The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-12-04
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OTTAWA, DECEMBER 4. 1853.
The kansas Geld Mines.

time in May last company Of Indians, from
Western Kansas, created quite gold fever
a. Lawrence, in Kansas by exhibiting
quality Of gold dust, which they reported
having found in the vicinity of Pixies Peak.
The fever rose to such pitch that com
pany of forty men was made up at Law
renee, who, abont the 1st of june, started
fr the new ytacers, taking the Indians Is
guides, to prove the truth or lalSHy OF tneiF
reports. /
Frem that day to the present the Ian
sas rancTs have atounded in reports and III
mers in reference to the Pixies Pe'k gold F.
mines: but these reports have always been
oesrci, 4 contradictory and unreliable na-
,ur,.. that few persons rs far eastward as H.
inois bave been led TO at,ach much impor-
lance to the Kansas gold d;gsings-
Wittin week however, fourteen Of the
of the original forty men that left lawrence
in June last, have returned, and Of the four
teen five were last week in st. Louis to
purchase implements, proyi-ions, s., for
the winter and another summer campaign.
From these men the st. Louis Republican
has obtained fu! and reliable details in re
ference 10 the Pixies Peak dggings, and
from the details thus obtained. we condence
the following particulars:
The company from Lawrence, on arriv-
itg at Pixies Pe=l,, encamPed AID sent out
prospecting parties in various directions to
search for GOLD, all Of whom returned in
FIX vse,s having found cold ONLY on Cher
~ Greek. were In. two or three dollars
cou,d he made by each man. The com.
many felt disanaointed and had thou hts Of
re,urnin- houc. when 7 Mexican came to
,hs;r erc,r,-,-r.-, and rorc-tad that lsr,-e
quantities of -o-d we're to be found at the
head waters Of tI.e Colorado. embedded in
quartz. \ parry ~as sent TO search out
this new locality. but after = weary explor-
a,ion Of rf2e DAYS become bcwi'dered and
s....c-eI md s.~,,-,aI 1,,c,, one hv one
into cs,rn. Another pert~ was saa. south
w,=I viii, ha-.c- Success for ten miles
east Of Fort Garland thew reported having
fou,d cold in considerable Quantities IS
well IS OF the head waters Of the Arkansas
The vbo,a re-.r then commenced closer
,,,..,.,:.- -, I.,,,rr.- Cro,r- o~d .ha-, =
prospecting 0" oicif. ,iteN' ana 'heTe IN
IL" Gays io"Id' JUST a1''e iHe mouth,
.r,,~r, ....a .;..;r ,r...o-a~.- go -
"iefe' since '''e'F '''s'oTeFF' ''e hpahE
mas spent most Of lis i''.e-
Al lAeSe u5EG'asS' working III parties SIX
men have been ao.e to average from forty
70 my 'oiIaES u'F' ne INNING 'mp'e-
meh's nave oe'h 'Ae ri'N' SAoTe'' and the
PAN -S'''''s7 averages ABOUT ten cents
P'' P'i'' '.''u i - 'I''' - Io-' a'''-'S ha"
o-'i o''''.''s' ron, o'e i't"'''' o. S'''1' IL
AS Il '''i ''-'' - ii'9 minutes % WISH al
PAINFUL In the regular mines, the 'dHSt Is
found from two 70 SIX feet below the sur
lace among gravel ana 'ou.deTS. Reports
nave "-eh S''F,''. '1a' ''c ore Is 10 he ion0I
III 'u'"s '.'' ~ - Al erroneous l'e', 1t
ne'ns se''o'i. OF never I'',a' N 'a'S'E 2'a'"F
taan lhsss t'e S'z' oi NJ . sAo' beaten
nat.
Inc c.''Ha.e N tn RECON CT the mines IS
fio:'e,' as ''''' sL'l4'' 40 s''o" I''. i"-'e''
up 10 Inc 'iihe o. the departure Oh '1e men
''''' .iien.Ioned; 'l2 i--;'-.'- sap III The
'p -. az = '-.' 81 my
'-''.' ''I.' '' '.'' -
'ne'e ".'' Nv, . s'N '''''','''' r,'S'''s
t,.''1' ? '.'C't,J - '''' 80 .,
"a''s'S' A'"1.'>''>' g. &''n some NltA'e"hS
anu '"1'an<' 'u, 'n'{ were |''aeF '"e IN
t'eSs'o'' WIN '"'l ,''', '''' 81, '',' u