Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-07
THE GOLD FIELDS.
ADg2lenOs Joining in the
Excitement.
PARTIES TO LEAVE TODAY.
Governor Torres at the Eadeau.
What He Says About It-An
Arrival From the Mines.
THE GOLD FIELDS.
PARTIES TO LEAVE It,

The gold fields Of Lower Californis
formed the principle topic of converse
tion about the town yesterday, and the
rumors that managed to find their was
from the scene of the excitment imbibed
a good many Angelefos with the gold
fever. During the day about thirty peo.
pie left for the placers, among them be-
ing MIR. Thompson, the druggist, one or
two of the leading florists, and number
of real estate meu. To-day there will be
still greater exodus, for on the morn
ing train Messrs. Walter S. Moore, H. NJ.
Mitchell, Chas. Fisher, Chas. Cruz, and
John I. Gafey will go to San Diego
where they have team and mining out
fit awaiting them and will from there
start off for the gulch. Colonel Viole.
and a party OF thirty other excited indi-
viduals will also start about noon and
will travel in teams all the way down,
three wagons having been fitted up for
them by Ed Burlingame. The inquiry
at the Santa Fe offices yesterday after
noon for rates to Ensenada resulted in
quite an interesting development. 1t
will be remembered that the Interna-
tional Company has advanced its steam.
ship rates from San Diego to En-
senada from $4 to $40, and yesterday
it advised the Santa Fe people of the
raise. They refused to accept it, how
ever. without the customary ten days'
notification, and after good deal of tele-
graphing it was finally decided to leave
the rates as they are until the 18th inst.
when the advance will go into effect.
The fare from this city to Ensenada is,
therefore, at the present time 50 95, but
after the raise it will be SIS. 40. The
news has come to town that some
of the passengers who went out on
the steamship yesterday paid $23 for
what under ordinary circumstances
are $4 accommodations, scalpers
being in the field and buyjng
and reselling berths in much the same
manner that front seats are sold for a
first night of Patti
Governor Luis E. Torres, of Lower
California, accompanied by Sefiors F.
Monteyide, Carmen Zalazar and E.
Macalyson, were in the city YESTERDAY
morning, and when questioned as to the
new fields, the Governor said "All I
know of them is that everyone who has
gone there has stayed, which is a pretty
good indication. Prospectors are going
in by the hundred daily and as many of
them have not made due preparations
provisions are high. Ensenada is tenanted
only by dogs and women at the present
time, all of the workers having left for
the Santa Claras some time ago. I am
going down there myself this afternoon
to see that everything is running orderly,
for although there has been no serious
trouble SO far. yet it is well to be pre-
pared for it, as man is a very remarkable
creature when la boring under the excite
ment of making his fortune"
Mr.. HI. F. Bard, of San Francisco, also
arrived at the Nadeau during the day
from the new camp. He has three men
working for him in claims located in his
interests, and he says that they turned
out 500 in one day. 1t is very cold up
there, he says, and the place is abso-
lutely without sleeping accommodations
a few finding shelter in dugouts, but the
majority contenting themselves with
rolling up in blankets on the ground.
The roads leading to the gulch are lined
with eager prospectors, and Mr.. Bard
says that with the exception of a strag-
gler coming in occasionally for provisions,
everyone is moving in the direction of the
prospects.
Ed. Burlingame announces that in a
few days he will start daily mule train
from this city to the mines, the distance
by road being estimated at only two
hundred miles.