Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-04-23
gr Kiur', Report On California.

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Ur Thomas Butler Kings Report on
FConia has bccn presented % Congrcss.-|
.t.,, very lengthy The following Is a brief
.-.op.is OF some &c the principal topics Of
81. ichu treats
The population OF the coru'ry rs aFr'. .
.mral resources extent and prcducuon OF
mncralrcricu inc commerce and naNr' .
liou ofCaliornia, the Legislation ucrc>sa'
,ar Territory and especially in regard to
disposition of the gold bearing lands b.
, Jog 20 'hc United States.
Flr population oi't',c country is now about
,.TrUO. An accession To the population IN
migration during TIC war beginning at the
, yt dry srasoD--on the ir>I Of Mays c,-
rl,rd at SEQ 600
The agricultural capacit.cs It 'hc State arc
.-.tly greater Than has been heretofore repre-
arrd There ., Va, extent Il pasture
,.-'. uusurra>scd anyvbcr, o. ,h' world, in
.'urg and richrc,s. The MD oats grow
utaneousl, IN over the Pl'ius, welding an
al crup a, The rai, II forty bushels per
.- my number 81 cattle ani sheep may
u.>i Two hundred thousand head Of
p. must hc hrouch, INTO the country dur-
'hs next two wears.
rae catd, we're formerly Killed Or their
b.. which was he chief 1u.cH Of export :
j they were worth bu, 81 hsai hu' uow
aye worth SO or So head.
california = especially adapted 20 Wool
wing 1 gentleman was about to import
thousand sheep from Mexico With view
20 into that business. The futuv value
he vineyards ;, represented 's very great.
NSt the commerce ofthc country, he c,'l-
-, 10 value IT imports needed IN Ca'lior.
rom The Atlantic States, for the next wear
.pur millions Of jo'laD ia -four, ~ mix
gs in lumber. and two millions 90 other are
'-'r,
ls To- the article ofhu,b"r, lts pucr, IS now
81, rrr VI ,nd cannot bc lower, because ltr,
',v the co,t Of labor necessary fr- cutting
O. saving lumber an Cal.iouia. !, can be
-acI to California Toy so rcr VI audsuP,
-.-.ur d TO ccsi so here, Il Will continue go
Tb, gold region Is described as extending
.s or ~ hundred miles from the South 20
on. North, and from forty To siNiy miles lu
sh. from the Ea.tio West. I,r,sc, grad
rs IN an incline plain, from the Sacamcn-
o., Valley. 10 the elevation of 1000 feet %
hat are called the Foo, His Between
,'-s- bills and the Sierra Nevada, a number
streams have their source. and take their
."-c through lhc Foo, His, westward.
VIZ. King examined twelve Of thcsr rivers.
n found them M vcry rich IN gold. The
-ritory on Tie North j, very rich in cold
I'd the conclusion is inevitable, from an the
Is, tia, the whole quartz plain containing
-rc thousand square miles, is mll Of rod
Hcd in the quartz. and some ofvhlrh d.,-
'rrratci i,v,u me quartz BY The torrents,
BE- found IN das, and humps IN the bid,
no inc streams.
The whole number Of Foreigners m n, re-.
.n, who are gold hunters, b, fifteen ,hou,-
80 There have bscu but seven thousand
'ucrran GOLD hunters. The Chll.an, and
Sonora people come boz crowds, and have
-r,j ortvcuty-fv millions. The Amrrr.
MS have procured fifteen millions The
'.'Iian' arr expert dirr,r
The amount Of gold alrcad, procured, b,
frty mlllion,. But forty million, more VIII
p n-ocurci during the coming try season.
from NAV ull November.
The regular mining operations in the solid
lrtE rock will soon begin, and can be cum
ued during the We, as well as the dry ,rl-
en-
VIZ. King es,ma,s the amount Of gold
'rch will b. procured from the hr,i Of Nav,
81, ull the frs, Of November, ls5a, at one
rdrrd millions
We recommends ,hl, the lands be retained
public property forcycr-aai As p,rpy,-
. . resource fur the public cNchc4ucr .
To the worker, and dgcyrs Of gold he pro
F. -ss TO grant permit, at the rate Of an ounce .
a sold f1r each pound
For the encouragement Of regular mining
raIiouS, he proposes 10 grant leases OF a .
ri,ed number Of acres, to person or com
b u.,es, a, a small per e,utagc GA the amour,
e rold procured