Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-09-19

Prom the ~. L0ois psmeesst, I5eA
We had yesterday an interview with Mr..
J. C. Hemingway. OF the firm Of Hemingway
4 Co.. Bankers, OF Leavenworth City. Kan.
sss Territory. This gentlemen arrived, en-
route for the city Of New York, on the
steamer Alonzo Child. at IL A. N. He
courteously put us in possession Of some
deeply interesting information relative to
the rumored gold region Of Kansas.
Mr. E. " King. Of Dayton, Ohio, arrived
1t Lee v en- " orth City on the 10th inst, with
a party from the Western KaasAs Border.
He left Cherry Greek, near Pixies Peak. on
the 9TH Of July. having satiaaetorily
prospected" rich gold region extending
from the tributaries Of the South Platte
River to the head waters of the. Arkansas -
The party traversed freely over a belt Of
country two hundred miles long. Several
parties were in the region, and they at
length concentrated their forces, numbering
one hundred and fifty three persona. They
join in the report that they found gold in all
the places they prospected" yielding from
| FIVE to twenty cents to the painful of SOIL
They also found everywhere plenty of wa
! ter and an abundance Of pine timber. A
specimen Of the gold was shown us by Mr..
Hemingway. 1t is in small particle, re-
sembling the quartz soil washings of Cali
| fornia.
A company of one hundred persons left
Kansas City on Monday, the 18th inst, for
the newly discovered gold region, Another
company of fifty persons will leave Leaven-
worth on the first proximo.
From the Leavenworth City Journal, We
extract the following:
| KANSAS GOLD QUEsrIoN-PIKE PEAK Dis
DovERIEs-Frequent explorations have been
made, and for several months past no in
considerable attention has been directed to
Pixies Peak, in the western part Of the Ter
ritory, as "gold bearing region. Sever
al parties of gold hunters left this Territory
last spring The news of gold discoveries
are always received with incredulity, and
this accounts for the little excitement which
the frequent rumors Of gold have excited in
this community. Within two weeks past
however, several persons have returned by
different routes from the reported gold re-
gions, sll bringing with them the most en-
thusiastic report of the wealth of the Kan
aas "diggings," and Whist is better, speci-
mems of the virgin ore. We have seen
specimens of gold quartz which, appar-
emily, fully eqnals in value tho richest ever
brought from California. The fine gold,
obtained by washing, is principally in the
form Of scales. This is in exceedingly min
ute particles, and requires care. skill, and
| proper implements, to collect it thoroughly
and successfully. With the inefficient and
rude machines. or rather pans, now used
by the miners all save tie coarse particles
are lost Yet those who nave worked dill
gently, have thus far realized so says our
informants an average of zen dollars a day
This information comes through various
sources, and we do not hesitate to say that
it is entirely reliable.
Mr.. King, who came in the other day, Is
known to many of our prominent citizens as
an honorable gentleman, end one upon
whose statements the most implicit reliance
may be placed.
We regard it now as a fixed fact, beyond
cavil CT dispute, that we have in Kansas
placers Of gold equally as rich as those Of
California.
1t would seem, too, that the gold discov-
cries of California would most unquestion-
able point to gold deposits on this side Of
the back bone of the continent. Gold,
there, is found along the water courses,
which take their rise far up among the
mountains. The gold has, without doubt,
been washed down and deposited among
the sands of the beds of the streams. 1t is
well known that, from one end of the con-
tinent to the other. streams which find their
ultimate outlet in the western oceans, have
almost a common source with those that
flow towards the Atlantic. The only won.
der is that these rich fields on the western
slope, to which the experience Of California
so plainly points, have remained 80 long
unprospected and undiscovered.
This discovery has emboldened some Of
the most energetic citizens of Kansas to
start line of conveyances from Fort Riley
to the gold region. This line will be put in
operation as soon as the somewhat extern
sive arrangements for SO large an underta-
king can be consummated. We have now
a daily line of coaches to Fort Riley SO
that in short time we shall have regular
communication with this new Ell Dorado.