The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-09-15
I.c,,rr rrom ,l,c cola TaewIon.

lonr lin, gathering few items for the readers
of lie Joaraal; but know Ing y"ar "pecaliar turn
Of mud'--tlidt you wOuli not publish line
from the gold region as iacs, uhiess YOU knew
the sam % be faces, Thought IT advisable TO
wsii uwhile nnlIi cUulG srad you the clean
strained truth.
wrote ,ou he day | arrived here, June 6,
nd on June 7ttl | s,orted for the Gngoty zig.
attQa which is SUN . IS mules west OF Anrarla,
sud ~ miles IN tho mountains. laulved at the
diggina on Wedns sdIuy evening, Inr 8. Al the
foot Of the Gregory lead, saw several sluices
and near thousand men digging and wash ny,
ont the prccious metal. The oiaims on tnis lead.
sold. n day or two brturt arrived here for S2t.
900 The claims were 100 feet along The lead,
by 90 yet wide
On Thursday orning. June 9, our company
took up hour pad cdlms. AMI we have been
working on the salne. SINKING shafts, nearly 5
weeks aud huve not made "ary red But we
are not discouraged-iDe knoD others are ma
king money by the Thousands who had no better
prospects ere they struck the pay dirt. than we
now have. lie who opens good lead, and can
get from % cents 10 3l.OO 10 the pan. has made
his pile" Bat, thousands do daily become
discouraged aud retutn homJ. They have, IN
some instances tOlled day after day III VAN, 10
ind lead" They have plodjed their way
over these ,ugged mountains, along the crsgs
fnslly return home, feeling confident there is
no fortune locked mp IN the bosom ot the Rocky
Mountain, iur ihenL A la'Ge number oi these
'sra,npedrrs' have bccn "ranched' too long
ucar me old holnslead, and never heard the
lowing oi wild varmlnls. | shall not be sur
prlsed II II lorge number OF them return Ogoin
uext season
There ure over iitv mining Districts organiz'6
in the mounlo oins; and OF course cannot give
q 4 tl,,ttiu t,E plfl
district. But | will glyr you as near as | can.
what has been done in the following districts :
First and foremost, is the G,eguiv district
winch conpris,s a territory ol mills by 2
miles Near 1870. 600 has been taken ron the
lead aud gulch claims IN this district from the
seventh OF March up to the. middle OF July.
The Jackson guIch disgIugs. which were the
| 4 st guch diggings opened IN the mountains,
pay to the hand from rs to $50 per day.
The Green Russell gulch diggngs, winch are
si,ua,ed about 3 miles sonlh west Of Gregory S,
ynl to the h md from $40 TO $50 per day
| w. Russo has ten claims whi,h he holds al
one hundred thousand dollars
The Nevada gulch dig9Ings, whichjoin Grego-
rvs on the west, are also very rich, aud The lar
grst nuggets vet discovered, have bcrn found at
! the Nevada dggings. Que nugget weighed Sl2.
| aud anO ihef 800 ..
The gulch dlggingS have been all the rag" OF
! late. A large number ot the quartz lead cnins
| have been ubdaudoncl Tor lhls season They
are in most instances, very dithcuIt 10 open, re-
quiring great amount Of hard bone labor -
| But lew came here prepared To mine III the
nuputans; but calne to mine IN the valleys OF
| Cherr, Creek and Platte river--as slupPndous b
fraud, swindlr and cheat rs ever was practiCed
upon an intelli cut people. To mine successful
", in the QUARTS, trequlrcs heavy picns, crow
bars, steel drills, IRON we 'g"s, iron sledS
and large amount of blasting powder, in loosen
rock from their tastuesses, the burnt quartz
which Nature place here about the lourth
morning OF creation, or Il few days before Adam
was made. THIS is US near as | can ct at the
time, when the uphrayng took lace III ihest
mountains, withuu! "s,crlN "rdS.
Durng the months ot MAY and June, bat lit
tie rain Tell in the mountains. 1t was ,cry dry
during the month of June, aud the fires ragged t,
a lrariul extent. Several who ", 10 ont pros
pecung were burned to death. Who they Were
nobody knows, rs their cothlng was burnt up
= aud their bodies 80 ,lisGsurcd that they coult
not he recognz'd. Bu during the last inu
e weeks, We huve ben vi 'ted with nh
amount OF ram, nnl ucuny all of the lea
claims had t. b. abandoned. The water droV
= thu. mluers out ui rhrir SHAFTS aud tunnels. Th
nIph waters are also Il great hndr,nce 10 thos
working IA the guIch.s Bdr we are told lha
the ,nluN season viii bc over nbunt the mlddl
ul August M lhat il viii not lnIn again untl
mex, June or JAY,
70 / ua,e dou0., about this rlin1te b'irg
htalluy onr. We Ndvr always been luid lhi
Il the muuuuuu McrL,s would o!mosl ralse "a
II lcad bat lu,lr lS one lmuk ,rttop, nay
grown YEA Ncu,s Older Me last l"nr VEGAS lua
wa, ~ hcn arrived hrrG; a d Hnniy had t
' teavr the M tuaullns, nut alu now iusllcatlh-
Ia the >,tag' of Auuru by dong my ow
Il cuOklug aud S,erpn. On ,h' soft side o! pm
/ bOard. o. whhtH luXorN
l. The m ruutan air Is very light, aud nearly ev
j. cry MINER complains OF a d'th uIty IN braihng
V Bat lew can climb up muuulalu ,OOO tee' 4
/. height, wl,hOul stop ing 10 rest hall dnze
i lines ere .hry reach the summit The We
weather. and the heavy pine forests, nni the d.
compus,up of vegetable matter, must necesSari
" make the air impnIe. But suppose, like Il
Oh woman in lndiana, well become ace innate
to this country il we remain here long enough
saw some of your Prrrysburg boys sonle NV
' weeks ago. Captain - AMI his company
(yuu viii remember hls MONS i have lost 1t;
have lett us tur home, and p'rhapS will reoc
here ere tins reaches you. believe they at
satisfied there is gold enough here, but the
werr not lucky aud wishing 10 return in ume L
gcl the "asrr' esdin this II, near Maumre, am
attend III: upplc.cuIs, they concluded to STAN
peds
: rhe delegates to form State Constitution fu
= the Stale OF Jefferson, met here Mnnddy, Angus
/. They had Il stormy TIM up to this evening
, auA white wrle there is public sprSklug 1
the streets, tor, rul against, the formation OF
State CONSTITUTIONS. have 40 doubl 'hat con
sututnn viii he submitted to the people, TIN
tall, Tor their rdtiirotIun or rrirc' on but
e thiuk il very doubtful il it Is adopted,
But must closr tor the pr. SeuL Give IN,
respect III yOur family. Yours, J. IL. II.
4 NICE Lor N. q. SUGAR aud MOLAsS