Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-10-21

hundred men still remain III the Dig
piuQs-every one Of whom IS dong
we'll. Mr.. &. Chambers, another OF
the party who made the first discov-
cries in the South Park, also called
upon us recently, and gave us his Inn
p.e.sions Of the mining country. We
have been acquainted with Mr.. c. for
come time, and know hlm to be most
reliable authority in mining matters,
he having spent soy eral years in pros
pec,ing aud mining in California. lie
says the mining country is .of great
extent and most astonishing richness.
He Is OF opinion that the great field
of surface mines, or wasiinss, VIII be
in and near South Park, on the head
waters Of the South Platte and Klv-
ers. lie says he knows gnlch dig
gings that will pay an average OF 81
to the man.
From the Gregory and neighbor-
ine districts we learn some most I'm
porlant items from Mr.. &. w Iise, who
came down day before yesterday. lie
says important discoveries are being
almost daily made. Prospecters are
learning better the nature Of the
leads, and rs consequence are fluid
ing rich pap on many leads that were
given up by the surface scratchers
who fourished in May, June and July
lat, and failing to find three or four
dollars in the first pan, left the coun-
Try in disgust, and reported on the
road aud 10 the States that all was
"humbug.
On Sept. 9th, Milton Thomas took
from his claim in the Nevada gulch a
nugget weighing one hundred and
tour penpyweights, pure gold, except
a few small pieces OF quartz adher'ng
to il, and valued at S95.
oct. LIST an Irish company working
in the Russell gulch, found a nugget
worth $23,O2. On the same day Nc
Carroll d. Go. found in the same gulch
a nugget Of pure gold weighing
$ll5,s4.
Last week three men took from ne
Kansas lead in two days over f0e pm
dred doiiars. The gold in thisiead
is coarse, and the hard quartz very
rich. twas estimated that tn above
two days work yielded over ne hun
dred dollars IN the quartz, Tradition
TO the clean gold. The leaJls opened
in one place only. Big waes are be
ing made on the "Maryand" lead,
but We cannot get the eact figures.
Keller, Patton X Fletcher began
operations on the Bats lead, July
Is, working one sIuice with five hands
average 500 per day. and have made
as high as $1,000 pr week. They
have sod their hard quartz at SIS
per cord.
Day d Crane, on the same lead,
began work at the same time, with
one slulce ard four hands. The least
amount they have taken out in one
week was sleo, and the largest 1857.
). \. Ross d Co. began work on
the Fisk lead June LIST, with one slnice
three men working have averaged
800 daily.
MIR. Russell, with one hand. took
from Crandol, Rsuse!l d. Co.'S. claim.
on the "Bobtaii" lead on Saturday
last, in two and half hours S49,45.
Heffncr, McLan & Cooper, work
ing on the Clay Co. Mo. lead, took ont
Sept. Ia, SlO7 Sept. Is, Sl55-ave-
ragged about 500 per day since the
middle of June-working one sluicc
and four men.
+: Nj. Cobb Il Co., on the same
lead, Logan work Aug. l, with one
sluice and tour men, have made from
$50 to 800 per day since,
Messrs. Prosser, Conklin & Coz.
quartz mills has began operations, but
the arrangements are not yet perfect
ed for it's successful working Between
five hundred and one thousand men
are preparing to winter in the vicinity
OF Mountain county.
On st. \rain's Fork work is being
prosecuted vigorously. Twelve miles
above Boulder, at Gold Hill, rude
quartz mill is in operation. The
quartz leads in that vicinity are very
numerous and very rich. There are
also very rich gu'ch diggings in the
same vicinity, aud also in the Twelve
Mile" and Seventeen Mile gulehes.
The Jefferson or Gambel Diggings
are yielding well; they are sixteen
miles from Boulder, in a south west
direction. The creek has been turned
and good pay is being obtained from
It's bed for several miles along it
The Greenhorn" and Deadwood"
digglnes. in the same vicinity, arc
paying well, some one hundred and
fifty men being at work.
RETURNS.