The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-06-02
What about Fixes Peak.

Ed. Cor. of Tie ~ Y Tribune.
am here in the very focus Of the
Gold at Pixies. Peak excitement Ofthe
great celebration, yesterday, in honor OF
the arrival Of the first return stages from
Cherry Creek, you will have had tidings
before this reaches you. probably; also of
the suppers eatep on that account, il not
of the consequent bead aches this N corning.
Let me briefly sum up the conclusions |
have drawn from all the information
can gather here, viz:
l. There as GOLD at Pixies Peak.
3 Very little has as yet been dug.
3. A considerable though very made.
quate amount of prospecting bad been
done up to the 10th inst, which is the
date of our latest sdvices.
4. Il great deal more will soon be done,
as the snow only bsgius to be fairly mel
ted out of the gorges of the Rocky Noun
taius. where the rich mines or pIacerS
must be found, if anywhere,
5. AS yet this prospecting has not yield
ed enough to pay the board of those en-
ployed in it.
6. Yet few, who have had extra
luck, would seem to have done pretty
we'll, aud some of them (uness they lie
outrageou-ly) are now making So to So
per day to the hand. The board of a
rugged, hard working miner in that re-
seon ought to cost So per day.
7. 1t is not known to this hour that any
extensive placer bas been found, and
nearly every miner is still pccting for
better diggings.
6. Hundreds Of those who rushed mad
ly off on gold hunt across five hundred
miles of uninhabted, foodless country, in
February or March. have either died out
right of starvation, or have suffered and
been famishtd to the last iuit of mortal
endurance. And all who have started
in their tracks With but a few days pro-
visions aud scarcely any other resource
but The clothes on their back have prob
ably suffered, or will suffer, everything
short of death, and some of them will
probably die.
g. There is as much uncertainty and
di,trust in the Gold Region as here, and
many who have reached Denver City or
Austria have turned back in disgust,
which others would do if they could do
it 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 iD
any part of the alleged Gold Regions,
and many are there idle, who would glad
~ be hired and set to work.
r. 1t is not get decided whether any
considerable amount of Cold can be min
ed With profit in the new Gold Region
Months more Of patient and we'll directed
labor may be required to settle that
poiut.
l3 AS yet, less than 10000 in all,
has been received on this frontier, in Gold,
the product of the Pixies Peak region.
IA. 1t is highly dcslreable and proper
that the capacity of the new Gold Region
should be tested and ascertaincd. Those
who are nationally employed iD this work
deserve well of the country. But there
are people enough now in or near the new
Gold Region for all reasonable purposes
far too many for the amount of food
that now is or can soon be placed there.
l5. 1t is not merely folly-it is crimi-
nal madness - to rush IF to Pixies Peak
Gold Hunting without ample provision in
the shape OF food, clothing, blankets, min
ing 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 region on Tuesday. II. G.