New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-01

CtfItdfls~ IN fiNhftf ~ ~. TN The morning.
july S We me, two wager. which hsd beer rari q
the Cherokcc Company. 1hey rep Jr,-d thar d.afsc-
ton had ARISEN smubg th. chsnkess: thar they x.re
angry With Capt Beck bccsu-e they ooli net make
- Der iav a. they s1ee~i he rad told them. that
they Thought he would be kil~d; that hey "hsi
worked hard. prospecting tho Platte spf Csry
Crc.k fve whol. iays tuat they could nj make
more than 1.-TWO hfs psr day. .hs; they had iarn-
" ard niggsrs Al home, and home They were gong
We passed them n"' much discouraged, uosiths'asd-
ing ther WV thorough prospecting Of The -oausry.
No sotp Al TkE's Fgsk.
IN a.. sh II J,ly, We suiYed AZ the bae 0f
lkts Peak. aul on tie n.xi day coninisnest psos-
pe,tng. We n.uai,cd thcnc i've day., an, a.d ns<
rrf trace Il g0h Gnj "a tie cni ot that 'me oiiI
Oh miners said ihcy wer satisfied therr ~as no esd
there Hsthse vs. ~ ggsril, 10 bed rieh except ,hf
surface rock, ~hch = oh pd sandstone aud IA. o.
oeons granite, and no iudcatons II g0li sboG she
scil.
rHr rf,rrr corn Ksofo~
on 'h' MON ng II July -. We "r,lied ou; ssf the
Platte ard a. noon arrived a " jims Camp hG.cn
n.ii,s ir,m Ik. Teak. fhcr. Ne ver. met by Gap
tain D,ks Il d. Ray County company aBia tie
Of hIs m,n. IL reported hat be had bssu prosp.ci-
rg Tie south 2 ate ior two q thr,s week. that
they found gold cvrrywhsr, hat be lhoarh, ~
might b. made topsy n be men ~suli cnly stieh {,
1T, bat thai hey w,r discouraged aud ~erc f,,asnas
home and he sadsi "alcn csn 81 a party si
men thar v'i sfiok I shall retaru. =
We c-mp"i together at no m, AMI hen Z wes acrest
that We should ion our lorc.s aud sod parry over
the monrioits INTO ih, >iuth lsTk We iid -, snd
and the guidance of Mexican. That Vary returned
afl,r an absence of eight days, having accomplished
nothing. Afcf This unsu, 'es.id rdr' The suh nsasn
of the couhincd rmnnnis u ,hc "Cheroke. asJ
Ray County" companies, was a, low pc4nl ard a.
th,y lat around he camI frcs telling the stories snd
singing a., sungs IT houie y be- lsut that
Their DAYS Of gold hunting were nearly e,,r aaa
rch ir on The morning q the 18th cf July ten II
t. iws',e wagons compO-ing then train 'puised cat
Cor a, states.
.notr rnr rsr,voR,nf, Rrroer.
Among he members of tl." company who In ~ss
n NJ. >nsdsy who made q fortune IA Csliisrnis. ~
ter b. was Ia The saith rcsiy "a start I heard him
cay that he not by any means satisfied with the
prospec'ifg that had been done and that he thousht
" The mines on the South Platte might be msde a.
pay and yet undrrsiand tina, this ssmc Mr..
Smcdl,y has Published a l,icr In which ~ says the
mines arc humbug.i have not sc.h IN, letter, anil
but very i.w newspapcr articles IN the -ui,ies-hsv-
ing arrived but few hour since.l Capt Reek sai
the morning that +" ho believed that 4 his
men obliged 20 Dig iur money to tAks them
home, they could take ont tlo per lay 90 the man
And yet have within ,~eutytour hours been referred
to him ~ proof that the mines were hnmbug. Bot
more oi this soon.
We remained near Pike Peak for ,wo weeks l~nes,,
asd then went To- New -Mes,coi a which time Aw
~ sir men who hal gone ont with the Lawrence
company and two who had gone ont with TIC Mas
Comfy company lctt ior the States by way c brn,s
Fort. About the sans time, two men cf the laitet
company LETT, by way ~ the Republican, making N
all about s,iy that le for the Siatss before sny
considerable amount of gold had been taken fsom the
mines have been thu. particular In describing our
movements IN order that might explain the r.poris
that have been recently published giving dscograling
Account. of tn. mines.
