New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-19
TIE SALMON RIVER MINES.

We find in The Sacramento Union the following
private Letters from E citizen Of Sacramento, now
goli-hnn;ug in the new placer, TO hs wiser friend
who s,aid at home. They seem to give fairly the
pro and con OF toe new Dorado:
MOUNTAIN Bousy SALMON RiyHn Nv TIA
Thinking few lines will he acceptable ! euabr,.oe
this opportunity Of posi < Won 10 regard to he dig
pnVs aud matters III general. 10 connence. ten,
remit ne 10 say hat Tie delays incident To g~iiiug
here sre innum. r,tle. Afer arriving q. Low lsioi,
you are comrelled ether TO huy horse ride 10 lie
moun'air ese foo. the Whole distsD e, 100 miles,
and pay - couie rtr rOnDj Tor yonf bag2lge To lbe
Mountain House, and from thence into florence Guy
YOU yet il pa,ked on nieus backs sAetb miller, oys
snow slusi and logs ut 40 cents per ronDd; tosl 65
cen's; time occu, led generally ten dave. Then you
have to ray toll al every ,ircsD, crCsst \, the
whole distance. The iacians gre reaIiug golden
harvest IN msuy place., cutting evers tree or loot
crossiag 10 make men pay thru. III is whole coun-
Try being Indian territory. spd the influx Of Whites
heing large, locating trailing IOse aud occrf yihg
LANDS as ranches that belong 10 The Ind'aus, am
firmly convinced ha difcuit'es must coon ensue IN
witch 'housands Of vhi'cs III loee their lives AL
ready are threats mace and q e IIciiLs without
execution the r0llest race ever saw, BEN. very
larpe and muscular, and well armed Ha,i large
haidt OF horses aud cattle, cuivsiing the soil and
heipg qri'e advanced IN TIE sr' Of both war and oi
epricnl,ur~ thev have ulvsys insuiteHed The
pre.test f Ieud-Lip toward l. wiites. LOi tho eli.
croaolmeus OF tie later are rsi IDLY ca1sins TAD
telling IN relation 10 the gold exci erreri let m
say that everv road bhdiDg OFT of Oregon inio
Washington Territory IL Ole solid movl' mae, oil
human b, ings aud suualt-a - feet cOlni H. nov
iuy forward all coming one way maj sh b1O TO
| 600 daily passing between Nirton and flrtnee,
on the road ard unlike all other ereiieinrnts oI Tie
kiud IN CsiDuis, there are very ", ronipAis i've
lc returning You aek ne 6bOut the iTutb OF hete
wonderful .iores of rch degsiits and uDcnre yltids
Of gold. III answer. sna truly, ~ ge ihem IRON
rariies ihriu,ely.s. ! have cOnvrrs. q WIN puheF-
urs parties and give yon a few OF many ilhhh'es'
| net one man at the F'en-hp WIN lup l"uhu'
of poId- MT tie esuit If his labor within three
month"; Saw another WHO ~As frott bitten; sold
bis claim for 81 $50. The party that bought II re-
n iz.d tie amount III TWO dsys. AiotNer man ~
formed Ire lie bought On lie partner an bisineer.
" bo welt 20 thu mines, worked eleven days sDd
{, OK out 20 IouDds, ard left inneai-s>!y. There
sre many claims that lay from ak ounce 70 ~
/ Ter dsy Two uen last week rnn two ienstbs OF
Juice OF ly days snj took ont 40 onnces oil gold
dust. Tie gold wren found hes IN ana mr. OF
gravel and sand where yOu cen scarce ttil when
/ meuondsr rates the sold or tsnd. New d,,covsrea
have been ruRde within few days, shout eight uhe'
from Florence, in which prosPecto have been goi
varying frunI g. to two cunses 10 tie pam A. YET
il IL pOrtiblo prospect Tor three wttks ~ con e.
owing 10 ibe ir0,i and ,pOw. Tie digkrgs here sre
chiefly IN d nAfsh, with thick heavy tai on TOP
and ssnd underneath ILere are rel ott- OF cscoVc-
res Oh South SALMON, bu canno' We, trace III, IN 10
any tfus worthy source. were TO 1--WE you al ti'
stories hear the mmente Irhbess 81 tiis section -
country il would mike uost CaiiOniars cThZy, Dut
viii apaln Iepe,t LcIe: Let not sny m,n " o Is
engaged IN O legitimate husefs or occupation leave
confor able bou.> 10 come Out here aud eAnuie al
the hard,bips he mu,i Naturally undergo 81 thNboi
vet he peruadrd that tie extent oi country "lil lr
,ify hose already here aud Oh the road And ihen
upny there ere VINO DO not sucCe' d, AID all canuoi
sytect 10 realize fortune. COarsc food and high
,licet not only wear one ou., but also lDpo'e'ieA
nan. The Liz City Di-Iict. dis ant 6O miles' 10
very good llying aud quite e1eueIve. ~ ptrchl
btye Il sr ty Oi ever ytl ing required ptovisons
aud ioos Cl,ins pay from 81 10 80 PER dSy to Tie
FLoEEscg CRY, June 3, 1862.
According 10 proni,e, again take up 10Y pen:
Si CO INV Tart writing, lie mo1nl9 tfslI is oiep anu
ar,i,aaIr coming in, 10 many ~ 10 400 per DAY.
StIi urovi ious continue enormously hish-h"d ss 10
Injuries Of every deteri itiOn, they afo cure nih'
tsinable. The weather COZ uuues very cold-lee slu
frost every morning, and generally thunaer,S'o'"'
in he evening There SIRE now about s,Vo ueu
bers--soue g. 900 o, WHOM at work ~ every TH'
vino OF gulch near by, wnie the baI"noo sre OUT
,fos cling IL eVery dreciiOn ifeqnebily beiHB un-
sl 10 raise the color, willie oLhefs mo iaige pay
inc claims. This small disirlc, h certainly lhe men
est eoid yLgc6T ever saw. have ny Soh seen i'o'u
90 onc4s 10 ~ pounds Of gold taken out o clam III
one d,,v by four men with Quo rocker, and NEE
are many Chime that Vie frOU $iOO 10 81, Gt0 dlly
Sill tlCfe MIC Others that VIII not pay gruD, M ~
sll mining camps. IN shor, the rohhess Of ue,c
mpes has not been pisrel presented, but te eh'enl 70
70 limited that theie Is 10 room I"f slV.e, L.a.
Nv tsyine ara gulch benny claimed. As TO ne"
6,se6veries, we have daily relor'f end samr ede-,
bnt M ,et thoy Gre very uutrosI"oHhy; Tue snow
and fallen timbers present an impassabie barrier III
every place. TO describe bis couptry IL qnile "a,
uossib, there b,ing four months OF extremely cola
,,,,egtber ,ud EIGHT months of Winter The aliitnd.
is 40 great that person requires aOou, twice the
aco,et ~ sr 10 trealho tho, he d'es in yCur val
I've IN oder 10 exit. TIE Tarefectiou n such t"at
there arc tlauy here SICK and offering IRON mug
complaints, saying nothing sbont rhelnhl's VIII
out number. Nv days since, upon the he'i"e oi
the snow The body OF n man wns found near rue
Mountain lilo re that bad been frozen to dean las,
Winter IN endoa voring to escape from here lie ns1
% pounds Of gold upon him when found fiicfs s 90
articles sle ~ follows Flour, W cel~i p"cop' "