Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-04-22
MIR. KINGS REpowroN oAllFoRNrA

The following synopsis ofthe report Of the
Hon. T. Butler King, just submitted to Congress,
upon the resources Of California, &c, we copy
from the Journal of Commerce
The topics of which,, lis treats are--The popu-
latiou Of the country; It's agricultural resources;
extent and production of the mineral II eion: the
commerce aud navigation Of California the Leg
isation necessary for the territory; and espe-
cially in regard TO the disposition of the gold
bearing lands belonging to the United States
The population fthe country is BOW atopt
l2o, 600. An accession to the population by
Immigration, during the year beginning at the
next dry season--on the LIST of Mays estifns.-
ted at 200, 600
vastly greater than has been heretofore repre-
scented. There is vast extent OF pasture lands.
pnsurpassesl anywhere in the world, in yerdufe
AMI richness. The Wild oats grew sfaiiiafseous-
| IL all over The plains, yielding an annual crop
at the Iate Of forty blshel Is per acre. Any nusn-
Der Of cattle and sheep may be raised. Two
hundred thousand head Of cattle must be bfo't
into The country during the next two yeas
The cattle were formerly killed for their hides,
which Was the chief article Of export and they
We're worth but GI head but now they are
worth 500 Or $50 head.
California is especially adapted TO vool-grow
ing a gentleman was about TO import ten thou
sand sheep from Mexico with view to go into
that business Tae future value Of the vineyards
| is Represented rs very great,
As to the commerce Of the country he esti-
mates the value ofimporis needed in California
from the Atlantic states, for the next year, at
four millions OF dollars in -four, SIX millious in
lumber, and two millions in other articles.
as 10 the articleof lumber, its Price IS now
81 per thousand, and eanuot be lower, because
it is below the cost of labor necessary Tor CUT
ting aid sawiug lumber in California. 1t can
be carried TO California for S2A q thousand; ard
surprising it 10 cost $50 here, ii s. i'll cottluets
pay.
The sold region is described as extending five
or SIX hunlfe,i miles from the soalhio the north,
and fl nl forty 10 sixty miles ia width, from
east TO west. Il rises gradually IN an inclined
plain. from itle Sacramento valley, to lae eleya-
ton OF 4 900 feet al hat are called the Foot
Hills Between these bills and the Sierra Neya-
ia, a number oIstrea rs have their seafce, and
take their course, t1rt Ugh tlle Foot Ellis, west
ward.
HIr. King examined twelve of these rivers, ard
found them all very rich in gold. he territory
on The north is very rich in gold: and the con
clnsiop is inevitable, from all the facts, that the
whole quartz plain, containing three thousand
square miles, is full Of gold bedded III the quartz,
and some of which, tiisnteeratet, from the quartz
by the torrents. may be found in dust and lplars
in the beds ofih5 streams,
The whole number Of foreigners in the region
who are gold hunters, is fifteen thousand. There
have been but seven thousand American gold
hunters. The Chians and tie soaoia people
ca5ne in crowds, aud have carried otitweiiy'-flya
lnliions. Ike Americans haze procured fifteen
millions. The Ctlili1ns are expsft t'ioeers.
The amount Of gold already procured. is forty
millions. But forty millions morevil lie pro-
cured during the coming dry season--s&y from
May to Novenb Der.
The regular mining operations in TIC solid
quartz rock will soon begin, and caa be con,ir-
ued during the wei as well as the dry season.
Mr.. King estimates the amount Of gold which
will be procured from the Is, Of Nay 1851 till
the 1st November 1852, at one h,iNleed millions.
He recommends that the lands he retained rs,
public property iorever--apdas perpetual re-
source for the public exchequer
To the workers and degers of coll ne Troee-
ses 10 grant permits al the tate Of all olnee oi
gold tor each pound
For the encouragement of regular mining op.
erations, he proposes to grant lcasts OF a limited
number OF acres, 10 persons or companies, at Il
small Fer ceutage OIL the amount OF gold pro-
cured.