White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-06-23
The New HumbIg


They have been to a great expense, down
there, in starting an express and if they
cannot, by some means, induce persons to
60 to the mines, the express will be a
total failure. In all the Eastern papers
we see dispatches regarding the new and
rich diseoyeries-all sent from Leaven-
worth. The Eastern papers contain de-
tailed accounts Of the new discoveries
all taken from the Leavenworth Times,
Extra. But the game does not stop here.
The dispatches from Leavenworth, state
that great hauls have been made by a
company from South Bend, Ind. Now,
we find dispatches coming TO Leaven-
worth from South Bend, stating that let
tiers have been received there from mem
bers of the company. confirming all the
reports! The guzzle is being well worked.
A Banking firm in Leavenworth seem
to be the leading spirits in these hum
bugs and all the reports appear to nave
some connection with them. They are
reported as receiving large consignmcnts
Of gold. Now, it is the general belief
among those who claim to know, that the
firm in question have never received $50
in dust from Pixies Peak. Nobody else
has seen it. And if they have some dust,
it is more than probable that it came
from California, and is used as bait.
But there arc even contradictions, in this
matter Of receiving dust from the mines.
One Of the faithful asserts that the rea-
son why none Of the dust finds its way
East is, that there is no money at the
mines TO buy it Another announces
that large quantities of it have arrived
There are two things that will do to "bet
on" One is, that no dust of any conse-
lquence has been received from the mines [;
and the other is, that if there were any
gold there, it would quickly find its way
East, money or no money.
| Several days ago, a man from Michi-
gan stopped in this place for breakfast.
He came through in quick time from the
mines, having left there on the 10th inst.
He was at the great Gregory diggings,
about which we hear so much, and saw
all the operations there. He says they
have discovered what appears to be rotten
quartz rock, on a hillside, but it amounts
to nothing. lie worked with q frst-rate
sluicc and long tom for three or four days,
at the Gregory diggings, and got some
gold, after which he purchased all the
; dust he could. The sum total of what
he dug and bought, was tWelUe dollars
He brought that with him, and declared
; that he would not give it for all the gold
that is or has been at those diggings.-
For several days before he left, he loung-
ed about the diggings, watching the men
working and realizing nothing! He fur
thermore says, that on the 9th of May,
the day upon which the reports say SC
much gold was taken out, there was O
tremendous snow-storm which lasted is
hours, and no mining could be done that
day!
On the same afternoon Of the above
arrival, several persons came down the
river in a skifT. They left the mines a
few days before the above mentioned per.
son, and brought substantially the same
reports. As we now write, there are two
persons in town, who left the mountains
the last of May. They were in the neigh.
borhood of the Gregory diggings. at the
very time the great discoveries are said
to have been made, and pronounce thu
whole thing a swindle. The largest
amount they knew of having been taker
out anywhere in a day, was 80. They
also report a great snow-storm on the 27tl
of May. They had been in company will
old California miners, who had prospec
8 ted in the mountains, and satisfied them
selves that it would not pay. These meI
reside in st. Louis.
. These late reports viii be found to be
all humbugs; and any one who start
upon the strength Of them, deserves to b,
humbugged the worst kind. Such sto
ries as scdsking out quartz gold Uith quick
silrer, an pans, are simply ridiculous. w,
, think this last effort is the expiring kicl
J of the humbug.
We are informed that package o
: correspondence has passed eastward, b.
express. to the New York Tribune, from
Horace Greeley. who has arrived at thu
mines. We anxiously look for its ap.
pearance in print. We believe he wen
out to ascertain the truth of the matter
3 and we have confidence that his statement
will be impartial and truthful, to the ex
tent of his knowledge, after careful inves
/. tigatiOn Of everything connected with tn
mines. He is man Of knowledge and
Judgment, whose word, in such matters
will be relied upon by almost every per.
son. If he says gold, it win start sucE
an emigration as has never before beer
witnessed but il he saws no GOLD. tha