New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-21
PIKE'.S Pc IN.


late AyB INTERESTING FROX TIE MINES.
t,os TIE 81 Joseph Hest, lGth
We are indebted for the iUl SiDg exfacts nom pr
vai. letters from toe gold region 20 Messrs Sklller
spd Van Welt, who Ob;a,ned them from l.. H. Snop.
Of the firm Of Smo0t, Rassell d Co., LshVen worm
City The stter vas not written '0T qnoHc@'l ID, anu
Are unoer special obhgaons 10 our friends tJr their
interest ~ our behalf. They saw VITA then 0 IN eyes
the god spoken Of and We uhreservedy v1ach ior 'h9
E,t,sc, ffom e.ters from Capt: 4. F. Garrison late
AZ Commi-ssry Department, United S,a-es Army, buo
rss;dinp since the Mexican Wax GEAR lulr1eHi.a nee
Missouri addressed to l.. r. SmoO., OF SmoJ', ku5eH
H. Co. LsaveDwOrth City, X. T.: ,-o
J GREGORY DIGGisGs, h. l., ny 9, 49,.
e Col. Ward and myself .eit Denver Cry % he "a
u,t.. pess.d over an uudulstSg prairisi s2.eodid
Rad; IL miles TO Clear Creek, mountain s.Ic''h VI
oopsideJa DE volume clear and con- - 49, ny orc
lay,rp ont Golden CITY, beng hdt ni!7 Aom
Viz. you cOmmencs The ascent OF tIe moult4ins u
Gregory atd other dsg.nss lno!Cs,d IN 'hreo az
vi mountains, It is one O, Toe most fJn-h'Ic sizes
fer tosn ID any country; plenty OF ")ol, ana ssW
nil nriyed to-day. In sIX.y days, NOn MY 10 one
buncr.4 houses vii be erected Cnere. lnls - the
popt where all the enngraiOn stops, and II, 'ns time
the,e az. a thousand NHgJos GnG twJ rnOashn1 per
cons This city. Gfas, IL hns ana sP'lns "'eI ~
ahupoaacs From WHAT | can learn, tlo snoss 10
Winter are out little dee per here tna1 IN Denver
From t,is polnt you ascend ~ the hsSmss, -
silse s.aoI by new, rOugA rOai, tlAnp Lot Owe! u
quarter Of load. We mst Si,ut n'uo5l9 ~ ~ n.1
sbeel an packs. Here 3 tue cad " ensraut travel
" uaguns and the point H1ese all proYsions must %
storel ard a nsw charter Of conveyance a1Jpyei u
pansport tbem 10 the mount slas.
From Golden C'y proceeded mp The guicaes OF
the mouutaDs over very oTcultJus road, - Gfego-
rvs djgsipgs | have been here only one nall day,
And proceeded up the rag.le only aoou- mls, II -
mas, ali BslOn nave seen le6s- J1OO pe'-
sops 900 ~ 800 su,ces, aud 100 cabins Glrealy. /
have the most POSITIVE information that within 5N
,qua.e nil, tlese are from 400 TO coo cabins, and from
0OO 10 Goo sluccs, mostly in operation, good ss"-
mill al done within I'VE weeks, ard Will more than
double in the next five weeks Hb4t OF about l3,0OD
persoIs a. least TO- zoe work IL The mines. Ihey
get Up daily some $4,000
The jackson and Spanish dig-rgs are rom
Fix to eight nIes from here, and are sGlI 10 be mgnly
nl Toy cd syi the nnneIs are getting up nnch god.
Boulder Oissmgs are Go0u; t"en,y mics ifom mere.
I am satisfied that 900 m dust can De purchased
here dairy a; from sl2 TO slS Per ounce, wiki CON-
GREGORY MINES, Jolly 40 p. NJ.
wIote yol az J o'clock, and although exhausted by
clubbing the mines, the importance d tle supe't IL
auees NE 20 wlite again My letter 81 this morning
IL more than confirmed WITHIN the area OF SIX miles
square there are from 500 70 800 different leads beng
opeped ami from 600 - 5000 cle ~ worked mostly
profitable stated this morning that slOOOO per day
was mined: my impression is THAI hJm S3JOOO t.
$4,000 is lalsed every day. There a; least 0OJO
men st work il the mines. We 20 NJ IN the morning
10 the other disgnss-Jackson, spanish, a.: ,,
1 certify the foregoing to be COPIED by myself from
the original IN my rJssess4On received by me on me
14il Jaly by express J.. X. SNoo''