New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-12
CALIFORNIA.
The Albany Comparable siInes-Larse
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sAs FssscIsco. Th1rsii7, Jta 3d. 1850
Ihave leaned that she Albany company .lnalae-
als.e.y on arriving here followed the example ID
mos, otaer conpan.es.I dissolved and divided lp
tier effects TIE inducements here are 50 great
or m. % seek ;be.g own fortunes tlat on srTisIls
here tAey throw away their oo-,c.ences, and re-
gs1Gless Of tteir daty to God Or man rash headoag
~ toe mines
The 81 hes Of the mines arc being developed
more AL more every day Operations have been
very successlsl tbs w.nter-Hew plscers are Goa
stsn,ly being discovered indeed. at certain eie-
va..o. the whole extent Of couutrj from Oregon %
Ncw.Mexico appears to be one vast nine OF cold.
TIE sands at Sacramento Cry are shinins with the
precious meta. Gold las been picked from the
sand ts.ea from & well some eighteen feet from tal
SUI. re o. ne ground, al san Francisco. A. Sac
rane.to Cty many dollars worth vas WASHED
ron tie sad ofihe ATE t-esnet short over this
.4-s'c rs- %. where ;ho c11riry has re appear
a,cs o. having been raised or G.s,grbct 1yvolcalic
ati9.. gold IS found When il j. lJtaiael i-lm Gle
ea~tat f1nd imocted In @. resting On cny ors.s'e
,.I s..o..a..l With black sand when found o the
r.ct. itIs ess0-iated 8 ways with white l7riz.
some aston shingly larye pieces OF gold are re-
ported . have been found at tee stockton mines
= thu the last two weeks One piece weighng
t,~ertg. t.rcr ponds was brought . Stockton 90
Tr1rslav. Another piece OF Incredible size and
SairLt was slso reported to have been brought %
stockton on Fuaay-.t was sad 20 weigh nine'y-
e5~'t D94adf. Isaw number Of persons on boari
he Stock,9n boat who hal seen tie Jump weighing
I'VE .ty.th-.c pounds. The Gentleman who carries
.I,e sr,.-.ss tween stockton and San Francisco
tlduc he fQ.- and nd 10 tfs handy ne P.ec,
rcyLiaq niaet 4-agif pounds. ID tbs b. true it is
die arrest piece ot clt ever found, excepting one
ogrd In thu Ural Mountains. which weighed nearly
one hundred pounds troy
Dgring gold IS ike every thing else in winch
mon enga-e-some succeed while others get DIS
cou-aged and 20 home penn! less However among
ms those who are al go4t and not to iJad Of pros
oecfipy believe there are bat few unsuccessful
however widely thei- success may differ
Mr. Arnold worked SIX weeks aud obtained
clcar Of expenses. $1,000. Another man Just from
the mines t0l me be had worked % days AID had
collected $1,000. Another gentleman !rom the
same diryn-s bad collected IN three months $1,000
could enumerate perhaps h.ty cases With similar
result irlrinr from accounts given by those who
bsd worked m the mines. The above IS about
vhat is averaged by those who dig faithfully
some by chance o7en n pocket las 1t Is called, and
take out fortunes IN few day or weeks but cases
Of this kind arc rare
At treseut only the coarse particles Of gold are
iue Dust from the sand are in operation. know
+ but one. and am inclined to believe there are no
,thors of importance, tins IS or was on Mormon
island 4 number he'd been putup at tais place by
me COMPANY iust before tue rains commenced
but have been washed away since. These are
quicksilver machines and am satisfied that an
immens.tv Of money cen and VII be made Win
them the coming season. Inc one I'D oPeialo"
cleared 1000 week.
or those who go 10 the mines probably abou,
,ne third work IN them, another thrd enter '-'to
speculation trade OF gamble, the other third retlrn
a. the cities satisfied with seeing without digging
ana seek employment there or II they are So IT,
innate IS t. have sufficient money or friends to
send i, them. they take the first steamer home Il
shere Us in an other places the world over ohy
'le diligent and persoverlne succeed DhPfeoe
tented facilities ;ot enterprise and business are
daily openiug but to take advantage OF these op
p1rtuuities the same business tact, Persev erancc
and industry is necessary here as elsewhere
There arc three points in this territory when
viii Internationally be OF considerable Importance
m business point Of view, VIZ san rancIsco
rom the start she has got and the amount OF cap
IA she has 10 sustain her, and Sacramento Oit! ana
stockton from their natural positions go
An effort s now making tor Bcnicis, but 1t VIII
nat succc cd SO far as to make Il THE PORT oil the
prrjfr New-York Of the Pacific has hne
.ite Tor CITY aud a gOoi harbor but no bet
ter than Ben.cia and further out OF the way
sacramento City Is OF the head OF snip nav
cation on the Sacramento River Nothing can
=, above with more than is inches water in
~. d. .oeson The business from the vast coun-
.r. and mines above which must secure ihcH sup
Nos iron, her will make her one Of the hrst places
I, the territory True, the city aud country thoai
vas submerged some two weeks since bat the
at will m no way detract from the value OF pro
1tTty or her growth.