The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-06-04

telling him that men who were about to dig up
five hundred dollars per day, ought 10 DO will.
ing to put up with little personal inconvcni.
encc, that though the rain, 10 be sure, was
find plenty Of water in every gulf and rayinc,
and thus the difficulty, heretofore experienced,
Of obtaining water for washing out tho gold,
would be obyiated. But somehow Tom was
not 70 be comfortcd, and tho next morning,
after making very unsatisfactory breakfast
upon pulpy mass, composed of about equal
parts Of crackers and cheese, nicely favored
and colored with the juice that had ooxcd out
OF couple Of plugs Of tobacco, we set out
once more, and In three or four hours came 70
the banks Of the Sandics those far-fa,ncd
SAndics whose golden dcpositcs, for ages past,
have been washing away unheedcd into the
turbid waters of the Colorado. snow" says
j, Tom, we'll soon bc repaid for all we have
suffered Here you see Is the famous quartz
rock, exactly the same, am told, in every no.
spect as the California rock, except that there
Is no gold in II; and here, too is tho black sand
and the granite, and every other indications ol
existence Of the precious metal. Give me the
pan, snid j to Tom, after had dismounted In
considerable state OF excitement, there's
bullion TO be had here and no mistake"
So ut II We went; and, as they say In tho
stories for children, we "dug and We washed
aud dug and washed, and travelled and dug
amp washed again." till at last we came TO the
very head OF the Sandics, and at tho samo time
very unwillingly TO the conclusion TINT no gold
VAS to be found In those "diggins," and that
when geologists asserted that quartz rock
black sand and granite were always accom-
panied with some gold, for once vt least they
had missed II most egrcgiously. We had no,
found gold enough to gild single sheet Of the
smallest sized note paper. As my golden
anticipatons seemed less and less likely to be
realized, In tho same ratio did the retail gro.
ccry line assume more and more its forlncr
Importance in my estimation, and when at las.
We turned our horses heads towards home.
am sure IL had then been behind the counter
disposing Of q pound Of cheese to customer
no would have had no reason to marvel at the
quantity of pork he got for a shilling"
When we got back TO tho Mormon settle
ments my huge g tin pan" was still hanging "a
my saddle, and did not like the idea Of throw.
Ing II away, and to carry II any further was
out OF the question. ! concluded TO make Il 9
present TO tho first woman should SOC on tn,
way We soon discovered one standing ir
the door OF comfortable log cabin, and rod,
up and asked her II shc would acccpt tina,
fine largo tin pan. for which / had lately paie
the respectable sum Of 87i cents, but 70,
which now had no further use. Indeed
sir" said she, II am much obliged TO you
to-bc.sure, but the fact IL, since tho gold-dig
gers have got to coming up 50 much In thii
section, there Is perfect 'glut Of pans here
and there sint hole nor corner abo,i. the lo
you can't find one stuck away in Tho trutl
~, there is such . power Of tin now on every
shelf IN tho house, ! am actually afraid >
lightning, Whenever hard storm coIncs up
However," said she, observing, suppose, m,
crcst-Milon appearance, as you seem 10 be 1
polite-spokcn gentleman, l reckon III have Il
take II, and maybe it'll do TO fccd tho duck,
In" Madam, says /, "Tll remember you,
klndncss," and without further ado, I united
tho wrctchcd pan from my saddle, flung Il oyeu
the fence, took ono long breath, and rode on
feeling ~ much relieved a. II had got rid o.
an incubus.
Without saying ono word 10 each other or
tho subject Tom and myself az II by mutual
consent carefully avoided all towns and
thoroughfi,res on our way home, (and this
by'the-bye, accounts TO mo satisfactorily 70,
the fact that 50 many arc seen going to shs
mines, and 50 few rcsurning,) and AFTER Or
absence OF a little more than thrco weeks, on,
iino morning your humble servant might hAv,
been seen at his old stand behind the counter
weighing out carefully rather light pound O
cheese upon tho "Patont Balances" at ths
same time coming over anxiously IN his MIND
the best plan Tor rctrenching expenses, so q,
TO mskc up for probable loss Of considerabl,
bills rnn up by old Mira Flanagan and Simp
sons, and that occasioned by tho too lihcrx
policy Of trade pursued by Mr.. Sinpkjns
(who. by the way, Ia still employed at kis ol,
salsry.) during my absence 10 the golden re
gions Of tho "Sandics." UOMpa