Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-28
n.Aan.Is .I,ne.--RenarI., &c.

For the Gold Mines--RepoEts' &C
Many of our exchanges speak Of parties be-
ing organized for the gold mines to leave carry
in the spring. and occasionally the departure OF
adventurers is announced. The last Chardon
Democrat states that several young men in that
vicinity think of emigrating to Pixies Peak the
coming spring; and the Psinesville Advertiser
states that company of -eigkteen intend to
start from Madison, Lake coInty, within week
or two. A few are going from Palnssville, and
Mr. Joseph Harvey, of Concord, has rented
his fam to try his luck at the mines.
The reports from the mines continue to be
conflicting. Advices from Los Vegas, in New
Mexico, to Jan. Ist, state that one of aparty Of
Mexicans who left Taos for the purpose of
prospecting about Cherry Creek had returned
bringing 81, 500 in scale geld, washed out in
fifteen days, and lump of pure gold weighing
about fifteen ounces. The success of the Mexi-
can SO excited the citizens of Taos, that some
400 of them were on the point of leaving for
the mines. Los Vegas and other points were
equally insane from gold fever. The mines
arc only eight days travel from the localities
named. Such is the exciting Mexican story,
| to be taken no doubt with some grains of al
lowance
On the other hand the Wooster Republican
publishes letter written by Mr.. Westey Spear,
formerly of Wooster, now of the gold regions,
| tn his brother in Wooster, which does not pre-
sent quite 50 golden prospect. The Repubh-
can says "Mr Spear is well known to the citi-
zens of Wooster, and to many of the Peo-
pie of Wayne county, as entirely reliable" >
His letter is dated Mountania, Jan. A, 1859,
anil we commend what he says to his brother
to the careful reflection and digestion of such
as have Pike Peak spasms. Mr.. s. writes:
"Iwould like to know what the excitement
is with you about this country and the Gold
From what | have heard l suppose it is great,
but i can tell you if there is not more Gold
found in the spring than there Is now, 1t will
not pay to stay here. have been out pros
pecting and hunting ruth an old Cdtyornsdn
nearly all the time since here. Il is true the
''coiOr" can be had by digging any place, but 1t
is foat gold and very scarce. It will not pay
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found in the spring, up in the mountains, that
will pay big The mountains as yet have not
been prospected for we cannot work there in
the winter The vallies have been all dug up,
but not enough gold is found to pay. There
are six or eight hundred persons here now, and
still more coming. Now if you are aching to
come out here Just hold your horses and do not
believe all the reports you hear, for there are
lots of tOlUns starting up here, and anything will
be written back to get folks out here. If
there is not more gold found next summer than
there is now, l am coming back, or going some
place else l will quit writing moment, and
90 out to a hole l have sunk, and wash out
pan and send you the gold, so that you can see
what it looks ike, and how much we get out Of
a psn-Well, am back again, and have
washed out tic0 pans and have got about
ttOstre aud half cents, which will send to you
Now there are places where we cannot get
more than two of these small specks in pan,
and other places where we can get more than
send you out of one pan, but it does not pay
1 person. aooulld adpise all friends of mine not
to come here until something better IS found"
We find in the Canton Republican an extract
of a letter from the gold mines by former citi-
zen of Stark county, Mr. J. H Snyder twill
be seen that like Mr.. Spear his account is any
thing but fattering, for in speaking of the rush
to Pixies Peak Mr.. Snyder says:
Now hope your friends and neighbors will
not tthrow.themselves into the crater of Kansas
gold speculations headlong, and never seek TO
learn anything more than that there is gold at
Pixies Peak If they will look around and
count up the number Of Californians who re-
turned and made a fortune by the trip, they can
4 sb,k, al I.vb
aud return, bring back as much as they take
away, and not more than one half make more
than fifty cents per day, s.e, one half Of all
that 90 and return make an average Of about
ea-S-L-r-l-y-E.s Or IedNTng 20
that of returning, and one-third make less than
twenty-five cents per day. et u
The Gila Gold Mines bubble appears to have
burst sooner even than could have been antici-
pated 1t will be recollected that passengers
by the last overland stage reported that they
saw but few miners on the Gila, but found a
number en- route home, some of them plodding
along foot. The Arizona correspondent of the
Cincinnati Times, one of the Ohio Silver Mining
Company, in letter from Santa Rita, January
18th, writes that is now ascertained beyond
doubt that the gold mines on the Gila are fail
ure and humbug, and adds: 500
Hundreds of disappointed gold hunters,
"dead broke" and discouraged, are begging their
way back to California, anthematizing the
country and those who, by their false state
ments, induced people to risk their lives and
substance in such barren and desolate coun-
try. Some gold has undoubtedly been found,
bat long distance from water, and In very
small quantities. Living is exorbitantly high,
and supplies of every description are scarce and
difficult to procure, Let no one be deluded by
false reports of the richness Of these mines, nor
risk a journey there without the most direct
and authentic information. There are undoubt-
edy gold deposits in this territory, but the scar
city of water will prevent them being proftably
worked at present.
The Hartford FOrger.
The case of DR. Iinus P Brockett, of Hart