, 1865-10-30

San Franelsco-D11 Wells and their
i; Prospectx-s1lver-Cop In
their Se4sen-Cotllsh Bnuk4-Shoyks
The Mexican Quextfon-"S Sons OF
EQlUmhi1.93

u1ltGs 1Q}Al 40t LruE olH fEn1fIE SLlLe.
With us the change has been so slight
hat oue must look closely to see
It at all. The summer winds come
no more to vex us, and the alr is warmer aud
softer; but nothing else is changed. The
same blue, unclouded sly: ubove, with Sun
md neon both clearly visible at midaay-the
same brown and mauve tints on the hlllsides
around the Bay Of San Fraucisco-the same
brstllng t1lrong Of oncy-getters
Iostling each other On Montgomery street all
tIay-the same crowd Of haggard faces around
The gambling tables in tue he!ls by night-the
same wild races over the Cliff Honse road, by
mad jewellers, in tho glorious moonlight-the
same richly dressed sssemblagss OF thought
legs aud reckless pleasure~scekers, at opera,
ball and t1eatre-
It Is 'ssteamer Day. today, and Us I look
down on the ssreet sec men with long buck
skin bags In one hand and heavy canvas bugs
held on the shoulder with the other,
hurrying along the streets, gathering
up ut each counting house the pay
mcnts In glistening coin which 80 to swell
ll,e aggregate Of the steamers treasure list.
Drays 60 past on their wsy to the steamship
office with loads OF silver bars md gold bricks
from the Mint and Assay Offices, and at the
spccic clerks desk. i nun with an earnest
air and bald head, Is running Ills pen over
long columns Of figures, which represent the
sums going forward to tho credit Of the dir
icrent shippers. How nsurh will you take
away tomorrow nsk. Two millions two
hundred thousand, or thereabouts," he re-
& the complimcntsof the day." and goes on
with hls computations.
Tie hummtng birds arc still sporting among
tic accacia trees, the roses bloom as Of old.
and the scarlet fi,schias still cover arbor and
wall mud treilisel doorway will. banners OF
living tlamc- But why need clnborates You
have seen It all, and will, doubt not, con-
time TO sec II III memory for long years to
come.
Z From flowers to oil, unless the oil be " es-
scntial ofl,'' is wide step, perhaps, but five
arc TO change tile subject, the Wider the bet
ter. hnyc been told that the San Francisco
correspondent OF the TRIBUNE has been
soundiy berntcd for his remarks regarding
the thousand and one wildcat oil specula-
ttons set on foot by Eastern schemers on the
strength 6f scientific reports for at
high priccs--from California. Now have
never denied that oil deposits existed on this
co3st, but l have lnslsted and still insist that
the fact had Jet to be proven. conycrsed
last evening with one OF tho largest operators
in these California 's oil 1unds p man who
has realized handsome sums from tho spRcnla-
tion, and from him ! gained the following
facts: With all the prospecting md heavy
outlaws for machinery, transportation and
well boring, up to this time
NOT SINGLE FLOWING OIL WE'LL
has 6ten strack from, San Diego to Del Nofte
from The shore If TIE Pacific 70 The su''s,.t: Of
he Sierra Neruda. Tie mighty shipments
which were to come from the South are yet
to tc reported at the Merchants Exchange,
md the North has yet to elbow the first hun.
tlred barrels. It Is true that IN li1rnbolat
county the stUniou Mattole'' and. s>MeSutt'
companies hare s.struek iic," but their wells
are only $50 feet In depth,. and as the tubing
cn1y goes down 70 feet, they cann0t produce
1, vacuum and there Is therefore no flow Of
oil. They have cyen obtained some gallons,
eycn barrels, perhaps, by pumping, but tho
work hos resulted In nothing mora product
ase as e 1ed iact, that 10 diTidends wili be paid
l,y any California oil company In 1865.
The following from the address Of DR.. uol
den before the San francisco Eclley A!Tfcul
tural Association last week Is more 10 III.
point and decidedly more encouraging:
HThc history OF our silver int1es Is recent
The silver halt Is On the eastern side Of u;
Sicrsns, and the mines have been sufficiently
tested to warrant the idea that 1t will r.
ouire the toll and labor Of thousands, To-
generations, 10 cxtauEt them. Over SIS,
WO,c0O OF silver has been manifested iron
| Washoe since 1850, and IN equal nmount
supposed to haye been retained for imp oye
| merits md opening the mines"
Twice as much will be Produced In the neg
| although individual mines u..ay give out, or b
| worked at such an expen., as to leave no ma
gin for dividends, tle, aggregate is steadily Il
COPPER. II
The copper interests OF this State, arc
yet In their very infancy, having first attsacts
| attention to limited extent tn l66o. In II
summer Of 1861, walked wearily over
| Copperopolis and Salt Springs Valley copp
Iistficts.-then all that was known Of Il
j copper regions OF tho Pacific s1ope-and VITO
for the Sacramento Union an account of Il
"p7ospcctlng'' then going on, and the appa
ent direction and extent Of the leads. No,
one mine-the Unlor1-eends to the East, o
ton tons Of selected ore per month, and emplo
l,2o animals In hauling 1t TO Stockton, ut
:, -rense Of over 80 900, This mine, with Il
T.. calaveras, Empire, Campo Seco al
heyslonTit, e!,saa it,;i 49," >" ship, next season, or
e0,W0 per month. .-sro,.
