The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-16
Months. Amer Foreigners. Males. Females. Total.
Total 10 900 G,5Oo 24,sss

Nov......i74s 400 aI5S 81 1886
Total. 600 G,5oo 24.sss 667 25,5oo
In the article before alluded to. which We pub
population at $4,000. Subsequent experience and
travel through the country has convinced US that
we were then in error. We were anxious at that
time not to go beyond the mark in our estimate,
but in the extremity of our care we undoubtedly
fell far below it.
Admitting. then, that on the 18th day of April
last there 81 900 inhabitants in the country, as
above stated, if add thereto the rs, 500 arrived
by sen, as shown by the table above, we have a
total of 81, 800. To this must be added some 5000
Mexicans who canpe into the country by land, and
Of which probably 2 900 still remain. Further than
this, there have run away from the several vessels
in this port at least 5000 seamen; there have
arrived at other ports in California 500 SOULS and
there have come into the country, by the Santa Fe
and southern route, ut least 1000. These figures
give the following result to the present popula-
ton of the country, derived from all the sources
except the emigration over the Rocky Mountains
Californians. $4,000 Foreigners 10 500
4eh Total ...... "a 900
The number of the emigration by the way of the
plains" is variously Estimated from 10000 To
10000 Our own impression is, that it will not be
found to vary much from &c, 900 Adding that
number to the figures above, and we have total OF
1900 souls, as follows;
Americans ~. 81 500 Foreigners -. :. .ls, 500
Calfornians. Is ,0O0 ---
There cannot be doubt that the figures given
above are below the mark, and we have hesita-
ton in saying, and we think the figures will bear
out in the assertion, that the population of Cali
fornia now exceeds l00, OO0
From the Pacific Ne.os, Nou. 80.
THE GOLD QUARTZ OF CALIFoRNrA-MR.
KINo's REPORT ON THE SUBJECT TO THE STATE
INvEsTiG ATOMS.
In our last publication, we alluded briefly to
the interest which had been excited here by the
exhibition of some fine specimens of gold bearing
quartz, said to be found in inexhaustibe masses
quarries through the whole mountainous region
which forms the western slope of the Sierra Neva-
da. We have since had an opportunity of exam
lining these specimens, and of learning, more min
utely the character of the rock the tests to which
il has been subjected, and the results which it has
given. We desire to avoid all exaggerated state
mcnts upon subject in regard TO which the atten-
ton of the world Is already sufficiently awakened,
yet we deem II not too much to say that the facts
thus indicated in regard to the character and strue
ture of this vast mountain range, appear to us alto
gcthcr to surpass in importance, any previous dis
covcries in the gold region which have yet been
made public. We glad to learn that the whole
subject will very soon be brought, in an authentic
shape, to the attention OF the public in the form of
full and comprehensive report TO the Department
ofState, at Washington, by Hon. t. Butler King.
As early as June last, Mr.. King devoted two en-
tire months 10 a laborious exploration of the whole
region, and fully matured his conclusions in
gard 10 it, His labors were interrupted by a
we're and protracted illness, but his report will
soon be completed, and will doubtless, we trust
reach Washington before the discussions upon the
California question shall have come up in Congress.
We hazard nothing in saying that the facts and
the views TO be set forth in this report will com
mand the public attention and interest, to an ex-
tent almost, If not altogether, unexampled by any
similar document. As Calfornians, we await its
publication with impaticnce. Mr.. King, we learn,
Of specimens OF the gold formation, both pure and
in union with the quartz, which viii fully illustrate
and demonstrate, with almost mathematical clear
ness. his theory Of the gold region of California
The particular specimens which we have seen of
these quartz mountain quarries arc in the posses
sion Of Mr.. Wright, one OF the members OF Con-
gress elect from California, who will take them ON
TO Washington in the steamer Of LIST December.
They consist for the most part, of small pieces Of
quartz rock, generally Of brownish tinge, and, in
some instances, presenting tho appearance OF a
formation. In all these specimens, the gold points
Of particles very slightly, If at ALL visible to
the naked eye. The microscope, however, reveals
the gold more clearly. Besides these pieces which
Mr.. Wright has himself selected with great care,
ms the fsirest average samples of the general APP
pearance Of enormous and very numerous veins,
or qusrrics, Of quartz, there is aso larger fng
ment of the same rock, weighing, VIC should sup
pose, some ten or twelve pounds, from all parts Of
which the gold protrudcs plainly, in state almost
pure. This single fragment Of quartz. which Mr..
Wright by no means regards as an average sam
pie Of the quarries, but which be pronounces 10 be
the richest rock specimen he has seen, is found, by
the most careful specific gravity test, as applied 70
tidy Mr.. Wright, TO contain pure gold 10 the
amount Of about siz hundred dollars This piece Of
rock, we understand from Mr.. Wright, is destined
TO be laid (as a memorial from the California noun
iains we suppose) upon the table of the Speaker OF
the House Of Representative Its appeal, we think,
will be needed.
But the interest or importance attaching to this
or any other single and isolated fragment spec-
men, however peculiar and curious and rich in IL
self, is very slight, and nconsidcrablc, i'm
comparison TO that which belongs 10 the more nu-
merous fragments Of quartz, in which very little
gold or none be disccrncd by the naked eye,
and which have been cautiously selected by Mr..
Wright on the spot as the fairest average speci-
mems Of whole veins and quarries, said TO creep
visiby in sinuous and broken lines through the
whole western slope Of the Sierra Nevada, and to
form vnst masses of mountain rock large enough
aud numerous enough 10 freight many times over
all the navies and commercial marine Of the world.
Mr.. Wright has spent, be informs us, much Of the
past season among The mountains collecting his
samples of the quartz in different localities and sub
iccting the yield Of gold from them, in very many
instances, % the most rigorous tests
In all these experiments Mr. Wright has been
guided by the skill and judgment Of Mr. Augustus
Leland, gentleman largely convcrsant with min
ing operations, and who has been from the first
equally interested with Mr.. Wright in all the re-
searches which have been made.
The astonishing results brought out by these in.
vestigatons are. that in particular and very ex-
tensive vein four pounds of this rock yielded, upon
the average, 81 worth Of pure gold valued at : IS
these average samples Of the rock In this particular
vein is nearly 80 for each pound of quartz. Mr..
Wright exhibited TO us two small masses Of gold,
each about the size and shape Of large muslct-
ball, and both presenting the granulated appear
ance Of gold extracted and collected by the aid OF
quicksilver. One of these contains about a ~ OF
pure gold and IL the largest yield which has been
obtained from four pounds of the rock In question.
The other contains about $40, and IL the smallest
yield which has been obtained from any OF the OK
pcrinenis upon the rock OF this vein We under
In, hat he ,ed hava
tho operation OF quicksilver, and sometimes the test
Of the comparative specific gravity Of the pure
quartz and The gold bearing quartz.
The samples Of the rock which Mr.. Wright has
tested have been taken from many different veins.
In no sample tested, has The yield been Ices than
one dollar 10 the pound Of quartz. The average
yield Of the different veins has been, determined
by the samples, from one dollar and half 10 two
dollars, 70 The pound Of rock
A single fact will show the unheard Of and as