Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-07-05
GREeoRY's DrGGixss. (Near Clear }
Greek. in Rocky Gountsins,) :
June 9th. 1853.

the express purpose of ascertaining and setting
forth the truth with regard to subject of deep
and general interest. as TO which The widest and
widest diversity of assertion and opinion Is
known TO exist, unite the following statement {.
We have this day personally visited nearly all
| the mines claims already opened IN this val
| ley, that of little stream running into Clear
Creek at this point, have witnessed tue opera
| ton of digging. transporting and washing the
| vein-stone, a partially decomposed, or rotten
| quartz, running in regular veins, from south
| west TO north-ea.t between shattered walls OF
an impure granite, have the gold plainly
visible in the rifles of nearly every sluise, and
nearly pan OF the rotton quartz washed In our
presence: have seen gold, but rarely visible to
| the naked eye. in pieces of the quartz not yet
| fully iecomposed, and have obtained from the
few VITO have already sluices In operation, ac-
counts of their several products, as follows:
| Zeigler, Spain Il Co.. from South bend, Ind
! have run a slaice with some interruptions. for
| the last three weeks they are four In company
| with one hired man. They have taken out a
| little three Thousand pennyweightso OF gold
! estimated by them as worth at least $4,000 !;
their first days work produced $2l .helr high
! est Sd95.
| Sopris. Henderson 4 Co. from Pennington
Ind, have run their sluice six days in all, with
| four rnen--one to dig, one TO carry, and two to
wash four days last week produced $607 !;
Monday of this week. $3.50; no further report
ed They have jus: putin second slnice, which
only begun this morning.
I Foster d Simmons. from Chicago; one sluice
| run four DAYS two former days produced $4OO;
two latter promised Us, but not received.
| Defree & Co., from South Bend. Ind, have
run a small sluice eight days. with the following
results: First day, sec; 2pd day, $50 Sd day
| S95 Alb day, S305 the four following days
were promised Us, but by accident failed 10 be
received Have just sold their claim, a full claim
is so feet by 100, for S25u0-
| Shears Il Co, from Fort Colhoun. Nebraska.
Z 10, DO first mart Of fav
dnced $50 second, fall day 1888 third $50;
all taken frcm within three feet OF the surface
vein foot wide the surface /; wIdened 10 IL
inches at depth of three feet.
Brown, Il Co, from De kalab Co.. Ind, have
been "A week on their claim carry their dirt
half a mile have worked their stulce day and
half; produced $3.50; have taken out quartz
specimens containing from 80 cents to $l3 each
In gold vein from to 10 feet wide.
Cato Kendall Ii Co, from Butler Co. Iowa,
reached Denever, March q drove the first wag-
on 10 these dIggings have been here weeks;
worked On a claim, on which they sluice,
but one day produced spas sold their claim
for $3.50; are now working claim on the
Hunter lead ; have only sluiced one day; three
men employ ed /; produced $S5.
Bates i, Co, one slulce, run half n day; pro-
duced Sl35
Coleman, King Il Co. one sluice, half a
day produced SS5.
Shorts Il Collier bought out claims days
since of Casio, Kendall & Co, for S2,500 $500
down and the balance as fast as taken out have
not yet got sluices into operation; Mr.. Dean,
from Iowa on the 9th inst. washed from sin
gle pan of dirt taken from the claim, ST. ; have
been offered $4,000 for the claim.
s. c. Jones d Co, from Eastern Kansas, have
run our suices two days think the quartz gem
orally in this vicinity is gold bearing have
never seen piece crushed thf.t did not yield
/ gold.
A. Wright ( Co, from Elkhears Co, Ind,
Int, in have
ed its products our claim prospects from %
| cents to ST. to the pan.
John Ii. Gregory, from Gordon Co, Georgia,
left home last season route for Frazer River.
/ was detained bv a succession OF accidents at
| Fort Ieramie and wintcred there, meanwhile
/ heard of the discoveries of gold on the South
Platte and started prospecting tour on the
eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, early In
| January ; pruspected In almost every valley,
/ from the Cache La Po,ldre creek 10 Pixies Peak,
| tracing many stream to their sources early in
/ Nav arrived on Clear Creek, at the foot of the
/ mountains 80 miles south east of this place
! there fell in with the Defrees and Zgler Indiana
/ Companies and VIM Fouts of Missouri we all
started up Clear Greek prospecting; arrived in
this vicinity May the lee and snow prevent
ing us from pr, specting far below the surface. but
the first pan of surface dirt, the original Greg
ory claim, yielded 81. Encouraged by this sue
cess. We all stakcd out claims. found the lead
consting of burnt quartz. resembling the Geor-
/ gia mines in which | had previously worked
Snow and ice prevented he regular working of
the lead till May 10th from then until The 23d
| | worked it with two hands, result S972; soon
/ after I sold nv claims for S2l 001, the par
I ties buyng to paw me after deducting thier ex-
/ penscs all they take from the claims to the
amount of $500 per week until the whole is
+ paid Since that time / have been prospecting
/ Tor other parties at about $500 per day. Have
struck another lead the opposite side of the
valley. from which | washed $l6 out of single
pan"
! Some forty or fifty sluices commenced, are not
4 yet in operation but the owners inform us that
/ their " prospecting" shows from 10 cents 10 So
| to the pan. As the leads are all found on the
| hills many of the miners are constructing tren-
4 chcs To carry water to them instead OF building
their sluices In the ravines and carving the DIRT
/ thither in wagons or sacks Many persons who
! have come here without provisions or money
are compelled TO work common laborers at
from 81 10 So per day and board, until they can
procure means of sUsteBapce for the time neces-
sary for prospecting, building sluices. etc
Others. not finding gold the third day, or dis
I like the work necessary of obtaining it, leave
the mines In disgust after very short trial. de-
| ciaring there Is no gold here in paying auanti-
I lies. 1t should be remembered that the dscoy
cries made thus tar, the result of but FIVE
weeks labor
In nearly every insance. the gold is estimated by
the miners as worth $40 per ounce, which, for
gold collected by quicksilver is certainly high
Valuation, lhough TINS IS undoubtedly of very
great purity. The reader can reduce the esti.
mate If he sees fit. We have no data on which
to act In the premises
The wall ROCK Is generally shattered so that
II, like the veIn-stone Is readily taken out with
the pick and shovel. In single instance only
did re lear of 4 wall-rock too hard for this
1t should be borne IN mind that while the
miners here now labor under MANY disadvanta.
ses, which must disappear with The growth of
their experience, and the improvements of their
now rude machinery, they At the same time en-
icy advantages which cannot be retained indefi-
I nItely Y. nor rendered universal. They are work
ing bear mountain stream. which affords them
an excellent supply ofwater at cheap rate and
.nouSa such streams mon here the
leads stretch over rugged hills and considerable
'h"1n'slhs' down which the veia-stone must be
carried 10 water at n serious cosr I. 49, -,
: seem prohah.e iha. he .l.o..sa- L. u,