters will have snbsided sufficiently to enable us 10 throw dam across the rver so as to force il from ls present. bed into the race. We then expect (the river being at it's low "st and running through the racel 10 fad very large amount of gold ia the bed of the river below the dsm Keats, Thibault, Edwin and myself own one share each ia this work. The river was turned Ia this manaer, at Hawkinss bar, last fat and those engaged in Il were taking out large qusa- tities gold when. unfortunately, the river rose upon them, after they had been al work but a few days, aud swept from them the glilterng prize
 "on New Years day Ed. aaj myself went to wsFS by ourselves, iatsading to appropriate the amount we might get 10 purchasing pre4SBt, when We reach N Orleans, on our return home. We took out nearly five ea0ers 0i beautiful dust about $40 each. What shall the present bel Let me know, We also worked on Christmas, win the same view, but only got about $6 each :" henry keaits has beea sick for the last three months, and has been talking af stariag back home Tor the last six or ssven weeks. think Il would be good move cn his pat, far, yet. he aas not oeen able to so anything His negro man works in his place. If he should return, 1 will send yen some Of my earnings. aad. if not, will send some by the first opportunity.
 ih'bsals and have many a chat about our wives and children IL is our greatest plessare.-- have not spent five dollars unnecessarily since sre been ia the mines, and do not ate nd 10 do SO From our present prospects, we ought to make Sio,oOo each by this time next year. and no wild calculations either.
 heFe arc six or eight of the Little Rock eSas- Pany ia this neighbOrhosd. besides us. They have scarcely made expsnses, having reached here era seeks sfier we did, The bsisaee of the com pany are al ether mines."