Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-02-23
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Anshsnssc news d TIE aoss snsour-
aging charasssr ID alssoss daily received |
nom The hlinsa. We hare received two |
Letters from oas friend and townsman,
HxxaY AlLxS, within tbs last week, Civ |
lnQ az the news from the mines up 10 the |
IAth January
Mr.. j. B. xzxs1sT, PRESIDENT Of
plaEtsmouth, Nth whom we hare been
acquainted oys swslSs years called up
on us on Thaaday Last, having left the
niass On tbs lab January. He reports
health sxoslisa, weather pleasant, bnsi-
ness brisk in he way Of building and
preparing for dining In Ehs Spring; but
not much DOH ss mining, He says
there are some hw persons who mine the
most Of tia 1 as, Thsy huild o IRE
close by gheir PORK, 30 that they can
warm their DDS, and they waah and
warm aftermath " during the pleasant
portion Of the BY, and make about four
dollars per dayl He says bat few can
stand suah worA as their haads become
swollen, BLACK Ind sore. BE aays tina
most he sveE sSw washed out by one
man, in a day, % aight doilArs. He Ia.
satisfied vita the prospect aud wili return
to the mines IN ssw weeks. lie says
round or Shot ga has been found and
be exhibited tdus about twenty ght
dollars worth what we would call
seals gold, thesaEgess pieces Of whiOh
was about oneFoarah Of an inah in die
amstsr and q Dus one twentieth Of "a
inch thick. u brought Us lstssr from
MIR. Allen, n@asing the proceeds Of two
pans full Of dirS whioh may be seen at
our ofaee. Mr.. Kennedy says that all
the miners agree Mat tha Platte route ID
the best.
Mr.. Kennedy MT several teams going
out. He mst the Fwo men with the Ok.
cart, mentioned il shs B3gls some time
since, at O'FaIlok Bluf, ali well aud
pushing ahead. 9 met Wystt's train
With the Saw milIs ll safe as the mouth Of
Loups Fork. Haksys the miners gsnaE-
ally keep their Of . secrets, and il they
Rnd good paying higgings no one will
know where they ere until they eom-
msues working tA4a. He saya he wss
at the miaes ssvesAl weeks before he
could make up bis Aind as 70 the pros
psct. He saw the as. about, but did
hot know where it me from, OF bow
long it took TO gaths p it. He prOspse-
ted only ten days, I'D satisfied himself
that be can make j pay, and has come
in to arrange his Asinsss preparatory
10 an early rstaTn iaths Spring.
We are satisfied lom Mr. Kannedy's
statements to us, Ind gold will be found
in abundance in the bring, and that ths
mines are as rich as ay heretofore dis
covered in California
also PnR HovR.l DIR. KuEELx, Of
Sioux City, who has vt returned from
the mines, called at IL ogase on Friday
last. lie Showed "a sat TO the amount
Of Forfy-siz Dollars, hghieh be says was
the produce Of thirty lours work, by one
man in his employ.
The following Contamination FROM
one OF our correspond nts &C the gold
mines, having BEEN ss1 eta the Leavsn-
worth route, IL littld behind time, a.
we have Published lestEss Of later date
from the same sourel; but IL contains
some valuable inEoEzaation, which We
desire our readers 10 hare the benefit Of:
AuRARIA, Dec. l4sb, 1858.
AEssRs. EDEzoRs:-As Ii is showing and
very cold, thought il would DO good
time to write snd give yOu the news from
this new Eldorado. sines hare been
here, little over q mouth, have pros
psotsd considerable. The RraA "trip |
went seuih about thirty niles from here,
tine mouth at CAsrry Oresk) aud pansd
oat in several places from two 10 tween
~ esnts 10 the pan, or three spades full
Of dirt, and there was not one place Oh
the CTssk whsrs I did nos gss the color.
On Ralston Creek, northwest from
here, we done sbsas ths sauna, and en-
Platte RiYsr, near the mountains, We did
lisaia better.
oaps. Cooks company % BIT. Joseph,
are new running . "Tom'' on Ralssou
Greek and are making froaa Ave to six
dollars per day. / am satisfied thai
whsa thsFs is plenty u water and good
weather, that We can make from fifteen
70 twenty dollars Peg dag 70 the man /;
still thsrs ID nons hsss thai has dona thaG;
I only give my opinion from the paning
Hhavv dous myself. In one place know
Of two dollars and City cents being Ia
ken out WITH paD Ia two hours. In
every dirsssion, Cor sus hundred milas
from hass the pgospses il about tbs sAme
With Yery llssla difference. We have
heard soms vssy large tales, about the
discovery az Slump Gold = bat We
have noa sosn lampa, Aad consequently
doubt is. We are hero about nina
miles from she mouuaains. II is impos-
sibls FOR m 10 snaer tie RaYinaa o. Can
ions On account OF smow. 6oms hare
tried i and bare paid dearly Tor il, By
hsing badly fsossn-~ some hare had shslr
feet cus oa--othsrs their toss. TAs
mountains we're eo@asd win snow vixen
we Oasas Asss --in fast We eoaad ses ehs
snow upon shem whsn ws got within
eighty niles u lAem. ] aupposs you
hare ssea III y. sssshAm on bis way 10
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