GOLD DISCOVERIES IN CALIFORNIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2629, 18 May 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)

GOLD DISCOVERIES IN CALIFORNIA.

The gold discoveries in Lower California (says the Liverpool Post of 13th March) are creating intense excitement in every town in the southern part of the State. The Santa Clara district, where crowds are rushing, is 150 south of San Diego. All along the line thousands are en route to the scene of the excitement. At San Diego the streets are filled with strangers outfitting for the mines. An average of 000 men have left daily for the mines during the last four days. The servants at the hotels and restaurants have nearly all left. Two-thirds of the force on the Cuyamana railroad are gone. The best indication regarding the value of ttie mines is that 110 one has returned. The telegraph operators have also joined the prospectors. A gentleman who came from the Santa Tarauta mines brought with him 0000 dol, in gold dust, which he deposited in tbe Farmers aud Merchants' Bank. The miners who came to Los Angclos for supplies the other day returned at once. They saw the Mexicans who have been long at the work arc taking out to the extent of £3 a day eich. Ensenada, Lower California, is practically deserted by males. Fifteen good rich ledges have already been discovered, and they promise to be permanent. The valley in which the find was made has three well defined gold quartz lodes. A tracing has been made of one lode, 1400 feet from the upper side of the valley into the mountains. A man who had got out 200 dol. in four hours was nearly wild with joy. The prices of provisions are simply outrageous. A telegram in the Pall Mall Gazette of loth March, says : —The latest report from the Lower Califomian mines is that the Mexican authorities arc opposed to the development of the mines, and that the International Company which offered £500,000 sterling for the mining right is throwing every obstacle in the way, even to sending out to decry the diggings. One American woman, Mrs YVordell, of Knsendo, is prospecting in Mexican Gulch. She works like a man. aud has taken out a gocd many nuggets. The same correspondent says he knows several Mexicans who take out on an average oO'lol. a day, while many who work hard do not average udol. a day. The correspondent closes his despatches with a statement that the sentiment of the best informed men is that the camp is rich, and will yield millions. A man who mined for' five years in Lcadvillc says the placers are rich and cover territory many square miles in extent.