Two extra steamers and two barEv- e no
employed In transporting the orc to 81
Francisco. The Christina, . very Small staat
er, tows the barges through the slough, a.
the Helen uensley then takes them to II
Bay City: One Of these barGea Is tue Auil
the Bragdon; the other, the Sacramento, "
built fur the trade. Last Thursday the ucnslt
started with 65,OtD pounds, towing Il
Bragdop, with 5O0,000 pounds, and the Sacr
mcnto with 400, Its pounds, making 1,0G,G
| pounds in all. Meadcr, the copper king, col
nlains about lack Of transportation, and b
ore is now piled up In great stacks on the
wee. The wagons bring It In 1aster than II
steamboats, can take It out.
The copper smelling works ut Antioch, nc
where the San joaquin lfsembogues into Il
EaY Of Suistln, are now at work turning O
The solid bars for shipment. The copp
mines Of Arizona, which exceed IN cxtG
and richncss those Of the whole known WorI
| hare Us yet hardly begun to be dcVelope
Fur1Ts IN THEIR SEASON.
The grapes arc now in their GLORY, and +
heart Of IN epicure. I saw clusters Of t
white Tokay variety last week weighing
Us each, and Nuscais Of Alexandria, Of viii
d single bunch would make meal for j ve
! large family. The exhibition At the State Fl
. at Sacramento in tLis line, was immense.
FL Dorado, mining county alone until
!. ycry few ycars ago, vics with Sacramento
=. the quantity and excellence Of the fruits
|. exhibition. And what are By no means IN
te7estirc facts, the finest fruits arc raised
| most on tic very site where gold WIS II
I discovered and by the very pioneer "
{ found that anritlrous specimen which ct
: yulsed all Christcndom. Mr. Marshall, t
| son In his vineyards at Coloma no fewer th
| ono hundred and thirty-eix varieties
Erapes. .,,or r.,,.
ty, was magnificent His Black Ha1nl'l
# He'd Atuscatel, Green Hungarian, calitcrn
d andrin Black Prince and Isabella grapes, call
It forth expressions Of delight from all spec
:. tors.
J. The display Of $. Rich was Inferior to nc
n In tho Pomological Department. Hh Fla
c Tokay grapes were the largest and ha,
soonest 10 DO found In the PaTillqn.
d boxes Of 3Inscat ralslns, Black Hnmbl
z grapes, nosc OF Peru, Gloria de Paris, Bla
~ Morocco, and other choice varieties, col
4 not be beaten in the world.
d ]. ". Neil, ofSacramento, had two variei
h Of the White Malaga, from tnrce years
D. yiue, which excited universal admiration.
= The display Of apples, too, was suPg
% quite beyond my expectations. saw
Pippins weighing twenty-ouc ounces,
was told by The exhibitor that .sthe iar
+. varieties would now soon be in the ma1kc
Is these specimens measured Is Inches In
r. cumfercnce, l wondered whether be lid !
ct | mean pumpkins when he spoke Of those VI
g. ger varieties"
" Chalmers, of Coloma, made vezy ext
e si9e and magnificent display. or apples
had the Gloria AIundi, Baldwin, Esop, Split
bergen, Lady Sweet, 5waar, Porter: GraTes
Nelcr's Everlasting, Newtown Pippln, |
b her Twigs, Smiths Cider, Lincoln, sf5i e
Il Alexander Pearmain, seek-So-Further, III
H. H. number ofnamc1css varieties. ~
ol A. ". Roup, Of FL Dozndo, exhibited
en- land pipplns Ii inches in eircnHferc'
il weisbing two and half pounds each,
ri IF f!tF three varieties OF pcaeneS, there
cd Indian, La Grange, Green Mexican, Ht
IT, Cliugs, Morris Whites, Bloods; etc, ete'
ic. any quantity, ripe, luscious and beautiful:
Ie- Pears In endless variety were thesc, bt
viii only mention one sample lot, tS
Bartlett's On one stem Sr9Wn ,s.l On p. : @ gsm. y
ic- This einatnr meiehed lust twelve pounds