, 1860-02-17
From COITIIIe and lhe SImRk,....

The following cheering news frou .
"diggings," we extract from A lett. 4'
ceiVed here by Mr.. JAS. R. Woon t.
Judge YANTIs, dated "Colville, JnD % 90
1860" All acquainted with this vo,,,
man will be fully competent to Judge a, =,
the credence his letter is entitled 70
writing for his two sons, we have an 49,. u
rance that the Judge believes what hs,.-
has undoubted faith in the riebp4,s rs
.productiveness Of these mines. Sdu -
would not be the willing means Of ipdno;0.
any person to visit these mines, by p,..,t
ing from any knowledge we posses, !,
these placers) that fortane can be m.d.
in day. In fact, we believe NOTHING :,
the sort. Upon hard and diligent lsbo,
there, as well as everywhere else. will A.
pend mach the success Of the mine,
Such as will not work elsewhere fl, A..
common wages of the country, ought M,
to go there. Increased wages to such MIN
be no inducement or incentive to ,cort :.
their expenses would be prOpOrtiOnauy n
creased with their earnings Finding Inn,
they could save but little more, they will
leave the mines in disgust, and then civ.
them bad name, by circulating discoun.
ging reports. To the man of goodwin
not unaccuStomed to hardships and barde,
labor; not addicted to getting upon peri.
odical "whiskey sprees," as have becomes al
most second nature to the California
miner,-to this class of men we have No
doubt the Similkameen mines will prOm
amply remunerative for the labor under.
gone in digging. Then let none other 70
than such as wish to sarc as well as m6Ie
money:
81 have no news Of general interest,"
except what you have probably heard con.
cerning the Similkameen gold mines Az
l can say of them is, that as far as they
have been prospected, they are rich, aud
some bars exceedingly so. POLLEN hasiEO
claims, which are said to be richest yet ds
covered. As diScoverer Of the mines, he's
entitled to two claims. / have received
two letters from him : the first adVisingms
to come forthwith,-and the next telling
me not to come until heard from hin
again, as the,weather was intensely cold
and nothing could be done until there vas
a change which l hope is at hand, q The
first drop of rain since October fell last
night The weather here has been q.
tremely cold. One night the mercury il
the thermometer went down as low us 21'
below zero-at daylight and at 8 o'eloekh
the morning, it fell to 220, where tire
mained during the day. The snow Is now
about % inches deep, bat is beginning 10
thaw. 4-iw n,
IL expect to go to the mines about the
first Of March, but do not know how lcng
l shall remain. will start train With
-four in a short time, and will keep then
going until go over myself My mil Is
paying me well at present Flour is worth
$40 per hundred, and scarce. II there's
an emigration from the Sound, would 3D.
wise such as can, to bring supply pf pro-
visions with them, as they will 6e highs
til the season is pretty well advanced
do not, however, advise any person 70 come
nor will l do so until see for myself Ny
opinion is that the mines are rich and *
tensive, bat 1 may be deceived. Tell 10
boys to start by the Ist of March, g iha
mining season will be over when the riTgl
rises, unless other diggings are found