The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-04-07
From Pixies Peak.

gold dlgginss. Our reasons tor so do
Ing are that We placed but little reliance
upon them ourselves, and that they were
10 very conflicting that it was almost ut.
tcrly impossible to siit tao truth.
For the following condensed news
showing what We usually receive in our
exchanges, we give credit to the Cedar
lahy Times.
1--WE have before us copies Of more
than dozen recent letters from the
gold mines, all from perfectly reliable
men, in whose statements the utmost
confidence can be placed As our read
ers can therefore rely on the truth oil
every statement they make, we give
few extracts from the various letters -
| They are ali from persons who arc at or
near I'll, diyyings:
We-that j. those Of us who are out
hcre-are perfectly satisfied with our
prospects.
We've it not for the hope that We may
discover something in the spring have
no doubt but that nearly the whoio camp
wouid leave for home.
There is no doubt in my mind but
hat gold ahounds in sufficient quaint
ties to pay well for digging, and ahor
ing men can make more money there
than they can IN the States.
II you have any confidence in my
Judgment aud act on my alvice, you will
Immediately abandon the idea Of com
ing out here.
In my humble opinion, there is ground
enough already prospectcd that will pay
from S. to SO per day for 10000 men
to work one year, and new dirgings are
being discovered almost every day.
Pixies Peak is non-paying digeirgs !;
there is gold there but not in sufficient
quantity to pay.
Rich digsings have recently been dis
covered, that it is supposed will pay
slo0 per day in the spring; some are
sanguinc enough to say 5000.
He stated to me that there were thir-
ty or forty Of them prospecting faithful
" for four weeks, and did not get five
dollars amongst the whole Of them.
Cherry Greek is the best digsings
discovered as yet it pays on this creek
from three to twenty five cents to the
pan.
My impression Of the mines j., thai
they are q id humbug!
have had good chance to learn
what is doing at the mines, as there are
men coming down almost every day
completely discouraged, and glad to get
back.
Capt. Parkinson, Of this pace, says
that he knows Of digeings where he has
taken out s3 30 to the pan, and in the
spring they will be known. The whole
country is alive with excitement.
Where We are wintering is about 20
miles north Of the mouth Of Cherry
Drcek, and in Canon at the foot Of the
Rocky Mounts, or Black Hills We
have found here the best quality OF
gold that has been discovered, and can
not make enc dollar a day
II IS the general opinion that miners
will average six or eight dollars day
in the dig2ings now known.
lie had been there two months and y
III If, aud said lie labored hard all the
time aud had not realized enou9hto pay
for the clothes worn while engaged.
| can make with the cradle from Eve
to eight dollars per dry
The only hope that | have now is,
that, when spring comes. we may find
something that viii ply US in the mount
aims. u
Not ten minutes since a man came in
| to the store in which | am writing this
letter with vial containing SCI so,
while another has a mineral water bottle
containing $500 in shot gold.
| / am satisfied that there has been no
good diggings found yet.
l feel very confident that miners can
make from So to SIS dollars per day,
with rockers, during the summer.
| have prospected considerable and