Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-12-18
Letter from samueI Scott
A. D. Ranch. Cal Oct o.

EDITOR HERALD-Dear Sir: have heen
taxing your paper for the past wear and 7
expect my time is up, but 1 wish to have
Tue paper continued. You will find enclo-
sea one dollar and fifty cents to paw INV
subscription for the second year; and #
you should quit sending the paper before
you receive this, / wish You to forward mo
the numbers that you have not sent We
nave always received your papers very REQ.
ular since it commenced coninp. T. e
quite a treat to us, and we look for it as
ANXIOUS as we do for letters
Our RAINY season has set in, from all an
Pearanees. We have had two or three
Gays raln.- 1t has rained very hard to-day
good part of the day, and still looks ike
ram. This rain suits some of the miners
and others again it will almost ruin. The
miners In the dry diggings are glad to see
It ram, tor 1t will make water 80 that they
can work their claims; but on the other
hand, the miners that have river claims
VIII De drove out and great many of them
nave not been on their claims but short
time.
l am situated on what is called Drv
Greek on the head of lone Valley. Dry
creek IS stream that goes dry about five
months IN the year, but in the rainy sea-
son 1t is large stream. There have been
some rich and very extensive diggings dis
covered this fall almost all around. and all
over my ranch. l have no doubt but that
there will be several hundred miners close
around me this winter. Miners are CO.
ming in here now from almost every part
OF California; the diggings are principally
what is called surface diggings, and are ca
SLY worked, when there is water to work
them. These .diggings are paying from
one cent to the pan up to sixty and one
hundred dollars.
There are two bitches being made now
that will be completed in short time one
on each side of my ranch, SO the miners
will have plenty of water this winter. 1t
is supposed that there will be three or four
bitches in here in less than one year
There is more ground proved here now
than will be worked out for years, and dig
gings that will pay from five dollars to one
hundred per day to the man.
1t is generally prophesied by old settlers
here, that we will have hard time here
this winter; but it is hard telling anything
about this country. The sun will shine
out here and it will be clear, and in less
than half an hour rain will be pouring down
as hard as YOU ever saw it.
The emigrants have had rather hard
time of 1t crossing the plains this season;
they have been very unfortunate with their
cattle. They have generally lost from half
to three-fourths Of their stock and some
have lost more than that.
Yours, with respect,
SAMUEL SCoTT.
P. S. Direct your paper the same as be-
fore, only change the name of the County,
as Calavarras County has been divided.
Direct to lone Valley P. O., Amadore
Co., Cal. S. S.
REMARKs.-The letter of Mr.. Scorr was
not intended for publication of course, but
we think there is no part OF it he would
object to, and as he had so many acquain-
tances all over Grant County before he left
who would like to hear from Sam, he will
excuse the liberty we take with his letter.
The four little shining gold coins, two quar-
ters and two halves, making dollar and
a half received for the HERALD, are put a.
way in private corner of our pocket-book
with other California keepsakes. We have
quite pocket cabinet of California valua-
bles, but none that we prize higher than
the little gold octagors sent by Mr.. ScorT.