The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-07-08
The Frazier River Gold Mines.

By the California steamer which arrived
at New York on the 9th, with San Fran.
cisco dates to the 9Th of june, the accounts
from the Frazier gold mines continue to be
very favorable. A correspondent of the
San Francisco Bulletin, writing from Fort
Langley, on Frazier river. May 25. thus
writes:
have been up above Fort Yale as far as
it was possible to get up in canoe. left
Fort Hope on the 18th, and arrived at Hills
bar one mile below Fort Yale, and fifteen
miles from Fort Hope, by noon. This bar
is about fifteen hundred miles in length, and
about sixty men were working on it, the
claims being each 25 feet front.
The river from Fort Hope to Fort Yale
presents no difficulties whatever to canoe
ascending, except in one place, where there
is rapid, which, however is no great OBJ
stacle, as close to the shore, in the eddy,
canoe is easily towed past it. But, about
one half mile above Fort Yale. the river
finds its passage between huge rocks-the
sides almost perpendicular n canoe can
not be taken any further. From thence all
goods have to be packed. Now and then
stretch OF mile or 80 is found, where ca.
noe can be OF service.
Some 200 Indians, with their squaws,
were at work on the bar when arrived,
and they were nowise particular in seizing
on the dirt which the miners were digging
up for their own washing. The whites were
trying to promote good feeling with them.
The morning arrived two men Kerri.
son & Coz cleaned up So ounces from one
rocker, the product Of half days work.
Myself and partner staked off two claims,
and set to work making rockers; and no
boards being on the bar, We had, perforce,
TO 60 in the woods and fell and hew out our
timber. kerrison Il Co., the next day clear.
ed up l0b ounces, from two rockers, which
saw myself weighed. This bar is acknowl.
edged TO be one Of the richest ever seen.
Old California miners say they never saw so
rich diggiDgs. The average result per day
to the man was twenty doiiars-some much
more. The gold is very fine, so much SO
that it was impossible to save more than
two-thirds Of what went through the rockers,
man went down TO Fort Langley and bought
one pOunu, paying SIo ior ".
Numbers Of caaocs were arriving every
day aud by the time | left to conc down
here, they were scattered all along the river,
from Port Yale TO Fort Hope. The river
was raising steadily. at the rate OF about a
foot day and when left on the 23d, the
bars were nearly covered with water. BY
this time all river mining must have ceased.
The miners wore building cabins, dc, when
left
Rocker Irons were in great demand. but
few having brought them with them Nails
brought from 81 to $3.50 pound. One
lot Of dozen pounds brough, 81, or two
bits a nail. A few days before, canoe ar.
rived, bringing small supply.
A trader came up with lot oi provisions,
and three bbls. OF whiskey, and one of brau.
dy, aud in ten minutes atterward the bar
was in commOtion. he drew bs revolver
ON some druDker Indians, who were at his
tent, and instantly the Indians ran to their
tents and brOlght out their mgskets, aDd
things looked very serious for few mo-
ments not a miner offered 10 90 10 the
trader help. however. but one of party of
boa,men IRON san Francisco, who were
working claims here, walked up with sn exc
over his arm. and another rolled the casks
out, whilst he sHashed their heads in--an
operation which NE, with unanimous ap-
proval OF all the white men on the bar. The
miners called q meeting and passed some
laws. One Of these laws prohibited any
liquor at ali coming on the bar, and any
person found either selling or giving the To-
dians any, was to not Only iOrfei, all bis
goods and his claim, il be had ooe. bat be
sent down the river IN a cauo without any
paddles.
A, Sailors Diggings, above FOrt
Yale, they are doing very well vel, averag-
ing from - 10 s2j pr day to the man -
The water was rising fast on them, howev-
er aDd they must so0n be q, stand still
From the best authority | could get, |
find that the river viii val be at iS beight
about the middle Of Jane-say the Goth
and about tle 18th OF July will commence
falling