Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-06-23

NEWS TO JUNE let.
ID A L n g REPO RrS,
Pssspecss More Brilliant than Ever
IHE MOUNTAINS HEARD FROM,

tKsbrsska City News, Extra, June ls,h.l
By the politeness Of Mr.. E A. Muir, We
are in possession of the following news II.
ken from the Leavenworth Journal Of Fri
day evening. Leavenworth, We are inform
cd. IL wild with excitement. Tue MouSrAIse
ARE HEARD rsoM! They are disgorgine
their immense withdrawing their un-
told and inexhaustable riches. Let u all
throw up our caps aud hurrah once more
for Pixies Peak and the Nebraska gold
mines'l The journal urhesitatingly sffirma
. reliance in the correctness Of the reports
Denver CRY, May 81, 1859.
To JONI s. JONES, Eso-Dear S,r: Unlike
my former letters, hope this will be emf
nently gratifying to you. Reports from the
mountains come in daily. and oil. without q
single exception, confirm each other, and
are encouraging in the highest degree, and
beyond the possibility Of doubt, true. ]
have been waiting the return of Messrs
Fields and Willard, before could give en-
tire credence to the marvellous reports
which are the incessant subject Of CONVEX
| sstion upon the streets. have heard tina,
many men were taking out at Gesry's Dig
gings. from fifty cents to $25 to the pan.
! have heard that Capt Bates has taken out
$75 In II pans. have heard that the In
diana Company were making from $3.50 ia
$500 per day. working four men. carrying
their dirt in sacks two hundred yards
Many other stories equally as strange as this
were going the rounds aud confess that
was very 10th to believe any of them, but
! can no longer doubt. Many gentlemen,
in whose veracity have the most implicit
confidence. have confirmed the above re-
ports. The result OF the prospecting tour
OF Mr.. Fields and Mr.. Willard, has salts
ned me Of what l have heard, and Of
the richness of the gold regions Of the
mountains. You will receive by this stage
. small package of dust valued at g. so.
1t was originally $2.75. but Mr.. Fields lost
some OF it out Of the paper. This, Mr..
Fields washed out, himself, in one pan-the
only pan he washed-he took it from the
earth with his own hands, consequently he
could not be mistaken nor humbugged.-
He tells me that the Indiana company, of
which l have spoken-composed of four
men-average per day $780, The largest
amount taken out in one day was $495.-
There are but two s,ulces in the mines at
work regularly. Another was put in ope-
ration last Monday. Mr. Gregory, the dis
coverer Of these leads, was entitled to one
claim by the working, and one extra claim
for the discovery he made. He sold these
two claims for $27 900. Bates was offered
$4,000 for his, bat declined. One man
sold his claim to the Indiana company for
$50. In few days afterwards they sold
it for 81 900.
These things are true! You can state
them anywhere and everywhere, without
fear Of their being successfully refuted.-
The mines are but scarcely opened. 1t will
take the whole summer to develop them.
You can judge of the poor facilities tho
miners have for working, when they have
to carry their dirt 200 or 800 yards. In
short time, however, some energetic spirit
will open . ditch and afford them a fair op-
portunity Of taking out their thousands.
Whoever does 80 will have the best dig
gings, for he will of course furnish miners
with water.
The utmost excitement prevails among
the miners as we'll as the citizens of Denver
Every one is anxious for q claim Nearly
oil have gone to Gregory. Fields states
that there are at least already in the mines,
and between the place and there, from
1000 to 5000 people.
ed, is dotted for one mile with rude huts for
cooking and sleeping, and all day long for
that distance, hundreds of men are seen
busily at work. They are suffering for
provisions very much. am sorry to say
that ours have not arrived. The miners will
not leave their claims for fear of their be-
ing jumped, and prefer to live on fresh
meat alone. rather than leave to ATTAIN pro-
visions do not know how 10 describe the
feelings which is at present manifested here.
Every bodyis excited. Old Californians say
that it far exceed that state.
The Gregory diggings are not by any
means the only one which are paying. The
large pieces Of gold which send was taken
out at Jackson's mines.-Miners there are
making from s. to $s per day to the hand.
This specimen will give some idea Of the
character of the gold taken out at these
diggings. Its weight S4,2O.
You will observe how fine the gold is
which was PANIED out by Mr.. Field. This
ia precisely similar to all that is takeu out at
Gregory. 1t cannot Re saved without quick
silver. l also send you two specimens of
quartz or decomposed rock. This Mr.. Field
also saw dug out, and is worth $1,000,
This kind Of rock is found oil over the
mountains. but has never yet been prospec
ted, except at Gregory, consequently those
are the only mines which are paying such
large sums per day to the man. / have no
doubt but that few days more prospect
ing will discover mines equally rs rich on
other slopes of mountains. The amount of
dust taken out at Gregory alone is estimat-
ed between $4,000 and $4,000. In two
weeks do not doubt but that could buy
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND dollars worth if had
the coin.
Agentleman here has kindly promised
me $4,000 in gold, which will certainly
take, If can buy that amount of gold
dust, trusting however to receive that
amount by return Of stage. l know it
would be of the gratest advantage to recei.
We that amount of gold from here.
You can set down the unparalleled rich.
ness OF this country as fixed fact. Old CAL
ifornians and Georgia miners say that the
quartz leads are the richest they ever have
seen.
You may be certain that vii commence
renting to you when the money begins
TO come in. have some 1000 or $4,000
on hand, but have been anxious TO get a.
much as possible to buy dust, thinking that
would meet your wishes best.
The quartz of which will speak below.
is exceedingly hard, and will have to be
blasted. intend making some arrange.
ments to supply trading posts in the noun
tains. also to send expresses once . week,
with mail to the mines.
The two pieces Of quartz rock are speci-
mems OF what is found in large quantities.
This kind of rock cannot be worked success
fully without crushing mill. With mag
nifying glass, you can discover small parti-
cles Of gold. These two pieces are supposed
to be worth so cents.
Yours respectfully.
J. N. FOX.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Erpress
tells q fact to the credit Of Amerlcan
commercial integrity, which in these
days Of politico-commercial commo-
ton. 10 worth rescuinp from ob.c,.;..