The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-03-24

] believe tbat he best digEngs nov knovn he 90 the
mss feur Of the above samsd streams rnsy are .. Of
ben branches Of ihs 60u.h Patls, exeeps tne Boiling
6pytofs, which smps'es iato the Arkansas
God has been found IN snall Darucies on San Vra-
~ IoSk and that s, be'eye, ihe only place snsre
has been found IN that country
have beard OF no god quartz being found and think
has up TO the date OF my leaving aons hrh been DISCO
veS ed There s there but easily return 10
The States # he desires 10 do so do mol know soge
Cano ma miner who thinks Of retnrnng A pressot aod
bus very few who are q; ell dssasSed and even taey
viii wait to prospect In the nouneins Every one feels
CobAdens iat heavy gold viii ,e found 10 tue ounsaiao
during this spring summer, and Is the general o~ncn
that miners VII average Elk % eight dollars IN M dgsngs
Toeei doub. my mind br, tba. gosd aooands in
SUFFICIENT quantities TO pay Tor digging aaa aoorios men
make more money Ibere than they The Sa,es.
Haees for Gay labor we're thee collars ~ toe time
left, and plenty OF work 10 do think grea. may per
s0Is not toned work win back ds a.s6ed,
because too many Of that caks gong there's but ghe
ther they 60 now, or year from now, tnat coanry Is
destined TO be settled, and the better the routes are
route was twenty three aad half deys coming 20
Omaha from toe TAole Mountain disgings vasquin 3
Fork. OF this time aii up four And hag daye on 20
count Of stocms ard for great pert Of the way the roads
were 10 very bad condition. e
lhaye seen moro ard unpleasant weather since
left tbs mines Than did before curing the Ave months
that have been absent bad bu. one pony end think
that With good weather and should have made the
trip in from eitseD TO eighteen days.
believe this 10 be the nearess point on t1e Missouri
river TO the mines and regarded .hese Tho roai
foowpg as does the grea. Platte valley, cannot be SUI
passed. ana B all eady supplied with eettlemene 10 the
government crossing OF he South Platte, $50 miles from
this place bad no difficulty in crossing any Of the
streams upon this route, Prairie creek, which al
other times have jumped across, and upon this, tao
Military Road BRIDGE which vas destroyed ast year. viii
be rebuilt in few days by the enterprsing citizens Of
Columbus and vicinity.
Tbcre good ferry over the IOup Fork at Columbus
and emgrants need fear no detenton by the North Pate
route, cher from bills or mpassable streams.
shall return TO tho mines in short timo, and shall
most certainly 60 by the North Platte route. expect TO
leave ha place abont the 10Th OF APRIL dependent upon
time requiIe cd to close up my business East.
THE ARKANSAS RIVER ROUTE TO TIE MINES
from officer the United States army relative to the
hest route tho gold fields Of Pixies Peak and Cherry
Creek, in which he says;-
The proper follow rather
take the regular aorp road which is of the finest
through OF the most beautiful prairie countries In the 1t
and within few miles OF Pixies Peak This road
drecto Fort Gibson wher brand river cross
s rich valley Of he yerdsrs river You commune up tho
Verdsrla s north aide for eighty milee when the road
northwest and s the Arkansas old Fort Mann
from Old Fort the road copuues the north side of th
could Re oSaed required and from thence direct % Fes
Peak or Cherry Creek.
And again.
The route much shorter and for all Southern emrauts
would be hetween and ve hundred miles shorter thar
be hd from month to weeks earlier should therefore
recommend all persona especially southern emgrants who
devious or starting point irou whence the land travel wa
or the reason That Fort snth at the head Of
paygaion that he this far by water and that he
hoses ponies oxen camp equpage provsons and oil h-
pecearies OF fe which can be purchased from mer
place n0rih of ths Then, say, 10 Fort Smith
and Try the Southern route.