Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-03-13
THE iMARIPOSAS,
COL. FREMONT'S ESTATE IN CALlF(

COL. FREMONTS ESTATE IN CALlFOR-
MA.
Col. Fremont owns eleven leagues Of land in Cali
ornia, situated principally upon the Marposa river and
is branches. The valuable portion of this immense
tract OF land is the billy section for this arethe quartz
vems the plains, however ale said to be composed Of
xcellent SOIL capable OF producing grain and yegeta-
bles IN the greatest 81 VI ds c. srd Of tie quality
Onions. potatoes and tomatoes, were produced in
great abundance, on the plains the past season. and
is eaid arrangements now berg made by the Colo
mel with colony OF mgfants, which will insure the
cultivation OF large portion Of the lands the coming
year. The country is said to be Admiralty adapted to
the raising sheep, and is sumised that in the course
OF few years. Col Fremont will be able to say with
the pastoral chiefs OF the East that his ocks cover
thousand hills" The temperature o"The Marposas'
is SAID to be mild, healthy and delightful and the scene
ry picturesque and grand beyond description Already
there are two small but fourishng towns situated on
The propeIty-"Maripcsa" ard "Agua I'rio"-The
former, it is supposed, will become the county town as
the water runs ahe year round which is not the case
| on the Aqua Trio. Both the streams contiguous to
these villages have been dug extensively for gold and
since the last eighteen months more than one million
OF dollars have been extracted the1efromhe men dig
glng being granted free permission by Col Fremont
Nothw outstanding the large amounts already extracted
thefe still vast de al lett, and Tor the purpose of
working system aticaly companies are being formed,
these companies work ing under lease from the own
er. The who have already dug these rivers, have
been known to desert "hole where they could only
get IS to $40 day, for better diggngs.
Bot the pr ncipal and most valuable feature of the
Coones possessions are as before remarked the quartz
VEINS AS tar as the property has been regularly exam
ined there have been discovered Some thirty veins
which will not, it is supposed, be much more than half
the whole number on the estate. AS yet, only three
veins have been opened and worked One is that Of the
"Marposa Mining Company" which is extremelyrich
the second is that of Messrs. Stockton and Aspnwall
This vein has been opened in places by most compe-
tent workmen quite large, and improves in richness
every blast.
The third is that opened by Colonel Fremont It
has not yet been carried far enough to be certain
OF any results; but from its indications promises fair re-
turns. Many of the other veins not yet opened are
locat ed by parties having leases and it is fair to sup
pose that most ofthem will turn out we'll the small num-
Der already being worked enabling one judge of what
the probabilities are. There have been some thirty
leases made Tor working the quartz, and probably the
whole OF them will be working year hence.
Col. Fremont appears to have laid the foundation for
an immense fortune, and many astue men in Cali
fornla do not hesitate to express the be lief that in
few years he will become Of the wealthiest men in
the world