The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-06-25
Horace Greeley ~ the Cold Mines.
0REooRY 3 DIGaIxes, near Clear Creek,
In thu Rookv Mount aims. j unc 9th. 1870,

In the Rocky Mountains, june 9th, 1870.
The undersigned. none Of them miners, nor In
any way directly interested in uining, but now
ere for the express purpose Of sScertaining and
setting forth the truth with regard to subject u
deep and general interest, as to which the widest
and widest diversity of assertion and opinion 10
known to exist, unite in the following statement
We have this day personally visited nearly all the
mines claims already opened in this valley (that
OF little stream running into Clear Creek 81 this
point); have witnessed the operation OF digging,
trans porting and washing the vein stone, "a par
italy decomposcd or rotten quartz, running in
regular Veins from southwest to north east, be-
tween shattered wallis Of an impure granite), have
the gold plainly visible in the rifles Of nearly
every sluice, and in nearly every pan OF the rotten
quartz washed In our presence; have seen gold
(but rarely visible to the naked eye, in pieces Of
qnsrtI not yet fully decomposed, and have obtained
from tho few who have already sluces In operation
acco UNITS Of their severol products, as follovs:
Zeigler, Spain Co., from South Bend, Ind,
have run sluce, with some in Interruptions, for the
Last three weeks they are four in company with :
hired man. They have taken out little over s.
900 ennyweights of gold, estimated by them -
worth at least s. 900. Their frst day "a work pro-
duced 32l their highest was $495.
Sopris, Henderson Co., from Farmington, Ind,
have run their sluices six days in all, with men
lone to dig, one to carry, and two to wash four
days last week produced $607; Monday Of this
week, $3.50 no further reported. They have Just
put IN second sluice, which only began Is this
morning.
Tos.s smIens frs| Chicago ore slucs. run
ter promise us, but not received.
Defrees 4 Co., from South Bend, Ind, have run
q small sluice eight days, with the followinG re-
suits LIST day 500, ID day $50, Sd day $685. Attn day
1905; [the four following days were promised us.
but by accident failed to be received. Have just
sold half their claim, Ia full claim Of so feet BY
1901 tor 81, 500.
Shears Co.. from Fl. Calhoun, Nebraska, have
sluce the first part Of q day, produced Ss0
second t6rst ful) day, tS43 Sd, (to-day,) $50
al taken from within feet OF tho surface vein
foot vide On the surface, widsnsd 70 eighteen
inches At depth Of three feet
Brown Co., from DeKalb Co., Ind, have been
one week on their claim carry their dirt half
mile have worked their sluice day and half ;
produced $3.50; have taken out quartz specimens
containing from 90 cents to SIS each in gold vein
Casio, Kendall I Co., from Butler Co., lows, ar
rived 1t Denver, March 18th drove the hrst agon
TO these digging; have been here FIVE weeks;
worked hrst on claim, on which they ran sluoe,
bot one day; produced $225; sold their claim for
33,se0; are now working claim on the Hunter
lead have only sluiced one (this) day men en-
ploysd; produced $751;
Bates Co., one siuice, half . day, produced
SIS.
Coleman, King : Co., one sluics, half day, pro-
Shorts Collier. bought our claims seven DAYS
since Of Caste, Kendall Co., for $500; $500
u0Un Ana Inc balance ~ xASt - taken ont: have
not yet rot our slnoeS into operation; Mr. Dean Of
lows, the 9th inst, washed from single nan Of
dirt taken from the claim, Sl7 so have been Of
! Tered $40 900 for tho claim.
| b. Il. Jones' Co., from Eastern Kansas. have
run our sluices two days, with three men yield
90. Per ..y :n.ak &c quartz generally i. ;.Sis
vicinity Ii gold bearing; have never seen piece
crushed that did not yield gold.
/ A. r. Wright Co., from Elkhart county, Ind ];
sluicc but just In operation; have not yet ascer-
| tanned its products; our claim prospects from IS
cents to &l,25 to the pan.
John II. Gregory, from Gordon county, Georgia;
was detained by succession Of accidents ct Fort
Laramie, and wintered there meanwhile, heard
Of the discoveries Of gold on the South Platte,
aud started on prospecting tour on the eastern
slope of the Rocky Mountains, early in January
pros psctsd almost every valley from the Coach
Il Poudre crock, to Pixies Peak, trAnine NAM
sreamS TO their sources carly In May arrived on
Clear Creek 1t the foot Of the mountains 50 les
southeast Of this place there fell in with the De-
frees Zisgler Indiana Companies, and William
Pfouts, of MiSsonri We all star tod up CHAR Creek
prospecting arrived in this vicinity May 9th ;
the Toe and snow prevented rs from prospectine
far below The surface, but the FIRST pan OF surfac
dirt on the original dregory claim yielded ~ I'm.
couraged by this sAccass, Ill staked cut claims
found the .slead consisting of burnt quartz. re-.
scmbiing the Georgia mines, in which had pre.
viously worked. Snow aud Toe prevented the reg
ulsr working Of the lead till May 10th from then
until the Esd, worked II i've days with two hands;