New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-30

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T~s Dar.-This - an extensive locsiiop, ana he'
s1'nsce'abe nup Der Of M, ers. The returns 81
ieIow,-ve'v varied of course; 81 Jay anu .,
the ro,sss Fouud getting = and " uA{ . ourv.
,ns h;rd layer Of grave. eelo. the s0tsj h"sj cold s
su-tte upper LAYER having bleu the ronts'. Ne..
amour 4 wok hiss been done here aud the p'o'peei'
good there Leiac large auIiero @ nn' !; ST..
water for .uicng from running stream '''' III
mer spd the riyer bed n b.
Accompany Of III got Slt u ! 70 e.y 70 the haha
fiom tie surface gravel ~ 7etiiIs = 70 auay
fron tke isliD.s. Claims here sell FOR bigh sums
$500 TO $500. ore oInc. to go aty 70 'ne ''S' are
Tr,ervS Bor.-A erest deal Of wofP b>. been
done a; ,hi. place. The first Company l
spoke to gave heir esrnirgs. r. = to $40 a
day TO each man. a conP,nY . four meu, working
sluiee-head told NE 70 ey made four ounces
Of gold day. Aior' .ld,. the last Company
fouId two men "TocS o." Taey made s1 cents to
The bucket Icy ash about 400 bucks in day
They cor i,ser - DAY about tos aver .ge earnings
OF ootn Inev nave made as bigh as thirty DAY ,
! tie !ockef Another gsrg of three men hal gooi
olair aich yielded tea ss dayof amalsam, and
| soHo coy mote. All the gold va. beng got out o.
vo.y limited space in this IA N - the tune Vsi'eu
The bars raNow PIT VIII nsd oeen ons uown , 70 q
ledge or layer Of rock. Thus same -roand hac been
wosled before, snd the upper str stum had yielded
bsf I'll ounce day to the hand A. present the
gIouId ye dc 50 cents to the PAM and gets rcher as
! they 20 down.
Ih's ole bar /. favorable for gold washing. 4
sire an Of rurr ing water has been led 10 the ground
end water wheels are being put q? ON the rver ioI
suiong. The miners oil reported the llfeLtion 81
, wiDterirg here and mary had erected houses. Some
the miners here had prospected on the opposite
side Of tie river hl or fat, at Al elsv ,tion Of
! 2U0 feet above tue riyer, and found gold. 80
Several OF the nineis .ve the average oi the oar
at an ounce day to the hand, and met some miners
vha ada tsd 10 have wssred 500 day 10 the rocker
worked by two men, one filing aud the other roeking
! immediately above Emory Bar tJnod crowd ot
. Fr.p, hmen aad lot of Irishmsn atd Americ ans
mixed ul IN e strange medley. TIE Ffenchmen sail
they mGJe e. TO So man yesterday. The other lot
bad worked hve doys, aud gave tier eefIogs at -
dsy, ard grumblei terribly. They evidently expected
/ create, r,tur0s than they found.
! short distance higher up, parry prospecting
amor < heap Of great boulders; 81 to IS day very
/ muC dss isiied.
The ne,t bsr-about half mile above Emorys-i1
/ TrtHaf, B-r, upon which the miners reported iey
] were making grub only; II mel on the ba-. For
about 81 10 two miles beyond rfuity Bar the miners
generally complained of small r,turns-$! each day,
grub, al 80 )n; while some said t1,y were dong
/ brstTsie, "pret y far " m ding and the lk-.
do rot wait TO interrcgete tnen particularly Iae
backs steep down TO the water edge, and eiI
! but title OF the shore e1pDsci t. work upon FOR
ue the eppose ride, TIE right hand SIDE giox up,
the baub thicky set with miners all busy, chiefly 10
! tuar eh tie bsnk. Dd not v-it them.
/ one Bar.-haiIed the miners in passing They an
] eWtrrO, - cay.
| H,Rs Bor-Tbis is the mos. celebrated bar on the
river Fouoc an ounce of god y to the and quite
uOn The dirt" yields all sort. OF returns, ronS
cents TO 80 certs 10 the bucket. The claims sell Tor
high snns-$ 900 10 81 eco and 81 t0 for clam, and
fonetlmes a. mucn for en- nteest in a clsim known
be rich. The statements Of the large return, from
come very rich claims being ereeP,i0pal il wouli
serve 10 good p9rfots to give ih,m l6o met men whS
member Of u company. Wages of iiborors are high
s. TO s. dsy to good mining LsLds. atresm for
sluiciog on the bar.
Foyt Yale The industry Of this place WAS inter.
ruptec somewhat by the gambling carried on.
good De al o sucpg had been DONE FOR which there Is
plenty of water fIom running stream close by The
mic. returned from - u ounces day to the
hand. The gambling has lesser ed and vii soon be
stopped.
Several mnirg locations in the gorge close above
Yale produce about the saIne as tn- "''D"s- '-'
Some dry dggicgs were inwork inland about miles
from ihe rver, which gave good returns-troln s. to
yl2 day to the band.
Since the period Of my visie several dry dggings
have been discovered-one ut Fort Yale, Of 80 ne ex
tent; another on a plateau on the LIT brk OF the
FIassr River, which from lNe to lilfs Bar aud
beyond very extensive Hat; close bJ Hills Bar it is
beng worked to adv sItage. And another 0ry Dig
gng is at work lower down elevated Hat runnl0g
back from the rivers bank to the mountains. This
was prospected and located whlle | was 90 my way
down at the etd of September. l ser the pros.
peet." IL Is Caled Prince Abert's DiggiDgs; and the
Commissioner reports that that Is good auriter-
ground to eDplo, 900 miners IN tue locsion.
All along the Iiger tue miners told me the expense
Of living was about 81 day. Some hands working
onwsges paid board at that ra'e
may here mention that the inconveninces of the
river navigation will be renedied. A road is
beng cut from Fort Hope to Fort Yale, and the engi
neeis recently arrived are going immediately to sur
vey ard lay ont military road from the coast near
the mouth Of Fraser River, to Fort Hope.
The route TO the Upper Fraser and Thompson
Rivers il tlso to be perfected the rest Of
the engineers arrive. Thls work will be begun ia
Spring.
When was up the country the numbers Of the
mining population not known. The other day
the returns were received from the officers en-
gagged IN looking alter the licenses. From these !
make the lumber Of miners al this date Oct 3D
s,W0-n number far exceeding what is generally sup
posed 1ne number generally guessed 81 x 1000 to
500.
A judiciary and other constitutional org ganzations
will be established in the mining country without
delay.
found the miners all pesceable ard wellcon-
Quoted. The only exception vas at Fort f,e, where
a borte Of gamblers and rowdies had estabhshed
themselves. Their ranks thinning yisIbly,
and with the example Of few of them about to be
puI shed, they will all soon disappear.