Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-07-23

stopping here, intending to -,
er chance to go up"
The following are extract, =.
received from the diggius,:
I'VE have got into the n;,..
long and tedious journey. ",
digging four days and made /.
dollars between US three. ".
tOlerably well considering ii.
have without a fitout. pro,'.
very high here; pork is an.
dollar per pound, -four sf,r
pound, rocker irons one ounce 81. -
six dollars each, shoveIs ss,..
EACH tea four dollars per pound :.
eFyt1'ns else in proportion. If,',
could get here with provisions, y
might be made on their saIs ~
Another private letter !,
says: 'u-'
4 think I shall do very we'll ;. -.
as the river falls. Tb.- ''l 8 g
have been near the head oftho r i've
say that they have got ont f,o, ,'' - :
1925 per day per man, with , ~. :
There is now no way Of MAXIM ~
trail up the river, which is ma. 20
1 am making from IS to 50 ,~@
now. I shall 60 up the river toi.
swap country when the river An
The trail from Bellinghan B,,,
Thompson and Frazer rive, n,.
already been opened beyond aes.I
Lake, between forty and fifty nj. 1
this place"
DESCRIPTION OF TIE MINING
A work of Mr.. John Dpaa
egon Territory, published IN
1914, furnishes us with a iss
the country lying along bothsil,
ger river, which cannot fail .m.
teresting. He says: ~Ya
along the lower section is hilEa
cred with forests of white u
and other evergreen trees, and Id
generally well fitted for pastuna
III many places, for tillage. B1
the other and more Northern a
the country is more ungenial and H.
duetive-being cut up by mOgniaA
vines, torrents, lakes and MARSHES
it is wooded, yielding all the yaiata
trees growing in that regioR-fr, ;Fz
poplar, willow, cedar, cypress biri
elder" But, in all probability them
important information at this hne, vii
Mr.. Dunn furnishes, relates 10 tie {.
mate On this subject he remarks:
cine climate is very variable, snit
transitions are, though periodically req
lar, remarkably sudden fHaf ca5dat-
During the Spring, which lasts fro
April till June, the weather aHi tie ss
Of the country are delightful llja
| there are almost ineessant rams j5s
furiouSly along by a strong south .
In July and August the heat IS ma
and the ground, previously sTaz
with moisture, produces myriad .
noying flies and insects. This baai
glazing sunshine are succeeded NJ
TENDER by fogS of such palpaba
ness that until noon it is seldom p
to distinguish objects at a longer 4
than one hundred yards. In A0a
the Winter sets in speedily, tree
lakes and smaller rivers. Theo-
ever, is not so intense as might Fa
ined in such a country and elm
Next to the extent and richEst
new gold mines, the most inFi.1
quiry is as to the character q 9
mate. Il must be confessed %
Dunn does not draw very 8@7
picture Of the country in that ~
and his long residence there Ba;-
ty of the correctness of his 500
1t is the concurrent opinion O. d "
have written from the new mIas'@ ~
| ly, that mining operations VII -
be suspended for a month or 0 g.
quence of the risingof Frazer NO
The incessant rains which, a''''al
Mr.. Dunn, occur in the m'Dln !. y.
will cause the river to rise nu'-
than it was at last dates. InIs1s 2
will follow in July and Anga.--' =,
fogs in September, and in s .sa. )
winter sets in, and CONTINUES a'' ~,
ginning of April. How H0' -. :.
out of the twelve mining -
be carried on in such q '-ll''. -,
alone can develop. In tbs NJ
the new FL Dorado can ne'sE " "a
ifornia. Here the MINER j
the water, can work to a a' -
nearly eleven months out o. %, =. ! !
but if be should have one nl'' =. .,