The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-02-01

eu, caillng upon Tue IItslue"' "" '"'"'
nation relative TO the capture OF the
island Of Tigre by the British.
CALlFoRNIA-I Interesting Lettcr.-We
find IN the Cleveland Herald a very ex-
cellently written letter frum Mr.. George
X. Fitch, now in California, for the &C.
curacy of whose statements the Editor
vouches. Private letters do not seem al.
together to confirm the intelligence pub
lished in the California papers. AS u
general thing. they sound very much like
the following. We can only make room
for the extract oeluw--thc first part o
the letter is taken up principally with a
description Of the country;-
There are large number at present
searching these places, but they labor un
der great disadvantage for want Of wN
ter to wash the soil in which The gold is
deposited. This disadvantage will ron.
rinue till rain falls. which may be ok
ed for about the first of December A
few have been fortunate enough To fnd
springs, in places where dIt can he pack.
cd in bags on mule back, and in this way
know of perhaps dozen men who say
they average an ounce of gold day
Tho ParsOu and myself have been try
ing this method for several days, aud al
though we have worked as hard as an,
of the rest, and showed onr poor null
no mercy, we have not been able to av
erage more than half az ounce. Thos
who search for Jumps, and can get no wa
ter, often dig for days in succession Will
out getting dollars worth Many ge
discouraged and quit digging entirely J
now know the reason there were 3
many idle men in Sau Francisco an
Sacramento City. 1t is so all over tn
country. Many have toiled for month
without success, have became discour
aged and can get no other business I,
engage in; and are wusting their time il
idleness or worse than dlencss. Ther,
are probably alhousand people in this i'm
mediate vicinity, with whom have min
glcd good deal, before could decil
upon my own course. do not helicv
the average proceeds of their united II
bors amount 10 four thousand dollars
day. Half Of them scarcely work at al
Half or moro Of those who dn work Al
men before unused TO hard labor aud ca
do but little, compared with s,rong, mu
cular men. Injured to out door labor.
few are very successful, partly from the
strength and skill, and partly becnu
they have happened To strike rich pl
ces. There have been some fnriun
made in short time near by, One your
man took 81, 800 from one spot in da
Another man now preparing to start
home has Que hundred twenty pounds
gold which he has dug himself in I,
last nine months. Almost every d
some one finds lump nr rich spot, nj
Others arc encouraged, and hope To me
with equal success. Yesterday lun
weighing a pound and quarter W
found short distance from where | W
at work. day or two previous, n pie
worth forty dollars was dug up but f.
feet from me. Smaller pieces aro oft
found.
Tho extraordinary success of few
dividuals is trumpeled abroad The m
fortunes of the many are kept in silent
Tho truth is. men deceive themseIv,
who come TO this country To get rich
few months. There is great doal
gold here, but it requires tho hardest
labor 10 get it, and patience aud pers
veranco to accumulate uny considerab
quantity. Some say, and in the Stat,
most sccm to believe, tho mines are Q,
haustless. Those who have been muc
among them think different. The be
places on the rivers are soon dscovere
and dug over Many places once vel
rich, are now Iorsakeu. Nndouht the,
is immense quantities in places yet u
discovered, but old miners generally \,
they do not now meet with the same su
cess they once did"