New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-24
BOUND FOR THE DIGGINGs.
i WILD ETAMPEDE OF GoLDsEEkEhS ~
LOWER CALIFORNIA

v~,srr0 ruay,sAtsp ADVENTURES hosHiNo
,yryo rrx wr1prrNEss-E
1rposrs or SUCCESS -scEsrs ON
THE ROUTE.
rrnos AK OCCASIONAL coHREsrosps c.,,sa.,,,s -
Los Angeles, Cal. March e-icNvs ,..sor
up to within year past peen ~. !. seort S,,,sne
- $3.50 ~ ce,on,se n and succeeded IN induc'ns
e =. .,.,.,s To buy lands ihe company
..ass..ssa az town Of Ensenada on the pay Oh
1sc,o- s.o,os on the Psciho siae o. .ne ss
rrn e,,on,sts have done fsirp Won. inei' 80
v,sor. however soon sucsumOea - .se s+r.noth
ney ve0an's 800 for cigarettes, mescai, munro,
onions ~ as.s supshsnc, . combination when v
hsmmooA - mt productive Of progress. ABOUT
on1osaeio. a. Rnssnada is Santa Clara Valley
fofsy ml'os ysldf in name To be sure there arc
"nioh sso1od ii, but it Is something OF mountain
nun a. q hes ON elevation OF 4'ooo iee.
Inv p,ssssts broken By smsn csnons' ~ 49, -
4 now running water, pas "n'0n -
mi be AZ dry as finder.
9 rs..ts aavs $40 two Mexicans psnned CUT some
Z. sor Il n Ensenads sold II, and stayed drunk 8
80 nx The proceeds lasted some hstio ohoi' ~.
- sha eo,onists to ascertain where the dust came
-, Int the Mexicans were either 700 stupu " -
.ssru 70 tell They scbered up ana aspas'ou' ~. NV
nav wore followed b. Jose and Jesus ~. ,.,
spanish Mexicans who have more .rsa ,.aas ,sn4
.znoupt Of psis Californian cfery' ING p'0ns 49,
s..s..s, 20 santa cara valley and began washins
-. IA ,,st The Be,endres brothers stakeu out
s,s,r ana aug down to hard pan. But tney uu nos
sh any ain they took the tin spoons OF ohsr oeA.P
srst and picked out the nuggets. Which ran Hon on'
ounce UP 10 four and hve. -. LA ,o,nes
e,.h q ne account Of the Santa Glare goiu MINES
49,, - mo. do not vouch FOR It. But 40
49, & :. IN THURSDAY. February a. Jesus heenores
.sss ~ busro came back to EnsenadA he naa
..s ~, sack of dust and ten-ounce nugse''
A,sh Ia sold at once on the spot ior
800 This was probably more than the goa was
rortb itself, for $40 so per ounce Is an Nersss
valuation But this nugget was very oesuniui an
"a po,d was exceedingly fine, SO the purchaser pa"
the maximum price, for tne prooa'a0 fNpN
caring fne specimen. -,.
ms nnaret drove Ensenada crazy The people
.,r,orslv decided that santa Clara was the place
Nsv were after, and as fast as they could arrAnso
ber affairs they msrsted. unti now mere arc nv
enough men In the place b unload the ne'nt "nlo,,
arrives BY every steamer. feope VIZ. ., lint
,an,e back Newspapers sent correspondents nn' ou'
!, ,~t,orsx came out except one in the forln OF
-, ,,at,on IN consequence Of being busy picKnk
Z - rrcretss The frst definite news was Drought
hseS by {. H. GasbdI, who got into Ensenaus :"
rebruary IS He said IN an interview WHn
fortsr there: - ...,. q, Ar
-, n.,ne ! h,sh table-lsnd. The country seems 70
~ - SAFE granite and porphyry formation GIvat
49,. - tae latter can be seen extending LOT nios'
8 t,s,sht az : die and absolutely unbrosen. Nos
str,ps has been turned so far. % AL 'ne wore As
bsen done IN the plscers. and only one se.sol -
& about one hundred yards has been wotAea, -.
