The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-01-05

Wild Mares, 2a 4 80 20
f ea'an wheat, e bu) aGs 80 5
corn, 3oG 40
Barley, l519 ? So II
Beans, 3g 1 So
Flour PER lob sd variable.
BuIlpcks' hides, 2each .7jIl
Taow, per lODlb "a
Iaborers, per month, 1899 G0GlD
Mechanics do 25u6O 100 4 $50
Seamen do l2td20 15dlt5
October and Norember 1919. JAY 1879.
Flour, bbl, 26 Ga
Sat Pork Go lS0 300 80
Brown sugar - 50. 10
Coffee, .l2g II 81 10
Lumber per loOOf. : 100 800
Prints, tplrce,) $40 30
White 4 bro slceting 10. 2.g
Prices are at much higher RTE in the pllccrs.
Country lands including those for planting AMI
grazing are selling mt from 80 cents 20 SO per IL
ere. Many square mile (of go aoresl in the 80
mona and Napa valley. have been sold at $500
Ia $1,000 They are steadily ou the rise in value.
The old Padres had each an orchard which are
now destroyed; and know Of but few instances
Of individuals having orchards here.
The Placer Of the Sacramento embracin., al
most the whole OF the branches OF the river on
tn, east ii lie, the most remarkable now worked Is
the upper part of the river known as Reading
Rancho, and on Feather river above LarEin Ran
cho, and lerba, Bear and Dry Creek, Feather
and Yerba are the richest. There are three
branches Of tn. American river which Join the
Sacramento near Suffers Fort that have produced
much gold, In the vicinity Of the American there
are many rich placcrs in the rayincs and val
leys on every branch Of the San Joaquin river
gold has been found These rivers nrigate slight.
" large country Of some 10 400 miles in length
\ MT gt has h,.lt,
dug into has produced the precious metal in
greater or less quantity, and all over 90 caretS
fine. The only well wnquick silver mine l.
10 miles from the Pueblo Of San Jose on the Ran
cho OF the Berezori family and Grove Cooks
The land that is now worked was in January 1916
taken from the owners by the Mexican aw Of
D.nouchment viz: \ person gives information
TO the nearest AlCalje that on such place there
Is n valuable mnc-the infprmer tc- a memorial
and deposits piece Of the orc He has then
some so DAYS 10 eXCdyatt and TO dir at least 90
feet deep in the mine. BY the expiration OF go
days he must have performed certain conditions,
and by survey. and the personal attendance on the
land, Of the Alcaldc. obtain judicial possession
If this is all done within a certain limited time. he
then rs owner holds the right 10 work the nine
Shonld the Denouchor quit the work a certain
number Of months he i, liable To lose his right
In the winter of lSij-'l6 two Californian IA or.
ers offered to show Don Andres Ca,tonora= Of
MaXico, silver mine and On his examining it he
pronounced it at once Cinnabar He proceeded
Immediately to Denouch the spot-laid his plan
off in - parts or slares-gave away IL and r..
tanned Il. He then returned to Mexico There
lie rented the mine for 10 years To Alexander
Forbes, Esq, Of Topic, who has purchased many
Of the shares, some at $1,000 each AMI is now
working the mine, Tut not extensively Mr.
Forbes was a wealthy man Of no family and 70
years Of age. His cares, great wealth, and the
responsibility Of his quicksilver mine give him
much trouble On Mr. Cooks land there are 9th
er locations containing rich deposits Of CinnabIr
that will produce heavy per cent Of quicksilver
a pinch Of pounded quicksilver ore dropt on a red
hot iron will produce vlpor-by covering it
with a tea.cup the inside of the cup will be COW
cred with smoky substance, similar to that pro.
duced by the burning of lamp Bv rubbing this
carefully over che inside Of the cup with the fin
ger several globules Of quicksilver will he brot
into existence. There i without doubt silver
and leadin California in some quantities. Ihave
seen a little Of each Coal IS known to exist, bu,
| am inclined TO think is not Of much account in
quantity or quality.
am Of the opinion that the production Of gold
IN the California Placer will this year exceed that
OF 1913, The individual gains will not be so
large, nor So much obtained by many in proper
ton to the number of people employed in lSiS
Americans who had been some time On the Sacrl.
mento had every influence over the wild Indians.
and each man TO this day is working 10 10 80
Indians on tie upper streams They protect,
feed, clothc AMI attend to the wants Of these In.
danS
On the lower rivers the Whites and Indians are
1fH Yr " ,e la
from Oregon commenced til, tad busincss-the
loss will be severe-less gula will be- prodnccd-
and through the disturbance the sale Of much
clothing, dc, to the Indians o-a the river will be
prevented
The whites who are now, or may be, Industrious.
~ employed this year in digging and washing the
golden sands Will obtain from one to three ounces
oi gold per day-ncxt year less, from the large
number of laborers, AMI the ground being somuch
worked over Sumo who arrive out here will
never go far from the first port they land at and
many will return 10 the settlements after ONLY two
or three weeks passed in digging The majority
of these, # they seek for it, can obtain lucrative
employ all over California a. Merchants. Mechan.
les clerks, storckccpers, farmers Hotel aul Inn
Keepers DC, IN towns, and on the public roads
Keeping coaches and stages, stables aud boarding
houses, running launches and wagons cuttn.
hre'wood for hcusekcepers slips aud steamboat.
and not be liable 10 the summer sickness in the
Placer
Timber is plcnty--mnch of it softer than the
white pine Of Maine, Tools are very cheap
Live cattle for meat, and for working are not
high One inch boards being $3.50 per thousand
feet at the pit this must even this year offer
Inducements for many laborers-at the same time
give additional impulse to the building Of houses.
Merchandise is very rapidly falling in value.
irlor to the exchange of flags (July 7th, 1870 in
Monterey, the maritime duties had averaged SIS.
600 year, paid into the Mexican customs of Mon.
terey-(ln April lsi9 the amount received by
the American collectors for one month was over
one hundred thousand dollars The foreign goods
received into the Territory were chiefly from Bos.
ton, proportion from Maatlan, Valparaiso ana
Oahu The prices We're almost stationary year
after year In i6 and A goods fell in value
In June lSIS commerce began to feel the effects
Of the discovery Of the Placer--whilc from June
to October 1913 lands fell in price, foreign mcr
chandizo sold at unhcard of prices, and continued
high until May 1919. Country lands have now
risen in value and town lots advanced thousands
per cent, and this day are yet adyancing--whilc
merchandise is now suffering u rapid decline in
prices Bricks ready made frame houses, and
lumber yet command the highest prices The
shippers of merchandise in our Atlantic states