New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-03
THE CANADA GOLD FIELDS,
Their Richness. Accessibility, Health and
C5rapncss Of Development.
From UaI spCc.a CoTFcFPoudtnt
TIE SrIcYoIRE OF RIcAUD yAUDREUn.


OF necessity this letter will be chiefly about
gold. In my last threatened a visit to the Seisnore
Of Rigaad raudre, the old patrimoual estate of the
De Ley family ard the most famous of those recis in
this province, which are beginning TO excite the serious
attention Of capitalists 1t lies a3on fifty miles south
east of Quebec ard IS mild paralelogram in shape.
nine miles by twelve in size, and consequently contain
ing lOs square mice, which gives it larger extent
than The original area Of the District Of Columbia. The
Chaudtre River divides it exactly III halves. and il is
this stream and is tributaries that the gold is chiefly
found
| OUR y2yEY OUT
Tie accessibility Of the DE L6gy property is shown by
the fac! that my companion and myself left Quebec a;
O'Clock M, and travelling in ordinary two-horse
carriage with an ample interval for dinner. reached
our destination at tho center Of the Segnorc before
O'Clock the same evening For tie first eleven miles
after crossing the ST. Lawrence, We had good macad
amizcd turnpike; for nineteen more, TO ST. Marys,
fair country road, and for the remainder. nice thor
ougare m the Chaudierc Valley. good to justify
any complaint. Over The whole OF this route mail
passes cvery day. and the local travel mostly in the
funny horse end twowheccd carts Of the hGbans.
is very largo. These vehicles seem as convenient as
they unique and nsed very freely 10y both
When not encountered NV heavy loads they often
whirled along by The little Canadian horses which draw
them at rate OF speed which would do discredit TO
our Bloominedalc road.
St. Mary's is French village located the Chan.
de:e thirty miles from Quebec, aud is the present home
of the Seigreur De Lery, who resides in an antique
and pleasant Scgnoral mansion. such as are common
in tins region Here are churches, stores and inns.
aud at one Of the litter we obtained dinner not re-
marAablc for style variety, but meritorious from
neaincss and abundance. To. companions We had two
parties Of god.seekrs, both Of which had prospected
pretty freely and with sGch determined them
10 invest money AMI labor in the enterprise Several
old CALIFORNIA;, whose experience was made of
great value and who did not hesitate to say that tie
inducements offered in the Canadian mines supe.
rior TO the average Of those in the Golden State
Our aflcr.dinner-rdc from st. Mary's. batting ter
rife thunderstorm at TIE very close, was charmng.
Instead OF the rugged and barren region we had OK.
peccd 10 find desoltc IN rocky Businesses, we were
continually delighted with scenes Of Canadian beauty,
and impressed with the strangcnss OF mineral dis
trct existing in the midst OF fertility and agricul-
tmal population. Abundant cottages the whole way
attested the fact Of community amply sustained by
the products Of the soil end the wonder increased how
such mineral wealth reported in nearly all the
hills and Valley OF tie Sgnorc could so long have
| III tlt hWeisAAf H'frNnNh Vi ~
numerous population. This problem was aitcrward
clearly solved by the knowcdgs gained of the char
ac,cr of the people, the tenure by which the lands
held and The peculiar complication of titles growing
out of mixed French aad English Law and SeisnoruI
and patent rights.
DARBEAU.
Our specific destination the hostel Of I.ouis
Bagbeau who lives the very center Of the Seignoirc
and well eutcftras those whom his limited house win
allow hin to accommodates E4rbc,n Is a character
AID cannot be passed over withpu: notice. he6fer.
born in tie Sc.g oigc hil early manhood spent in
Maino and acquiring hr. knowledge Of the English
language % aid rcus die natural p,wers he has be-
conc sort OF maenats among his counirymen. and has
attained position o. very cousicrib Die credit even
in the city of Qacbco. with bury FORM iul voice.
and keen eye. he Joins genial deposition and nniu
raj shrewlucss that amounts TO sagaeiiy. He even
holds commission rs Jticc ard his opinions are as
readily taken fol. aw IT., bis ncghb,s rs are those OF
men more learned in the techniciiies OF statutes.
We were welcomed By Ba-beau with cordially too
hearty to be simulated aud the graceful corrtesics Of
his eldest dangbte- V-euie whose isolation he's not
prevented her acquiring TIE English lansu &c and the
Intelligence and If a lady, tod largely The
sensitive nature OF nay comrade bis farewell Will
remark q, pG'saa, afterward atiesicd couolusiscly
GILBERT RIVER.
This is the stream mo noted for H. minos, aud the
one where most pr1sp citing las been performed II is
tributary % the Caallerr into which il runs near
the southern limits OF the Ssignoirc Ci should be
deTstood that the course OF the Chaua ore il nearly
north west and t. month a lew miles above Qlcbec.)
Here the great nusge. found in 1853 and here
riOus companies have assumed right work. and
now extracting soa in plyns quantities To The Gil
bert orr al tsniinl wa fra. directed
We trayerseo trcc lour miles Of .orsh evergreen
country bofe reaching The scene o. labor only pausng
on the road a snail creek where Quartz was 10 be
seeu long enough e discover unmit iailc evidences
Of gold and 20 lAa piece of rock containing the
precious metal visible without the nid OF glass. On
The Gilbert we found GOOD dce Of industry. The old
works were Of the rdc description os tie efforts bad
been aimed altogether g securing immediate returns
from The ol'lyid deposits but still Il soon became c,:.
cent that even .As Wastcfal System productive OF
Iich poymcnt 20 tie miners.
l. was about room wien we arrived and tlc lobo,o,
were clearing up the mornings wors in preparation fo
dinner. IN one pan We judged the gold TO be worth
about FIX dollars, and Ia another we called il eight.
though TIE scales aiierward proved it 10 exceed ten
small cripple, who daily followed tie miners with Lie
pan, crawling on bis hands. and working over their
refuse, makes sQOd wagel aud that morning had taken
ont what was worth half dollar, comurpion hoyinc
done considerably better 4 day or two before the
mornings work Of Of the parties before us-threc
or iOnr persons-had been worth sixty dollars. 4
woman bad this morning made o dollar When IL is
understood that the Government and the owners of The
mining right here lin percentages on all the gold
taken on il viii readily be hat there exists every