Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-03-06
GCrC Tg!g1oJ JfWCg.
For the Tribune.
TITS. Feb 9th, 1851.

! any Of the letters received from our Cal
ifornia delegation fe7te1st the public, aud
wishing to be in the fashion, and also for
various other reasons, tco numerous TO
mention, I hand you the following copy
Of letter from gentleman Who Eent
out overland last season. I also send
you a " Settlers and Miners Tribune,
of Dec 5th The letter is dated
PLAcERvlLLE, Cal, Dec 10, 1850
Old Friend and Fszlos1-Sozdicf j:
am under many obligations to you
for Your favor Of the lst Oct, which was
+ received BY your old partner on the 27th
| would have written you sooner. but the
mail for the Ol1 States was made 10 be
fore I could get a sight at the post-otiice
| suppose YOU want to hear al the news
from California Well, we are here. aud
we'll We keep up as good appearances
as the nature Of the cause will admit Of
| am now mining at this place some
days | make an ounce, and some weeks
I don't crr1y cent This is one Of the
countries you read Of it Is filled with the
choicest materials for = Buck Derring
Ball !" Whether they were sent here
through mistake, to fill orders for hose
and rugs - unknown TO the depoaent
lc2 cannot fud an honest man here. (al-
ways excepting TIE Wisconsin boys -
Every branch Of business is run iht9. the
ground and broke OF. There are about
+ 800 houses in this town each one keeps
a bottle Of whiskey, deck Of star back
cards, and half-box of pipes, aud these
are the tools with v h;ch men get rich IN
+ this co~ntry- IF every man here VA put
up and sold to the highest bidder, thev
would not bring enough to take them half
back to the States-deek passage.
| shall shall stay here until the close Of
/ the rainy season, and then go either into
the mountains, or out upon the pi&ius -
should the emigration across the plains be
as large next season as il was last, l can
make more trading with the emigzants
than | can here mining
eannot advise any Of my friends to
come to this country especially those
who have families and can make dime
where they are Husky young men. who
have nothing to do at home, and don't
want TO 90 anything had as well be in
California as not-f0r tGey are of 10 use
among the whites, and if they come here
they can get into business, and something
might turn up which would make men Of
them Some men have made fortunes
here. but those days have gone by
There Is more mining done in this
town and vicinity than | expected 10 see
IN ali California 1t IS not here as it is
II. tie lead mines the diggiags here are
ve-v sn, = a,.d i: takes but short
time 10 prove large P.ecc Of ground -
The rivers have all been turned from
their natural beds, and dug over the ra-
vines have all been dug over two or three
tunes So you can give a close guess how
the game stands There may be deep
j discoveries made yet but if not, Cali
tornia must be reported, " Gone down-
boat, cargo and crew q total loss"
The rainy season set in on the 18th Of
November, since which time there has
been but little done III the way Of mining
Tie weather Is much colder than I ex-
pected to see We have had snow two
inches deep When it is clear, tie ground
freezes hard every night The weather
here is about as it was the first night we
lay at the Rio Frio, in Mexico. We
have lad the hardest kind of frost cold
rains and wind | think it more d.sa
greeabie here in winter than in Wisconsin
There are but few persons here whom
you kuow-Heury Robson, II b Carson,
and Henry Messersmith, and brother, are
here and well Wolf and Ben Kicker
Lave gone to Puebla Valley to make
farm Dudley C Humphrey l. here and
Is justice OF tie peace That explains
all that l have been trying to tell you
Oar county Judge built one Of Ms
''profans houses IN this place, " hen
the house vas done. be could not raise
funds to pay for it aud 50 be was forced
to move his sfock to Greenwood Valley,
and We are consequently destitute Of q
judge Just now
!. P HoIeubeck. J Neebour, and
myself, bought Wolf out in this place -
We are now mining under the house
Naleman, Harry Pettygrove, and SIC
Ear.aud. are at Keuy's Diggings. as also
the Bartholomew boys They we're all
weIl two weeks ago. Berry. BuIlard and
Daily, are out hunting | have not heard
/ from them for two months Lewis Olds
went to San Francisco about two moaths
since Neigs. John Hough. and jim
Wood, are at Georgetown-al! veil two
weeks ago Sunday. Tie Chandler BOYS
are at White Rock Ealley-Ledbette IS
with them they were all well last sun
day Sylvenus Thomas Is about San
Fraucisc9-is fishing Hugh Graves aud
Sam Taylor are 1t Cull0ma
I have kept some data of the weather
since the commencement Of the rainy sea
son Nov l9-har4 rain, all day 20
rain, without intermissjon, all day 2I-
do; 24d-do; 23d-fre4ueut showers
z4th--cloady and mistins rain; 18th
clear aud pleasant 25th-clear and
freezing cold Z7th-cloudy and misting
rain Z9th-cloudy and cold 18th
hard rain all day 30-stilI raining
Dec l--oloudy and misting 2d-snow
aud rain all day 3d--clear aud pleasant.
4th-clear and freezing 5th---clear and