The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
MiseeiiaNeous.
Dirso, and Important from the Gold Region

Direct and Important from the Gold Region.
We have Just had a long interview with
Messrs. VIM. Anderson, Joseph Macafee
and Lewis Ralston, who have this day
arrived direct from the gold region to
Wyandott. We think the statements of
these gentlemen may be safely relied on,
and as the entire community are anxious
for the news, we stop the press to make a
brief statement of facts-promising to be
more minute in our next issue.
These gentlemen prospected the coun-
try for more than three hundred miles
in circuit, in the neighborhood of Pixies
Peak, and wherever they examined they
found gold, and with their implements,
without quicksilver, they were able to
average from SIS to 500 per day. They
not only found gold in the beds of the
rivers, but back from the water courses
on the sandy knolls.
The north branch of the Arkansas rises
northwest of Pixies Peak, and runs along
at its base. They found gold on the bars
in this stream for $50 miles this side of
Pixies Peak. Cherry Creek rises in the
mountains near Pixies Peak, and runs
northeast, emptying into the South Platte.
This, stream during the dry portion of
the season, almost looses. ITSELF as it re.
cedes from the mountains, before reaching
the Platte. The Smoky Hill, (the prin-
cipal tributary of the Kansas rises on
the east of Pixies Peak. On all of the
above streams gold was very plentifully
found. These gentlemen left the mines
the 9th Of July, coming by the way of
the Arkansas river and Santa Fe road, but
they are sanguine in their belief that the
correct route lies up the Kansas and
Smoky Hill rivers, and that the mines by
this road may be easily reached inside Of
five hundred miles from Wyandott, being
three hundred miles nearer than the route
on which they returned.
This party would not have returned
except to get provisions. and are going
back again to the mines. Their speci-
mems of gold were principally the scale
gold, and appeared the finest of any we
have seen. Some Of their party were old
Californians, and they were satisfied that
more fortunes would be made in the
Kansas mines than had ever been made
in California. The soil on the plains this
side of the mountains was literally filled
with gold dust. They found it on the
prairies, many miles from water or timber
The climateisfine and remarkably healthy.
None of them had been sick. The water
was pure and sweet. Game abounded.-
Deer could be killed at any time. Rocky
Mountain sheep, antelope and elk, were
also quite plenty, and bears farther back
in the mountains. The streams were
skirted with heavy growth of pitch pine
which, together with white pine, extended
up the mountains.
We are satisfied that if twenty dollar
day conld be washed out and saved o
such scale gold as this party had, witt
the implements they used, with quick
silver and proper machines, five times tina
amount could be readily obtained.
We have been cautious about giving al
opinion touching the quantity of gol,
located in the Western soil CT Kansas
We have too often read of gold humbugs
But we are satisfied now that not onl,
is gold found there, but an inexhaustabl
supply lies on the Eastern slope of tn
Rocky Mountains, in our Territory, suffi
cient to enrich the tens and hundreds Q
thousands that will soon flock thither i
pursuit of the shining dust.
Mr.. Anderson stated that Mr.. McFad
den, of this city prospccted, with then
awhile We learn from another source
that Mr. McFadden had washed out au
snugly slowed away. thirtyfue hundre
dollars worth of dust, and was bound t
"nake his pile'' before coming back to Sc
his old friends in Wyandott.-W Wyando
Gazette.