The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-06-18

we copy from the Leavenworth Herald
of the 11th the following cheering news:
To the exclusion of other matter, we,
this morning lay before our readers the
most reliable, and at the same time the
most cheering intelligence which has yet
been received from the Gold Mines on
our western borders. The letters which
follow, are from gentlemen in whom the
most implicit reliance may be placed.
Mr.. Field, who is named in Mr.. Fox's
letter, was formerly Chief Clerk in the
Post Office in this city, and none who
know him will question his statements
But the important intelligence does not
rest on his statements alone. 1t is con-
frmed by the letters from the Messrs.
Parkinsons, gentlemen of high character
and reliability, we'll known in this city,
and by the extracts we furnish from the
Rocky Mountain News.
The new diggings discovered, are on
the mountain slopes, and yield as richly
as many of the best claims of California.
They will be followed by other discove-
ries, fully equal in richness. But it is
useless to add more. The letters tell the
story, and in our comments we simply
design to endorse to the fullest extent
the reliability of the gentlemen who
wrote them:
LITTER TO MR.. JONES OF JONES & RUS
SELLS EXPRESS COMPANY.
DENVER CRY, May 81, 1859.
JOHN s. JONES, Eso.-DEAR SIR:-Un-
like my former letters, 1 hope this will be
eminently gratifying to you. Reports
from the mounta ms come in daily, and
all, without single exception, confirm
each other, and are encouraging to the
highest degree, and beyond the possibility
Of doubt true. / have been waiting
the return of Messrs. Field and Willard
before could give entire credence TO the
indeed marvellous reports, which are the
incessant subject of conversation upon the
streets. / have heard that many men
were taking out at Gregory's digg;ngs from
so cents to $25 10 the pan. have heard
that Capt. Bates had taken out SIS in II
pans. l have heard that the Indiana
Company were making from $3.50 to $500
per day, working four men, carrying their
dirt in sacks three hundred yards.
Many other stories equally as strange
as this were going the rounds; and l con-
fess was very 10th to believe any of them
But can now no longer doubt. Many
gentlemen in whose veracity / have the
most implicit confidence have confirmed
the above reports.
The result of the prospecting tour Of
Mr.. Field and Mr.. Willard, has complete
ly and entirely satisfied me of the cor
rectness of what have heard, and of the
extent and richness of the gold fields oil
the mountains. You will receive by this
stage q small package of dust, valued at
$3.50. 1t was originally S2,75, but Mr..
Field lost some of it out of the paper
This Mr.. Martin Field PANIED out in one
pan-the only pan he washed-took it
from the earth with his own hands-con-
sequently he could not have been mista-
ken or humbugged. He tells me that the
Indiana Co., Of whom l have spoken,
composed of four men, average per day
1854. The largest amount taken out in
one day was S495.
] There are but two sluices in the mines
at work regularly-another one was put
in operation upon last Monday. Mr..
Gregory the discoverer of these leads
was entitled to one claim by his working
and one extra claim for the discovery he
made. He sold these two claims for
$27,O 600. Bates was offered $4,000 for
his, but declined. One man sold bis
claim to the Indiana Co. for $50-in a
few days they sold it for $4,000. Ties.
things are true. You can state them any
where without fear of their being success
fully refuted. ao
The mines are but scarcely opened
It will take the whole summer to develop
them. You can Judge of the poor facili-
ties the miners have for working when
they have to carry their dirt two hundred
yards. In short time, however, doubt
not that some energetic spirit will open q
ditch and afford them fair opportunity
of taking out their thousands. Whoever
does so will have the best diggings, for
he will of course furnish all the miners
with water. The utmost excitement pre-
walls among the miners, as we'll as the
citizens of Denver. Everyone Is anxious
for claim; nearly all have gone to GRECO
fry's Field states that there are at least
already in the mines, and between this
place and there, from two to three thou
sand people. The ravine in which the
mines are located is dotted for one mile
with rude huts for cooking and sleeping.
and all day long, for that distance, men
by hundreds, are seen busily at work
They are suffering for want of provisions
very much; l am sorry to say ours have
not yet arrived. The miners will not
leave their claims for fear of their being
Jumped" and prefer to live on fresh
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