New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-17
THE NEU GOLD REGION.
THE FRAZER RIVER MINES.


SAN FRANCIsCo, May, l9, 1853.
The Frazer River mines must be subject OF great
iueres, in NewYork, as they are here, aud propose
10 dense in this letter all the information now OBJ
taipsb'e here in regard to them. Some letters have
been received here from them and several miners who
have been there are in the city. l have read all
the et Is and newspaper accounts ard have examined
and cIosss xamned the said miners and presume that
posses as full and correct information the subject
as can be had by any short Of going to the dig
kitgs.
The mining ground begins near Fort Yale. which Is
st the bend Of the river about ll5 miles from its
mouth. Just above the fort is a canon ak miles long;
then ascending the stream, there are bars tor hve
mles; then smother cahon, twelve miles long; thence
there are bars and mining ground htty miles, 10 the
mouth of Thompsons River, above which the charsc-
ter Of Frazer River and its banks remains the same for
oistaEce Of seventy miles 70 the Big Falls, beyond
which tbs mines have not gone. The river is navi-
gable Low to Fort Yale for small steamers, and would
be probably at the lowest stage of water but between
Fort Yale and the Falls steamer could run during
low water on account of falls and numerous rapids
and rocks.
On the Ia. of May, which is the date of the latest
news from the mines, there were about two hundred
white miners on Frazer River, and none at all on
to nike on the banks of the latter stream. Thesetwo
hundred miners scattered along from Fort Yale to
the kAils. and averaging from 81 to 50 q day.
They dg only on the bars, where the gold hne aud
they work only with the pan and rocker. Longtoms
and slvces not i'll use yet though they undoubed
" viii be No gulch dggings and no coarse gold
have been fourd on Frazer River, but the Thompson
River Indians have brought Jumps weighing half
ounce and more to the trading posts of the Hudsons
Bay Company.
TIE mining ground yet prospected by the whites, ss
/ have sa;d, is on the bars Of Frazer River, from
Fort Yale TO the Falls distance Of about $50 miles.
This is by means extensive ming district but
i, impis, oae The gold is all in very fine scales Of
the Kind called 4" hoat gold, and therefore must have
cons .iom distance and it would seem that
it was crushed and ground by being borne
grea, distance among the gravel brought dowa
by tie floods. Besides, it is abundant, for now
that tie liver ia a, least Il feet above low
ws;er max, the bars pay fiom 81 to s. per day to
men working with rockers, and the gold is found in
every poiton Of the bss and ii their statements be
iiue. TIE Frazer bars, L. fee. above low water mark
ckty than bars any large California stream
were.
With TIE sluice st least ten, and 10 many places
h,y times as much dirt can 10 washed as with the
rocker and the bars lew water mark are at least
twice as rich as those which are a. the waters edge
nov. At this calculation you will see thst predict
great wages to those miners who work the Frazer
River bars at low water with sluices But what say
is %, unreasonable; miners are now at work with
rockers on the bars Of Fiszer River making good
wsges where the gold is fine; whereas thsre never
were any bars in CsEfornis where the gold was very
Gte that would pay miners with rockers whea the
water WAS high nor have tss,s been any duEiss "a,