Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-08-21
CALIFO RNIA LETTE

10 take my pen in hand: and address YOU
a few lines 10 inform you that am enjoy
ing the best of health. am happy 10
say | never possessed better. The boys
tell me that il / get home with my present
health and do not make any thing here
may be thankful. Ii i. true if keep my
health shall never lament my trip through.
| believe in some of nv first letters said
| rued coming. bu, was in quite iier-
ent state of health YOU are well aware
when | left home did not enjoy the bes,
of health. nor was | used 10 much hard
labor or exposure. i, is much harder on
me than if had been used u undergoing
hardships. Mankind cannot realize the
many tolls TO be undergone in such a trip
as this until he has had the experience OF
trying its realities. Ii is not like home
spend his leisure hours with his family
and friends. We 60 TO the same old
camp and enjoy ourselves in the company
of one another as best We can. then when
we lie down 10 rest ii brings the past To our
recoliec,ions. If we could only hea from
home occasionally it would be the greatest
satisfaction 10 US.
We are still residing at the same place
where we first made our camp after com
ing into the mines at Pas La Pine. on the
banks of the Stan>laus river about three
hundred miles from San Francisco. on
which river we have a claim Of one eighth
OF a mile long. and We have spent a great
deal of time aud labor in digging "A canal
tor the purpose OF turning the course of
the stream. Our company consist, of 10
men. This stream will be turned out of
its orr z nal channel for five miles in about
three weeks. presume that there are
not less than two thousand persons that
not been able 10 do any thing for on ac.
count OF high water. VIVA, we call the
Spring freshei in the States appears here
ia June. and very much impede the pro.
gress OF the miners. We all feel sanyuine
Of great success Shares are selling from
one thousand 10 fifteen hundred dollars,
but | am nartercd so much with the hope
of success that wouldn / take two ,hous-
and Tor mine this day.
We have our canal finished. and are
waiting patiently for the water 10 fall so
that we can build dam We then shall
be ready for operation in the river mines
presume you would like to know some
thing IN regard to my success already.
winch Will give. We happcned to be
little band OF six happened to procure
claim in about the richest part. il took Us
seven days 10 work them out. They YIELD
ed US about thirty two hundred dollars,
which was little over five hundred 10 the
man. which will be for the weeks work
about seventy seven dollars TO the man
per day. TINS is the richest we have seen
since our arrival in the mines
have not the least doubt from the APP
pearance Of thing, here generally. that ID
person here two years ago. or even last
fall could have realized handsome for
tune IN a few months with one hunire'!ih
pant OF the labor. that man Ia, To under
% al persent. 1t is all FOLLY fr m 10
attempt II describe 10 ynu Inc app .,,r.,nce
OF the mines. II i tn, opinion OF the oil
ali! experienced miners generally IN II
tins season will about dram them and |
well salts ed that after the present sea.
son. men can do better in the States clear
OF their board than 10 come Oh, here with
the expectation Of making raise; and
those great golden tales that are 50 cur
rent through L S relative to the immense
Jumps of gold taken out in dav are
started by class Of men to whose inter
est It IS 10 keep them in circulation. and
keep the m attitudes of people still com
ing.
These same men probably never work
ed day in the mines and therefore do
not know any thing in regard 10 the aver
age number of miners at work, nor any
thing about their daily income. but Oh
the other hand man TO find out any
thing about these matters must try his orn
luck AT the spade or PICK, either OF which
viii tell him the uuvarnished truth
I What have cleared since my arrival
in the mines amounts 10 about seven hun
dred dollars. Yours Truly.
C.K. WATERS
" The ashiiyionian Society Of
this City. at its meeting on last Monday