Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-02-27

fore he concluded 10 go to that place OF torment
Bnt il is the peculiar nature of the California fe'
yer to di4color the eyes so that every thing which
I. seen when looking in particular direction as
sumes a yelowy appearance and the poor vic
tin "goes off, seeing nothing but yellow" and
dreams Of nothing but the cink ofGoLD. Aw.
full delusion
PLAcERvILLE or HANGrowN,
Dec. %, 1851. {
JACoB-Being fairly in the mines and having
spent some days in prospecting and looking over
this country, its facilities, advantages and dsad-
vantages, and the probable prospect of success
here, will now tell you my convictions, as
have formed them from observation and reliable
Information obtained from various sources
think from the time that have been here, | am
prepared to give as correct an account Ct the
country as majority Of the people here. TO
begin with, say now. as have always said at
home, that take the miners as a body, they are
MT making two dollars per day the year round,
clear Of their board. 1t is true that some are ma
king more, but thousands are barely paying their
ard. A man cannot 90 out and pick up gold,
IT is only done by the hardest kind of labor. Nj
ners have nearly all been idle for the past three
Dr four weeks, until within two or three days, for
river dggings, and not sufficient for dry diggings.
For the last three days there have been heavy
rams AMI they are now commencing in the dry
dlppinrs with what success in the aggregate
is uncertain It is really astonishing how the
country is dug up. Every rayne and fiat, no
matter how small, is all dug up to the bed rock
apd in hundreds of places they are washing over
the dirt the second and third time. have re-
peuedly asked intelligent men what the miners
will do when the holows, gulches and flats are
all worked over, which is row nearly the case,
they reply that the hills will then be thrown into
the hollOws and it certainly will be the case il it
will pay this, however, is in a measure yet to
be decided, although in many places they nave
row tunneIed into the hills with fair success
TITS obvious that the best places are worked ont,
end that some better cheaper and more expedi-
tious way of mining and washing dirt mus, be de-
vsed to rrake It profitable. That there is a
great deal Of gold in this country, there can be
10 doubt, butt is generally in minute particles,
making it necessary to wash large amount of
dirt TO attain a small amount Of gold. find the
gold spread over great extent of country and
more uniformly distributed through the soil than
expected. You ccs hardly 90 to any place in
the mining district, take pan of dirt and wash
It carefully without finding the color, that is
minute particles of gold in the bottom OF the pan.
Dirt that they call paying dirt, must yield from
four to eight cents to pail full taken from the
top OF the Grort:d-t.Iat amount from deep Dig
gings would not pay. Some places pay bettef
some few miners are getting rich from big
strikes, but the cases are rare. NV description
ofthe country, its inlabtan;s rnd prospects viii
be strictly in accordance with my convictions
from close observation and mature deliberation
shall neither over estimate the advantages nor
uvcrdraw the miseries-that there is more mis-
cry and wretChcdnrss in this country than in my
other part Of the o. s there can be no doubt
bit lhat this state of things is brought about
mainly by the imprudeuce, recklessncss ard bad
Management, of the sufferers, is equally true
Gambling and drinking are more general and
carried to a greater excess in this country than
in any other section of the union at least, nltho'
il i said that gambling is on the decline, i'm
Ngne from necessity not from choice The rock
on which the majority of the unfortunate miners
split, leaving sickness out of the account, is ci-
ther gambling and drinking in one class, aud
%iscontenred, yoayng spirit in another, who are
not satisfied with saving, say three dollars per
d,y clear Of cxporsce. for this think would be
fair ostirAate Of what miners, as body, would
clear tn ycar round if they would remain in one
pace, be industrious and economical This is
certainly the most expensive country to travel IN
know Of You canU@t Get the most ordinary
meal short of one dolby, laying i'll bunk fifty
cents furnishing your oMn Blankets. Washing
from twenty FIVE to fifty cents apiece Thus
you see the necessity OF a mans ahstaiuing from
travelling and prospecting the country. PerIna.
ncn; and steady board IS from s TO 10 dollars per
week. The miners are the most cTadu.ous set
of people that ever knew. No naticr here
you are, you viii hear of some phase from 30 to
200 miles distant where the miners ar" making
It