Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-19

the hand. This sounds very Californian, but
ts~re he very little doubt Of its truth. There
from five tosix hundred mon nt Hills Bar
Many of these were employed NJ from - to s. per
day, by the owners oi rich clnims--some Of whom
have two or three rockers mt work for them. The
claims here, Ms elsewherc, arc 25 feet frnnt and as
hn buck a. You cnn get into the bed Of the river.
CUTTING rnt HARRISON RvER rn,rL. -ft
Tho Harrison River Trail has now been out ~
We have jut heard about forty miles. There are
five hundred mcu hard ut work on il. "A letter
from one OF the English superiutcndents, says:
Until saw those men nj work had no idea
how effective an instrument wRs the american axe
that tho boys. rs soon rs they were landed, went
in md had n store-housc built before night.
Next morning they commenced on the traiI, aud
fn'm that time TIM surveyors have had hard work
to keep up with them OR rather, as my informant
expresses it. TO keep out Of tho way" The work
mcu have walked straight through everything
clearing forests. bridging streams. building solid
road over marsles, filling upinequalities and ,Mt
ting around tho brows of hills chips. stones and
d,rt ny in young whirlwnds. The mon. however,
nrc l"g ginning To gruwl2t their scanty fare. and
the lu,k of mules to pack provisions, which obli-
yes some Of them to mako pack mules II them
selves Three lots 1T HiucS from Sun Francisco--
nearly hundred, all told--hase leen here these
two weeks. but nothing is dono towards sending
them forward. though contract has been dozed
over bv the authorities for sumo time II is belize
we'd TINT this will be tho ohicf routo to tho head
waters Of tho Frasor. and from all oan lcarn. II
seems likely.
rRonAniLrrY or GOLD AT THE nkAp OF FRASER
10 refer agan to tho quality Of the gold on tho
Upper Frazer, Though ] have met with but one
person who derived from personal observation tho
existence of course gold in that region, no
ono has yet reliably asserted that mono can be
found above tho point whore tho Harrison river
trail strikes the Fraser: while several who have
returned thence are getting ready 10 60 back. and
stny as long as their provisions win last, No one
doubt. ,hat tho whole thing depends upon the
certainty of finding gold on the Upper, frnzer,
and dry digsings away from the river. Up to
this time it is certain TINT no dry digginss have
hccu found II the dggngs confined to the
more deposits thus far discovered on the bars along
tie river, this excitement will bo permanently
killed when that limited snncc hns bocn dug
and that would be accomplished in two or three
seasons most completely by even the present num-
bcr ot miners M hns been oyinccd often in Cali
fornin
A fair aud impartial view Of the facts collected
do not lend 10 tho belief tina, thcrc cnn 10 rich
pacrrs in the county where the Fraser has its
snurccs But thus far, afler sitting the immense
amount written on the subject. there in nothing
To prove or lisprove tho existence "f gold region
IN the FAR interior; aud this will not be settled un-
I'll October Tho mysterious silence preserved on
this subject hv the Ghmpany's officers here il con.
-irucd by some into ,hcir knowledge ofa rich gold
region in the ar interior which has been discov-
erod by their trappers and hunters. This is tho
greatest of the many errors prevailing. Their
silence isthe silence Of ignorance, Their opinion
regarding the r"untry is worth no more than that
Of any intelligent miner who has travelled through
it.
Bia LuMPs IN COLUMBIA, OREGON.