Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-04-17
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NEBRAsKA CRY. April 5. 1859.
Aeasys lRiehavdson d Wsst:-Euclosed
send you Nebraska City News" Ertrs,
containing extracts from a private letter
written BY A. II. BrookGeld. ESQ, Of this
place. Ifthere were any lingering doubts
in the minds Of the people here previous 70
the receipt Of this letter, they are all dis
psllsd. and the existence Of rich gold miuas
at the base Of the Rocky Mountains. is now
considered . 6xed fact.
No one who knows Mr. Brookfisld, can
for . moment doubt the truth Of every
word he utters. He is . personal friend Of
mine. aud do not hesitate to vouch isr
the reliability Of all his statements.
In addition to this We have further and
reliable information confirming everything
he says.
The Nebraska and Kansas Gold Mines are
no myth, but fact which will sson work
wonders upon our western border, and
build up mighty State. which will form .
connecting link between the Atlantic States
and California. It will add to the resour-
ces Of the country, a vast and unexhausta-
ble mineral region, and it will build the
Pacific Railroad. This last consideration ia
90 great and of such immense importance to
the country. that its accomplishment will
be glory enough for those who 60 to open
up the buried riches cleaning in the dis
tanco.
In haste, yours,
d. C. CORBIN.
(Prom the Nebrasta City News, Rxtrs.l
1t is with unfeigned pleasure we lay the
following letters before our readers. To say
We are pleased. delighted. expresses not one
half the pleasure we feel The source is
unquestionable the facts irresistible. The
question is fully settled that there are rich
placers along the Platte and its tributaries.
All doubts are removed No one dare ques-
tion the statements of Mayor Brooktield.
They are triumphant viniication of all we
have said and written about the great inte-
rior gold fields Of the continent. We COM
mitted ourself unequivocally Enthusiastically
in favor Of the new FL Dorado, its extent and
richness. Facts sustain us-sustain western
editors-remove the malicious stigma that
it is all trick Of western editors to get peo-
pie out here Sleepy togies and dreaming
fools can rest quietly in their oyster shells,
aud console themselves with the reflection
that while they are playing Rip Van Win
kle, Anglo Saxon energy is carving out from
hoN Auts o Ii.
ing the way aud fastening the time. when
the iron horse is to carry the wealth Of the
country across the great plains, the noun
tains, to the ocean. TO meet the commerce
Of the Indies and Of eastern Asia The car
Of progress-the speedy settlement Of the
interior, is not to be impeded by fools and
maniacs. The lsboring poor are not to be
debarred the privilege Of digging from the
ground an independence and q fortune. One
hundred Thousand people ere twelve moons
roll round will vindicate the truthfulness Of
these statements, also.
Mayor Brookfield has, heretofore written
the most discouraging Of ell cur correspon-
dents from the mines. lie has been extreme
~ cautious-more 90, perhaps, than any 9th
er man in the mines. His statements have
been implicitly relied upon. It was known
that Brookfield wrote exactly as he saw
matters 1t the mines, indulging in no exag-
Grafton, no speculation. No man has given
the mines fairer trial. No man 10 better
qualified to speak Of them. His statements
can be fully relied upon, and We venture the
assertion that not one man among the nu-
merous acqusintances and friends Of Mayor
Brookfield can be found, hereafter, to ques-
ton or doubt the richness Of the mines Mr..
Brookfeld was formerly highly respected
when he left, last September, held the Office
Of Mayor. With these statements We give
place to letters from M. Brookfield, first TO
his wife, second to his brother-in.law. These
letters fully corroborats the statements Of
Capt Branham.
BoULDEe Oh
81. Warns CREEK, r. M,
Sunday night. Feb. 81 SO
DEAR WITe In my last letter 10 you l
wrote that our prospects for mining were
much brighter still feel the same. Ian
WELL sATlsvIED THAT CAN MAKE At LEAST flee
dollars per day. am quite Of the opinion
that we have just commenced finding what
We came here for. and our [ Nebraska
City Co. } discoveries are creating much ex-
citement ut the settlements, and people are
coming in every day. There are now here
on the creek. over one hundred men and
we hear from numbers more that will soon
be here. The gold which We find is of quite
a different quality from any that has been
found at other places. and what 80 called
"shot gold" that has been found in 9TH
er places 10 scale or float gold" Before
close this will enclose few specimens, III
do not forget to do SOY l sent you some,
sometime since. l do not at present remember
where washed it. Should any Of my
friends come out in the spring. give them
my compliments. and tell them. for me.
to csms to Boulder creek. though -
have always written, ! viii sdviss no one
to come-as for me. am almost certain
that We are now where We can ct least
make good vagss; and feel alasost certain
will make large ones. had intended writ