Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-11-03
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tern X RRnsAs. ar. r. Ell. Bfittan agsiYed
| In this sisy last Sunday evening. direes
from ghs mines, having been iast twenty
eight daya on the route. Mr., Britain
| has lived il The Territory for nearly two
! years, residing The most at the tlsme as
Burlington Cohsy county, at which plase
be and his father we're FOR some time
| propristoTs Of hotel. Mr. Britain leat
/ Rnrlingaoa last spring about threa weeks
after The Lawrenea DompAny lefs fh3s
eity, He Joined the Lawrense Company
al Piks's Peak upon his arriyaI there,
and has been with them ever since. Mr..
Bgittan eonREms tbs aecounts ye haze
from tiMA to tsns pat hsGi sfbea tia
company. The lost M tbs sHnmer was
spent by thea in prospecting ovaF 8
| large extent Of eoahtry, Ending gold in
almost all oaasa, but net As was thoughs
| In paging quantities, except, By on0
| prospectinR party, who found on the
/ head wAtars of ths Platte diggings where
shey tkousht from aTs 10 eight dollars
per dag might be made.
Fer two weeks the eompany pr0spset-
ed upon bath sidss OF the Platte, huding
gold in uuEkeieni quantities so that With
3 pick shovel Aad pan, from - 70 IS
Der day could be made. This brings
our dates down to the 10th Of SepssHbeF
whsn Ur, BrItlan, Geo. w. Smith, JF.,
Wm, Parsons tCfty Attorney OF Lave
reues, and Robt. Pebblea-All menbers
of the Company--left for L&wrenee. -
Mr.. Britain brings specimens Of gotdt
which We have aasu, and winch have
been examined by seyegai cid oatiforni-
ans In our presence, who all Pronoanea
IL the genuine arsisie-kuowu rs the
stscales Or tSdrift" gold By miners, Mr,
Britain has obout S. worth Of il which
be took out in one day. Each OF The
olher gentlemen also has spsSimans.
Thsre were abeut 100 parsons 10 ths
mines, and nunbsFs arriving daiiyi whsH
Mr. Byitsaa lsfs. ProEiaiens wars taisE-
HbIv nlausx. thaugh at enormous rates
-four selling at Us per hundred. Gold
dust Is used in the mines for euFFsnSys
at one aoltar per z VIZ ,,,u
MIR, Britain met from TOO to 1000 en-
iarants ca rossts for the mines, De
thinks thai but fuw Of them will be able
Ia reach the mines this fall, as probably
before shis time there ara heavy SHOWS IN
the mountains. 1t is The hsight OF folly
therefore, for other companies to start
this fall. II those already On tbe Fouts
do not meet with great haEdshtps' they
will be fortunate.
Al the time Mr.. B. left the mines there
were no houses eEeoted, the miners @it
living in tsnta. The health Of the ml-
ners has bean good. .r, /
Tho implements IN use IN the mtness
are, almost without exception, only
ghoysls. picks and pans. Ii vas ths
general opinion Of the minars, among
fhen several CslTfogniaBs, thgt, With the
proper implements, from 80 10 @l9 per
aay could Be made.
Nr. John Rocker had rough rocker
made ous Of hollow log, spit, with
which he and his sun we're taxing out
from o. to IS per day A haIt-oseed
Chevsnns beg, JohR Saith hy nams, soa
AZ Ishn S. Smith, well kn0wn a9 an old
TvSian trader, hRa bean at work aeoat
two weeks when Mr. Britain Ieft7 aad
had made $l4 per week With his pan,
shovel and pick, carrying his dart from
IGta 21 rods. One Of the s'mess" found
in nrospecsinx 9 ''poeket" IN the bed
rosE- where tie dirt yielded a dollar sad
= baIf 70 the pan fall. One Of Georgia
Company washed oat $40 II q 'lHgls
day. .-..-.. osn.
south Platte. Ii is about IS OF ~ milsa
IN length. is q dry creek, with . sandy
haitian. from four to six roda wide, and
kss but Tittle water in it. The main
g3Id diggings are on the South Platte,
Shoot foPkv miles west Of the mouth OF
Cbsrrv Greek, and about ls0 miles Il
lie asst by south Of Fort Laramie. The
gold ia found on the second "beneh" or
Bottom. Mr.. BFittaa's specimens we're
dur about 8 rods from the river me
south Platte river has been prospesssa
unon both sides fGT some 3U miles, ana
~PPt3 found uniformly. Water ls not
Sarv abundant where the main d!gSiaEs
are, but can be obtained readily oy slu-
1'hs general face Of the country Is
rolling prairie, very sandy, supporting
but liItls vegetation except tho prleEly
nSar. The boatoms, however, are very
rrich. and afford au abundance OF pasture
the Rrass being from to 6 feet high
/ The timber is mainly cottonwood bua
within % miles are extensive pralTisS'
The LAwrsnOe Company ia going up from
snaniEh Peak to the Platte, passed taro'
a ninerv as miles in width, and within
9li miles Of the Platte. There is also au
Abundance Of timber in the mountains.
The diexings AFs Oaly ten milea fTom
taa 1sss Of ths Recky Mountains" DIR.
4. saws the boys 20 trequsatly uPon the
Tooontains to hunt. Game is plehty IN
the diegings-such as antelope, black
taiIed deer, Virginia deer, brown bear
ss;ack,, rabbits. Gri8zley bear aFa
s5und in the mountains. A young one
wsa killed near the diggings, the skin oE
whish captsin Saith has WitA him
villa ducks and geese are found on the
liver. The Platte at the diggings IS g.
bout 900 feet wide, easily foraAbIe'--
Lqsgreacs RepssbI3cGa.
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