The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-04-13
Mr. Kings Report on California.
a Warrington Correspondent Of Ihe Jour

nal Of Commerce writes ~ follows
Mr TnoMAs BuTLrR KISa's RepoH on Cal.
ifofnia was read TO the President and Cahlhe,
on Monday and occupied two hours aud a
half in reading.
twill Of course be- soon presented 10 Coz.
ereHs. The topics Of which Il treats are
The population ofihe eountryi itaagficuhuf
nj resources; extent and production Of lh6
mineral region; the commerce and navigation
81 California; the Legislation necessary iorlhe
Territory, and especially IN regard 10 the dc,
position Of the gold bearing lands belonging
I TO the United States
The population Of the country Il, nov
about 10000. An accession 10 the popu
lniinu by immigration, during lho year hcgih.
ning hi the next rehsOn--on the let Of Mhy-
n estimated H'200,000
The agricultural capacities Of the State
are vastly greater Than have heretofore been
represented. There u n vast oIIeHI Of pas
iurs lands, unsurpassed anywhere N the
world, iu ycrdutc aud richness. The Wild
o0ls grow spontaneously Ail over the pisir',
Z yielding nnnnnunl crop nj the rate Of ioriy
bushels per acre. Any number Of cdillc aui
sheep may be- Tni-cd, Two hundred thou.
sand head of cattle mus, be- brought into ihe
country during the next Two years.
hides, which was tho chief article OF rapvN
aud they we're worth but - head; but
now they are worth from SEQ TO $50 IN'
head.
II IL especially adapted 10 wool grow
inr; gentleman was about TO impon to
thousand sheep from Mexico with view 10
20 into that business. The future value Of
the vineyards II represented M very great
As to the commerce OF tile counlr,, he -.
Inmates the value Of imports needed IN Cali.
fornia from the Atlantic States Tor tho next
year, nj four millions Of dollars IN flour, six
millions in lumber, md two millions IN other
articles.
A. to the article orlnmber, ~ price snow
SIS per thousand, aud capuol be lower lc'
cause il ia below the cost of labor necessary
for cutting and saving lumber IN Cahotns
Il can he carried TO California Tor 81 ueu'
sand; aud surprising IL 10 cost $50 here q
will coutinnc TO pay,
The gold region is described ns extending
five az six hundred miles f,om The Souh 70
the North, aud from forty TO sixty miles N
width, from last to West. II rises gradual
Nv in an inclined plane, from the Sacramento
Valley, 10 the elevation uf 4. 600 feet nj WLA'
are called the Foot Hills. Between ut'cc
hills and the Sierra Nevada, . :",np'l o.
streams have their source, aud take 'heN
course through the Foot Hills westward.
Mr. King examined twelve of these rttr'
md found thrur.uii very F'eA ~ rnld-lh,
territory OIL the North II very rich W go,A'
md the conclusion is inevitable, from al lN
trt- TINT sire whole quartz plnln. conla9lrs
three thousand square miles, ~ iull olgo'
hcdded in the quartz, md some OF "heh' wv
iuterrnted from the quartz 10y the lousop'
may bc found in dust and Jumps IN ule "u'
of the stehms.
The whole number oCforcignors in the 70
zion, who are gold hunters, is fifteen 'hou'
sand. There have Betn but seven lhou'apI
American gold hunters. The Chlllens @S
thn Sonora pcorlc came in crowds ana "l'
carried off twenty-five millions. The Amor
cans have procured fifteen millions ~
Chiliuns are expert diggerS. %.
The amount of gold already procu'd
forty millions. But forty millions more WI
be procured during the coming dry sen'o'-
say from May till November.
The regular mining operations IN The -
! i'll quartz rock will soon begin, md r'a or
continued during The wet ms welt rs IN ~
senson. : ,oh
4 Mr. King estimates the nmourlo Of yS
which ~iil be procured from The !" %s!
1851. ill the LIST November, 1857, at one '''
| drcd millions -,.;nnA
tic recommendation the lands oe re ..a,"sI.
ms public property forever and as pV'r
unI resource for the public cSchePusI'h r,o.
To the workers and diggcrs Of g9'u w onne.
poses to grant permits Mt the rate OIL u" ''''
/ Of gold for ench pound. mining
| For the encouragement OF reeuia. "', ofs
operations, he proposes to grnh' .e" as cou.
| limited number of acres to persons " ,,ooun,
pnnies, at a small per centhgo on u''
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