Of Mr. smedleys report I have already spoken.
He admitted, when he cfi, that The WORK hal Rot bees
half done. have alsa spoken of Cart Beck Now.
suppose that Won, Nj. Editor, might ash any IL
those sixiy men about the mines, and they would 10
every case tell you that the thing Was an hnmbag,
tha, they had lust returned from there, and could
" not make day wages and with few exceptions,
they would be- honest in what they tell you, and you
would honestly publish their report, when few fsr's
would explain the whole matter. copy oi Ite
Uokiy D,aocra, d Oct r. Is before me. IN which
find a letter from some Kansas City gcd-huutcrs,
dated at Council Grove IN which they epcak of mest
ing men returning from Fixes Peak, who broughs
discouraging reports rom th. mines. You vii notice
that have spoken aboy. ~ eight ~ ten men leaving
us on Aug ~ and this letter from Council Grove .
dated Sept p which would be about the iiu'e tasy
would arnse at that points and well they might give
discourngiug accounts If he mines for they hal but
81 or O. worth II gold, no, la- they said the PRO
duct of Summers hard labor, bat the product OF Q
Summers folly IN running after Mexican stories c'm-
br ed with lcs- than one hours washing with pan.
H., those men who wrote that letter h,m 'onncl
Grove push on ~ they say they are ktcun,ae@
b. do afd they are " all night.
Again see among the news by the Ssli Lak. NAL,
that lat iarami. gentleman ws- Just from tle
mines who -sid that the mine. a hnmbng--,hat
Will. man wac making ~ ~ he would spend o. ~.
Now I happen to know the gentleman rpoksp ~,
because between the lat and 10th ~ sep,~mher only
that bee never worked lay IN the mines he belonged
10 n class that live without work aud vent 10 Lara
ME at the invitation oi the miners, presented 10 the
shape Of Iesouiion adopted NJ public meeting AMI
in thc words II the resolution h. departed Ia .wo
hours.' nu' see that am prolonging this comma
nicoton o an unreasonable lengh, asd the express is
about to leave Ny ohlsc, ia writing tbas f1 has
been to c,ntradic the d-courang reports II the lat
few days. Not few words about the
WINS Is tHfY MANY sRr.
No work has yet been done there. no claims To any
-. l.. l.. Al A.. =.
prospecting with pans-a halliday here and halfday
there NJ man has found piece weighing "t~efty-
three ounces, or one ounce, of 10 my knowledgsl
penbyweigh. No man has made one hundred,
or hny,' ~ twenty doIsr- per day. To the
3" best of my knowedg.. information ard belief no
man made s6 In one day The men who w,re there
when eft w.r. working With pans, carrsd Their dirt
from four tn twenty rode, and made ffon y 0tct "
per day.
The better way for your readers 10 judge Of The yeh
Of the mines II to know the PROSPECT II the pan.
have seen ~ ~ IN single pan few times, ~ 20 ~
cents frequently, and hardly eyer lee. than s,sh, or
ten cents Cahfomsns viii tell you that with three
cents to the paiul they can make good wages. The
Califorrians IN our party say that when they &c
suices arranged they can make every day they work
$lJ. There, then, you have The whole story. in,"ss
some new dgyings' have been discovered -inso
September Ath. y0i can put down all reports Of sases
higher than f0 eairayagnnf and receive them with
F" ie,fls grain 0f allowance. II your readers ara
satisfied with any wage under hat sum. Jet them 90
there and they will make Il. There !. room euoagh
for twenty thonsand mining claims. The gold ! all
"wash gold, aud IL, In the opinion Of oar vissrt
heais in the mountains, but the bsglnnlGg ~ De1t
years discoveries. Every there tba, ha- had any
experience IN mining l. satisfied With the prospect for
mex, -easor and OF them extremely snihusslc.
rms rfsE 70 90 70 rHt sis's.
I would advise no person 20 s'ar tor the mines
after this date utiii Spring. think -ome have g'ne
two or three weeks too late srrady to escape
hard.hps Bn, this viii do fpr the present. vii
furnish your readers With further Information In