The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-04-18

uumlnR claims ID 6O ounces day to the
hand Later the creek yieldad 100 and 800
ounces q day from small claims Three
quarters Of 9 mile below the town Of Al.
tier 40 to 60 ounces a day to the hand, OBJ.
tanned by company of two men from one
of the richest claims on the stream. Since
last spring these two men have taken ont
$l8, 900 with q rocker. MIR. Donnell' claim
not paying 90 well for the last three weeks,
but up to that time it gave $50 to 300 a
day. The town site is threatened to be
"washed" away, as the miners are entitled
to all mineral ground which lay waste when
they staked it off for mining. Water for
suicing sold at SOC. Us sterlipg) an inch
(cubic measure, flowing through a square
tube) yet, after paying this heavy charge,
the yield left $40 to $50 day to the mi.
ner. Eleven companies on this creek max.
ing large gains. Others are not doing so
well-$l5, $40, and up to $50 day to
the hand only.
A miner writes that bis gains far sur.
pass anything ever produced in California,
and cites the fact of 81, 700 having been dug
out of two crevices in the rock less than
three feet under the surface. In fact, the
explanation of the enormous yield is, as
before stated, the large, solid, nuggety char.
acter of the gold, and its proximity to the
surface. Men who had never mined before
-tradesmen, mechanics, and laborers new
to the work, did just as well as the old,
practised miner. This result will cease as
the tfflOresence of the gold near the surface
becomes exhausted. Then some skill and
much labor will be required to produce far
less results than paid the exertions of the
CaribOo men last season.
Veins and boulders OF quartz are seen in
every direction in the bills, such as would of
themselves create an excitement in anv
other country, but they are neglected for
the placers which are so much more easily
worked. A person writing from the dig
giugs says, "The country is covered with
quartz and with indications of volcanic
action" and concludes that " this is the
richest gold country in the world" The
development of the wealth which lies in
quartz must be obtained by the application
OF capital and engineering and mining skill.
1t is fit subject for the capitalists OF
England +; and as capital has just as much
protection in British Columbia as 10 any
part of the Empire, and property and life
are equally as we'll protected, have no
doubt that the quartz magnet will attract
the necessary capital in due time, and hat
we shall hear the Stock Exchange re:ound
with the quotations of shares 10 many
miLing companies in Carib0o and elsewhere
in the colony by and by.
l need hardly remark to you that would
not have lent myself to giving currency to
these marvellous stories were not fortified
by my own knowledge of the general truth
OF all write
A fact, of a practical character, which
came to my notice in the early part of the
autumn, went far to satisfy me of the extra
ordinary riches of the Cariboo district but
l did not relate it, or other equally satsfac-
tory evidence in my former letters because
l was not certain but that these might have
been solitary and Sa,dividual cases. A la
borer here was offered $l25 month and
his board (which together would be equal
in sterling money to 962 los 3D. to 60
and work in CariboO for a miner who was
short.handed. 70 encourage the man to
60 be was informed that bis quandam fellow
laborer in California had bought one fourth
interest in a claim for $4,000 which he had
earned, and that his return was 500 day
from the yield of the claim. A pretty
good investment, giving nearly 1000 per
cent, per annum.
ORDER WELL KEPT.
1t was estimated that One.third of the
miners were British. think this an over.
estimate. Whoever they we're, their con.
duct was exemplary. Peace and order
prevailed to degree unusual in so mercu.
rial a community "all disputes as to min-
ers' right, contested boundaries of claims"
&C., "were settled by the magistrate" Mr..
Mind, who Is also gold commissioner, "with
the assistance of a jury of miners selected
on the spot, plan which gives universal
satisfaction The majesty of the law was
represented by the magistrate, who camped
in tent, and by two constables, until the
judge arrived on circuit. He was accom-
panied &c odScio by his registrar only. An
Indian halt bred had charge OF the robes,
the wig, and the black cap. The equipage
is very simple, for his lOrdship cultivates
sleep under a tree. There were only two
serious cases of crime 10 the mines during
the whole seasOn-on one the killing of motto.
ricus bully who made himself obnoxious to
the whole mining community, and was shot
by one of his victims, and who fled justice
on the judges approach the other rob-
berry, for which the robber was tried, found
guilty, and sentenced to ten years in the
chain gang. There was another case of
shooting and wounding, in revenge, on the
road to Cariboo, but the guilty party es>
capped, and is not likely to trouble the Colo
ny any more. The judge bad several civil
cases to decide, however, for frequent dis
putes arising about mining claims.
NELSON'S CREEK.
Nelson's creek was discovered By and
named after former servant of the Gov
ernOr, who went to the mines in the spring.
The claims were y'eldiog $40, $50, and
$50 Gay TO the hand in August, and by
last accounts the yield had increased. Mel
son remained for the winter in the neigh.
borhood. He has 81 500, after paying ex
penses, and considers himself unucky. Next
season be expects 10 make up for bis bad
luck.