, 1859-11-11

4 DIscourn=tnE Wow.

Ed.tosa P1css and Tribune:
NV Bosroa, Ill, Nor. 7th. 1850.
As the public are eyer on the LOOK out for
news from Pixies Peak, ind, rs ws hear 50 many
conflicting reports. it is almost matter Of
imposslbility to'gct anything that is to be be-
lieved.
lis very hard mattez to get q man to run
down aplacc, where he has any thing ut stake, or
ercn to get the truth from him if he wishes to
realize nything- This il pretty near the case
with those who gaze such Aa.tering accounts
Of the Gold region" Most; if not all. hare
claims which they wish to sell, and. as they can
not sell to miners there, thcy must raise The hue
and czy Of "rich deposits Just discovered" some
hundred dollars per day taken out" and thus
work upon the public mind, get emigration
started from the States, and from The poor, de-
1uded beings reap the reward theyl seek. /
do not soy this is always the case; hut when
you lock ut the matter right, you can SEQ for
yourself.
hare had several interesting conversations
with Mr. ]. Il Holmes, who quite recently re-
turned from Pixies Peak, aud, as his story ma
terially differs from those interested, thought
to give you synopsis.
That there is gold there, no one will deny !;
but there will hare to be some new place dis
covered before it can be had in paying quanti-
ties. alr. Holmes says that where he was, land
he worked in the Gregory, Russell and Clear
Greek diggings,) that it did did not pay one
dollar per day to the hand. The large re-
ports ure published as the result Of digging,
are oftcner cents thar dollars.
lie says Gregory humbugsed Greelcy-and
not only Greeley, bu: naany others. That what
money he Ind was made By selling claims that
were Of undoubted richness, like one Mr. H.
bought, where fire of them worked one week,
with d sluice, and took out <igA4 dollars all tod
Rich digginRs those.
In reference to the quartz diggings, they are
not Of such magnitude as Mr. Clark asserts, nor
half, or quarter as rich. There are large guam
titles Of quartz that has not cent of gold in
them. Such diggIngs would certainly 1a*t "a
Mr: H. says that the Russell boys, worked
only half mile from his company, aud that
the South Park, every one Of them 1elt their
Claims md started for the new gold fields. II
they had been making anything do Ycu suppose
they would hare gone? No indeed. Mr. Il.
WIS there when the Russell Company dissolved
partnership, and divided their earnings, and
each one received seyeu hundred dollars, but
must pay for his provisions aud hands cut Of
that. Does not that accord well with Ais bring
ing zone hundred and thirty: fire pounds Of
dust back? It might hare been dust-literal~
ly-but not gold dust. 11r. II. says that there
isgold in the Russell diggings, if there is any
where, but in the first place, from three to Eve
feet Of surface dirt must be removed before you
come to the lead. Then you strike Thin
stratum Of coarse sand and gravel. in which is
is q bed Of clay, under which Is quicksand. If
water Was plenty, miners might realize wages,
and that would be all
Mr.. II. says that twenty shillings ($a SOY and
not boarded, was the highest paid ia either the
Russell or Gregory digsings, per day, 10 the
hand. Then you had to work in mud and water
knee deep. all day. Board could not be had
are great many persons there who would re-
turn, but cannot on account Of the means.
Mr. II. said that iu the hotels and eating.
houses you might sec large stacks OF piles Of
guns aud pistols, that had been pawncd for q
single meal Of victuals, and in many instances
were never redeemed.
Al Of Mr. Holmes company-.fve in number
gre it as their opinion that the present dis
coycrles will not pay, md that unless new and
richer diggings nre found, there wilt be very
little gold realized for the present. His opin-
ion is, that there is gold in richer deposits on
the Western Slope, but that Uncle Sam will
have to get The Indians out Of the way before
anything eau be done there.
Ir. J. II. Holmes is citizen Of Ninnebago
Cnunty, lE this State. and lis statements are
reliable. His many friends, who are readers of
you: paper in the northern part ot the State,
will be happy to learn his views.
Yours, I. 411EA.