The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-01-06
News From the Gold n1InesI
LEAyENwORTu Cry. DEC. %. 1888

| LEAvENwORTH CRY, DEC. %, 1858
EDITOR Missouri DEMOCRAT BY the Pike
Peak Express, that reached this city yester.
day, bringing nine passengers, I gather high
ly satisfactory news from the New Kansas
Eldorado." Hitherto have not been dis
posed to encourage emigration to the Kansas
mines, for fear that Neutrality-suspicious. of those
who might go would not be realized, and |
would be blameable to some extent. But
that there is plenty of gold, there remains
now not particle of doubt Most of the
passengers am personally acquainted with,
and feel free to say they are entirely truthful,
and their statements may be relied upon fully.
They return for their families, and to settle
up their business, in time to be on the road
early in the spring. '.a ''
The names and residence ofthose returned
by the express arc as follows Capt Vim.
Smith, Gin charge of the express) johnson
county, Mo-; Capt. I. 7. Parkson, st. Louis.
Lusius E. Chatter, Wyandot city, X. r.; VIM.
liamblin, johnson county. X. T. Charles
Nichols, Lawrence, X. T.; valourous Ash
brook, st. Louis, Mo-; Alonzo Greening
Leavenworth county, K.T. -
They left the mines on the. Goth of Nov
being out thirty-one days. They say they
will start in the spring from Wyandott CITY,
take the Santa Fe road, and follow it to the
crossing of the Arkansas; thence up said
river on the north side to Grants Old Fort:
thence by the Fountaine qui Bouville river to
the fork of Pixies Peak and Cherry Creek
road, a distance of 51s miles. Thence due
North to the mouth of Cherry Greek on the
South Platte river.
The express will take out letters or small
packages to the mines, and will leave Kansas
City, Wyandotte City, and Leavenworth
City, on the 18th day of January next, and
will commence on the 1st of April taking
passengers through for 800 per head, in
good time, and in comfortable manner
think thin to Capt Smith much praise is due
for the enterprise of his Express at this sea
son of the year. They speak of their new
towns i in fisattering terms; they say ,Auraria
City has 100 houses finished and occupied,
and 90 other buildings under contract. This
town is at the mouth of Cherry Greek, on
the West side. When the Express left there
was about 700 miners in the diggins prepar
ing for spring operations. They say there
VIII he but little mining done until SPRING
All were feeling confident of entr. success
and were taking things easy and ENJOYING
themselves the best way they could. There
need be no apprehension of suffering by the
friends OF the miners, as they have plenty
OF provisions, and are surrounded with plenty
OF timber and game, the latter easily brought
INTO camp, and consisting of mountain sheen
or goats, deer, antelope, elk, turkey, and other
small descriptions. When these gentlemen
come back after their families, and give un
good and comfortable home, and friends to
return to the gold Jtielas Of Kansas, as they
intend, there is none here so sceptical AS to
entertain single doubt of the richnes, of
the diggingS. Some of this party tell me
they never failed at any point they prospectcd
to find shoming of gold, and that they
were well satisfied the diggins were richer
than any that have ever been worked IN
Caliatornia. You may or not use my maine
for this report, "a you think best.
In haste, truly yours.