| Show the e rich gold discoveries at waalace valley and truckee river NEVADA julys july 8 1859 agreeably to promise I 1 forward the latest intelligence I 1 telli ence from the gou goll hunters or washoe washes valley since the first firs t com company pany started some weeks ago companies of two and more have haie been departing night nightly as well as dally daily arid and without the first accounts being cor ted b by any arrivals from there A party has just returned turned rg and have answered the question oi of Wi lats the news we from f am tr truckee buckee m which for some days past has less been the leading question it appears that in this excitement there is is something substantial to back it my aly informant I 1 n states that there is plenty of 0 go gold id and silver that the few who mho have water to 0 work are making several hundred dollars per day and that a miner over there in speaking sneaking ot of his claim said it if I 1 only had i water ater I 1 believe I 1 could fill my sluice half full of amalgam of 0 gold and allver alv er 11 the lead cleadas as spoken of appears to be a mistake as there is no regular defined lead as yet et discovered but t the e material ia such as brought down to nevada evada and which assayed a ton is to be found in in quantities on the surface among the boulders and gravel ut now comes tile the trouble there is no water or timber for 20 miles around consequently quent ly getting the gold is a hard matter lut but the fact that such rich deposits are there will get water water being only a question or of money and time A party leaves tomorrow to morrow morning for the express purpose of surveying the country with th the e view 0 of f bringing it in I 1 have little doubt but that there will be a regu regular lar rush from grass valley nevada downieville Downie ville and the many other towns within a few days ride nde of the diggings 9 1 tile the returning party being men so well e nj knows known and of such euch reliability their statements will cause more to go than otherwise would bo be the case were the reports brought in by mere strangers As some of the readers of the bulletin may kiy be a little curious to know its particular particularly 11 bality ty and the way to get there 1 will add some remarks on that subject the place is situated in the first range ol 01 0 mountains be the big meadows and bordering tile the and truckle r river these mountains are ar high ehigh rugged and perfectly barren to get there the best route to lave eve as little rough traveling as possible ossia e isby 13 by nevada rough and an th through rough bear varley valley on the old Truckee route made b by the 49 ers coining into from sacramento to nevada it is one days ayas travel fare 10 from nevada to the 0 diggings it is three or four days ride and an may be set down at from 80 to miles Asto As to distance I 1 however there are various estimates some say it is only 50 miles more or less the i trip has been made in three days das it is is necessary to pack out provisions provision sai as there 13 a no dependence to pot pat in abor being any out there all who have left here have done so there are several ranches out that way and no doubt but plenty of provisions will be on the way soon now it if you want to know kno v what I 1 think about this business I 1 will tell you there is 13 no doubt but that e is gold old and it may be that there is great ablin abundance ance of cf it but one thing is 13 certain there is la no water and as it is impossible to male make in iring pay without water and a good deal vf df it at that land and as it may take six six months oraye or a 5 ear arto to get it there the question is is mill it pay to go go ard and wait for water there may be some provision made in the mining laws so that claims could be held by record till water was as got in in that event it right m prove profitable to have a claim secured that any one can go there for immediate profit there is on only y one e wa way in which I 1 a see ee it could bedone be done an and d that tha t is 13 in picking up these pieces pie c e of or ore i an and d a laugh ards lri d and nd settin setting I 1 your horse or mule to work abere is is no doubt but water enough may be found tor for purposes I 1 would remark to any who in might i lit entertain the idea of 0 going that I 1 would not ot be in any great hurry if pecunia i y gal n is 13 the object several other parties wll will be in here in in a day or so and I 1 will then give you some further farther accounts COSMUS san Iran francisco cisco bulletin Eull |
