Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-09-17

The proprietor of the Francisco Ne,cs Let
ter having determined to see the elephant,
TO be at the centre of the present excite
nsent Of the E Dorado, and 10 judge for bims
setf, Of, rather, to solve tlee pxebleus ef how
IRs'ch gold, how nmany Bndsans. and how
! E1uch hgn bH9, wegh or boar3 the Pacific
mail steamship :, Corsesf CAPT. Harners aEd
| made the passage to Vlcteftas $40 miles, in
FIVE days. Although quo persons were OF
board yet no ircofSve nieDce felt from
The high pressure packingi the greatest
good ssunior and accommodating spirit pre-
vailing, controlled by the gentlemanly spirit
OF Capt. J. B. Horner and his officers
On the dav of The arrival the operations of
the Government Land Office in Victoria
was $26, 900. The Importance of the a
mount eau best be realized by comparing it
With the prices, viz: 500 per lot 60xl20
unSurveveG. S Ime of these lots have been
tsggsla at 2ooC9l 900. Lots at first sale. sur
peyed {price, $50; lots, second and last sale,
@i00 EACH are now being sold from $500
to 8 900 six lots together in the principal
street are valued at $4,000. The figures
at Esquiuall II lrbor aud lots in that vicinity
ASSUME bolder aspect as 10 value, from the
fact that the harbor is granite-bound basin,
similar to Victoria, with an entrance now
wide and deep enough to admit the Lewis
than. Victoria has a bar which must be
dredged, dug blown away. We noticed
at Victoria that The most valuable lot, with
fiat granite levee, with 80 feet of water,
sufficient for any ship to unload without jetty
is covered by large building construc-
ted of logs, belonging 10 Samuel Price d
Co. A ship unloading lumber at this
wharf at $35 per NJ, which was the ruling
price. Al Victoria, on the 2lst day OF June
Il Frenehman landed irola the steamer Sur
prise, who came on board at FJrt Langley
with 27 pounds weight of gold on his person
which we saw and lifted. Another passen-
ger, whom we know, states that there 600
persons within miles of F FJrt Hopes who
are averaging per man - ounces OF gold
per day minimum to 81 ounces per day max
imum. The largest sulias seems to be taken
out at Salor's bar, FIVE miles above Fort
Hope. The lowest depth ae yet attained by
miners is fifteen inches5 these barn door
scra' 'ches producing often 5000 per day
AT Fort Hope, potatoes are $6 per bag
crackers 30 cents. From Fort Hope To
Fort Thompson the road is good, with the
exception of 20 miles. For $50 the steam
ers will take miners TO the d4sggings+ at Fort
Hope rpin Victoria, aud tor three or four dol
lurs more a o Indian will accompany you TO
Fort Yale. Bowen, steward of the Surprise
says that LOO Indians usually rum oiter him
to obtain little sweet cakes, which, he ira
ded off four or five for ST. in gold Dust
Sugar at Fort Langley 81 so per pound;
lumber 8 SO per foot; tea and cotfee 5
per po~ud: pierced iron ior rockers SIS;
plain sheets So eachr FIVE pounds of onlck-
silver sold for $4o-$lo per pound was the
ordinary price. The actual ground prospec-
ted anL asceFtained to be highly uurier ous
is $50 miles from the nsuuth Frazer River,
100 miles OF Thompson River has been pros
pected, and found to be rich southeast OF
Fraz .r River. The same will apply to- all
tIhe tributaries of f-.FhompsonRiver. Alarge
aurIferous quartz has beea- discovered ten
miles from Fort Hope. Exceedingly rich
quartz veins have been found near Harrison
River,