White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31
More of the Humbue.

The following letter IS from MIR. BROOK
field, ex-AIayor of Nebraska City. to Mr..
Norton, of Kansas City. We lind it in
the Kansas City Journal Of Commerce /;
and when that paper publishes bad news
from the mines, it must be from a reliable
source, indeed. for the Journal was never
known to do the like before -
ST.. VRAIN's CREEK, RecKY Mrs.
January %. 1859.
FRIEND NORTON Yours Of Dec. 18th,
was received this evening. and in confor-
nifty with your request, / Immediately sit
down to reply. And-hrstly, if you have
any confidence in my judgment, and act
on my advice. you will Immediately
abandon the idea of coming out here ;
without some other discoveries are made
than have been thus far. My impression
of the mines is, that they are a id hum
BGg-I wish that 1 could write otherwise,
and particularly on my own account, and
should be very glad to see you and Mrs.
N. here, and it would be such good OPP
portunity for my wife to come out. /
have already written her, that if | stayed
here. / should send for her.
Where we are wintering is about TWEEN.
ty miles north Of the mouth of Cherry
Creek, and in a Canon, at the foot of the
Rocky Mounts, or Black Hills we have
found here the best quality of gold that
has been discovered, and cannot make
one dollar per day. Billy Moore, Tom
and myself, are working together, we
have built q good dam across the creek,
and have our Long Tom set, 1.-THE only
Long Tom that is set and worked in the
country, it works beautifully. so the old
Californians say. There are six old mi
ners in our settlement. / don't think
that there is another company, that came
here last fall, who have done more work,
or have done more extensive prospecting,
than we. We have prospected for some
twenty miles south of the month Of Cher
~ Creek to the neighborhood of Longis
Peak, north. Besides, we have proSpee-
ted as far into the mountains as we could
get. on account of snow.
The only hope that have now, is that
when spring comes, we may find something
to pay rs in the mountains. Should we
be so fortunate, l will Immediately write
you.
suppose you have ere this, learned
that Mart has gone back, also E. Muir,
Stuff, Faith and DR.. Matthews. This l
send by Capt. Yount, Of Archer, N. Il.
James Akin, Samuel Akin, (Rockport
Comply, L. Davenport and S. Stambau,
of st. Stephens, N. T., leave for home in
few days; and were it not for the dread
of cold weather. and the hope that we
may discover something in the spring, ]
have no doubt but that nearly the whole
camp would leave for home.
We were quite surprised few days
since when we read the glowing account
in the Missouri river papers, of what the
miners are doing out here. l pronounce
them pack of lies, written and reported
back by set of petty one horse torn
SPECTATORS, and are calculated to ruin
many poor devil, besides your humble
servant.
That there may be gold discovered to
pay, 1 will not deny-hopeit will. am
here. and may as well stay until satisfied.
Should anything turn up, 1 will inform
you. and shall depend on my wife coming
with yours, otherwise. you may expect to
see me on the Big Muddy. by the 18th of
July. certain.
Accept my best wishes to yourself, and
believe me Yours truly.
BROoKFIELD.