White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-06-30
The Game Grows Desperate.

The attempts to create a new gold ex-
ritsment, are growing desperate in the
extreme. Extra after Extra issues from
Lesyenwortb. despatch after despatch is
sent East. and every string is pulled to
create confidence in the stories. I'm
inense arrivals of gold are constantly an
nouaced at Lesvenworth. packages pur-
porting to be Pixies Peak gold. are sent
East, by express. and gold is flying in
every direction still. strange to say. it
has as yet been seen only by few OF the
initiated" The largest amount posi-
lively known to have been seen with the
naked eye. was some Sc or 81, sent to
sn assay Office. A late writer from the
mines states that. when the thing explo-
ded out there. the interested ones at
Denver sent parties into the mountains,
with orders to bring back reports of
great discoveries. whether they made any
or not The stories arriving from there.
indicate that the explorers have Obeyed
orders.
The latest and most important move.
as a statement purporting to come from
Horace Greeley and two newspaper cor
respondents. certifying to the richness of
the new diggings. This will no doubt
have a great influence in favor Of the
mines. But what is the nature of the
statement 1t is, that Horace and the
other two visited the diggings, where
they detected particles of gold in the
sluices. and-mark it-were informed
that such and such persons, whose names
are given, had taken out so many hun
dred dollars. Now, if Horace Greeley
did sign that statement, (which needs
confirmation il amounts to about as
much as if any other person had signed
it for If we are to rely upon what some
person has told Us, we can believe any
improbable story we may hear. Upon
equally as good grounds, we might have
believed that fortunes could be picked up
IN a few days. all along Cherry Greek.
Is it not more probable that Horace was
purposely conducted to those diggings,
By interested persons, who knew what an
effect favorable statement from him
would produce; that they took him TO
whore their tools pretended to have made
discoveries and that they had all their
stories cut and dried, ready to stuff into
his ears? We observe that the Tribune,
IN noticing the Geographic report Of this
statement, takes it unusually coolly, and
remarks that Greeley will soon publish
statement in its columns that may be
relied upon.
There is a leaky place, we have disco
vered, in these reports regarding Greeley
In his statement. he says that il requires
much hard and patient labor to make
mining pay; that persons may take
claims adjoining those that pay well, and
not find anything; and that those that
do pay, may not hold out any length Of
time; and, upon the whole, he advises
persons to be cautious about hurrying of
10 the mines. The same batch of news
chat accompanies his statement, likewise
announces that Horace had purchased a
claim, and intended to work it. Now,
when Greeley started on journey to the
Pacific, with the intention Of returning
home by given time; when be knows
1t requires hard and patient work to get
gold; and when he has his doubts whe.
Their majority Of the claims will pay
does It look reasonable that he would
make an outlay of money for a claim,
and set to hard digging. spending bis
time and means, for the prospect of ma.
king good wages for few days, and
running the risk of making nothing al
sll /? Something 6shy there, sure.
The pith of this Greeley report yet re-
mains to be teld. Il was written at the
request of one Williams. an agent OIL
Jones & Russell'S Express, the salvation
Of which depends upon getting an i'm.
nense crowd to 60 to the mines in q
great hurry. In the Leavenworth Elk.
tras, mixed up with tho sayings and do.
ings Of Greeley. the important announce.
Trent is made, that Jones & Russell viii
soon put on daily line of express coach.
es. which will make the round trip il
two weeks ! The Times yells Justify fol
IeaveAworth, upon the strength of thest
reports-leaving the inference. that the
prosperity Of that city depends upon the
gold emigration. If such be the case
when the golden bubble finally burst.
"for keeps" which it inevitably will,
Leavenworth must subSide with it /; fol
we opine that the Times viii have a right
tedious job in making the whole country
acknowledge that the Pixies Peak mine.
are as rich as those of California, or ever
that they are mines at all.
8 ~ Mr.. Salisbury, Clerk Of the ST