The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-10
.,woop's CHrrK," NAV 10, 1850.

"Woop's CREEK," NAV 10, 1850,
1--WE arrived at san Francisco ON the 9Th
OF April, aud all we'll should have wriiicn
! 500, I,,C,.,. hn' ,.,.s Crar -,. board 81 81"
ship aud could not got time 10 wrtc,-and nv
other thrrrtrbntl, vadIcd to know whether
they were going 10 live or die, before they
wrote hTrk liut here we all are. we'll. and
getting enough To cat,such a. it Island think
IT ~" have wo1 luck, We shall see cd r
once more N>cr our arrival. we made all
haste mp the river to Stockton. for the South
'ru mines, AMI arrived NJ Woods Creek ON
! lhe WI ~ Alrll nlma-t uitLal.!- I.4all.. 80.
friends. having walked scycnty-iiyc milc..ard
paid one hundred and tlrt, seven dollar, for
freight and pas,agc since leaving dc Benicc.
besides paving for inuumcrahle other tbings
Indispensable TO a camp life. And when we
got here was eight dollars in debt TO the
company Well 50 far, 50 sond We wont
{" hunting for gold and soon found that our
washers were Of no use, aud went to work
with pan. q will here giyc you the price.
o' some things at these diguinrsO Pans are
worth four dollars apiece. aud other thing.
are a. nigh for instance, beet, 25ets. Ter H.:
pork 5octs. per H.; flour, 80 dollars per Dbl;
molasses' dollars per gal, and supar 5octs.
per To- Now, for my story. All hands went
to work and VIC only got $500 apiece per
day Just enough to get ps little bread and
water for our supper After working so for
few days, we found it would not answer.
j. and Il quit and began to hunt for
work and succeeded in getting employ at
dollars per day, and they began to feel lit
tie better. But A. and mvsolc what wos
TO become 6fns2s We wanted a cradle tn
wash with, but had no money to buy one
with We'll, will tell you, A. went to
hunting Tor gold, and went into the woods
to Gull ont cradle and in two DAYS and half
""""cd out hing, from pine log, and
! went to work and got ten dollars the first
day that we worked it, So Think we shall
tve-yet To make a long story short, We
have improved 30 as 10 make = ounces pcr
day by all hands working hard for it. When
we had been here three weeks we had five
hundred dollars in dust, and last week wiz
Washod out SIX hundred and fiitv dollars with
the Rocker that | cWicd out of the woods lint
what we shall find this week is morn than
can tell There has been one ump taken
out at Sonora that weighed 30 lbs, another
6'and another 3, six miles from here. But
think shall not trouble any of the Editors
with large Jumps this year, as the largest
have found is only $1,000 and these are few
and tar between like the '"bcans in eVoLf
''omdn'S bean porridge. We have all enjoyed
good health since we left home and are welt
contcntcd
IL is getting very dry here at this time but
1t looked very beautiful when we first came
hers There are thousand things that
should like to Intern you about, but have not
time at present.
Observation-Disclosures vronan of Dur
ham, Greene Co, NY, was committed to the
CatSkill Jail last week for attempting 10 poi.
son his wife. He had dug her graxe1 in his
''ffrrrrrrt WIZ eT'FTEeJt "A makink her cbain,
u which business he camnellcd her In ASSIST
am Wanting board which was IN the
'hamber lac sent her for It, when she escaped
y nciShbor's house aud entered her CON-
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