The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-11-12
Rakess lasank News,

,Rlkess 1eo0k News.
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letter of sepss ssa = jas. recaised ana has 4.
lssed me Of much nseaainess - Il assares m,
| thss lyoa we're 10 Asalth. A. Up 10 shis Tin,
/ In sEceIless health, End shough Dos making
much IN ready money. am IL good spir;a i and
very hopeful sor she fpture. think my pros
4 peesa hese sss coed, and Iiook forward to 81.
tosher year IN which 70 resp the reward Of much
privation. toll End hatdship.e That thiy coantr,
. one Of sass mineral wealth, requiring ouly
perssreriags antive labor Il deveiop Il, am pr
tfectly satisGed. That III this - 10 I'll cshet
mining dissfic,s many sill fail xhils but fsu
siil acquire fortune, I know full we'll. Yet
Halter myself tperhaps without caaseD that
posssas she snergy and perseverance 10 DO one
Of the successfsl ones. wish tlst I understoot
geology that might give you > correct eco-
logical description Of that portion Of the noun
tains that have visited aud worked In, q
know that il would interest you. but can not
lcas only say that the great portion Of she
rock here u Or appesrs to be granite, in many
places in . high stats Of dscemposi.ion, "a nssh
-. tbatis often crambles into saud upon ex-
posture % The sir Or BY banding, and frequently
mixed with quArtz and other kinds Of rock that
cannot name The gold bearing lodes are
veins Of qsarts varying in width from = mere
seam 70 several fees--in some places bard and
6rm----in othcrs .decomposeA and spparen,ly
burnt TO such an, extent - to relieve tbs gold
md enabss mihers 70 wash Il from she dirt o.
rotten stone rithout crushing. These veins or
lodes are traced upon The ,urf4ce BY an out-
crop Of What the miuers cali burnt Quartx, va>
rying in hsraness and texture from hard solid
red rock 70 agkght and very porous honey
comb cinder much resembling the, cinder from
. blacksmith'a Jorge except in weight aud color,
shc quarts being Of . reddish color and quite
light Frequently epeeir,ens Of this qusrtx
cinder, 10 different stages Of decomposition. are
found, in which the gold u plainly visible aud
almost all Of it, as far ~ tried, has been found
70 yield when reduced TO powder considerable
share Of The precious metal Lead, copper,
silver and iron, are reported TO be found here.
but have not seen anything Of The kind in any
quantities except . black sand and round very
heavy pebble, called here iron stone, which are
highly susceptible &c the influence Of the mag>
net and appearHto be principally iron; and .
bright metallic substance pronounced by those
hn kmm hn aul.
phures Of iron. The latter is very abundant in
the lodes and the former in the gulches there
gold il found. have mos ia my digging seen
any thing like fossil remains, aud l suppose that
at this elevation see nothing but the primitive
formation. Is not this probably the CASEY
Where lead is ioaud understand that il is only
in small quantities aud with silver, but not in .
limestone formation i had Supposed that the
carboniierous lime stone was the only formation
in which lead was foand. How is THAI am
told also tha, near the base Of the mountains
coal and Lime, both oil excellent quality, are
found in great abundance. This would indicate
formation Of an entirely different period from
anything 10 this vicinity. am here. suppose.
sbou, 20 miles from the base of the mountains.
and perhaps 10 or Is miles from the spow cap
ped summit Of the range. The altitude, have
no means Of aseertaining. but should judge not
more than three or four Thousand feet below
the SNOW line. Can you not in your next give
me some geological ideas iu regard to this re-
| gion, and tell me about where you passed
through this section between Longs and Pixies
Peaks. Were you in the mountains through
here, or on the plain The guiches, which have
| been during the past years the most profitable
dizgipgs, seem to be supplied by wash from the
mountains. The gold IL principally fine or dnst
though some coarse or nugget gold is found
cha: would appear 10 have been at some time
10 state Of n least partial fusion. The largest
specimen Of that kind that have sean taken
out here. weighed about Sll6 NJ SIS rer ounce.
l enclose you three small specimens Of gulch
gold which will give you some idea Of the ns :
ture Of IL ~ found here. It seems to me that
there must have been powerful volcanic action
here at some period 10 the worlds history
DO you think SO? EpwiN."
CiRcUMsr AEcEs ALrKR CASES Had the man
Cook, one Of Browns insane followers u the
Harpers Fersy emeute, been brother in>law v
Of Trumbull, Lincoln, or amy other prominent
Republican, instead Of Governor Willard Of iu'
diaxa, What would have been the consequences!
The fact would have been trumpeted from enc
end Of the country to the other a. positive evi'
dence of The completely Of these gentlemen and
Of the Republican party in this unfortunate
affair. Such is Democracy 10 its last stages.
The vile and daughters Of Senator Joolittls
OF Wisconsin, driving home to Racine, . few