Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-03-09
4 G0LD RUSH.
ESEEADl People OFF 70 THE
NEW GOLD FIELDS
stories OF large Nuggets Foun6 Hard
ships which Psaspect0rs Must
Enfinxp IA, tita 4 ntnn
4 con- RUSH.

ships Which Psaspectors Must
Endure tn the Camp.
From the stu Francisco Chronicle.
The reports of the rich placers at
Santa Clara, Lower California, con
tinue to come i'll and San Diego is
as badly excited as Ensenade, at
which place there is SAID not to be
a dozen able bodied men and hors--
es left, all having rushed Oh for the
dlgglnga.
The steamer Manuel Dublan ar
rived this morning from the letter
place and brought considerable
news from the mines and gold dust
and nuggets, variouaiY estimRtt d
at between 5000 and 5000, to sub
staltiate the tail stories Of the phe-
nominal riches Of the new region.
Mr. Revereli, the agent of the
Inter national Company and of
Wells, Fargo h Go. at EnsenRda,
was on board and had about half q
winegiass of nuggets aud dust he
had purchased from q woman. jast
returned from the mines, for $50.
He said there is q great deal of
gold being brought into Ensenada,
and that from everything he could
learn no one had taken out less
than sl2 for one days work. He
thinks the prospects are good, but
that the stories may possibly be
exaggerated,
General Agramonte was also a
passenger, aud told much the same
stony. 4 large parsy OF prospec-
tors will leave san Diego in wag-
ons tomorrow morning About
$50 people are at the diggings and
gold IS reported to have been
scarce until Juan Moreno Of San
Iomas removed his store bodily
from the latter place to Santa
Clara The Ensenada paper reports
l.. IL GaikiIl, pr0spector, well.
known in San Diego, who had just
returned from an inspection OF the
field, as saying
"Iharo are no tools and all out
fitting must be done in Ensensda.
The mines are fifty miles due east
and the route to be taken is from
Ensenada TO La Grulla, thirty
miles, thence there is wagon road
to within five miles Of the mines,
which are reached by a good pack
trail. There is p!eaty OF grass and
water all slong the route ani plen-
ty after you get there.
H. H. Furman, well-known CIT
izan, who has had yoars of expert
ence in gold mines, arrived OH the
the steamer. He had been in En-
senada about three weeks and has
several friends who have been to
the placer fields. He has also seen |
nea,lY every one who has returned |
with gold. Last evening, before |
he left for San Diego. miner
brought in piece of gold weigh |
ing over 500. lie says that the |
gold is selling 10 Eusenada at from
SIS to $3.50 al ounce
A Mexican appeared on the
streets this morning with gold
nuggets valued at 500, and several
others from the lower country
provisions Mt the various
stores and profiered gold duet and
gold Nuggets in payment.
Capt. Gregory of the Manuel
Dublan said to-day that when he
left Ensenede yesterday there had
been no police force sent out to the
mines, but that they were to 90 in
! day or two. Plenty of whisky
lad gone, however, ana he advised
people to be- little slow in start
n for the New LIdorado, RS il will
De safer after tie laws guardians
ire on the ground. He said that.
rs the snow is fully three inches
leep, sleeping without some sort
VI shelter will be trying, even to
a |