The weekly Butte record., 1862-10-18
From Cariboo.
We take the following items of Frazer river
news from the Victoria Gazette:

1IOm SdI1UOu.
We take the following items of Frazer river
news from the Victoria Gazette:
james Travers, Williams Creek miner.
brought down $4,000 He is one Of a com
pauy Of lucky fellows who struck fine digciags
about thFee-quarters OF mile below the canon
on Williams Greek about a month since. For
bis share be took oat $1,000 for two days work
and then sold bis interest to Chief Justice
Bigbie for $4,000.
MeSsrs. Pyles and Hoffman. IS residents Of
Victoria, have a very rich claim quarter Of
d mile above the Town, on Williams. Il Yields
loo ounces day TO the company. Scott's
claim pays 50 ounces every twenty-four hours.
Camerons claim Is only paying good wages.
Two distinct kinds Of gold are found on the
creek. On the west side the gold is beautiful
" yellow: while on the east side, the gold has
brown, rusty appearance. It IS argued from
this fact that there are two different leads Of
gold on the creek. The diggings below the
canon it is believed will prove very rich. The
creek is now claimed 10 tie swamp. There
was heavy fall of snow on Williams, Antler,
and Lightning creeks. on the oth inst
Mr.. Fred Rhoda, packer, left the Forks OF
Quesnelle on the 9th Of September, where be
sold load of -four at thirty cents per pound.
on credit. He could have got no bid for cash,
as money was scarce and stock full. The ira
ders at the forks asked forty cents per pound
for -four. but none was selling.
Mr. Rboda has prospected in the diggings
all summer and OWES three claims on Antler
creek, which be has forSaken as worthless.
The creek is nearly deserted-a few men hold
ing on to their claims with the idea that they
will vet be able to sell out.
The Campbell claim 90 Lightning creek is
said TO be the only one there that is paying
anything worth while; the Others are spoken
of as failures.
( On Williams creek, the rich claims main
tain their previous reputations and are paying
quite as largely as ever.
/ Five or six new claims are said to have
been struck on this creek recently.
Marshel's train of forty animals has reached
Alexandria with cargo Of goods for Peace
river. The goods will be boated from Alex
andria to Peace river. 1t is said that COM
pany Of miners have struck good diggings on
that stream and expect to winter there.
The humber Of men 10 the diggings is va
riously estimated from 500 to 1900
\ few claims on Lowhee guch are paying
very richly.
Freight from Lillooet to Quesnelle has de.
clined TO Is cents per pound. Packers have
offered 10 take goods at that rate for cash
Contracts have been made to pack goods TO
Williams creek for 40 cents per pound-the
packers to wait for their pay until the goods
are sold.
The weather in the mines was dry and
pleasant when Mr.. Rhoda started to come
down. A large number Of men were on their
way down to Victoria.
FoR THE WARs.-A call appears in Ne
vada paper for meeting Of persons who in
tend going East TO volunteer in the Union
army. The Democrat says:
1--WE know fifteen or twenty who purpose
going Fast during this fall and the coming
winter, and there are doubtless many others in
the neighborhood. The object is TO get to
gether and consult for mutual benefit Those
desiEous Of going, bat who have not got the
means to pay their passage, are also invited to
attend the meeting, as it is possible, when the
opposition steamers get to running, that some
arrangement may be effected for the transpor,
tation Of quite large party"
THE New CArrroL.-The Sacramento cor
respondent Of the Bulletin says:
" The foundation of the New Capitol is
completed covering more ground than any
building in California. The walls already
stand from fifteen to twenty feet above the
adjacent level. resembling rather the basement
story than the mere foundation of an edfce.
1t is, however to be banked up with earth to
its present hight above ground, which will give
the building the appearance of standing upon
a considerable elevation. 1t occupies the four
squares lying between Tenth and Twelfth and
l. and \ streets. The outer walls are of i'm
mense thickness, and the entire foundation has
an appearance Of massiveness and soldity as
if it were designed to endure to the end of
time. Even our great San Francisco hotels
would seem like card houses beside it."