The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-29

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- Kansas City journal = Oonmsros, Of
the lseh, pablishss ~ 6olleuihe letter lsoa
Rdussd Bsookaeld, Esq, lats Mayor Of NsbrAs-
3 CITY. ~i.iei. gives ensifsly differsas &C.
eosns ef the gold mines, at Pixies Peal. from
The glowing statements hitherto circulstea:
81. vAAixs CREEK, ROCKY MoUxrAans,
January 20, 1859.
FAIEND NoRrox Yours Of Dec. 18th. = q
received this evening, and In conformity with
jour request, Immediately cit down 70 reply.
And firstly, Il you have any confidence in my
Judgment and act 90 my advice, ron will inn
medlately abandon The idea Of comisg out here;
without some other discoveries are made than
have been thus far. Ny impression Of the mines
y, tact tAsy sss I'D hsm6sg-i wish that !
could write otherwise, and particularly ON my
own account, as should Do very glad to see
you and Nrs. N. here, and It would be such .
good opportunity for my wife 10 come out.
have already written her that ii STAYED here /
should send for her,
Where We are wintering 10 about twenty miles
north of the mouth Of Cherry Creek. and in .
Canon at the foot OF the Rocky Mountains, or
Black Hills. We have found here the best
quality Of gold that has been discovered, and
cannot make one dollar per day. Billy Moore,
Tom and myself are working together. We
have built good dam across the creek, and
have our Long Tom Get, (.he only Long Tom
that 10 Get and worked 10 the country.) Il works
beautifully-so the old CAlfornians say. There |
are six old miners in our settlement. don't |
think that there is another company that came |
here last fall who have done more work or have |
done more extensive prospecting than We. We
have prospected for some twenty miles south
Of the mouth OF Cherry Creek, to the neigh.
borhood of Longs Peak, north. Besides, We
have prospected ~ far into the mountains a.
We could get on account Of snow.
The only hope that have now 10, that when
spring comes, We may find something to pay us
10 the mountains. Should we be SO fortunate, l
will Immediately write you.
l suppose you have ere this, learned that
Mart has gone back, also E. Huir, Stuff, Faith
md DR.. Mathews. This l send by Capt Young,
If Archer, N. T. james Aiken, Sam. Akin,
Rockport Company L. Davenport and s.
;tambeau, of St. Stephens, N. T., leave for home
n q few days; and we're it not for the dread
Il the cold weather, and the hope that we may
discover something in the spring, have no
oubt that nearly the whole camp would leave
or home.
We were quite surprised few days since
1hea We read the golden accounts in the Mis-
ouri river papers, Of what the miners are
DING out here. pronounce them pack of
es, written and reported back by a set OF
city onehorse town spectators, and are cal
ulsted to ruin many. poor devil besides your
umble servant.
That there may be gold discovered to pay,
ill not deny-hope it will. l am here, and
'ay as we'll stay until satisfied. Should any
hing turn up will inform you, and shall de-
end on my wife coming with yours, otherwise,
GU may expect to see me on the Big Muddy by
y the l4th Of July, certain.
Accept my best wishes to yourself, and be-
eve me Yours, truly,
BRoOHPIELD |