Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-08-10

the reports brought down they confidently look on It's falling
for rich harvest Many Frenchmen and other foreigners
have returned alter absence Of sixteen days which they
think no counting for the time spent upon the road has
given them sufficient time to judge whether there be any gold
In these rivers or not The simple their returning
is their unwingness to pay the per month which is
taxed upon all foreigners working in our mines.
On the other hand, the Placer Times remarks
passenger the downward trip of the Linda from the
hghup localities of the Sacramento declares that Of nearly
one thousand whom he left in the Trinity regions be
did believe that the average product of their labor would
amount to two dollars per day. He adds that labor could
be engaged for hundred dollars month This il con-
don OF affairs that is yet unknown the Sacramento dis
trics
gentleman returned from short through the pacers
Of the north and south Forks and the Columnes river
ported that he encountered general suspension of operations
and consequent duness and comparative degree of dsap
poinment pevading the miners.
There had been much excitement in the regions about the
Sacramento relative to the alleged discovery of gold in
unparalleled quantities. Owing to the ncompIeteness of our
files these accounts very confused and leave in doubt
whether there is any foundation for the magnificent stories
which told The place where the discovery is said to
have been made is called "God Lake" The Alta Cafor-
mia Of July says:
From the very best have been enabled to ga
the and confirmation has been sought for the reports which
come q
truth of what has been told has been obtained there have
been made discoveries Of important character The lake
upon which gold is found in such large quantities said
be In the heart OF the mountains at distance vaousy stated
to be from $50 to $50 miles from Maysvie The road, af
ter leaving the valley ard penetrating the mountains be-
comes high difficult dangerous, account of the pre-
cptae character Of the sde along which the path
a great distance winds t%H
The dggngs the lake probably best Of any dis
covered in the upper section of the placer Marvellous
Of the fortune which has attended many who
earliest went the lake, and there appears be we'll
grounded belief that the depoes extensive and will hold
out against the gold thirsty endeavos Of the daily augmented
hrong Not much importance may be attached the e.
quen and prodgious stories put in circulation through
the press and otherwise by parties residing in the on
the upper waters they ofad schemes of specula-
tive nature purely New should not be deceived by
such.
We had the pleasure Of conversing with gentleman who
had just arrived from the North Fork of the Yuba The
washngs of last year that fast being deserted
by victims the Gold Lake excitement. He had seen mi
from the lake. The gold which they carried with them
from that quarter very They did deny its
abundance, but they said the lake hardly accessible for
pack animals. They Canadian Frenchmen, and
not disposed to be communicative They purchased
provisions and about to return such the opinion
Of our informant.
On the other hand the Pacific News Of the same date
tells the following irreconcilabe story
The Gold Lake excitement so much talked of and acted
upon Of late, has almost entirely subsded crazy
in for share of the responsibility another report s
that they have found of the pretended dscoveer and
are about lynching him at Marysve Indeed, told
that demonstration against the feared by many.
People who have returned, after travelling $50 200
miles, say that they left vast number of parties roaming
about between the of the Yuba and Feather rivers
1t is asserted, also, that fair order Of dggngs be
found in that regonand that if they choose to be content
under their disappointment, they could do toeraby WELL
provisions abundant The party which first started out
from Maysvle probably assured Of the facts relative
the position and richness of Gold Lake. Their guide com
Quoted them far Grass Valley distance Of nearly 100
miles, when they followed and watched by many that
they would proceed The Yuba river three miles above
the town Of Linda, and eight from Marysvle,
has been turned from its by company, and made to
through lateral slough Prospecting Of the bed has
proved very satisfactory. capital stock of 100 shares has
been formed end many of them disposed Of at $500 EACH
The Sacramento Times, of June 49, has the following
paragraph on the subject
The Gold Lake stories already getting stale, amid
the contradiction and confirmation to which they alter
nately subjected
From this infer that it definitely known at Sa
cramento the latest advces whether any such discovery
had been made though sagey suspected that there
had not 4s.=