White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-09-15
WHOLE NUMBER, ll8.
From Editorial Cor. of the N. Y. T1buns.)
Horace Greeley on Pixies Peak.
MAY %, 1859.

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lam herein the very focus Of, the Gold
Pixies Peak excitepent OF the greas
celebration. yesterday in honor of the ar
rival Of the 6rst return stages from Cher
ry Greek. you will have tidings before
this reaches you, probably; also of the
suppers eaten on that account, il not Of
the consequent headaches this morning.
Let me briefly sum up the conclusions 7
have drawn from all the information I can
gather here, Wig rf a.i 81
l. There is gold at Pixies Peak. ..s
2. Very little has as yet been dug.
8. A considerable though very inade-
quate amount Of prospecting has been
done up to the 10th instant, which is the
date of our latest sdviees. sarss
4. A great deal more viii soon be done,
as the snowsonly begins to be fairly melt
ed out of the gorges Of the Rocky Noun
tains, where the rich mines or plaeers
must be found, if anywhere. .. .as.
5. AS yet this prospecting has not
yielded enough to pay the board of those
employed in it. .-.--
6. Yet few. who have had extra luck,
would seem to have done pretty we'll, and
some of them unless they lie outrageous
ly, are now making IS to 50 per day,
to the hand. The board of a rugged,
hard working miner in that region ought
to cost two dollars per day.
Z. It is not known to this hour that
any extensive placer has been found, and
nearly every miner is still prospecting for
better diggings. r..-l rs. - -.s.-
8. Hundreds Of those who rushed mad
y of on gold hunt across five hundred
miles Of uninhsbited, foodless country, in
February or March, have either died out
right of starvation, or have suffered aud
been famished to the last limit of moral
endurance. And all who have started in
their tracks with but few days provis-
ion, and scarcely any other resource but
the clothes on their back, have probably
suffered, or will suffer, everything short Of
death, and some of them will probably
die.
9. There is as much uncertainty and
dist dst in the gold region as here, and
many who have reached Denver City or
Auraris have turned back in disgust,
which others would do if they could do is
with safety.
TO- Many who had gone part way have
been discouraged by the reports Of those
they have met and are heading towards
the States again. ....- ~. Tr-,.fs
IL. There is no demand for labor in any
part Of the alleged gold regions. and many
are there idle, and would gladly be hired
and set to work. -aE
II. It is not yet decided whether any
considerable amount Of gold can be mined
with profit in the new gold region
Months more Of patient and well-dirscted
labor may be required to settle that point.
IL. And yet, less that SIC. 900 in all,
has been received on this frontier, in gold,
the product Of the Pixies Peak region.
IA. It is highly desirable and proper
that the capacity Of the new gold region
should be tested and ascertained. Those
who are nationally employed in This work,
deserve well of the country. But thers
are people enough now in or near the new
gold region for all reasonable purposes
far too many for the amount Of food that
now is or can soon be placed there.
Is. 1t is not merely folly-it is crimi-
nal madness to rush of to Pixies Peak
gold hunting without ample provision in
the shape Of food, clothing, blankets, mi.
ming implements and money. He who
goes without, rushes on suicides fate.
Such Is the substance Of ell / can learn
from the vicinity Of Pixies Peak; 4
,- II. G.