The Kanzas news., 1858-10-30

butter; and outside of these two classes we
believe the people are nearly unanimously
in favor of it. So the fghtwill be between
the ofice-holding Democracy on one side,
and the people on the other. Judging from
the past the frst-named have reasonable
chance of success. We pray, however. that
for once the people may rise superior to
party and ofice-hoIding influence, and take
step which their crushed and impoverish-
ed condition 30 urgently demands
Latest and Reliable News from the
- Kansas Gold Mines.
The latest and most reliable intelligence
received from the Kansas gold mines is
from several members of the first Lawrence
Company that went out last spring, and
who have just returned to Lawrence. One
of these gentlemen, W. B. Parsons, City
Attorney of Lawrence, at public meeting
held for that purpose in Lawrence few
nights since. gave detailed account of the
doings of the Lawrence Company since its
departure, and confirmed fully the favora-
bic reports that have from time to time
been received here of the discovery of gold
in paying quantities. on Cherry Greek and
| the South Platte.
The information in regard to the country
around the mines, game. ETC., is substan-
tally the same as heretofore reported =
The general face of the country is rolling
prairie, sandy. and supports but little veg
citation. The bottoms, however, are very
fertile. and support heavy growth of grass,
Game is plenty in the mountains. which
are but ten miles distant from what are al
present considered the main diggings. The
timber on the Platte is principally cotton
wood, but extensive pineries exist to the
south about twenty miles. The presen;
main diggings are on the South Platte,
four miles west of the mouth of Cherry
creek, which is tributary of the South
Platte, and is about forty miles in length,
containing but little water. The gold j,
not confined to this place alone. 1t has
been found along the Platte for a distance
of thirty miles in either direction, on both
sides of the stream. Water is not very
abundant at the main diggings, but can
easily be obtained by sluieiug. There was
lack of proper implements for mining,
which retarded operations and prevented the
determination, definitely, of the yield OF
gold that might be expected. It was the
general opinion of the most experienced
miners, however, that with proper imple-
ments, from five to fifteen dollars per day
could easily be realized. One of the Georg-
ia Company had washed out sixteen dollars
in a single day. Others were making from
two to eight dollars per day. The gold is
of the character known by miners as ''scale'
or 'tdrift'' gold. There were about one
hundred persons in the mines when these
gentlemen left, and numbers daily arriving.
Provisions were plenty, but selling at high
rates. Flour was selling at S25 per hun
dfed. They came in by the northern route,
and met about one thousand persons en-
route for the mines. The number going by
the southern route is undoubtedly much
larger 1t is feared that but few of them
will reach the mines this season, as proba-
bly, there are heavy SHOWS in the mountains
by this time. At the time these gentlemen
left, the general health of the miners was
good. All hands were living in tents, no
houses having been erected. The Lawrence
Company were expecting to winter at st.
Vrain's old fort, about forty miles down the
South Platte. The distance from Law
renee to the mines by the northern route is
nearly seven hundred miles. These mem
bers of the Lawrence Company returned
merely for the purpose of procuring suita-
BILE outfits and implements, and will return
as early as practicable in the spring.
The above statements are mainly con-
densed from the Lawrence Republican.
We think there can now be no doubt as
to the existence of gold in quantities that
will pay for mining, at the base of the
Rocky Mountains in Kansas. No reason
able doubt seems to exist that the gold
fields are extensive enough also to accom-
modate all who may wish to risk their for
tunes in them. And the emigration to them
next season will doubtless equal, and per.
haps exceed the first rush to the gold fields
of the Pacific coast. The Kansas gold re-
gions are more accessible to the East than
| those OF California, and there is nothing in
| the nerils of the Journey thither to friohter