, 1859-11-14
Pixies Peak Gold Mluc4-AneWcf to
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Editors Press md Tribune;
Gents-1 notice in This mornings paper,
communication from J. Algea, under the above
caption, purposting to give Synopsis Of
"Several interesting conversations with 1fr.
]. H. Holmes, who quite erecently returned from
Pixies Peak" As / also hare recently re-
tnrned,' and knowing that your correspondent
has made many false statements, beg to reply
thereto, first promising that I am not one Of
those "who have claims to SELL" to the poor
dcluded being. from inability to sell to miners
there.
am frcm the Gregory District. and have
been familiar with mining operations in the
Gregory, Russell, and Clear Greek Digelnss"
-"wbere Ar. Holmes says he was" and far
ther, am personally acquainted with minority
Of the sai.<rs there, mud know from theiT per-
sonal statements to me, and in many casek from
IN inspection oftl,eir looks, showing their re-
cripts Of gold washed encl day aud week, 1hat
instead oil The mines not paying ono dollar per
fay," the average yield has exceeded more than
man: take this wide range from five to one
hundred dollark, to cover all the different dig-
gings, both in tue cutches and ieud c,airus.
Ar. Holmes repeats tue old story Tint "GTeg-
ory humbugged Gree1cy"-as base n fabrication
AS ever was invented, not a particle Of truth in
II. The report made by Mr. Greeley in regard
10 the proceeds Of certain claims, WAS from the
evidence of oRn eyes. and those same Claims
tllat then yielded SO richly hare since Tint time
uore tknn doubled their yield, Us many as 1a0u
penpyweiglts harins been taken from s'uice,
as the result Of the labor ot fire men for one
day, aud 80 peanyweiehts from SIX hundred
pounds Of dirt, DC. lfthis what be means by be-
tshnmhr1nnu ~ HE1va ia f1ntnf,rrr
Mr.. Homes says TINT the Russell boy $, "wlen
the report came Of such rick disgings in the
South Park. every one Of them lett their claims
aad started for the new gold ftlIs," This,
slessrs- Editors, | pronounce b1ss ti<, manu-
iactured from Whole cloth-as also tile sto:e-
r'ens that they only divided seTen hundred dol
Lars apiece Their average receipts for the tirst
SIX weeks preceding the first Of September, was
eighteen hundred dollars per week, and siucc
TINT time their Gains have paid better than ever
before. am personally acquainted with the
!ius&ell boys. and write that which do know.
Sir. eIeen Russell hns done much, perhaps
more than any other man in opening up The
gold regions Of Kansas to the public, and
when news oftbe discovery in tho South Park
came, be WAS one ofthe first to organize party
for the purpose Of prospecting tile Park thor
ough!y. ! cannot agree with tue opinion ex-
pressed by Mr. Holmes and party, that the dis
covtrieA now made will not pay-on tue coutra.
r. they have yielded largely, for the facilities
We hire had in working them, and with tic
proper naachinnry their ) yled must be enormous.
Quastz seins, where the rock is only partially
decomposed, less ttlun one third, that daily
yield from one to fiye hundred dol1urs, to the
sluIce, caunot but prove fortune to the lucky
owner. when by The aid of Quartz Mills, nil the
rock il crushed and washed by the ton.
4 minority oftbe q.Rrtz veins in tue GREGORY
district, aro not sufficiently decomposed to wa<l.
until after being crushed, and this alone will
readily account for the non SUCCESS Of grea.
numbers. Perhaps Dir. Holmes and party who
confess 10 having bought claim, had ono Ct
this description, aud which although Of "un-
doubted richness" yet only yielded them for
one week work "a eight do|iars all told" hare
examined all Of the principal veins in the Greg
ory district, and have Invariably found tic
quartz rock very rich-nope averaging less
thaa tn cents per pound, having carefully pull
verized The rock, washed mud weighed tie gold.
That our mines are inexhausstle. no miner Of
ang sense or discrimination doubts, and that
new quartz veins are being daily discovered il
an u: doubted *act- There is room for men Of
energy md enterprise, fortune for all. In con-
clns'ou, when left the mines, laborers we're re.
ceis !; three dollars per day, aud could easily
boar! themselves Tor seventy fire cents per day
Yours, de-, ]. II. GEsT.