Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-12-16


terestng reports from the Kansas gold regions, Of
which we make an abstract.
A company Of adventurous spirits left Council
Bluffs for Cherry Creek on the 22d oflnG Septcm.
Der, aud arrived safely in about thirty dnys, on
the 23d Of last month of the part returned,
having male the trip IN nineteen days. Says the
Noppareil
MIR. R,chman says that the miners who have
been there long enough To get permanently locn-
tod and ut work, are making, without the aid of
Long Toms or Rockets, from two dollars aud fifty
cents to twenty dollars per day
While Mr.. Ritchman was there, he SAW three
dollars aud fifty cents worth of gold washed cut Of
n single painful Of dirt,
The largest picrc Of gold found while hr was
there that came under his notice worth lorty
four cents Old miners have prospectcd for round
gold, and find il in several places. but always IN
small pieces. lie thinks when tho snow is melt
ed oil III the Spring, 81 thai>thc miners can work
in tho gulchcs IN the mountains. that round gold
will be found in more abundance. and in larger
pieces"
Another gentleman Samuel J. Curtis-writcs
from Cherry Greek under tho date Of October
30th.
Cold is found here everywhere, in small qnan-
titles, but the best dgsngs are on Dry and Cher
~ Greeks and cannot be worked ut present, owing
to the scarcity ofwater
There is SAID to be some digging done on tho
banks Of the Platte about ten miles above nero
hut the water is cold that but little can be lone.
The leo is running in the mornings but still tho
miners are making in these digglngs (which would
not be worked in the spring or summer from two
| to five dollars per day.
We feel perfectly satisfied with regard to the
| gold aud have hut little fear Of "Ohl Winter. -
| We have ms good II place tn winter MS cuuld he
| found around Council Bluffs. 1t is n small lend
Of the Platte, filled with Young cottonwood. from
six To eighteen inches IN diameter; and Will "cut
two or three house logs To the tree.
Deer, antelope, turkey and sage hens are alum
| dant. aud there is some panihers and bear IN the
timber. There was little fall of SNOW here n
| bout II week ago. which drove dawn some black
! talled deer from tie mountains. and, it is said
that when cold weather comes on. they will be We
ryplenty'
states. His letter is dated October 3lst Cherry
| Creek. and quote part of it;
| 1--WE found the earth pretty much led
| with gold more or less We can find the color
in most every place, but rs II general thing the
| soil would not pay unless extensively worked, ~-
But. up Cherry Creek aud other branches it viii
| pay in almost any way YOU choose to work it
| We will not. however. be able to do much this
winter, but those who winter here will have the
advantage in the spring, while the water * con,
| ing down the mountains. | think we shall be
able To make from three To ten dollars per day. hut
hope to do better will the implements we have To
| work with.
/ send you small particle Of dust to show
you that the gold is not nil humbng, This |
panned out myself Provisions are scarce and
high but we. and most OF the emigrants. have
enough to last till spring. Wearo building in Il
| very heavy grove ot cotton wood timber, on the
South Fork ofthc Platte. Immediately Mt the too,
| of the Rocky Mountains. We have plain view
of Pixies Peak, which is about sixty miles South
| of us.
Emigrants ARE daily arriving,and we think there
will be from four six hundred men in here TIL,
winter. We hear and fear but little If the Indians
There is a town laid of here, but is yet no splcn'
did brick blocks hive gone up.
Snow has been falling all the morning, and
it is now about seven inches deep. and yet fall
ing"