New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-25

Io,t largely by me- Ny brother, who IL with me a.
present. will arrange his own matters on MS return
San Frsr cisoo tich will not be very long hence
In regard 10 the amount Of money taken by ne fro
San Frapcsc,, allow me 10 cay that IN my letter 10
Mes.rs God froy, sllem & Co, which, Prssu NJ,
they received sfUr my departure stated ths true
amount within 600 more or lees. presume ,hsy
will show you that portion Of the letter
regret having lefl- DO not like thi. country,
and were il 10. for my wife and family, Fho ara, as
vet perfectly igporaLt Of any charges OF wrong
sgsinst ne, wo9Ia refqfp oy 20. ava
try where / may settle, / sbsu propose to my cred,
i,crs 70 renew the balance II er my rsefs lett sosl
have been exhausted ard will cheeffoly devote ths
balance OF my life for their benefit. Shall leave here
on the Let March. Yours, truly, ii MEIGGs.
DIrrIRrScE BErwEIs FIcrIos AID FAcr.-We
melt oned some Gays ago the fading Of god-bo1 der,
supposed 70 coptsn two hundre1 pounos Of gold aod
to be worth eco 600, ct Ctip's Diggings The SHrra
Citizen ssy-: The great bouldsr sc rea1 o., rnIco
turpeo ID lat week Smith Dgging., ana reported
BIZ me Ca 1ornia Ezpren, a. containing t~o hun
dred pounds Of gold iufns out 10 be worth one nun
dyed and uzty dollars and s'zty sur cents! The Zs
wss o. biPf a. pork barrel; the mistake was sIo-
setber in relation 10 the gold.
TIE kerr RIVER SISEs.-Mr Thonss y. Thonp-
,on bss fu1 ished The hrening hers win some very
Interesting and valuable inforns ion relative 10 the
Kern River mines. Mr. Thompson has j1st returned
from IL mining country upon Kern River He spent
fevenreen days in GIeenborn Guch, which be occu
tied in prospecting and collecting Information re a.
tive 10 the mir log capabilities Of that regi1n-and,
terg practical miner of Judgment aud Intelligence,
bis facts entitled TO cfedence, end his Opinions
WORTHY OF respect.
TIE rosd 10 TIE mines on Kern Rivsr from Stock
ton NJ. I irfJrms us. il excellent - far a. White
River which il thirty five mile from the mines. Fro
White River 10 Posy Flat about tFon'j bye mules.
there IL good noun sis road over which team u
fur oxen will essilJ haul lrsd of 600 p)ul ads.
From Posy Flat "a Grsenhorn Gulcb, ten miles,
there II fair pack 'rsi upon witch uls can read
ily travel with load Of 200 pounds.
TEE GOLD IN Green Hon Guich lies from ons 10 ak
fee from the surfsce II il 10 ANAL glO5uiar particles,
called by tie miners "smsll shot god II Is found
mixed with qusr'z rock. differing entirely from ne
bed rock ID the ouch which latter is Of granite Inls
leScs Mr. thompson 70 the inference thai TIE god IN
the gulch bs been tsshed from the bills in The neigh
bCrnoOd The stran Of psyrg dirt ia very thin, which
firms ope Of the principal objections 70 me nines
The average earnirg of The miner' in ms eul'h j.
from & TO s. per day per mao-valnne ne das; at
SIC per ounce But bJ the a-ssy At The Mint OF one
Gust brought up by Mr. r. 1t appears that the Kern
River Gust only yields about sl4 to the ounce T1s
is ing 10 the large proportion Il silver 6th Whcn
il il ire rporeed. During the seventeen daye thh
our info rDsDt spent in the sulcb ne heard Of 90 ex-
irsorcpary strkes;" the most successful mining
that he was msoe cngbizsnt Of US y foOSs: parry
tf three mel took from their claim one day 1920;
next day ibev took out s4s 81. aud third day only
IS 30-when they stopped
Besides the iballowness Of the layer Of paying
earth al iIfuperebe and permanent obstacle 10 the
OF the mines IN tbs lOc2I'y - buy Is
ord uust be, the scarcity OF water. Ths gold.dg-
eines, a. yet dfcoveftd, lie hish above the Kern
River aid there are no high mountain streams that
cen be turned into the gulch. The only dependence
Of The mD'r, then Ii upon the uncertain and IRE
gulsr fall of rain.
Provi-oDs we're plenty on Kern River when Mr..
Thompson len The following are the rates at which
some If TIE principal articles selling: -four l6c.
per FOUND; beef 2Oc per pound fresh pork, 3Oci
bacon, iOc.; potatoes, scarce at 2Jt; beans, 25c
suoar three mounds TO the dollar There being no
difficulty in importing provisions. there can e1sue
10 scarcity Of provisions at tas oiegiogs on Kern
River.
Mr.. TT ompson brought up with him quiu'ty Of
The KEN River dus. washed out at Gfeet horn Gulch,
which be has deposited at the Mint for coinage. Tne
following is the ASSAY which copy from the GER
tfcate Of that Institution:
westt before melting 81 50 10 OF sfer melting a 10
O'E hptn.ss T4le value OF the gold $40 90; silver
pestso from the 700, = g Aslue eelt Of silver II
TIE net return in coin which Mr.. Thompson re-
csives after deducpg the chsges of the Mint, which
are merely nominal il e7l9 63-shicb is about Ella
per for 81 32-lC0 OF dust tina. be brought
from the mines. This god he did not dig himself,
but collected it for money due him by other persons
who DDed
Mr. Thompson is Of opinion, from what he cav ard
beard that there be plenty OF gold 10 the hills
around GreeDhorn Caleb TIE difficulty lie Ia pro.
curing water 10 wash it out. There is much country
as vel uDprC speced sn6 il ia a'ogett probable that
the recent rush TO this section will the discovery
Of rich surface and bill dggiDgs. With regard to the
prices Of claims in Green Horn Gulch, Mr.. Thomson
rays that be Offered average claim OF two
hundred feet for $40.