Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-03-10
A New EkfOrad@

Iaa following from the AHA CaAfofm&
sf January 18th, some what resembles ons
If Baron Munchaasen,s bles, but it is Civ
IN Is true:
We have all along bssn prepared to hear
narvelous accounts Of discoveries of gold
that it would be as abundant as lead seem-
Cd not altogether improbable; and we have
looked forward to the time whom a man
would have to give cart load OF the pre-
cious metal in exchange for barrel Of
wheat.
1t is well known that the steamer Cheaa-
peake, with about thirty adventures, left
this port ON the 2ist ult., for the klamath,
and in Yesterdays paper We gave some ac-
count Of her progress. !.
Twenty-seven miles beyond the Trinity
there isa beach several miles in extent,
and bounded by high bluff. The sands
Of this beach are mixed with gold to an ex-
tent almost beyond belief. The sand is of
two kinds-a fine black sand and grey
sand. nF-s Es 1ag zz.#'5@
The grey sand can be separated very ca
silly from the black sand, and this seems to
be desirable object. The gold is mixed
with the black sand in the proportion Of
from ten cents to ten dollars the pound.
At times when the surf is high the gold
is not easily discovered, but in the spring
of the year, after a succession Of calms, the
entire beach is covered with bright and yel-
low gold. 80 f s55F Il
Mr.. Collins, the secretary Of the Pacific
mining company, measured patch Of gold
and sand, and estimates that it will yield
to each member Of the company the snug
little sum Of I'd, 900, ,000-and this esti-
mate is formed upon calculation that the
sand holds out to be one-tenth as rich as OBJ
servation warrants them in suppesing.
The Pacific mining company-[t the ad-
venturers of the Chesapeake have banded
themselves together under this title found
sun,e l9 men at these diggings. The men
had no disposition to dig, Tor the gold was
all ready for them whenever they were dis
posed to take it. Besides, such is the char
actsr oil the roads that they could not take
away more than IS or 100 pounds apiece
Ian amount too trifling for their consid-
Grafton. They had erected q comfortable
log cabin, and designed watching this claim
until the spring, and thsn taks a ship load
of the gold, and travel to some country
where the metal was not so abundant. ~
Mr.. Collins saw a man who had accumu-
lated fifty thousand pounds, or fifty iilous-
and tons-hs did not recollect which--ef
the richest kind of black sand. i.4sas;! 1"
General Wilson says that thousands Of
men cannot exhaust this gold in thousands
of years, and he gives oil who doubt his
statement the liberty of going and ascer.
tanning these facts for themselves. aa.;]@
6 The company will send up l0s addition.
al laborers as speedily as they can be en-.
barked. They also design purchasing q
steamer and running her up TO the f"Gold
Bluffs.' Sixty men are now at the scene
Of operation. faeA asss9 zaaS4 a.! 7ta.
2 The San Francisco Herald Says
'srhat very large quantities Of the pre-.
cious metals are 10 he found on''GoldBluf"
can, We think, scarcely be doubted-but
from the fact that no landing for passen.
gers or goods can be obtained within ~
miles Of the scene Of operations, the imme-
diate road being Of the most rugged and
impossible nature, very serious doubts q.
rise as 10 whether it will be an available
discovery. a s e esHa
The Pacific News thus describes the or
ganization Of a join, stock company for
washing the sand: 5~2E @3
The stock was divided into IL, 600 shares,
of 500 each, and 1000 shares were
thrown into The market, for which tho origi.
nal holders expect to realize 800 000-a
very small compensation for division Of
their prospective wealth. The sand was
displayed throughout yesterday, in all its
richness. and numberless were the Ameri.
can eagles that changed hands at Kendig
and Wainwrighl's The entire store had
the appearance Of a mass meeting. The
result will be, Of course, unless the whole
thing turns out to be s.upendous humbug,
as not unlikely, tho original stockholders,
about thirty in number, will take the pro.
ceeds of elsuen thousand shares, while
those who make up the aggregate Of $780,.
600 in cash, against the fictitious capital
Of the others, will receive dividend upon
one thousand shares! The proportion is
as about hat full Of sand for the latter 10
ship load for the former. Ls5i
The MINING D.sTRIcTs.-T . prospect
Of our miners is of the most encouraging
character, and they are only waitiag for
rain TO commence their regular winter op.
erations. Within the last few days the
fact has been discovered that the banks OF
the streams contain the richest deposits, in
stead Of the BEDS as supposed.
The Indian difficulties in the vicinity Of
the Muriposa have assumed an alarming
character. Every day brings accounts OF
murders, and the whites have called upon
the executive for aid. Troops are now
being raised, and the Indian agents will
proceed to the scene of the difficulties i'm
inediately, 10 endeavor, If possible,to bring
the Indians to q treaty.
The legislature of California met on the
9th instant al San Jose. Mr. Bigler Tdem.
ocrat, was elected Speaker Of the House,
and Mr.. George o. McMullen clerk -
The other officers of the House are also
democrats, as we'll as those Of the Senate.
1t Is agreed tina. the democrats have ma.
jori;y in both branches.