New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-20
OR GOLD Midget.
lYrom Our Own Correspondent I
D,SySK cIIY Juns

From Our Own Ccrr-rsnaent
DssysR CIrf, juno >, 49,
The excitement about the Gr-go'y dlggngs is sill %
lie Increase. Acknowledgements has beeh received
here 10 day Of the striking Of still richer leafs 81
prpsps citing party conducted by Mr.. Gregory asd the
sale Of TIE lai,ers claim the orgissl Gregory ss1
fer not less than S2 N TO psr'y IL four. Of wAoD
three, viz: Amos Gri5ley T.. IL. itsederson. from
Case county, lad, AID VIM. Allen frcm Fultoa
county, H., are Known here. The brshers Dsfre~s.
who sso had tw" claims he Gregory lesd coil ther
iIteie,t fer 81 $50, and 5000. One OF the z"'gr
brothers sold claim, which be had bought week
previous fer $3o for $6,cOo number vf other sscv
If sss mag nitue also reported. Marshal Cork, 81
DoJiphsp, bought clam Of Gregory Tor SOW, sns
Samuel j. Jones well known railrca con'rscts. tive
ct another rdiy idus for three mules and 5000 cash re-
sp. ctively.
The exodus 10 the diggngs Is daily extending h
vouu g. Derver City is all but S~se'ted. d. nsS
think that more than three hundred sro now hviaG
within the city limits
Mr.. 81. James a Mexican trader of scotch deseent,
domced in thi- place, bought this aoroiog sone-
thing over two ounces OF nugget god Consisting ~
luu Pc weigh hing from two To seven psnoywege's esch
They had beep brought in from the Jackson diygingA
The arrivals from the S'Ates stall continue t. b.
large, but returning emeran,s have become rather
scarce article Whoever lands here at vnce
steers for the mountains.
The INNING 10 the Gregory dggings having TO be
done TO a considerable extent. through rocks there
exists now Quiie a demand for blasting powder; VI
which however but comparatively small quantity
lie 90 hand. For quicksilver sudden market has slso
been created. Two weeks ago il was offered on ths
street ioI % cents per pound by returning emgssnt
and could not be sold at that Last week il sold fs
e., ard Is now a. and viii un foubtedly reach tie
before mary days elapsc.
The frst supply tram sent out by Messrs. Russell
Joncs consisting e twenty five wagons drawn BY s,S
splendid mules each, and loaded principally with gro
ceries. srrysd a few miDutes ago. Ii IA real tsod-
send in Of the general scarcity Of alInost 81
articles of trade in this place The animals look -
sleek though they had jurt len ieavenworth Cay.
GENERAL NEWS
rlaia IA C.fft
nnrposo If framing Constitution &c the future Sste
Of Jefferson is to meet { Ii k upon that body
iarcicsl eptity md there Is no doubt that ia
proceedings nill pa,take at a Ike character.
The best levidtbcs Of the improved condition o.
things in this latitude be found in the i'crsased
activity in the mil department Of ,be express Office:
Hundreds Of letters are receivsd daily a,d Mr. Fsem
has been obliged 10 engage an assistant, which he he's
found 10 a of Gen. LaIuner.
The female eeueut has received extensive acces-
siops during the last few weeks Over dozen re
spec able represent aives Of fair 10 DO
found ia Denver and Auraua
From Business Correspondence of snoo,, Rn'-su Ca.
DENVER Cary, june I, 1877.
I sepd you today per Leavenworh City and Pihss
Peak express, golj-dust amounng ia valueto $'o3 "
Tor which You will please give NE crett. The pscs.
age marked is Platte RIVER gold, and worth hssets
per ounce. That naiked jackson 4 B,,laer V also
Sls. This, you will observe Is very fine sPscmen.
II resembles California gold more closely shss seq
othor yet discovered.
belief that in two weeks wll be able To ship you ~
purchasers consignments from FIVE 10 ten thousand
doll@rs.
The mines surprisingly rich, 80 old miners say.
They as'oushed ard cannot believe |, even iftbey
do il. Claims being sold every day nj from 81
per foot 10 S20,GtO. These repre- sentstions made
to me by parties in whom have the nost Implicit
faith.
The holders Of the gold district at Gregorys demand
$40 000 for il, This is too much, and will not give Is
unlefs yon 40 instruct. am willing 10 give 4l6'W0.
Since wrote you lat, the reports from the mnrs
have continued 10 grow more encouraging. New
leads have been stru k and proven 10 be equally 40
rich ~ ihore about which advised you iu my last.
At CIR gurys those who have their ri inns fsy open
are making from sJ0 to 800 to the man per day.
Respectfully o. b. FOX