Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-03-09
CRAZY FOR GOLD.
The Exciting Scenes Of 80 Repeated
in Lower California.
MADRUsH FOR THE DIGGING
san picgo aud I.nSenada Almost Deserted.
Un,loah ed Value OF the Piacers.
One Man Who knocked Out
s.GO in Four Hours.

Los AM EfsS, CaL, March a.--lhe Xolu
discoveries in lower California have created
intense excitement in every town in the
southern r;n't of the state. The Santa Clara
district, whore the crowds are rushing, is
about l50 miles south of San Diego and forty
miles west of Ensenada. An along the line
thousands are en- route 10 the scene of the
gold findirg At San Diego the streets are
filed with strangers equipping themselves for
the miues and with WAGONS and pack mules
loaded witt miners outfits.
An average OF six hundred men day have
left for the mines for the last four days, and
today the aumber was much larger Wait
ers at the hotels and restaurants have left,
and tyvo-tliirds of the force ON the Cuyamaca
railroad are gone The best indication re-
garding the value of the mines is that no ono
has returned except 20 replenish ''srub
stakesn
The telegraphcrs have also joined tho pros
pectors Eight hundred men were camped at
Tia Juna last night waiting clearance fam
the custom house Ensenada is practically
deserted by men. w. C. Van Derm and c.
Amendt of San Diego, who were among the
first at the mines, arrived at Ensenada last
rich ledges have already been discovered aud
promise permanent camp.
James Kerrane, of Los Angeles, returned
from the camp last night He said:
''rhere arc already moro than 1000 men
on the ground The stuff brought out il
placer gold and light and flaky. Tho valley
in which the mine was discovered has three
well defined gold quartz lodes They descend
from the mountains above in separate gulches.
The guich To the north is the one in which
the greatest find has been made. Above are
TO be found groupings of slate and porphyry.
A tracing has been made of one lode, 400
feet from the upper side of the valley into the
mountains At present in the valley four
dry washers are located, only one of which is
in operation. A great many rockers and
ground siuices are being worked. The dirt Is
easily handled and the richest of returns are
had in some instances
~ saw one man who had knocked out 500
in four hours, and he was nearly wild with
joy, but above all things the price Of movis-
ions Is simply outrageous ! paid s. for a
fifty pound sack Of flour, $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 kilograms have been re-
ceiyed in this city requesting that hotel wait
ers be sent at once TO San Diego, as none
could be obtained there at any price The
guests were obliged to get their own meals
out of the kitchen for one entire day.
Yesterday afternoon gentleman came up
from the Santa Tarranta mines and brought
with him $4,000 III gold dust, which he depos-
tied in bank. Miners who came to this city
for supplies returned at once ON the evening
train. They say the Mexicans who have
been long at work at the d,ggings are taking
out gold to the extent Of $15 a day each
They say there is great lack of mining inn
piements. and that there is a crying want for
rockers. As to the richness of the ground
there is no doubt The Mexcans pan out
from % TO 80 cents to the pan, with which the
old miners now seem to be perfectly content
Indeed, they wink their eyes as much as TO
say: "Whcn those buffers get through we'll
have picnic"
A Mexican took out 81 500 in two days in
space eight feet square. There is no doubt
as to the richness OF the placers. The only
question is how extensive they are. The best
answer would seeRn to be found in the fact
| that the oldest residents and business men OF
Ensenada INT TO the mines several weeks
ago and, despite the fact that the merchandis-
ing offers unusual inducements and large
profits, none have returned Upward of 500
viii leave Los Angeles for the mines at once