New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-09-10
1ntere.t1.g from the Kan.a. Mines.
From the Rocky Mountain News Of the 2Oth plt
we extract the following


From the Rocky Mountain News Of the 20th plt
we extract the following
In another column we give the result Of an assay
Of quartz rock, giving result Of ten and q half
ounces gold, sixteen and half ounces silver, or
over 1900 TO the tun Of rock. The specimens rs
soon after they were opened and It ives doubted BY
many whether they contained any gold whatever.
We examined them before they were taken away
from the mines, and could discover no gold with q
powerful glcss.
Since that time, hundreds Of tuns have been
taken ont, in which abundance Of gold is plainly
perceptible and we have no doubt it will yield $1,000
to the tun Of rock.
Mr. Storms, Of Mountain City, called upon us on
Thursday last. Frem him we learn that the mines
10 that vicinity are paying largely 40 ever. From
Henderson & Gridleys claim, on the Gregory lead,
single pan Of dirt taken out on Tuesday evening css
yielded 40 pennyweights Of gold and the hard quartz
10 the same pan was estimated to contain betwe IN
five and ten pennyweights- 80 cents to the
pennyweight.
McLain 4 Co. are taking out from their lead over
s5o per day to the man. Many other lead claims are
doing equally well. In the gulch diggings miners
are realizing from $40 to $40 each per day.
water IS getting scarce in the Gregory dggings,
in consequence Of which work has been temporarily
abandoned on many good paying claims.
In the St. vrain and jackson diggings reports are
equally cheering. From South Platte and the Park
the reports continue fattering Some eight or ten
thousand men have gone in and none are yet coming
back except oecf s9nay man for supplies All
being realized. From the Cache q Ia Poudre We have
nothing in addition to our last weeks report.
The new constitution is to be voted upon on the
first Monday In October.
Prices of provisions in Auraris and Denver average,
-four $l5 per LOO pounds; Mexican do, $40 10 $l1 !;
meal, $22 bacon, 80 sugar, rs coffee, Is beans,
55 onions, rs butter, 20 beef, 10 venison, 81
per quarter molesses, $3 per gallon whisky, do.
It will be seen that the miners are well supplied With
good things.
Charles Frobel, Esq, a chemist and asrayist, hes
arrived in Aursria He intends establishing an assay
Office in that place.
The Leavenworth Herald Of the lst inst. announces
the arrival Of Jones Russells Express, with mum.
Der of passengers, and says:
They (the psssengers) say there is now no doubt
that gold exists in large quantities in the mountains.
II can be found over surface Of country about one
hundred miles north aud SOUTH and one hundred and
fifty miles east and west.
4 general stampede had taken place to the Colo
rado. The news from that region was very favor.
able. Little else than prospecting had been done,
but all the indications were highly fattering. Mr..
Smith was in that region himself and was fully salts
fed that large quantities of gold would be taken out
there. Great excitement existed about the Colorado
diggings.
The quartz rock, which has been found in very
large quantities, it s thought, is very rich. From
ninety cents to one dollar and twenty cents have been
obtained from pound of the rock. We saw several
specimens Mr.. Clayton brought n and could see the
gold plainly with the eye He says it is impossible
to tell the amount Of gold the quartz rock will YIELD
until crushing machines are brought into use but ii
is believed it will pay in very large quantities.
Pixies Peak is no humbug. Millions of dollars Of
gold will be taken out of the mines next season.
great many crushing machines are now on the way
out there. These will tell the tale.
We saw some fine specimens of gulch gold. 1t is
mixed with little Of the quartz, but is very rich
Large quantities Of this kind of gold are being OBJ
tanned.
The exact amount of gold brought in is 1854.