Ctjaptn Imtdwitili. 
FALSE REPORTS AND THEIR INFLUENCES—DAILY AVERAGE—ABUNDANCE OF GOLD—ORIGI¬ 
NAL DEPOSIT—“ COYOTAING ”—SAILORS—THEIR SUCCESS AND NOBLE CHARACTERIS¬ 
TICS—THEATRICAL TENDENCIES—JACK IN THE AFTER-PIECE—MINERS ON A “ SPREE ”— 
THE WRONG TENT. 
There was an almost universal uneasiness felt throughout the 
mineral regions. Not a day would pass without arrivals and de¬ 
partures. To-day, a report would be in circulation that at a partic¬ 
ular point on the Juba, or Feather river, miners were getting one 
hundred dollars per day. A party would immediately set out, and 
to-morrow a party will arrive from that particular point, having 
heard that at this point, miners had actually got all they could 
carry away. They would arrive with a full supply of provisions, 
utensils, &c., but being disappointed, there would be no alterna¬ 
tive but to sell out, as their provisions could not be drawn up 
the mountain. To-day a man arrives who has prospected 
throughout the southern mines without success, and fallen in 
with a report that has brought him to this point. Miners who 
are successful say nothing about it, but those who are not, are 
generally fond of making an impression. I have now in my 
mind’s eye several individuals who were almost daily visitors 
at the store, who had always just discovered a very rich deposit. 
But strange as it may seem, that deposit never happened to find 
its way into the individual’s pocket. Now, a man will come in, 
all excitement, having just discovered, in a mountain gorge, a 
deposit so rich that gold can be picked up by pounds and half- 
pounds. He is out of provisions, and on his way to town to 
lay in a stock, preparatory to availing himself of his rich dis¬ 
covery. He talks incessantly of his prospects, and on his arrival 
in town imparts the information to the press. It is published as 
coming from the individual himself, and, of course, worthy of 
