The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-13

Az We were gong 10 press we received ths Reoky
Mountain Nos Extra Of the llth inst containing the fol
lowing
GRNILENKS-Wii you DO the favor 70 furulsa me.
tor publications sucn Ac reIeren, % 70 ths goii oes,
pany with myself aud otner9 We desire that the isots
should be presented to the public as they exis.
WILLIAMS,
Agent Jones & Russen's P Express; Messrs. Horace
Greeley OF the New York Ttibuns; A. b. Rlcasrdsop n
the Boston Journal; and Henry Wizard OF the CncnrAa
DENVER CrY. K. T., Juus 10, 1859
DEAR SIR-Iu reply 70 favor OF ihis mo~ning 70
gngs" Of witnessed thsre ana ob;aned
from the lips OF mtoers. We eudeavoceA to MAKE
ana ~ o. s
first important gold discoveries In the eastern slope Of he
Rocky Mountains We desire to acknowledge your many
HORACE GREELEY.
A. D:RICa ARD3ON,
H. d. WILLIAMS, ESD. HENRY VILLIARO.
GREGORY DIGGMGs, NEAR CLEAR CRxEK,
ROCKY MOUNTAINS, June Q, 1850 I
The undarsigned, OF them miners nor directly h.
Of sscersaning and setting forth the with regard -
subject Of deep and general interest," a. 70 which the
s aeo
We have this day personally visited nearly all the mnos
or claims already opened In this valley that Of little
stream running into Clear Creek at this point hHve VIII
messed the operation Of digging Transporting and washing
the vein stone q partially decomposed or rotten quartz
tween shasssrsd walls Of an impure grans have :ssa
the gold plainly visible In the rifles Of nearly every sluoe,
and nearly every psn Of the rotten quartz washed In our
presence have gold (but rarey) visible TO the naked
pieces Of the quartz not yet decomposed and have
obtained from the few who already suicss in opera
Zegler, Spain Co from South Bend, Indiana, have
their slrces, with Interruptions, for the iase
As they four s ns
s.ss their S1ss days work produced ssi; their
SsprA Henderson Co. from Pennington, Ind J, have
their sluicss six days 10 al with four men-oae -
Produced seo7; ondsy Of this week, $3.50 no further
reported They have just put In second sluce, which
only began to run this morning. =
Foote simmons Qrom Chicago), one sluice run four
two former days produced s4o two latter promised
US, but not recetved. .4t
suice eight days. with the following tsFrst day,
$780, secoud day, $780, third day. $685. fourth day. $685.
eG TO be- Have lust soid half their
fall claim 10 80 feet by l0o-for $4,000.
Shears Go. (tom Fort Calhoun Nebrasks), have run
sluce two hours the first part Of ~ days produced
III taken from within three Of the surface; wdsasd
to eighteen inches at depth OF three feet.
Brown Co. (frsn DeKMb county, INDY have been
one week on their claim; carry their dirt half miie
have worked their sluice day and half produced $3.50
have taken out quartz specimens containing atty cents
10 Sl3 each in god vein from eight 70 ten feet wide.
Caste, Kendall Co. from Batter county, Iowa reached
Denver March Is; drove the first wagon to these dig
gines; have been here i've weeks worked first on =
clnim, on which they run slucc but ono day. produced
CLAIM on the Hunter lead have only slucea one {sns)
day; three men employs ed; produced 1885,
Bstes Co one slnce, run nall Gay produced $lSS
Coleman King Co., one sluice run half 4 day, pro-
Short Collier bought out claims seven days since a
Casio, Kendall Co.. for $25 600, $500 down aud tbs
balance fast taken out Have yet got sluces
In operation. Mr. Dean, from Iowa, on the 9th last.
HsVe aslsd sae the
s. G. Jones Co., from Eastern Kansas, ssye run our
acss two days with three men, yisd ss3s per day
Have never piece brushed thai did yield gold.
A. P. Wright Co.. from Ekhalt county, Indiana.
Sluce but just In cperatou have not yet asceftaned s
the psn.
John q. Gregory, from Gordon county, Georgia Leu
BY succession of accidents n Fort Laramie, ana vim
tered there Meanwhile heard of the discoveries Of gold
u. South and ~ started on
January. Prospected In almost every valley from thu
Cache Ia Poudre creek 10 Pixies Peak, tracing many
streams % 9 their sources Early arrived On Ssss
OF this place. There fell in with the Defrees and Ze,pr
Indiana companies, and William Fous Missouri We ali
vicinity Nay g. the ice and snow M fr eo
prospecting far below the surface bat the rst pan Of
surface art on tn the original Gregory claim yielded o.
the leads" consisting Of burnt quartz, resembling the
Georgia mines. in which Ihad previously worked Snow
10TH From then until the 2sd worked il i've DAYS with
two bands; result, $972 Soon after sold my two clams
sS s All 70 pay after
shat ., 800 per week until the whole PAID Since
per nave aave M Other parties =
sde OF the valley, from which washed sl4 cut Of single
Some forty or fifty sluces COMMANDED ara not ca. :,
operation but the owners inform that their prospect
ing" shows from ten cents 70 s. TO the PAN As the
eads" ell found the hills many of the mlners ara
constructing trenches TO carry water to them instead Of
building their suices In the ravines and carrying tha
o,n nnef wagons or sacks Many persons
work az common labores at from 81 to IS per dsv and
board until they can procure susenance for the
tine necessary TO prospecting, building suices, &C.
DINERS, not finding gold the day. or dskins the
work necessary to obtaining IT, leave the mines in dts.
here in payiog quantities Il should be remembered that
the discoveries made thus far the result of but ave
In nearly every instance the gold is estimated by tina
miners as worth $50 per ounce which, for gold collected
oy quicksilver is certainly high valuation, though this
auce the estimate he d. We have no data on which
to act in tse promises.
The wal rock is generally Shattered 60 that it, like ths
vein sone readily taken out with the pick and shovel
In Instance only did we hear of wall rock TOO hard
or the vein stone probably not moro than onebav .,
decomposed so that the gold be washed from t. Tne "a
scue OF the quartz shoveed out the sulces and re-
served 10 be crushed and washed thereafter.
The miners estimate this equally rich with that which
nas "rotted' 80 that the gold may be washed from it,
them This probable, but It's truth romans 10 By
tested. ~ ~
should be borne In mind that while the m;ners here
now labor under many obvious disadvantages which
must disappear with the growth OF their And
tne Improvement OF their now rude machinery they Of
tine same time enjoy advantages which cannot be retained
Indefinitely nor rendered universal They are all
them an excellent supply of water for washing at verv
cheap rate and though ssch streams are very common
here the eads stretch over rugged hills
mountains, down which the vein STONE must be carried
70 wafer u considerable cost does not seem probable
that the thousands Of claims already made or being made
on neee leaos can be worked probably in the average
hs those alrsady in operation We hear ALREADY Of many
VINO have worked their claims for days by pannng) With
out having raised the color " as the phrase tnat b
thousands are destined to encounter siiog and utter dr.
appointment quartz veins which bear no gold being
prominent feature Of the geology OF all this region
We cannot conclude this statement without protecting
most earnestly against renewal of the infAuaton which
since, only turn back before reaching IT, or to hurry
away Immediately after hastily than they came
Gold mining 10 business which emnantlY requires of -