The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-03-03
Extract Ola Letter from Capt. John Parker
Coin SPRINGS Cal, Dec. 81. 1881

OoAp orniNoS, Sdi, Zee. u, fSOJ.
The rainy season has just set in, in good ear
nest. and has driven out of our digginys.
am in excellen, health, and have been doing
Wen tor some time past. We were working in
the bank of the river. The high water NAV
keep us out Of our diggngS until July next, Il
not longer. should have returned home this
season, but having prospect Of realizing
my hopes, you need not look for me home be.
fore next fall or winter n
! wish you were all here, for this is the most
| pleasant country to live in, in the world: the
| climate is so mild and congenial, the crops this
year cannot be surpassed in any country. and
'ne eye cannot feast upon sigh more beautifu
than tn level country Of the Sacramento Val.
iey' ana 'wn the coast for fourteen hundred
niles. This is bound to be the riches, Stat. in
IT Ii would come here, ne could max.
fortune at his business
we understand that the emig alton TO thi,
Sta'e Will be much g.faler thu coming snr,n,,
han any previous season II nv friends W Md
take M advic-, hey .u'd not come. her., nm
l'ss they e.n bring til ir jumiiies 10Th them. /
positively know that not less than nlne-tenths
or more, perhaps, of the enig grants heretofore
repent coming as they did. There are hundreds
OF those who came here IN 1919, s.burninr with
n'sn nope, who are hire yet, and have not
mo
nome IN the ''saine fix Gold mining IS much
like lead mining, L. e. gerry uncertain Tn,
great ms AXE that many make, is in expectinu
10 fu" here, make f. rtune and get back home
70 ENJOY It, IN the course of year or SO. Some
lew IS 'lated cases OF such there are tn-be- SIRE
Dut the mass OF those who entertain such will
Ideas, awake from their dream Of tolIv 10 do
wears If p 'nnance, before they win the favor Of
the tickle goddess, Fortune No nun shouJd |
e"me here actthout his jamtiy, uni IS he comes
10 stay three, four or five years. or until he makes
something, be 1ha! time when it NAV. Mast
yo"ng men come here expecting to maxi. a
unr and then return home and la
.nF g"i 10 "hom they have previously pIedy
e !, '"eif anectlons Well, they look ar. uad
mem, the chances are n Il as hoped for. They
AL Ia their first exp citations, become di,co,,r
.g"d; then follows loss Of energy, SICKNESS
leah, and an early grave an,ons strangers. far
rom home or friends
IN rivers and canyons here are perfect grave
ards, owing to exposure and the manner of .
wing, but II will BE- better in this respect for !
"e u'ne to come. Plenty Of good prov. 81 ms
:. ~, 70 De nad now, though high in price OWN,
!. ''e a'mcnity ct getting INFO the mountains
:. Ca" now get plenty OF ine onions, potatoes a
.," VII, p, osets and cabbagr; people do not
an on AZ tney formerly did, tor want of
,v Inc country is naturally neal
W erysc'pelas and winter fever ar. h. nrev,;i
y d.sras 8 in the Mountains Man H., l
hts durl"g the winter, ard in summer yo with
II any shelter at all. This will accono, 49,
UGH of the sickness. The winter aud .,r;r
nave I'und' from observation, to be the sick y y
season. i
A. " Clark and George Miller are NV mart. n
~. Give my best respects to friends and !, -
hers who may cuqu.re after me. y y