Nebraska advertiser., 1859-04-21
The "GOld DiggingS."


Here is something taken from the
Shelbyville Patriot on the gold mines:
P1KE's PEAK, Nov. 19, 1853.
Mr.. EDITOR Me and my wife left
the old Sucker State on the first of last
September, and arrived here right on
Pixies Peak on the 18th of the same
month. being just II IA days on the road.
Short trip say you. But the route travelled
was not by the Arkansas, neither that of
the Platte, but Just midway between the
two. Uniting the advantages of each,
without the drawback of either. This
route was never travelled till me and my
wife passed along; it turns neither to1he
right nor to the left, but goes straight
along, right to the mines, and furnishes an
abundance Of grass, wood and water; so
nutritious is the grass, that when me and
my wife got here, our cattle were SHUTTER
fat" At the urgent request of the half
starved miners, me and my wife killed
them and sold the shanks at thirty-three
and one eighth cents per pound; the
fleshy pieces we swapped for gold nuggets
pound for pound. But amt we rich q
Tell all your folks to come my route; no
difficulty in finding it, as me and my wife
took pains to blaze all the trees. We
think of putting up toll-gate; my wife
can tend it. while | work in the Mines
There is truth in all the exaggerated ac-
counts about gold. Just now my young.
est child "a yearling) brings in shirt
tail full of very rich dirt, which my wife
will wash and send you the yield. 1 sup
ply me and my wife with meat by my gun
Buffalo, bear, deer and antelope, are II
abundance. Buffalo, bear, deer and ante
lope, are in abundance. Yesterday
killed an antelope $50 yards. a gur
will kill further here than any place
ever saw. Strange as it may appear
right on the peak and close to our house
is a little lake filled with honey; a few
yards from this is a gushing spring oI
pure milk There is a peculiar species
of tree here the fruit of which is better
than the best buckwheat cake you ever
saw. Ny wife thinks she has discovered
indications of soap mine; Tom Trou,
sers has discovered a rosin mine; Joe
Boottiee is making preparations to manu-
facture turpentine. The boys are al
doing we'll; / have 90 or 100 pounds oi
gold which / intend sending back to my
wife's poor relations the first express
sickness and sorrow, pain and death are
strangers here. When me and my wife
left Pinkin Hollow, in Illinois, she was
poor, little, sCrawny, wasp-waist crea
ture, weighing 81 pounds; now she weighs
140, and looks like huge molasses hogs
head, only when she wears hoops-anC
then, and then. The color of my wife,
skin has changed to a deep yellow; somc
property of the atmosphere communicate
this to the cuticle This is taken as al
indication Of the abundance of gold.
NY wife stops me to say the shirt tai
of earth was not very rich, only maxim.
SIS SO land 8 mills and fraction over. M,
wife sends her respects to you, and say
you must sent the Patriot to the Peak
My second boy Just brought in the poin
Of two-edged sword, doubtless the on
that guarded the garden of Eden. Their
is an old Indian here who says he we
remembers Noah and the ark. M
twelve sons are all well and hearty, an
my two daughters are all well and hearty
and fine looking girls.
Farewell.
AMARIAH BILLDAD,
AND HIS WIRE.