, 1858-08-27


aeon ~ rnE ToS m The GRASD
COufsE@Iho articles published below,
bsafIug ne above caption. was handed Us
Sof bublieaiion BY gentleman recently
non Caliiornia-a msn convefsant with
is geological history and formation. and
therefore cOnpeisat 70 treat upon the sub
iocl 10 question. OF course, we would not
be understood as giving in our testimony
hat gold docS exist at the place indicated
/" b the tos,p Or even thai t. win be found
thsrSi stoan , yet, from the argument Of
the Wfilef, ,-lht singular similarity Of the
Cotiee with the Blue Lead Of California
uillai AZ events allow the presumption Of
p,obabilitg. We hope the COplee may be
pro.psc,sd at an early day, and while the
Iudividdkl Sho shall FIRST take Out the pre-
ci6ns ors should receive the credit Of dis
soFay,o the author Of the annexed would
daecVeIthe Ike for having frat directed
pdblie attention 70 Il; as5l -. ai 10o0S 1
Cod b us Ton m dc Grand OOGIee
a rsmkrkahlo feature Of the eastern
poftion of Washington Territory is the
Graud Gollee, q deep raVine,, about mile
iaHlith and nearly one hundred miles long
running ncfo7 She land IN an angle IN the
COIambiR riFer On the east side, from q
point abgua sixty miles above The 0skana-
gmito q point about the same distance
above the mouth Of the Yakima This
dtop)raEine has Abe sppearance Of having
been once Me bed Of q Very large river;
and all the authors who have written in re-
gard 70 that district Of eounlry have mem
toned 1t as probably an old bod Of the Co.
lumbia- sd alloaq Boa ifaeMf.ss 0li
We have said in tie heading of our arIi.
cls--" Gold BY the ton IN the Grand Cou.
lee, and such we believe thsre is. That
IL Colambia river rans through an nnrif.
er6us c6untryimot far above the Coulee, Is
aaoll known factsI The whole district from
the Spokann river 70 the Pend d'0rcille ID
rich CO. gold; and Indications Of the same
pfscioas metal are abundant oil ofeF the
pldtIeau q The Spakane, through Abe midst
of which this ancisBt river bed passes.
Th6t gold b to be found IN great abu1d-
ance IN an the old river beds Of auFilerous
countries. Is q fict now weH established
among those acquainted with gold mining. |
Tho richest and most extensive placer mines
now worked 10 California are the beds Of
ancient rivers, where no water has aowed |
fof thousands of year,, and where there Is
10 Indication at Tie surface Of the groand,
save to the eye Of The experienced miner,
shat any water course ever did hoW. Such
\ tho great blno lead extending from
Sierra to CaliVeras county, which was once
q large river half mile wide, and extend
ing, as Il has been traced, more than o hun
dred miles, nearly parallel with the present
course Of the Sacramento river, but about
Thirty miles further east, and covered now
b numerous ranges o. hills running at
right angles dcross It, and covering L 10
some places thousand feet deep. Such
also Il the famous Table Mountain Of Tbol-
uiine county, where the bed Of q large
stream, rich IN gold, running through q
deep canyon, was filed up, ages since, BY
atstfeam 81 lava from some volcano, the
banks Of The canyon being Afterwards
washed away and leaving the solid stream
Of lava standing Ike q mountain over hun
dreds Of millions Of gold below, which was
discovered BY accident, and has for years,
and still furnishes profitable employment 10
Thousands Of minerse Numerous other
such deserted beds Of water courses, large
and small, have been discovered ID the
mining counties Of California; and they are
1hif0rulJ rich in gold. We may then
reasonably presume that the Grand Coulee,
3 ah ancient bed Of the Columbia a-rnn-
ming through an auriferous country, and
about a hundred miles below Fort Colville,
where gold miners have been at work with
profit for years.---is rich in gOld-has tons
Elk IT, IT, .'i l'st 'dlf.
The Gfahd Coules. therefore, Onht 70 be
pIospecied, and Il found 70 be rich, as it
probably will, il win prove asource Of vast
wealth 70 individuals, and Of incalculable
benefit 70 Washington and Oregon Terri
tories, The distance 70 the Grand Coalee
from Walla-Balla is abont a hundred miles,
and the great problem must be solved
within . few weeks BY few resolute men.
The Coglee lies in a very favorable condi-
ton for prospecting; lies above the pres
e1t bed Of The Columbia, but might prob
ably Be supplied, at little trouble, with an
abundance Of water from the river as it
noErruns. Who shall be the pioneer in
the work 7 The man who discovers the
trpasure viii deserve TO be considered q
belsfhctor Of the country.
osEHgrEl BAea--In our last weeks issue,