BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 522, 30 November 1861, Page 6

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Our dates, via San Francisco, are to the 10th of August. The correspondent of the Daily Alt a writes : The news from the mines continues good, but no subject of extraordinary excitement has taken place since 1113' last. It would, however, appear that tiie miners upon the Upper Frazer are the same as everywhere else — rushin«from good dialings to got better ; from cer° tainty to the doubtful one of making- a fortune at one swoop. Many miners have already come in overland from the Xex Prices mines ; but, on the other hand, some have gone to the Southern diggings of the Fraser. There are many camps of men on the tributaries of the Thompson, who have been there some time, and are constantly increasing, but of whom but little is said ; in fact they manage to keep themselves and their prospects perfectly quiet. The fact is, the extent of gold-bearing country is so vast that up to the present time only a very small portion has been examined sit all, and, with the present comparatively small population, years will elapse before the true richness of the country becomes known. I doubt whether there be more than GOOO white minors in British Columbia.