The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-06-08
Greslez on Pik.,s PAX.

Greeley on Piks's Peak. alf
o9ss Horace Greeley writesto the Tribune from
Leayenworth, nnder date of May 22d. giving
his conclusions fr m all the information he cal
gather as follows: 5lse5. riz5adi
T ere is gold a. Pixies Peak. 5
,,.,z 2 Very ,Ittle, has as. vet heen dngs
3 A considerable thoggh verr-inadequate
ainonnt Of prospecting had heen done up. TO
iihe 10 h inst which IS the date of our lates'
j. -advicaS Eis IL s9ss5s as~f f,s EsGf go Gia.is
~ A. "A great deal more ill soon he dane as
the snow only begins 10 ne fairly melted outoi
the go ges of the Rnckt Mountains. thf
rich Il ines or places tufs he found. if any
where. 1Ea
5-As YET this prospecting has not ieIded
ygeaoag'f o pay he board Of ii,oge 3enp!nfed
in it. a7r
- 6 Yet few. -vho have hafi ezra lpek
wnuld seem to have Gone i,ret'y well and = ute,
Of them (nnlrss thev lie Outrageous J are
now making $5 20 IS rer dav TO rand fine
hoard Of a'rngg&d hard working miner N tha.
{ repiou onghf 10 cos S2fer day. ,lai se
w T.. Itislret known 10 this hour that any
!, extenslve placer has been found, ard nearly
every miner is still prospecting Tor better dig
gings 'a 77' -'L-1t -. as'i"
Z! s - Hundreds of those who rushed n1anl
oh on GO!u uiiltts aciO-s I'VE fail"fTl iliiieS
. of uninhahied fno less cointrv, IL February
or March have eli !er died friel' of sfafva
ZION or h-vf suffered AID hee iffarni&befls to
the lashlin oftnoreai endurance Aud all
( who, have started in then tracks with hut a
few days' propisiene and scarcely any other re
source hut the clo' hes on their back have
probable ufftred or will srffAt. ever thing
short of death and some of them will preba
ia hly die si~s eli .:i-sls4es5r-g 7s rs Is ss4
9 There is as much uncertainty and dis
trust in the Gold Region as here and many
who have reached Denver Ci'y or Anrariii
have turned back in disgust, which Others
wonId do if tBev co I'D doit with safety.
10 Many who had gone part way have
been discouraged by the reports of those they
met and are heading towards the States again
pr IL There is no demand for laher in any
part lof the alleged Geld Regions, and manv
are there idle, who would gladly be hired and
set to work.
II II is not vel decided whether any con
Il siderable amount of Cold can he n.ine9 it'll
soprofit in the new Gold R. gion Months NJ ore
of patient and well directed labor may be re
qnired TO settle that point
13 As vet. less than $4,000 in all. has
beer received on This frontier in Gold, the pro
i duet of the Pixies Peak region. i,zH9l7s
.,ts.t14 1t is highly desirable and proper that
I. the capacity of the new Gold Region should
=, he tested ard pscertaired- Thee WHO are
rationits employed IN This w,rt deserve well
of rhe country. But there jee pe"rle enongh
now, insor near the pew4Niod Region for all
reasnnaa leg spu poses-far Too i any Tor he
amount of food that now is, or can soon he
placed there '17 att f ff 50 90
zlol5ss It is not merely font-it is 1ciimiiai
madpess--8o' i5rush off to Pixies Peak Gold.
Hunting without annie provision IN the shape
of food clothing, blankets mining .implements
and money. He ho goes without rnshes on
suitidese fate 15aiP 1859 *1.
H. g16t Such is the substance of all I can
! learn from the, vicinity of Pixies. Peak.
leave for that region on, ThgrS1ay .o H, G.
5ansh sdi asufTsrings on the Plains.
Reports Of terrible shft in9s on the plains
con,inne to reach us daily. Death and star
vation stare the 6uhappr adventufers in the
!. face, as they struggle TO return. Many are
d. ing. and starving, some have heer known to
feed upon their dead co pa,irns4 to prolor g
their own lives