St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
THEY RUSH TO THE DIGGINGS.
Reports of Rich Finds in Lower
California Verified and Thou
sands FIocking Thither.

Los ANGELES, March S.-SOuthern
California has fairly gone wild over the
gold discoveries on the peninsula. The
Santa Clara district, where the crowds
are rushing, is about $50 miles south of
San Diego, and forty miles west of
Ensenada. All along the line
thousands are en- route to
the scene of the excitement.
At San Diego the streets are
flied with strangers QUILTING Tor the
mines and with wagons and pack mules
loaded with miners outfits. An average
of 600 men day have left for the mines
for the last four days, and to-day the
number was much larger than that.
Walters at the hotels and restaurants
have left, and two-thirdS of the force
on the Cuayamaca railroad are gone.
The best indication regarding the
value of the mines is that no one has
returned except to repleniSh GRUB
stakes" The telegraphers have also
Joined the prospectors. Eight hun
last night, waiting clearance from the
custom house. Ensenada is practically
deserted by omen. w. C. Van Derm
and G. Amendt, of San Diego, who were
among the first at the mines, arrived at
EnSenada. Both are enthusiastic
Fifteen good, rich leads have already
been discovered. and promise perma-
nent camp. James Kerran, of Los
Angeles. returned from the camp last
night. He said: ''There are already
over 1000 men on the ground. The
stuff brought out is placer gold, and
light and f1aky. The valley in which
well-defned gold quartz lodes. They
descend from the mountains above in
separate gulches. The gulch to the
north is the one in which the greatest
find has been made. Above are to be
found groupings of slate and porphyry
Tracing has been made from one lode
1,400 feet from the upper side of the
valley into the mountains. At present
in the valley four dry washers are To-
Gated, only one of which is in opera
ton. A great many rockers and ground
suiceS are being worked. The dirt is
easily handled, and the richest of
l saw one man who had knocked out
$500 in four hours, and he was nearly
wild with joy. But above all Things the
prices of provisions are simply out
rageOus. l paid S. for a fifty pound
sack of -four, $3.50 for ten-pound sack
of oatmeal, and drinks are two bits
apiece" San Diego has about gone in
a body to the gold country. Four tele-
grams have been received in this city
requesting that hotel walters be sent at
once to San Diego, as non could be had
there at any price. The guests were
left to get their own meals out
of the kitchen for one entire day.
Yesterday gentleman came up from
the Santa Tarranta gold mines, bring
ing with him 81 900 in gold dust, which
he deposited in bank in this city.
Miners who returned for supplies, re-
turned on the evening train. They say
that the Mexicans. who have been long
at work at the diggings. are taking out
SIS a day each: They say there is a
great lack of mining implements. and
that there is crying want for rockers.
AS to the richness OF the ground there is
no doubt. The Mexicans pan out
from 25 to so cents to the
pan, with which the old miners
now seem to be perfectly content. In
deed they wink their eyes, as much as
to say when these buffers get through,
we'll have picnic" A Mexican took
out $1,000 in two days in space eight
feet square. There is no doubt as to the
richness of the placers. The only queS-
-tion is, how extensive are they. The
the best answer will be found in the
fact that the oldest residents and bust
ness men of EnSenada went to the
mines several weeks ago, despite the
fact that merchandising offers unusual
inducements and large profits indeed,
none have returned. Upward of 500
men will leave Los Angeles for the
mines at aDpa