New-York daily tribune., 1858-06-28
THE FRAZER RIVER MINES.


SAN PR,scrsco, June >, 1888.
The excitement about the Frazer River mines con-
nues to Lcrosse All doubt in regard to ther richness
has been dsPelled and the prudent men who counsel
rash sdvenurers TO remsin where they are, nov rely
for their main points upon the doubtful extent OF the
rich dggipgs upon the difficulty of getting there; upon
the great dsdv antsge of being unsble to work 10 the
Winter by reason OF the coid aud in the Spring oy
reason cf the high water upon the high pfice Oh pro-
visions and upon the dagger of with the lodi Ms.
AL these points well taken aud cannot do ies'
than cay that the taree thousand three hundred wao
have alleady gone hence, and the ten thoussna VINO
ale row mskIg preparation TO go soon, macy oil them
leaving Profitable occupations, are acting 10 very un-
wise maJnsr
The mIres olresdy discovered are certainly consider.
able in extent but they alone are not sui,sbt tur'
nh profitable employment all the niders who have
gone aud will go from San Francisco the ne xt month
Tnere u strong probability from the fact the b.rs OF
a stream 80 Ia ge Frazer River are roa With dne
cold hat extepeivo nines will be found on many oil
s tributaries but tue probability s strong enough to
Justify the risk which incur. Zoe nters are 20
colo in the valley of Frazer River that the mn'rs Will
be unable to work al miLiog tor socuI two mon'do
In New Caedunis as in Callfornia, the bars on tue
rivers cannot be worked to advantage, exoept ~nen
tte water b low hers there are extensive mines tue
gullies rayi.es and bill-sites Thc1 Gao be worked
while the rivers are high; but no dlgsag, nave yes
been found there and unless they be fouud tue miners
will have to lie idle during the gieater PORTION OF the
spnng ard earlS Summer.
rhat the prizes OF provisions must De h!gu 10 New-
Caledonia is clear. Three four years musl eldpse
before the country can be made to sup Jly the man
staples of provisions for Itself and many ffut, aud
vegetables can rever be raised 10 Its cine. Ah n
ported goods must be brought IN on PACK animals,
either from the Dales up the valley Of the Cclu noa
River, distance of 200 miles from the ocean, and
several burorvd Ct land travel. from Puget Souod
over the Csscace Mount sins, where the lowest Psss Is
sbOut 600 feet high, ano entirely idIpas.iole oa ac
CO uut Of the snow curing six months of the yesr or
the goods may be brought up Frazer RIVER raicn
will probably be the mOtt expensive route OF all. 10
f. ri Yale l20 miles from the mou'h oil the river, IL
scce ssible for steamboats, bu above that the uans-
poration lust be in cenoes which are 10 Sed Tue
liver part Of the way and carried over 70 ks the re
mander to svod high falls and fierce rapids In
distance of - miles from Fort Yale 10 the modth OF
THOMPSON. River there bine potsg's, one oil tne
ovsr nile in length, whore the porter must cuno
hills $40 feet high, and climb over Numerous large
rocks ard bouders with perpendicular SIDES I'VE ana
six ct high, when he sys puD Gown his !pto oe
fore a;tsuptirg 10 imb up down, aud thon p'ks
I'D sgsin with tie Assistance OF q companlon. Cog
sderipe these circumstance think may -siely Do
said that article of eichsncise vii bs worth less
than 81 cents per pound in Frazer River VsHey tniS
year. -
Iti- the gepers opniC of the miners who hsye az
rved bere flom the new dggipgs that there viii oe
bloody war before long between the waltee sad ia-
dlans. Many ,i tue nhLeis are o'f iee rIin vs. "u1
have no regard wbate for the u snd ns Oh
IpdiaLs aud who will not fa 10 l9aut ana wrong
them The state Of society will be sucn tnst orasfy
ctrduct cannot always he expected Inc oordef,
ruffans will give the Indians WHISKY, rod them OIL
the,r god and souse their women, ara the inoians
will fight. 1t may be supposed that oeIhePs Tue Eu-
glish Government will be more encent thdh tuo
American fs in similar circumstances aod ms 10 NeH
CALEDONIA the Indians viii be protected ifom We oru-
talty OF bad white en-. But even II this were 50,
there would srM Do war. Tue whites anc Indians
cannot live in peace together Inc waite men WI.
drive away the game ard Destroy tne H'neles T
which the indians have subsisted Ia sfew 1iontns
The wsers of Frszsr River viii lose their cry Sa clear
ness and be turned into thick mud by the ssh OF
thou,apd sluces. The Indisn will then no longer %
able with his spear or hand net, to catch hs tweaty
or thirty salmon in day IN the rapids Oh tue
| river. The horses and cattle OF tha wnites WIZ
destroy his unfenced potato patches ms oes. camp
ing grounds will be taken by the pae aceo
The graves Of his fathers vii De Vioateo ais culeI
degraded, and he win find himself an ooces, AMONG
| .trspqers Unable TO leave the ways d ctVhl ss'Vo'
and finding pors 10 tesch him. Il ne wefe cepeos ns
will ste al to sustair nfs and wh be punsned iot los
s,vnp IN do sfb and At ssf be viii rsse the var cry
/ ard die musket in hand. Such are the sTgumsots
which l have 70 a1vaDce ag SAst goiHg ID rfa1er
River / do not diate upon hard Eving, oceanse
| sysrybo6y must expect thss in 9 new country.
| Nov A. TO the Arguments IN favor scorrespoooeni
of T1e Bulletin writing from Fort Hope, ssys;
| =" Sailor Diggrgs' soDe eight miles sooSe or
Yale ard ia paying ricn. Tie proof 70, tnAt not one
man who has got up here has any thought
bsye not met one yet esve some gong oe~o lo' pro
| visions &c. Every canoe load OF ltdisns We ms'
showed us their bags Of dust sod M. s,oo - !.
formed me that be knew oil Indians getting sioo ~
] twelve hcurs from the bars. when the nvef wse vef3
low. Frm Fo,t Langley to bsrs, the river Tss c0e'