Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-12-30
CHEnnY CREEk. Nov. 10 1853


d IN sufficient quantities to pay from two 70
h three dollars per day to the man with the
shovel pick and pan, and according to
that three men. with good long tom.
could safely count on from S1S to ga
| per day. have taken out in all about
sixteen dollars; but as stated before. the
greater part Of my time has been spent in
Prospecting. We have concluded to spend
the winter here, and are now preparing
"'i'ci qaai'efss. Yours, etc.,
r F. w. RICO.
lCorresponience of the Leayenwor.h Times.l
NEAR CHERRY CREEK, Nov. 8. 1858.
lnregard to the gold in this gconntrv
can't say much. L was up in tho gold
regions about four days prospecting. we
iouna gold, but in small grains, whether
1T VIII pay to any extent I'cannot saw unt;l
we get fixed to work. There will be good
diggings found next SIMMER. There has
not been much gold taken out vet. : One
company called the Georgia COMPANY.
some thirteen or fourteen. in number. pros.
peeting and digging since July, took ont
some thirteen or fourteen hundred dollars
the Lawrence company took ont some.
bot not to any-extent., Some Of the COM
pany returned to Lawrence. We met
them near the Laramie crossing. For a
hay or SO saw two men mining near
Cherry Creek, Of the Lawrence comnanv
tthe sonly ones that were mining whenfI
wasflere, they told me they were only
taking out about two dollass Der dav.-
They were using a rocker; they said
they might as welldo that as moth
ing. But | Judge that there are batter
dlgglngs on some of those creeks, at least
there are the best prospects How tLev
VIII turn ont l can't say yet, they may
turn out better than expect. lam in M
way discouraged. for 1 did not expect to
find much.
II there is gold in great quantities &
will be found by next May, and if it paw.
then it is time. to come. There Is ~
doubt about the gold, but the question is
whether it willpay. All the gold is loat
gold, very fine, and lis only found imme-
dlatcy on the Bed Rock. Some places
you can find the Bed Rock, by digging
three feet and soms places twenty feet.
and often not at ALL - e.4r ZEE
d. BARSHrsn.
SoyTH Platte GoID NIIsEs, D.
AURARIA CITY, Nov. III 1864
will give short history of our mining
thirteen OF us moving up the river, or the
South Platte, toward the mountains. Mr..
die,n Russell an experienced miner. dis
;overed deposit, eight miles above whore
.herry Creek empties into the Platte,
his was the first mine that would pay. to
work IN any shape, or with any kind of
Implements, s,s ie+i s-1s's -fT-7-f1f
We worked this mine some eight ar
en- days, with some cradles. realizinr. from.
I've to eight dollars per day. At the md
u this time, the mines not paying as well
S we conld wish, we set out on anotber
tour, and discovered anothsrs
eposit richer than the first; this we work
y some two weeks, realizing four, to six
zen and'a half dollars per day to the hand
lr. Russell panned one painful OF gravel.
'ken from the deposit, that yielded e3-o
.. at the end of said time, this mins
ot paying more than three or four dollsrs,
sr day, we set out ont on another pros-
'ctihg tour, and discovered = deposit
thcr more extensive. that yielded on an
'eraSe the same as the two former. 80
lhe deposits. were about four nils
art Having worked this mine somes.
5ht or ten days, we set. out to prospect
e Platte as far as the snow range in the
ocky Mountains. We continued vp aid
Ier, about eighty miles, and finding oplv
g driit gold. and our provisions being
hansted, wewere obliged to retarn to-
mp. &. -..-..- ~. .f....-. -. =,
Here we found an old mountaineer. by..
name OF Smith, who had not seen anv
lte men for about six weeks. Wegreet-
him with exceeding great low. After
ruiting ourselves for few DAYS. we set
on another prospecting tour. whichwas
include Chsrry Greek. Sand Creek and ,s
II tributaries, embracing district about
Iy miles square; here our prospects A.
united to from five to ten cents per nan
,ravel-5eing better on the former than
the latter sI8 as,f1 'fTF.(
We also prospectcd the FontainseT ouii nj, . !,
ille, and in the vicinity ofPikex Peak
he quarter where Mr.. King reports 90 =
N gold-we couldnot get what miner
good color. After pcrambulating
md in this part for some time, we re-
ed to the crossing of the Platte; from
ice we determined to go north and pro.
the Black Hills. Medicine Bow Mouns
S, and the North Platte, distant about r.
hundred miles from the crossing Of the
tn Platte
eavlnS the crossing about the first Of
cn,ber, we prospected on our way.
ng drift gold in all the creeks. svsr.
3 one cents worth IF dnst to the nan
ravel. When within fifteen miles of
North Platte, we were visitsl ~ Vi
: now-storm. which Induced us 70 re-
to the South Platteto spend ths:wintsr.s
hen we arrived at the crossing we
surprised to find some fifty men, who
ig heard Of our discoveries, came NJ,
he mines. they having prosPectsd
alne qui Bouillc and in the vicinity pf
s Peak, and not finding any gold.
mined to prospect the northern part
ew Mexico. having heard of some 81
$ IN that country, but after prosnoet-
some time and not discovering nv
and having heard that we weSs d.
'elf, they determinefito come to IL
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