Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-23

plain, unvarnished facts about the gold
mines as have cleaned them from good,
reliable authorities - men who know
whereof they speak. left Los Angeles
Wednesday. March 9th, at 80 P. NJ, via
California Southern railroad. On the
train was fortunate to form the acquaint-
ance of party of three who were on
their way to the Santa Clara mines. We
arrived in San Diego that night at 9
O'Clock, and looked about us to learn the
best way of getting to the mines. The
Ioverland route presented many great diff
fculties. We spent all day Thursday
and Friday perfe citing our purchases and
getting our manifest all correct, and de-
termined to 60 by boat to Ensenada,
which we did on Saturday morning, and
arrived here that evening. We expert
enced no difficulty in landing with our
luggage, as the officials here have deter
mined to place no obstacle in the way of
parties seeking their fortune in this coun.
try, which is undoubtedly full of gold !;
but let me give fair warning to ali that
| the true facts are not known, and all is
not told that should be told. know
nothing, personally, about the mines,
and it is not my desire to discourage
others from coming here; but let them
look before they leap. Every story have
heard from the American side is very
much exaggerated. The placer mines
of Santa Clara are only two miles long,
and every foot of that ground is taken
up. [ would not advise any but practical
miners to come here at all.
Our party-consisting of DR.. G. NJ.
Ellingsworth, DIR. B. Dozier, W. D.
Chaffee, Judge E. D. Singletary, Captain
Joe Ferner, w. D. S. Harrington and w.
Fl. Fitzpatrick-a from Los Angeles,
are equipped for two months stay, and
you shall hear from me again during that
time if you report the facts as 1 write
them to you.
Gold nuggets cannot be taken out of
every pan of dirt, neither can the gold be
had by digging few shovelfuls of dirt.
My advice to my friends who never ex-
perienced a rough journey is to stay at
home. I am prepared for the worst. and
shall know whether or not there is any
gold in this section that can be worked
out with profit. Many come here and
expect to find gold such as is on exhibit |
ton in the stores, and when they have
dug up few shovelfuls of dirt and find |
it not, they go away discouraged, glad to |
get back to Ensenada, and take the
steamer home. We expect to buy plenty |
of provisions at the mines as cheap as |
we could in Los Angeles. If any old |
prospectors come, let them buy no pro-
visions until they reach Ensenada, and |
all the baggage they bring let it be in
their hands. Picks and shovels can be
bought at the mines for a song
from the disappointed clerks and others
who left good jobs to try their
fortune at something they know moth
ing of-gold mining. To the sorrow of
many, who cannot adapt themselves to
all circumstances, they have found that
gold mining is trade that requires some
little experience. We have two expert
enced miners with our party and are
to endure many hardships, and
we fancy we shall strike quartz ledge or
two if any are to be had. Two-lhirds of
the crowd that are at the mines now will
leave there within week, and those left
behind will stay until their provisions
give out or until they strike a ledge.
There is gold there, but not one out of
twenty-five will strike it, and do not fail
to impress your readers with that fact.
w. d. S. HARRINGToN,