The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-07-07

crushed and washed hereafter The miners esti.
mate this as equally rich with that which has
"rotied," so tina, gold may be washed from it
hence, that they realize, as yet but half the gold
dug by them, This seems probable, but its
truth remains to be tested.
Ii should be borne in mind that, while the
miners here now labor undei many obvious dis
advantages, which must disappear with the
growth OF their experience and the impro vement
OF their now rude machinery, they at the same
time enjoy advantages which caunot be retained
indefinitely, nor rendered universal They are
all working very near small mountain stream,
which affords them an excellent supply Of water
for washing at very cheap rate; aud though
such streams are very common hore the leads
stretch over rugged hills aud considerable noun
tains. down which the vein .stone must be car
red TO water, at serious cost. Ii does not
seem probable that the thousands Of claims al
ready made or being made ON these leads can
De worked so proitablv in the average ns those
alresdy in operation. We hear already of many
who have worked their claims for days (by pan
ning) without having raised color" as the
phrase is--that is, without having found any
gold whatever. We presume thousands are dos
tined to encounter lasting aud utter dissppoint-
ment, quartz veins which boar no gold being
prominent feature of the geology OF all this re-
gion.
We cannot conclude this statement without
protesting most earnestly against II renewal of
the inlatuation which impelled thousands to
rush to this region month or two since, only
TO turn back before reaching it. or TO hurry
away Immediately after, more hastily than they
came. God-mining is a business which emf
nenty requires OF its votaries capital, experience,
energy, endurance, and in which the highest
qualities do not always command success
There may bo hundreds of ravincS in these noun
tains us rich in gold us that in which we write,
and there probably are many but, ap to this
hour, we do not know that any such have been
discovered There are said 10 be five thousand
people already in this raviue, and hundreds more
pouring into it daily. Tens OF thousands more
have been passed by us on our rapid journey to
this place, or heard of bs ON their way hither by
other routes For all these, nearly every pound
of provisions and supplies OF every kind must
be hauled by teams from the Missouri River,
some 700 miles distant, over roads which are
mere trails crossing countless unbrdged water
courses, always steep.banked and often miry,
aud at times SO swollen bv rains as to be utterly
impossible by wagons Part Of this distance is
desert yielding grass, wood, and water only
at intervals ot several miles, and that very
scantily. To attempt to cross this desert on
foot is --sucde-murder. To cross 1t
with teams in midsummer, when the water
courses are mainly dry, aud the grass eaten up,
look for grass and water, und where water must
be carried along to preserve life few months
hence-probably by the middle of October--this
whole ALI pine region will be showed under and
frozen up, SO as TO put stop TO the working OF
suces if not to mining altogether. There, then,
iora period of at least six months, will be neith-
or employment, food nor shelter, within five
, hundred miles for tho thousands pressing htaer
under the delusiou that gold may be picked up
here like pebbles OH the sea. shore, aud that when
they arrive here, even though without provisions
or money, their fortunes are made. Great dis
appointment great suffering are inevi table; few
can escape the latter who arrive al Denver City
after September without ample means to support
them in very dear country. at least through a
long winter. We charge those who manag, the
telegraph not to dilfuse a part of our statement
without giving substantially the whole aud we
beg the press generally to unite with MS in warn,
ing the whole people against another rush to
these gold mines as il.advise1 as that OF last
Spring-a rush sure TO be followed like that by
stampede, but one far more destructive o.
! property aud life. Respectfully.
HoRAcE GREELEY,
A. ID. RIcHARDsoN,
HENR Willard.