The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-04-27

The Cello Exclee0ent Hnceo0aemRs !
By the following. from the Wintsssss papss,
received last evening, It win I've seen sbas shs
Gold excitenent- . on he ipcscase, and chat
gold in considerable quantities Il susosssedly
being taken By miners IL several counties
A $500 LuMr.-Ths Intelligence from our
'sdiggin's" still WeArs favorable aspect. A
lamp of pure gold weisAieg a1e.t $500 10 an.
nounced 20 amoog the discoveries Of the past
week. Near Alton, 10 Uaion equity. il is said
parties are making 1--WE and - dollars day in
gathering the dust. The washings in Clark
county are also favesably reported, and il IL
thought still more favorable inlelli gence wil.,.
come in from Adair, where, it is prophesied,
the richest diggin's will be found this side Of
California. Good Judges, or persons capable Of
giving good opinion in such matters, say that
gold will b found throughout this entire sec
ton, and in greater quantity than We have yet
dreamed Of We think il would be good thing
II gold enough could be found to furnish en-
ployment to the idle-there would DO nothing
Lost to the community in that case. But we
would deplorc it ~ Q misfortune to hear Of any
one leaving an honorable employment to rum
after these golden dreams. Nobody has got
rich at it yst.-Winterset Nadisonian.
NoRE GoLD DlscovEaIEs.-Tbe sigourney
(Ksokuk Co.. Life in the West, of the 18th,
says:-
Our townsman. Jonas Keck, ESQ.,, has sue
ceeded in finding gold in . slough in the west
side Of town. The specimens found are SINH
lar in oil respects to the fne dust Of California,
and 10 found under similar conditions-mxed
with black sand Of the same character. Mr.
Keck spent several years in the gold mines Of
Ait onAn -s:r, &, ~. h>l
abiding faith that the pure metal would be
found in many localities in Iowa, and now en-.
tertains no doubt OF its abundance. Several
other returned Caliiornians pronounce the speci-
mems found to be the genuine stun. But the
main question is-willi pay for digging? All!
there's the bite; but Mr.. Keck will soon solve
the problem. In the meantime we would ad-
wise outsiders to keep their coats on till the
weather becomes warmer.
GOLD IN IowA!-SoME EXCITEMENT For
some time paragraphs have been circulating
through the papers stating that gold had been
found some forty or fifty miles from this city,
but We had looked very suspciOusly upon these
rumors of "gold diggings," and waited till some.
thing more definite and reliable was known
about it. On Thursday last, however, man by
the name Of Reese brought to our city \ small
quantity Of black sand, in which could be discov.
cred small particles resembling gold, and which
upon examination were pronounced to be the
"Dure stuff by several gentlemen VINO had been
in the mines o.: California. DR.. Baker also test
ed the same and pronounced it gold. Mr.. Reese
states that he found this sand in . branch Of
middle river, some twenty miles from here, and
that there is plenty Of it TO be had. Several old
Californans purpose starting out on prospect
ing tour, and as soon rs we hear from them We
will give the results Of their observations. We
have small quantity Of this sand in our pos.
session, and it can be seen at this offiee.-Des
xoines Jour.