, 1861-04-05
The Nen Perces Mines.

nc NCA ICiOco auluco.
The rumors from the mines in the Nez
Perces country are not yet fully confirmed
and although we see a great many letters
from that region. giving glowing accounts
Of recent rich discoveries, where the mi
ners are enabled to make from ten to forty
dOllars per day, yet it is but the part Of
prudence TO patiently wait for fuller and
more satisfactory endorsement Of the ex-
tent and quality Of the new mines. We
do not doubt that there is gold 10 that
country, and tina, in places so far as known,
that it has prospected well, bht the winter
has been so ineement as to render 1t i'm
practicable to ascertain definitely anything
about them We must also remember that
large transportation companies, merchants
and others ore directly interested in eircu-
latiDg eolOred reports in order to get up an
excitement Our own published letters
from there are written by residents of the
Wslla Wnlla valley, men engaged perma-
nently in business, aud as deeply interested
as any In the prosperity Of that country.
These correspondents truly state the
matter to be undetermined yet: the snow
and weather rendering it dangerous TO
travel to the mines before the first Of April.
At the same time that wedo not wish to
throw cold water on any enterprise, yet
we must caution our friends here who think
of going, to be prudent; that as yet there
has happened nothing to justify any great
emigration over the mountains, while at
the same time, by haste there is danger of
a great loss of time and money, If disap-
pointed. A single miner can go from
olympia to the mines for 500, that is only
himself without provisions, &c.
We copy the following table from the
Daily Times, and can endorse it as substan-
tally correct, having Travelled with camp
in that country. At the same time, how,
ever, there is likely TO he fluctuations in
prices sudden and great, IL there is much of
rush. The Times remarks that the evi
dences are good that, beyond doubt, the
man who labors can obtain from $s to $l2
per day. While conclusions from our own
correspondence do not warrant these san
guine expectations, we are frank to say
that the Times is well posted on this sub
ject. Here is its article, aud it would be
web to preserve it as a guide:
From Portland to Dalles by steamboat,
90 miles, So. A party Of miners 10 in
number, can procure passage to the Dalles
for $5o. -Rsoun- Baffes 70 DeseiIutes BY
stage, Is miles, SO. From Descbutes to
old Fort Walla Walla by steamboat, 1870
miles, SIS; party Of 10 miners, as above,
$3.50 Good Indian horses can be procured
at the Dalles for from SIS to $50 each,
and those preferring can travel by land to
near Fort Walla Walla, It's miles, 10 four
days, easily. By stage from old to new
Fort, 80 miles, IS. From new Fort Wal
Ia Walla to the mines, on horses and mules,
l75. II a miner procures bis riding ami
NAL at the Dalles, be can go thence to the
Nez Perces mines, $50 miles, in 0 doys Of
a cost Of two dollars per day. If be takes
a pack animal his expenses will be increased
to about three dollars per day, and be will
require about ten days to make the trip.
A single miner can go to Walla Walla by
steamboat, thence to the mines by mules
or horse conveyance for $50; or be can
take bis own animal at the Dalles and reach
the mines for $25. II be is one of'a com
pany Of ten be can save three dollars by
the operation. This is the exteut of the
reasonable expense incurred TO reach these
mines from Portland"
P. s. Since writing the above, we have
received two later letters, which we pub
lish in another column, from "Nisqually,"
and Michael ]. NOyes, Esq. We expect
in about two weeks, long and reliable
letter from our regular correspondent, who
will have visited the Mines We have some
Ncz Perces gold as a specimen.