80 =, -. Msr,san miners why he did not prospect
!. n.s,hhorsne canon why, that would take nan
s.vs ia replicd. ssnd in half day we can MAKO Soo
- 400 WHARF we are We are satisfied Ihey arg
working In little ercek shout hye miles nom .os
Alamo. which Is the only one named the pay slru0A
q oniy from ono to four feet deep ana 1'ey -
1900 rst srnm a 10 an ounce tn cash pan. There
=. nnmbers Of creeks, but no ono hiss prospecteo
49,, though they all have Just a. good indicas'ona
81. xrsAa, xili hold cut tn March or April when "
.rf1 dyv mn 10 the heads of ceaons, where ~ ho'
f.fing The Meiendres boys discoSerca tne sooAuoA
and there are now sixteen men at VOTE nioe A sa
drea men are Seeded Ct once 70 snnps p''ap'
a6ads.s A,,na,~a
ran nave become three Thousand, and e92asn molo
"a a, fher Hsy 70 santa Clara 70 give u
4 twenty thousand n thirty days moro .ao '..ss
ksvsdg and ARIZONA perfectly crazy on lno = =,
an, Gar she dEginss Los Angeles IL the news centre
= wen as the Quitting place. snd peculiar ashs
y -, IN he met With To appreciate the stnauon, Vno
ust realire tia. there has heretofore been NOS Ine
slightest favor OF mines about existence aeio.
s6urrus,s spapsg arockers,T Dirt @dase anu
"a. mean IN their non-technieal sense. Though
-. s.ver oniy broke out here six days ago, tnis
.v.nng there is not q man nor woman but VINO ID
sbphine or TALKING about the mines. From ueniio
& sn1ioraires Tho subject Of CONSIDERATION Is 'h'
nms -,
This afternoon ct the Santa Fe railroad DEPOT wnon
,he Train sit ior San Diego there was MOB ngnnng
:. ..,~-- x.,shn,d ON the cars. Extra coaches were
so,,r,.6 - ava these were hiied ap, Until " last
a. $500 s,.s thst ever left the depot rolled slowly
snt e,rryne wfld, feverish crowd OF toftnns nun
tsss-to WHAT ouien ssbei Perhaps to fortune but
n the h,story Of most mining exetements proves 10
- ost - shis ope most Of tho happy, hopofm crowd
.sr never come back. You seo man ono day,
e,eyt m store, or In bank
.na "a next dsy IN high boots, overas hickory shirt
- .crnnyorc he shakes hands and says sdiosS and
= ~ a be a miner All the hardware stores have
,,ca,ds hung out sooid pans, 81 20 EACH Miners
outats mt up IN ton minutas' and the hke Mexican
dollars in ten days have sdvaneed e'ght cents each
pre,tsrosnt Is in the air the lust Of gold fushes every
rnsek and there Is TO 10 noted fhe same reckless
rsxs thst WA feature of the real estate boom Of
sxo years ago And no wonder. Read some Of
shese ststeson.s made BY newspapers or men hereto
fus trustworthy and conservative. and 800 II your
head does not swim
nssosn esso into E9 g enc yssseSSas saa G ss
hsa Washed eut In six hours George IDS bought the
On THURSDAY last Pedro Lopes with his pan washed
cut 800, and on Friday e50S
Nj. & W. Clarke stated that he stood by one man
who washed out S18 IN ono pan and saw no pan that
solded less than 81 y
DR.. Crittenden arrived IN San Diego 90 wednes
Is bis as his hst.s =, g.
.S s ss sa s srysS n
vailed ct f1a 50 ounce
John Bragg reached San Diego on WEDNESDAY
VIII 1850, the result Of SIX days work at Santa
unfas
5hs Mszlssn miners average rs n day sse ssa,
who was returning to San Diegu. He showed sack
eopteining loo tn dust which be had gathered up
james Kerrane soid . reporter tfras he saw man
pan cut over 600 TN ave hours
Jossph BlnDden hes returned 10 Ensensda for snip
plies. He said, It makes no difference WHARF or
co1r<e gold, not dust
z. 3. Bennett: I saw land dad 1t myself after
ward man pull up bunch OF grass, shahe the roots
Ia pan and wash twenty I'VE cents worth Of gold