Year: 1862

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Notwithstanding all that has been pub
lished advising against an early rush to
Salmon river, the excited and half-crazed
crowd rush on, and so eager are they to
reach the land of gold that the majority
stop not to provide even for present neces-
sites. They eyince but little knowledge of
the country into which they are fastening
in such intense heat, and before the close of
the season they will be compelled to ac-
knowledge that their Judgment was entirely
blinded by their zeal. 1t is true, the dan
ger of starvation which threatened those
who left here weeks ago, has been removed
by the recent advance of several pack
trains; yet the price of provisions in the
mines must remain for some time very
high, placing them we believe beyond the
reach of the majority of those who have
left here during the past two months, with
out even the slightest show of preparation
for summers campaign in the mines
They7go as if setting out on pleasure ex-
cursion, 'taking no thought Of the NOR
row, what they shall eat or drink, or where
owithal they shall be clothed They for
get that they will have neither opportunity
for prospecting nor mining for several weeks
to come, on account of the severity of the
weather and depth of snow. They forget





that the country is not prospected, or at
least that the ground which has been found
to yield gold in paying quantities, has been
all taken up. Prospecting then, is the
first thing to be done after reaching the
mines. This is generally an uncertain bust
ness, and we do not suppose that Salmon
river will prove an exception, from the fact
that as in all other mining localities, much
unsuccessful prospecting has been done,
even within but few miles of the richest
discoveries. In order to be able to do a
successful summers prospecting and min
ing, man should commence right he
should prepare himself with thorough
outfit of animals provisions, and the ne
cessary utensils for mining If he would
be successful, he should go prepared for
months of prospecting, and expect to en-
counter hardship ere he reach the goal of
his ambition. Such a preparation as this
evinces cool foresight and determination
on the part of him who makes it to gather
his portion of the gold if it is to be found
in the country. But the instances have
been rare where men have left thus, pre-
pared for summers labor; and for this
reason alone, we expect to hear the croak
er's shout Of 'humbug" all along the trail
by returning parties long before the antici-
pated rush to Salmon is over. Through
sheer Incompetence to effect anything in
the mines, many men will doubtless return
and pronounce them humbug. The class
that return thus early, will leave the mines
just as they left the settlements, save that
their ardor will be somewhat dampened
through the force of reverses which the ex-
ercise of little judgment would have pre-
vented. AS in,the case Of new discoveries
generally, they will be entirely incompetent
to judge of the character of the mines in
any respect. We shall expect from the
force of circumstances to hear their croak-
ing cry of "humbug," and shall not be in
the least alarmed by it, neither will it shake
our faith in tba u1tirra 70 deve1 1ODroent of ar
extensive gold country in the north