The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-07-07
From the Rocky Mountain News.
The Kansas Gold Mines.
GREaoRr's DiGGiNs, near Clear Greek,
In the RnckN MnnnlAina Imne \. lAhN

the express purpose Of ascertsning aud setting
forth the truth with regard to subject OF deep
and general interest, as to which the widest'and
widest diversity of assertion aud opinion is
known TO exist, unite in the following state
ment
We have this day personally visited nearly all
the mines or claims already opened in this valley
(that of little stream running into Clear Creek
at this point); have witnessed the operation OF
digging transporting, ard washing the vein
stone Ga partially decompoSed, or rotten quartz,
running in regular veins from southwest TO
northeast, between shattered walls of an i'm
pure granite,) have seen the gold plainly visi-
Bile in the ritfl IS of nearly every sluice, aud in
nearly every pan of the rotten quartz washed in
our presence; have seen gold, (but rarely) visi-
BILE to the naked eye, IN pieces OF the quartz not
yet fully decomposed and have obtained from
the few who have already s,uices in operation
accounts of their several products, as follows: ::
Zeigler, Spain & Co., from South Bend, Ind,
have run sluice, with some interruptions, for
the last three weeks; they are four in company,
with one hired man. They have taken out
little over 5000 pennyweights OF gold, estimated
by them as worth at least $4,000; their first
days work produced S2l their highest was
$49o.
Sophris. Henderson & Co., from Pennington,
Ind. have run their s!ul lceS six days IN all, with
four men-one to dig, one TO carry, and two to
wash Four days last week produced $60Y
Monday of this week, 1920 no further report
ed. They have just put in a second sluice.
which only began to run this morning.
Foote * Simmons from Chicago: One sluice
run four days; two former days produced S40;
two latter promised us, but not received.
Defrees * Co., from South Bend Ind, have
run small sluice eight days. with the following
results: First day, $66; second day. Ss), third
day, S95; fourth day, 5000; (the four following
days were promised us, but. by accident, failed
to be received), Have just sold half theil claim
ia full claim is so <l00) for $4,000
Shears & Co., from Fort Calhoun, Nebraska,
have run one sluice two hours the first (part of
a) day; produced $780, second (frSt full) day.
$343; third Qo.duy) $5l0; all taken from
within three feet OF the surlace-vein foot
wide on the surface wdened to eighteen inches
at depth of three feet.
Brown & Co., from DeKalb county, Ind.
have been one week on their claim; carry their
dirt halt mile; have worked their sluice day
and half; produced $500; have taken out quarz
specimens containing from so cents to Sl 3 each
in gold--vein from s 10 10 feet wide.
Casio, Kendall & Co., from Butler county.
Iowa, reached Denver, March 25; drove the first
wagon to these diggins; have been here five
weeks; worked first on claim on which they
ran sluice but one day; produced S225; sold
their claim for 81 800; are now working claim
on the Hunter lead; have only sluiced oue( this)
day; three men employed; produced 1856,
Bates * Co., one Sluice, run half day; pro-
ductd $l35
Colman, King & Co, one sluice, run half a
day; produced S7o.
| Shorts & Collier, bought claims seven days
since OF Casio, Kendall & Co., for 50 800; $500
down, and the balance as fast us taken OUT
Have not yet got our sluces in operation Mr..
! Dean, from Iowa, on the 9Th inst, washed from
II single pan Of dirt taken from the claim, $l7 81.
Have been offered $4,000 for the claim.
| S. G. Joues& Co., from Eastern Kansas; have
run our SuiceS two days, with three men; yield
1925 per day. Think the quarts generally in this
vicinity is gold bearing. Have never seen Il
piece crushed that did not yield gold.
A, P, Wright & Co., from EIkhart county,
Ind: Sluice but ust IN operation; have not yet
ascertained its products. Our claim prospects
from % cents to i % to the pan.
John II. Gregory, from Gordon county, Geo.
Lett home last season, en- route for Fraser River
was detained by Il succession OF accidents at
Fort Laramie, and Wintered there Meanwhile
heard OF the discoveries Of gold on the South
Platte, and started on prospecting tour on the
Eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains early IN
January. ProspeCted in almost every valley
from the Cache la Poudre creek to Pixies Peak
tracing many streams to their sources. Early in
May arrived at Clear Creek, at the foot of the
mountains, 30 miles southeast of this place;
there fell in with the Delrees & Z,ger Indiana
companies, and WIN. Fuuls of Missouri. We
all started up Clear Creek, prospecting; arrived
in this vicinity May 8; the ice and snow pre-
vented us from prospecting far below the sur
face. but the first pan of surface dirt on the org
nal Gregory claim yielded 81 Encouraged by
this success, we all staked oat claims, found the
lead, consisting OF burnt quartz, resembling The
Gcorg'a mines in which had previously worked
Snow aud ice prevented the regular working o
the lead, till May 18th. From then until III,
23l ! worked it five days with two hands-re
suit 1872 Soon after, sold my two claims 70
81 900, the parties buying 10 pay me, aflc
deducting their expenses all they take from TIN
claims to the amount of $500 per week, unit
the whole is paid. Since that time | have beel
prospecting for other parties a about $500 pc
day. Have struck anothrr lead on the Opposite
side of the valley from which washed Sl4 ou
of single pam
Some forty or fifty sluices commenced, ar
not yet in operation, but the owners inform IL
that their prospecting shows from 10 cent
to $5 to the pan. AS The =" leads are all ioun'
on the hills many of the miners are construct
ing TO carry water to them. instead OF buildn
their suces in the ravines, and carrying th
dirt thilher in wagons or sacks. Many person
who have come here without provisions o
money are compelled to work as common labor
ers, at from 81 to So per day and board unit
they can procure means of sustenance for th
time necessary to prospecting, building sluices
etc, Others, not finding gold the third day, 4
dislikng the work necessary to obtain it, leav
the mines in disgust after very short trial, de
f claring there is no gold here in paying quonti
ties. 1t should be remembered that the discoS
. cries made 50 far are the result Of but five week.
labor.
/ In nearly every instance the gold issstimate
bv the miners worth $50 per ounce, whicl
for gold collected br quicksilver, is certainly
high valuation, though TINS is undoubtedly {
: very great purity. The reader can reduce tt
) estimate ii lac fl. We have no data .
3 which to act in the premises.
7 The wall-iock is generally shattered, so the
it, like the veiu-slone, is readily taken out wit
J. the pick and shovel. In single instance onl