The daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1858-187?, 1858-06-11
Direct News from the Frazer River
Dfggings.

Direct News from the Frazer River
Dfggfngs.
At last we have seen a real live Frazer
River miner. On Weln esday evening a
young man named TIibbard called on NJ, re-
porting himself just arrived on the Steamer
Pacific, direct from Bellingham Bay. He
says that early in the month of May, he, in
company with nine others. left the Dalles on
the Columbia River, for the heal waters Of
Frazer Rivera distance Of 400 miles They
travelled to within sixty miles Of their des
tination on mules, and finding it impossible
to proceed farther with their animals they
disposed Of them and travelled the rest OF
the way on foot. They found Frazer River
taking its rise in large lagoon about 20
miles above Fort Yale. On the banks Of this
lagoon, they made their camp and here, pro-
vided with but scanty allowance Of provis-
ions, they commenced mining. With no 9th.
or implements than picks and pans, they
worked niue days. averaging. as the pro-
cecds of their labors. $22 per day to the
man. At the end of these nine days. being
entirely out Of pro visions, they were compel
lie to abandon their diggin e.. and after
construo ing raft, went down the river rs
far as Fort Yale. Here the company divi-
ded, some remaining among the miners at
that point, and others, with our informant,
going on to Fort Townsend
IIbbard, who is an Oregonian. describe.
the tract Of country abou; the head Of Fra.
zor river, as of o marsh cnnractor the
ground !" ;"nica the gold is found being of
a loose. grvcly texture, east y dug They
found the gold near the surface sinking no
holes deeper than three or four feet.
Mr.. Hubbard has n sample Of Frazer gold
with him. 1t resembles in form, the fl Ike
gold taken from Feather river, but is much
darker in color. 1t is evidently mixed with
copper and as he says, commands but six
teen dol lars per ounce. His account Of the
character Of the mines AMI the condition Of
Frazer River comedies with the current re-
ports. lie thinks Of returning about the
first Of August
lIibbarl says that on the day he left upon
the Pacific. that vessel arrived at Belir CHAM
Bay with large number of Calfornians-
some six or seven hundred who on landing
refused to pay tho license asked by the
lludsou's Bay Company, but forming them.
selves into military order, marched with
out the town and crmpel. They wero all
we'll armed and had an abundance Of toels
aud provisions.
llibbard is OF course, stranger to u.s.
but taking everything into consl Grafton
his knowledge of the country about Frazer
River, us honest, straight forward mann err
and more than all, his goid, we are convinc,
cd that his story is true
Tue "CALIFoaNiAN.'-G George Lyman Of
Wells Fargo's Express, laid copy Of tho
Sacramento Daily Californian on our table
last evening. 1t is n very neat print, about
tho size Of the Recent and Is devoted to the
advocacy OF sound Democratic principles,
uian. 1t talks Democracy. Allu ling u the
declaration Of its priu ciples rs set forth in
the "sautatory,' it says!
Those principles we intend to follow, and
stand by. so long ns We can raise our voice
or WELD our pen, yet Tint does not make
our paper the organ of Mr.. Douglas or Mr.
Brodcrick. As these gentlemen have stood
firm. 50 will We support them-where we
think they have committed errors. we shall
oppose them. We are not tied to them hand
and foot--in fact not their organ yet rs
each of them is great defender aud gencr.
ally correct expounier Of what we believe
to DO cardinal points in the party's doc trine,
we look upon them ms the leading statesmen
of the age, and we will fight here on a small
scale the good fight they are now fighting at
Washington.
Fight 'em on a big scale neighbor. BY
the by, it is pleasing aud rather singular
fact that our press aud most of our material
once constituted the old Sacramento Califor
alan office, We believe the gentlemen now
conducting the new "Caifor nian" were the