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sAMepN4AfN OF GOLD -
TIE Pacific Essslof Apfii 1shss 8 ".

sup suAeA akikA1-AA- 1nAAklo4 70 ~ satt1as8
ed discovery Of ayfaounts;p oonPospd en-
tirely of gold and silver..-ths Efst mem
ton made of this most mafpeihhG Of es-
taEe's pFoductioRss was in e.lettef written
TO the N. YsCopmercial ADVERTISER which
at the time was thought to, be acleverpaE-
ody on The wonderful &C counts from CaEs
fornia. Subsequently, spsrty Of emigrapts,
fitting ont for sport about sixty miles east
of Pueblo de les Angeles having heard Of
the existence. of vast quantitiesof goM in
another direction. changed its destination.
We continue with the relation given by
the News. - 80 '>t''- - -,
The rout lay Id anoftksass direction; from
the place of departure, and full of ,3iTcul-
ties. Striking the Mshahps river they
followed its course some s-distxnre5 rrpsxing
and recrossing as necessity cod ApsIieds
some days as often a. fifteen fimeS, alssRing
it where it makes bend 10 the sppthsasE
towards the Colorado, inta which il sinp-
|tie,,. Obstacles wefe enc9 9tntered a. yS5i-
Gus parts Of the Journey MISUNDERSTANDING, h
the shsp of mountains Of rookovhaSAe they
had to climb, and, heuntainsof sneH1iRfaiish
they could not avoidj narrow gorzest tbfeggh
which they had to pass, and sill narrower
cliffs along whose crsstS nothing bnta mule
could pass with aprospectilof safety faud
where the slightest niisteptwoalSlapd rider
and all hundreds of feet lhsloy; ,btsts they
pushed on about ,230 miles from the Pgabloj
the point for which they ,staftsd. Here Z
mong the eastern spurs Of the Sierra Neva-
da, they found the objeet'of their sssrehs-
.gold--aad silver too; and ID Esseh qusnti-
ties as they had not dreamed ef--s .Psrfsst
mountain of rocks with silver, and geld
mingled and commingled in solid masses,
weighing from one to many tons sis Tie
quartz proved to be exceedingly hsfdj to
such degree that dntinethsif short 6tsy;
all their implements, made for this, ,,perti-
cular purpose before starting. were, COM
pIetely worn out in the operation Of drill
ing and blasting. ''''@s s-'.''it 'yS 4''
The strangest part Of the whole discov-
cry is yet to be told. These large tbsul-
ders Of gold, silver and quartz have The
gold in the south end and the silver II the
north end. No exceptions were found in
their examination. the silver beng the
most abundant Of the two. In the words
of the person who was on the apot, 'sthere
is enough silver there to sink every ship in
the hsrhor,'S r z uza.s : fguB
Possibly some may look upon this scc6Hnt
as Jest, and, so far as the pfacticabili-,
ty Of putting the discovery 70 any, usa- at
present is concerned it is so. All the wa
ter to he foundfo miles and miles around
is highly ippregnated with salt or saleraths
or both. Not single drop of water free
from one or the other of these properties
did one of HE party obtain during the ten
days of their stay. The ewhoie region b d
perfect waste, and disease and death must
inevita bly, follow any prolonged stay. On
their return they met large company &C.
ing to the same spot. A true statement Of
the difficulties and dangers of a further
of the expedition, induced a.
bout two hundred to turn back-ffty went
on. ---..---
The gentleman named, from whom these
facts have been obtained, is now in this'ci-
y, with specimens I'M his possessioa,.
brought from the mother moantain. They
ire the mos. singular and beautiful We
nave ever seen, and; one need only, sea
hem and hear him, to be, convinced that
lothing has been told but the truth.
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MoDEsr CLkRK.-A young lady, With,
mind intent on shopping, entered stote on
certain OCCASION, and addressing fresh,
ooking rosy-cheek youth, desired to knew
{ he had any nice silk hose. "Certainlg,
Mss" replied he and immediately the
counter was strewn withth delicate arti-
les. After selecting spair, she looked up
,ery innocently and inquired, "How high
10 they come, sir ?" The clerk ,blushed
urned al sorts Of colors, but spoke ,nota
vord. She gave him q leok of. surprise.
md repeated her question. Again the
-outh started, stammered and said. sRssi-
,, Miss, I-thatis to say. ! think-eould
lot be positive, but my impression is, that
hey come just above the knee !'' It's
They both tainted on the spot. -
ia sacrifice of property, denotes
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