The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-04-24


pose q he GELD llnis-he uouid lhTnu
ihem open 20 lie whole 4ohd-snd lei
al who chose. cone and ger as murh a
thry could. tie held that il Was moi ihose
Who dug lhe gold llszl made HE most mo-
ney; bul those who made wheat. prorm-
ions. articles Of use or IuxuIy 10 be sr-
changed Cor the grld. Past sxpesiencc
proses This 10 be lrne; and sheiher there
be any thing peculiar in The case Of t'alii-
farnis 10 make il an exception. We know
mol.
Yr5rrshe Journal o. Commerce.
Mr.. Thomas Butler Kings Repori on,
California was rrsd TO the President and
Cabinet 10 day. and occupied two hours
and half in reading.
The topics Of which il treats sfe-The
popnlsiihnof The country: 10 agricultural
resources; extent and production Of The
mineral region; the commerce and nari-'
gslian Of California; the Legislation nefes-'
ssry for the Territory. and especially in
regard TO The disposition Of the gold-hesr.
ing lands belonging io'ihe United SisIes.,
The population &c The country is now
about 10000. An secession 10 The po-
pulaiian by immigration during the year
beginning At The next dry season-on the
firsl of May. is estimated al 100000.
The agricultural capacities Of the Stale
are vastly greater than has been heIeio-'
fore represented. There is vast extent
of pasture lands. unsurpassed anywhere
in the world. in verslure and richness. The
wild oats grow spontaneously all over the
pIains. yielding an annual crop at the rate
/, OF forty bushels per acre. Any number
Of cattle and sheep may be raised. Two
hundred thousand head of rattle must be
brought into The country during the next
Two years.
The cattle were formerly killed for
their hides. which was the chief article of
export; and they were worth bur "a a
head; but now they are worth $40 or Gao
head.
California Is especially adapted TO WOOL
growing; gentleman was abou; To inn
port ten thousand sheep from Mexico
with view TO 90 into that business. The
future value Of The vineyards is represen-
ted as very great.
As TO The commerce Of the country. he
estimates the value Of imports needed in
California four millions ofdolIars in -four,
six millions in lumber, and two millions
IN other articles.
As tn The article Of lumber. iis price is
nos SIS per thousand, and cannot be lower
because il is below the cost of labor me-
cessary for cutting and saving lumber in
California. II can be carried 10 Cslifornia
for $50 thousand; and surprising il 10
cost $50 here. il will coniinne to pay.
The gold region is described as extend.
ing FIVE or sir hundred miles from the
South to the North. and from forty TO six
" miles in width, from East TO Wes,. II
rises gradually in an inclined plain. from
The Sacramento Valley, to the elevation
Of 1000 feet al what are called the Foot
Hills. Between those Hills and The Sierra
Nevada. number of streams have their
source, and take their course through the
! Foot Hills westward
Mr.. King examined twelve Of these
rivers. and found them all very rich in
gold. The territory on the North is very
rich in gold; and the conclusion 10 inevila4
Die, from all the facts. that the whole
quartz plain. containing three thousand
square miles, il full Of gold bedled in the
i quartz, and some Of which, disiniegraied
from the quartz by the torrents. may be
found 10 dust and Jumps in the beds Of ihs
streams.
! The whole number Of foreigners in the
region, who are gold hunters, 10 fiGieen
thousand. There have been but seven
thousand American gold hunters. The
Chilians and the Sonora people came in
crowds, and have carried off twenty-five
millions. The Americans have procured
fifteen millions. The Chilians are expert
! dipgers.
| The amount Of gold already proeureds
is forty millions. Bui forty millions more
will be procured during The coming dry
season-say from May TIL November.
The regular mining operation in The
solid quartz rock will soon begin. and cam
be continued during the we, as well as the
dry season.
Mr.. King estimates The amount Of gold
which will be procured from the Isl Of
May. 1851. I'LL the LIST Of November, 1852,
al one hundred Millions!
| He recommends that the lands be re-
tanned as public property forever--and as
perpetual resource for the public exche.
quer.
TO the workers and diggers of gold he
proposes TO grant permits at the rate Of an
ounce Of gold for each ponhd.
| For the encouragement Of regular min
I ing operations, lle'proposes To grant leases
Of limited number Of acres, 10 persons
or companies. at small per cenlage on
the amount Of gold procured.
1 ; Mr.. Ellku Burritt saws. in The Christian