New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-31
HH1T ABOUT PIXIES PEAK


Editorial CorresVrhdence cf Tie N. Z. Tribune
LEAvENwORTH. Kansas, Nay 22, IS59
sm bere 10 the very focus Of the God-at-P Ike's-
Peak excitement. Of the great celebration. yes
teIdsy, 10 bOBOr Of the arrival Of the 6rst return
stages frou Cherry Greek, you will have had tid
rgs before this reaches you. probably; also Of the
suppers eaten on that account, if not Of the
quent head aches this morning. Let me briefly
sum up the conclusions have drawn from all the
Information i Can gather here, viz:
I. There is gold at Pixies Pesk.
g Very little has as yet been dug.
3. A considerable though very inadequate amount
Of prospecting had been done up to the 10th inst,
which is the date Of our latest advices.
4. A great deal more will soon be done, as the
SNOW only begins to be fairly melted ont of the
gor ges Of the Rocky Mountains, where the rich
mues or ploeers must be found, if anywhere.
5. AS yet this prospecting has not yielded
enough to pay the board Of those employed in it.
g. Yet few, who hsve hac extra luck, would seem
to have done pretty well, and some of them (unles'
they lie outrageously) are now making - to -
per day to tbe hand The board Of rugged, hard
working miner IL that region ought to cost - per
dsy.
T. II is not known to this hour that any extensive
pi0oer bas been found. aud nearly every miner is
still prospecting for better diggogs
g. Hundreds Of those who rushed madly off on a
gold-hunt across FIVE hundred miles Of uninhsbted,
foodess country, in February or March, have either
died outright of starvation, have suffered and been
furnished to the last limit of mortal endurance.
And all who have started in their tracks with but
few days provisions and scarcely any other resource
but the clothes on their back have probably suffered
or will suffer everything short Of death, and some
of them will probably die.
Q. There is as much uncertainty and distrust in
the Gold Region as here, aud mauy who have
reached Denver City or Aur.ria have turned back
in disgust, which others would do if they could do
il 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.
II. There is no demand for labor m any part of
the alleged Gold Regions and many are there idle
who would gladly be hired and set to work.
~. 1t tisnot yet decided whether any considerable
amount of Gold can be mined with profit in the
new Gold Region. Months more Of patient and we'll
directed labor may be required TO settle that point
13 AS yet, less than $4,000 in all, has been re-
ceiyed on this frontier in Gold the product of the
Pixies Peak region.
a. II is highly desirable aud proper that the
capacity of the new Gold Region should be tested
and ascertained. Those who are nationally EN-
pleyed in this work deserve well of the country
But there are people enough now in or near the
new Gold Re ion for all reasonable purposcr-far
too many for the amount Of food that now is or
can soon be placed there
15 1t is not merely folly-it is criminal mad
ness-to rush of to Pixies Peak Gold-Huuting
without ample provision in the shape of food,
clothing blankets mining Implements, and money.
He who goes without rushes on suicides fate.
Such is the substance Of all can learn from
the vicinity Of Pixies Peak. l leave for that
re zion IN Tuesday IL. e..