The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-01-15
tn. x.,s.. Cold Field,

Although the reports Of the disco,..
of gold in Western Kansas have bsen ~,
down ~ u stale trick to induce sinjsf,H.,
To that locality, it cannot be denied N:
the precious metal can be, and has hs..
obtained there at most remuperativs n,a
In proportion.to the labor necessary a N
discovery. The 6streports OF the dIsoo,
cries at Pixies Peak and Cherry creek !,
ly reached MS as late as last Sep,emS..
The gold district is very extensive. ~;
not confined 70 the beds of water coun,,
A pan full ofthe auriferous earth, WIFI
is found almost anywhere in the rssio,
is sure to repay the trouble of sepatsto,
even with the rough tools vet employ,;
But, with sluices, long toms, gold wa,s
ers and experienced essayers, the prodUr
of the ore will be materially enhanced |,
value. tits said that the appearance i
the gold fields is as if the precioas mes
had been triturated and scattered owe, h.
country by some unknown process.
The location Of the most remuneratu
diggings is not at Pixies Peak, as at Sr
stated, but upon the Platte, and near H.
mouth of Cherry creek, where it empts
into the Platte, and where the enterpis
ling miners have built up towns, called
Aurara, Montana, ST. Charles, &c. A shOr
distance from here the washihgs are a;
TO realize from ten cents TO four dollars De
pan, to which but 4 or minutes are /.
duired. The gold is seldom found in larr
grains, aud when collected, the dust much
resembles that of the California mines, tia
first product ofwhich was received at th.
New York Herald office in 1S4S. tn.
diggings along the South Platte are said b
be excellent; but as yet all reports sgrs
in the fact that the particles Of gold a,
small, the largest spoken Of being won!
but forty-four cents. The bed rocks 0
: mountain mines, from which all ths
, grains must have heen washed, have "
to be reached. 1t is said that with th
rudest implements the miners now ave-
, age from two dollars to five dollars p
/ day for each man; that there are million
: of acres which with appropriate implimeu
Q will yield from twenty to forty dolls
2 per day for each man; that the gold is mo
!. generally diffused, thus insuring a suppO
for each man; that more than five hundr
: different places have been prospected, al
It all of them found to contain gold.
v The only estimate We have thus
!. seen of the gold product oft Platte ri
: err Cherry creek diggings is 100000
9 the fall operations, which is probably We
: low indeed, as there are at least l 500 4
!, ners at work in the region. The !
i routes to the diggings are said to be tn
by Leavenworth City, Kansas; Fort Ri
J. road and Smoky Hill Fork, and that
v Council Bluffs, Iowa. Great preparati
o are being made by the residents Of adj
h ing States and Territories 70 emigrat'
is the Spring, and through the impetus
IL gold we shall doubtless have Kansas S
n demanding, and not requesting admltta
r. into the Union.
,e TIE G1LA RIVER ARIzoNAl G
at MINEs.-Arizona, or New Mexico, has
1T credit Of possessing, in common with
t huahua and Sonora, which are immedi
e. " south of it, plsntifully supplied
ne fields, needing only the capital and TT
C. ure to make another California. The
sr ports of large emigration to ella river,
en- its junction with the Colorado, in scare
n. gold, cannot therefore be considered
k remarkable. As yet, the Gila river m
st are not fully tested, or reported from.
e. the excitement in the south of Callfc
is vesy great about them. Il is repo
D. that a man can easily make from 81
ur $16 per day, and with the proper 7
/ over $40. One man wrote to the San
Ill ego Herald that he had prospected in
av direction for three miles from
at point, and failed in finding gold but
He had, however, but $40. which he
was the product Of eight days labor.
reports of the gold diggings have u
be confirmed, though there is undoub'
gold in the region.-N Y. Herald.