The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-02-02
Pike. Psak..RelibIe Information.

Equality party in Ohio.
Pixies P-eak-.RelibIe
We are permitted through the favor of Mr..
WEI SPENCER, to copy a few extracts from a
94etter. received from JAMES SWEET, Esq, of
nthe firm of GHEEvER, SWEET & Co., Bankers,
s&cs, of Nebraska City. The letter having been
written by one intimate friend to another, in
1.-THE. confidence of friendship, may be relied up
-aon With Mr.. SPENoER himself, together with
several other of our most enterprising and
prominent citizens, the "Gold Peak" mania
nappears;to have astraek "a" and they are con-
sr9emplating;a visit to the new Ell Dorado this
aspiring. Mr.. CURTIS, whose name is referred
to, il. WeT-known to a large portion of the read
es of the Union. We have the promise of
s.Mr.SPENcER that he viii furnish us full i.notes
ibysths way" The following are extracts from
o4thHo letter Of BIT. SWEEP:
z sszss am in receipt Of yours of the 18th inst,
and hasten to reply. That there is gold in con-
70 siderable quantities, from all the evidence and
conformation we can get from our friends and
nsighbers new residing in the ~diggings, | have
not the least doubt; and as a proof that others
are equally sanguine in the "golden belief"
= several of our most wealthy men here are max
ing arrangements to start early in the spring
with extensive trains, carrying Steam Mills,
Stores of Goods, Provisions, Groceries, Hard
Ware, &c. Mr.. NUcKoLLs, President of the
br Platte Valley Bank of this city, is one of the
principal movers in this enterprise. There are
now at Cherry Greek Diggins about % men
from Nebraska city, among whom are some of
our most enterprising and respectable citizens.
The Mayor of our City, a. A. BRooKFIELD,
sseEsqs, is there spending the winter. The last
letters received were just after they left Cher
: ~ Greek, and he gives information that the
miners were making from SIS to $3.50 per day,
with very imperfect tools for their operations.
ANY of Mr.. BRooKFIELD is worthy
Of credit. SAM'L S. Curtis, lately of Council
of Congress from Iowa, has been in the mines
8 since September, and has written back such
fattering accounts of the prospects, that his
brother and a large company will proceed to
Pixies Peak Digginss as early IN the spring as
it will be prudent to start. Mr.. CURTIS writes
miners are making from SIS to SIS per day,
spade, pick and pan. l have been ac-
quainted with Mr.. G.. more than a year, and
know him to be a man of good judgment, is
truthfnl in all his statements, and under any
-cireunstances Is to be relied upon.
q 1geeAt Omaha and Council Bluffs a few days
since, / saw several specimens of gold, taken,
as was reported, from the Cherry Greek mines.
ds It was the size of No. s shot fattened-l
iisAnother specimen l saw in a lump valued at
1i9s19,35, taken IA miles north of Cherry Greek
on one of its branches. Mr.. BRooKFIELD's
sa Company was just 35 days going out from here
> with Ok teams. They report this the best
q rouse-being the divide between the waters of
! Kaw river and the Platte river. All the par
4 ties that went from here reached the mines too
late to prosecute mining to any extent-par-
: t~icularly as they were obliged to make pro-
visions for houseing themselves during the
+ winter. Large numbers are preparing to go
from here, Omaha, Council Bluffs and other
places in Iowa. .aF !
~. sThere cannot be the least doubt that there
are rich mines of gold in the eastern slopes of
the Rocky Mountains; and the young men you
81 mention cannot, if determined to delve the
> earth for precious metals, do better than pro-
eeed to Pixies Peak or Cherry Creek. But by
all means advise them to come by the way of
Nebraska City, as they will have the road made
by the Government Contractors for the trans
portation of the Army Stores to Utah. They
would follow this road to within go miles of
she diggings. Distance to Cherry Greek from
Nebraska City, sos miles,"