The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-23
NUMBER 32.

ana from the mountains were daily filed
with anxious miners, eager for the spoils.
Every hotel and boarding house was fll.
ed. In fact, to the permanent residents
of Auburn, and the unintiated and unso-
phsticated, ono town in he mines could
boast of better prospect" Bur this
state of things could rot last long. unless
there was some real foundation. Hence,
Mr.. Editor, the f, Sc premises of your
artic q. In your professional duty-con-
tined 10 your editorial chair aud conpos-
ing stick, perhaps, your judgment and
estimate Of the diggings Of Auburn, land
its consequent prosperity, were warped;
and gradu llv since, the light that Others
gnited and fed, has been breaking upon
your mind, and by the article alluded to
above, You have honestly ut errone0u-ly
attempted to place upon the heads Of in
nocent men. 10 '',nonnpoy" or inonop
lists you attribute the s'downfal of Rome "
] must Disagree with you and put the
cause where candid y think it belongs.
Like the SpecuIative bubble of $50, il had
its cause in oeer exhaustion too much had
been hoped-too much promised the mi
ner - if he would come and live with
you, and work your mines. He went,
and while the delusiOn was operating
through every channel of your trade and
business, increasing To speculation and
excess, the editor, the merchant, The b ack-
smith, who were Quietly mind,ng their
own affairs, were Fl led with over conf
dence Of the success of their beautiful
and pleasant little town
Now, the very, thing you think the
death blow of Auburn, is, in fact, the
only thing that can and will save it
from decay-the holding Of more than one
claim. There is invariably IL claim or
two in every district, that will pay the
miner to hold and work singiy-but,
must be understood rs speaking "f the
average claims, in all tie districts of Pa-
Ger county, when say there is no single
Iclaim in any district, either Auburn, Ophir
Gold Hill, or virginia, that makes it any
object for man of energy and persever-.
ance To locate, unless he can have more
Dtth it. That is, he can do better some
where Use. Now, if it is nor for the in
tereSt of any town to have, such miners
loca'e in it, and remain as long and per-
manent ~ possible, what is for the inter-
est of such a town' Such miners are
settling and working The mines of Go Il
Hill and Virginia, by mixed abor-that
KIND they think the most profitable.
There is another evil which connects
ifSr T with the subject ~ diSriISsion-the
effort 10 identify he miners interest with
the city lot aud town speculation. IN or
de tn bui Il ii town, aud bring corner lots
intn market, the nost eXtravagaut stories
are circulated aS to the richness of the
mining ground in the chosen l0caIity.-
These >pecuIatio's and speculative re-
ports operate to the dr'rinrnt Of the mi
ncr, rs the profits of all such operations
come out oi his hard earnings, in some
shape or other. While the reported
ground is being pr"sperted by the miner,
aud while thus ro,,sunlIng the earnings
from other dIgginS. the trader and specu-
lator are sharing the sroilS of the plot,
and at the same time crying Monopoly !"
"Monopolv -
But in conclusion, Mr.. Editor, allow
me to allude 10 one more quotation from
your article, VIZ: " nd we wou Il say to
every new nrr " hn wi hes 10 go tn
work, 10 do 80 upon ANY un,oorked ground
M,t he can find unoccupnd'' Such adj
vice, (by tn- who esaIr,) is liberal and
frank, | must confess, yet | will aud must
do you the u>tre 10 think and believe
you did not cauddly ponder such ,"revo-
lutionary' advice. How many lives
would BE- sacrificed in carrying il QUIZ
How much litigation? How long wou d
Auburn maintain lis reputation for claw
aud order?' No sir, you did not mean
what you said; ami do not heIirve nj ny
will altempt to take other peoples prop
erty, now outstanding public opinion Is
strong enough on the ',jutnping side" To
array the press against the enterprise and
capital Of the county. ARGUs.
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