Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-09
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FRENCH GUIANA.
kd Country TO Stay Away From
mort Of a Returned Pilgrim.
From the Salt Lake Herald. 4th.l

From the Salt Lake Herald. 4th.l
mas T.. Jones, formerly of Alta,
Cottonwood, returned to this
from the gold fields of French
N, on Friday evening, and. judg-
pm Il brief conversation with him
dav, we are under the impress
khat he will not go back to that
al and auriierOus region to COM
bis earthly happiness. Mr.. Jones
ere last July, for the purpose of
NJ for himself" which he has
|to hi: entire satisfaction, and now
Is strongly impressed that a per-
hakes a mistake by leaving Utah
oing to French Guiana. We give
a brief description of the coun-
hd gold diggings there, as related
r.. Jones':
gold fields are about one hum
miles inland. and to reach them
undred and fifty miles has to be
led in row boats, padded by
bes, when another journey Of five
DAYS duration has to be made
hnd, through dense vegetation
hick underground. No pack ami
can be found i'll the country.
bes being employed TO carry sup
The gold fields extend over Il
arca of country, on the Sinanarie.
Bite and Aprongue rivers. The
is found in broken. rotten quartz.
be bedrock, which is mostly Il
blue clay. though in some places
led is hard, solid rock; the gold
hg quartz is in some places two
|thick, and yields from two to
n cents per pan; there is from two
fee. of stripping of black mud,
with roots and dccaying vcge'a-
the country is so flat as to render
Ing utterly impossible. The eillu-
brising from this mud is such that
ehie man can long work in the
: and survive, and even the ra-
soon take the fatal malarial fever.
ed to this is the ulGealthy state OF
atmosphere and the poisonous
Il. The latter is so fatal to the
h Of living things that even the
teS drink claret almost exclusively.
brth American, especially one ac-
>med to the bracing brcezes, health
hg air and pure water of Utah, who
the gauntlet of a trip to and
hgh French Guiana and comes
aive, can DO looked upon rs almost
)faclc.
4. Jones spent two months in pros
)hg the country, and while he is
1dcnt that money could be made
bid digging in some of the districts,
|idiny a man could work ut it and
he is also satisfied that the stories
le wealth of the region have been
|ly overdrawn. If any one wishes
elain a good opinion of French
lna, he must not go there, but must
|n the cnchantnlcnt lent the view
li>lance.
|e natives and the Frcnchmen there
Americans a. the wealthieSt and
remarkably eXtravayant people
ertn, and are continually "putting
games to rob them Of their
ey.
! land must be leased of Govern
\ officers at CAYENNE, and much
(ape. of kind the Americans are
Pgualnted with. has to be measured
before a lease can be obtained. If
lmer;can sets out on a prospecting
Pin the interior, hc is almost cer-
70 be watched by some designing
Re, who takes advantage of his
Wedge of the country. and should
|ormer discover good diggings, the
Ge lastens to Cayenne and leases
prospected grounds while the
frltan is hunting up and hiring ne
+ to take him to the circumlocu-
office.
I. Jones left Cayenne for the Unit
fates on January lst, and up to that
II" gold of consequence had been
Z ont by Americans, and many OF
3 were endeavoring to get means
ltlrn to this country. Mr.. w. b.
IN and party were encamped on
Fnamarie river, ten days journey
CAYENNE. They We're preparing
loroughly prospect the country be-
returning home. Mr.. }. thinks
= who went from here last Fall and
Yer will come back this Summer,
east those who can get money
Pm to pay their passage, and those
40 not die with the jungle fever,
ch IL plentiful and always III order.
. again repeat our former advice
tah prospectors and miners to re-
at home; but if you are deter
ed to leave hero, do not go to
hch Guiana.