The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-09

The fret rush for Satter's Mil, since
cnrtstened CONS, ,0l or CNliuuia, after
tribe Of IndiAi,s who lived IL that
region. From there they sosttsred IN
III directions. 4 large stream Of ti,aIn
jWe'k over TO WehSE creek. Shiuh
Ampttes ihto the American sotnS 4 tem
or twelve miles below (.oloma. Other
wens up or down the river. Some.
moro adventurous, crossed tho ridpc
over to tho north and middle forks Df
the american. by the close Of June
tne discoveries Ind extended to all
tne forks Of The American, Weber
creek. HangtOwn creek, tho Cosunnes
Enown then'as the Makosunle), The
MA.okelnni,la. y. Tuolumne, tho Yuba
ltrOm uvss, or yuvas--grape), called
~ lh4S the "Yuba," or "Aiuba." and
Feather river. On July Is the editor
OF tho CdIif0'ni0n returned and II.
sued the first number of his paper
atter ITS Suspension. 1t contained A
description Of tho mines from personal
observation. EIe said: ,.7.
"!ho country from the Aiuba
(1aba) to the San Joaquin, a distance
OF about l2O miles. and ii ON the base
toward tho summit OF tho mouutains.
as Tar as Snow hill (MeaMing Nevada),
0D""t seventy miles, has been cxplor.
eti ana gold t0und on every nart.
There are now probably 5000 people,
including iMdians, engaged In collect
Ing, gold. The amount collected by
each man ranges from $40 to $3.50 per
gay. Tho publisher OF this paper col
lected with the aid OF a shovel, pick
ana tin pan. from ga to Sl28 per
day-averaging 800. The gross
amount collected NAV EXCEED $6OO, 900,
0 which amount our merchants have
received $3.50. 900, ail for goods, and In
ei%ht weeks. The largest piece known
" De found Weighs eight pounds F."
~, the l4tl, of August the number
OF white miners was estimated at A.
ooo: Many Of them wore Of Stephcn.
soirs regiment and the tlisba,,ded Nor.
mon battalion. Tho Californian ro-
marked on that day that "wl,eu a man
Win his or basket does not average
VSo to $40 per day, lie moves t0 smoth.
er place." -Four thousand ounces a
1"y was the estimated production of
the mines five months atter the secret
leaked out. In April the price of flour
mere ss$s ~ pc: h..mared; IN August
It had risen to Sl6. All other sub
sistence supplies rose in the same pro-
portion. Here is q part Of: letter
nom Sonoma, to tho CuiJ',suiua,
August IA:
IL have heard from ono Of onr ci,i.
zens who has been at the places ONLY
Few weeks amt collected $1,000. still
averaging 500 day. Ano, her. who
smut np MS MOTEL here some five or ak
weeks since, has returned with o., 200.
Coitected with II spade, pick and la.
olaii basket. A man aud his wife aid
boy COLLECTED $500 in one day."
s'ani Brannan laid exclusive claim to
Mormon islai,d, IN the American.
about twcnty-eight niles above ils
nnd levied a royalty OF 80 prr
cent. on all the gold taken there Dy tho
who paid it for wii.c, but
refused after they came to a better nm.
outstanding Ot the rules Of the mines.
BE September the news had spread to
Oregon and the southern COAST, and ON
inc 2tl OF That month the Californian
notes that l26 persons had arrived IN
town "by ship since August 26. In
the "Dry Diggings'--near Auburn
turing the month Of August, QUO nIan
got SIG, 900 out Of five cartloa,ls Of
airt. In ti!e same diggings n good
!na9yy g4sy9yy %sB oeillseeting. ls from $500 to
Murphy, now OF San jose, disc,vercd
Camp Diggings, i'm Caluye.
l,s, and some soldiers of Stcnhe"snn,s
regiment discovered Rich gulch. at
hill. That winter one 10
miner at Murphy's realized $50. 600. II
was common report that john Muir
ply. who mined number of Indians
on wages, had collected over $780,
ooo III golu-dust before the close of the
wet season or lS48. A Frenchman
iishing III aprospect hole for frogs for
his breakfan, at Mokclumnc hill, in
1873, discovered a speck of
Boid on the side of the excavation,
which ne Dug; out with his pocket.
knife and sid for so, ,l50. Three sail-
ors who hui deserted took out $40, 900
III t1vc day. Weber creek. Such
strokes Of goud fortune turned all
classes iutcmihers, including the
LAwfERs.poCToRs AND PREACHERS.
The expors Of gold-tlust in exchange
Ior PfOoac ana merchandise amount.
Ell to $Soo10O by the 25lh Of Scptem-
Der. IheruiiEg price of golti-tlust
was Sl5 pc ounce. though its intrinsic
value wassrom S19 to SO. A meet
.'S va >A''AuS1 PiCSNtCu over Df Il. NJ.
aud addressed by Sam
Br"nnan, passed resolutions in Sen. ,
tcmber nG to- patronize merchants WHO
refustd totake gOltl-tiust ut Sl6 per
once. n memorial was also sent from
San Eamdsco to Congress Iii TINT
inontiitor branch mint here. Il
sfatch ,among other things, the upin-
ion ti'a D. July l, lS49, S5,5OO,OUO
worth { dust, at $l6 per ounce, would
be take out the mines. Tie figures
were millions too low. Real estate in
San FrMcisco took IL sudden rise. A
lot on NIntgomcry street, near WASH
ingtoh, I'D in July for $4,000, and
1t was ltold IN November with n
shant! 'f 1t for $27, 900. Lots in
Shcramenb, or New Ilelvetin, also ,
came " 70 fabulous prices that win :
ter. y me month OF October the /
rush nm Oregon caused the Oregon }
paperso, stop publication. In be. !
cembethe kanakas aud So,,orians :
came iswarms. a Honolulu letter.
Novcncr II, said:
"Su another excitement as the
news PIN California created herr. the
world over saw. think not less '
than persons will leave boG,ro