Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-08-20
o the north continued unabated. -

ton to the north continued unabated. -
The news then brought fromsfhere vas
unfavorabte, and up TO the |
present this has contipned to bsthe char
aeter of The intelligence: The conse-
quence has been the Immediate cooling
down of The fever That ragged So violently
throtghout tbs Slate for the past six
weeks. Che tide thitherward has re-
cieved sudden scheok. and at present
writing the number Of Frazer river .emi-
grants-tosbe=metis not=xery great
This is perhaps exceedingly fortunate.
The number Of young men who have
Fhurried=otf. from EStatestothe=new min
ing region approximsies to 5000: Ma
ny of these were badly provided with
meanseto1exist for any length OF time Ia
Ia country where, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cessas
kniesoof hfeEaare exorbitantlyu expsnsive!-
The waters of Fraser river andsits Rribu.
tariesOstillkcontinueatoouhigh TO allow Of
their beds being worked: q Consequently:
great suffering and destitution already
beginstos manifest the mselees in nthe ne W
mines; sandwthe probability risE that much
more ewillsbe felt before the mining season
I begins. .Ts11s
|" In the meantime, matters on Frazer
river continue really in the condition that
all well-informed people expected they
would be at this time The river is very
| high. and ais kept up by the melting oil
the mountain SHOWS during the present
summer weather inq that region. This
snow. after awhile will be exhausted; or
/ if not. When the cold sets in it will freeze;
and the river viii go down and enable
the miners to work the bars, on which the
rich placefs are believed to exist. How
long Fit win be before this takes place, il
it will ever happen, is now the question
under discussion. Two months at far
thest, say the sanguine| The Responding
say, when the snow freezes the rainy
season will have set in-thus supplying
the stream all the year round with an
abundance Of water. So little reliable IN
formation about this country is in posses
sion OF the whites as yet, that nothing
II else is left to wait patiently the operation
of time for the solution Of this disputed
7 point. About the existence Of rich mines
on Frazer river and its tributaries there
seems to be no dispute. The difficulty is.
Il that these mines are now covered with
water. and are kept SO by the melting
snow in the mountains. ...'
i It is said that "dry diggings" have
been discovered at a few places; yet tn,
extent ofthese and their general charac
ter for richness and facility of working
} can only be determined by culture pros
) pecting." At present the vast body o
| miners on Fraser river are kept together
in a few camps, by the desire to possess
themselves OF "claims" on the rich bar
when the stream falls and by the dreat
Of hostile Indians molesting small parties
who might traverse the wilderness il
search Of dry diggings.
) j. II. Wise. ( a son of the Governor o
|; Virginia) and a party Of San francisco
capitalists. are represented as being sbou
to lay off new town on the "Fnzbugl
claim" a tract Of one hundred and sixty
acres Of land lying between Whatcom anc
Sehome.
The building now being erected a
Victoria are all of combustibe charac
ter. being principally wood and canvass.
The prediction that the town will be de
stroyed by fire, within month is already
street talk.
Arrangements are stated to have been
effected by which at an early date the
stre and concert hall will be erected il
Victoria. Burglaries and robberies are
very numerous in the city.