New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-28
TIE OTHER SIDE or THE STORY.
Special Iorre- poudence Of The Missouri Democrat,
ARRAPHoE, at tue fuot ot the Rocky Mount.
aims. Il miles from Denver City, h. T.,

ARRAPHoE. at tue foot of the Rocky Mount.)
aims, Il miles from Denver City, X. T.,
April ~, 1859. }
But what of more nterp to many OF your readers
is the character of the gold mines 10 this quarter. II IL
with difficulty can speak of them correctly, 80 va
nous and contiCIIg are the stories hear. That tney
are not 20 good Is represented by the many letters
ceiyed il tie States the pas, Winter eau safely ray.
That mos. at the emgrauts arriving this nontt-ant
they are counted by housand-sre much dsspp 'ined,
can also be said with truth. AT the same tire, 1t Is
a.o true that immense quantities of gold lie Ind in the
streams the bars banks AID mountain c4nons of this
couttry but in such inmate PARTICLES scales as to
make It uupIoftabis 10 gather them with any macbln-
cry set invented and with the high rates Of prVvi-
Sicrs snd rythug el-e winch ne TO be bought at
.hi. remote distance from civilization feS parties
are making far wages al dlrreLt points have Wis
i,ec With suices mo other achne hes yet beeu found
10 payl, but larger number, with ana without
sluices are making next 10 nothing. A. q matter ut
couise Inar HUNDREDS now returning home after
a Trial Of few days, sadly disappointed rtiu
larger number, however, arc daiiy coming IN, VINO
have vet to make trial Of tre wines. Ii has also
been bu, few days II was possible to get into
the mountains to lg prospect and within that time,
hun,i, de of the best MINER, and many nsSo who know
uothiig Of mining have left their Winter quarters tor
yaiici parts IL the mountain, leaving part OF their
con pony in the villages and mines ot the plains, to
await teir return reports Few have yet returned,
but such as have report much mIrr favorable dig
gir = than yet known outside Of the uountaIns l,
yseli iurt saw pc son, GEE. Keys, from Cal
Louu County. Michigan. JUST III at hsut W thir
village from 80 miles in The niouuians IN northwest
direction toward Long Peak, who showed me ! ~
cha Led by biz, IN ii pan.us, slJs X some Us cents
to the panul. II larger gold than that found at
the Cherry Greek oLer dr. sugs Gt the plans but
stl quite smal-notbiDg larger han the head OF pa,
hht.d AZ that daily hsGr of even better than this
Such would puy, say $40 or $40 per day but II Is no
-, al , ,,ter 10 =, olk hat al nnce iuo those aims
though the snow has mostly nov left them, and
nv DO other means they be reached.
Provisions are most difficult to obtain, even at
headquarters here, Denver City, and in the
mountain mines the absolute nece-saries of life,
bread coffee and salt, costly gold itself,
even if they could be taken there. The only -four to
De obtained IN all this country Is hard Mexican
hcGr poor, dark, miserable staff, anc gritty, costing
SIS per 10 pounds. Bacon is not 10 be had, nor has
not been since my arrival, n M price; is nominay
- cents per pound. Considerable Quantities would be
bought al ~ cents, II 1t could be had Sugar and cot
fee are plentiful at 30 cents per pound, brought from
N,w.McSco aud Fort Laramie, and the price of these
If most likely svon to change Salt, OF poor quality,
Mexican beans and peas, esch l5centS per pound
Sseiaus ~ cents per pound Yeas; powder, IN small
boxes, 80 cents each Very common knives and forks
81 ~ Ia = per set of halt dozen. Tin cups 81 ceuts
each Tin plates out Of market. Garden seeds bought
IT 81 cen,s Ia 81 per- paper yet il lie country almost
entirely unfit for agricultural purposes. few oil the
creek bottoms have some soil but it is generally too
rspcy, light and poor. IL Is Also too dry. and cold,
thou ID am with others. trying il places, and may
soou be able IL re pUu nUre iaSOrably.
FROM The LearerrOrth Journal, oth
Y.
,erdsy morning from Omaha, bringing Col j. ID.
He ruer.op, better known a. Col. Jack lie nderson,
Capt. 1houias ". Scott, late Ut the steamer Twilight,
j. L SaLders, mount 4lneer aud Government guide
Of egitrer yeHfs standing. and Oscar t. Toten of 81.
Louis no are Just in from the Pike Peak and Cherry
Greek Gold Miues, hh,ug leii Denver City the ii
nst aid arrived at Omaha on Saturday last, making
The trip through III thirteen days.
Col. Hebron sud party lett this city for the mines
ui,,ugh heavy SNOW storm the 10th OF February
last.
The diggings in the negbborhood of Denver City
will pay tom 81 to s. per day 10 the man. The
Colonel ard party first went to Boulder City pros
pected up Boulder Creek for eighteen miles and found
diegpgs that would pay from g TO - per day 70 the
man. but Dir. BfVvkheld and party have since aver
aged 81 each in the mines and claim that s per
tsy csu be made. Frun Boulder Greek the Colonel
ara party ueHt went to near Longs Peak, where he
net with parties who had found good 80 dIggngs.
The Colonel let hIs parry thUse mines doing well.
The gold Il coarse, mixed with quartz about the size
Of grain os corn. The Digging e1teud along three
fats which on IN average are four miles long and
ulee VIDE. A wagon road has been Open'd from
these mines To Boulder City The Colonel says that
a. yeleyE adjacent to the mines are beautiful and
r.mau'ic beyCUd de>crpt' n, Meandered by crystal
streams dotted with lakes filed with trout surrounded
b, high mountains with pines, and Astounding
with elk, deer aid antelope.
TIE fret ernigrants who arrived this season were
bArcceItn al and iootmeD, who could easily have got
poymeut bad not provisions been 30 scarce These
became discouraged returned without prospecting aud
q coulse gave dvlel2l accounts.
be Cuuue and party eit Denver City in four
mule All buIGrce, nat six hundred wagons that would
60 through one hundred and fifty more which would
go by the way Of Cherry Greek. through Cheyenne
Ps,, 10 a.iornia and passed fully eight hundred re-
tuu IIs Dot oIe-eghth Of whom had ever been
through the miles. The nlst Of them turned back at
keaIney d few yep,Gred to Bear Creek, within
TIE huudred miles of the Mines and still smaller
nun Ter within thirty uiiles.
Trick OF THE TRADERS
The Omaha City papers state that the backward
ru.n il such numbers Of the Pixies Peak enngraHt.
Ia. been caused BY sharp trick PLAYED upon them
ty For heauey traders. On their way oui they are
net by II csc ra0er- who tel them there 40 gold al
Pixies Peak and, by such un;avorsbie accounts, In
Guce them 20 se their outfits for song; -four az from
81 % 10 81 ~ per hundred pounds, which readily sells
Al the Fort 10 Government. al from - to -.
TRor CosFEREScE APFolSTAEsTs.-The Troy
Methodist Episcopal Conference q, their recent 49,
zion Saratoga made the following appoint Isais 10
I Albany arc vicinity:
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stG-r T. o. Ar-k-r Gs.rsso- sziou, e Ce.Ainsi ,r7y
.;rsr, C. D. bUr6isk WsEing-nU sv-Dn,, N OnmIi Asa
Bill 2 s,,Ser A. Fsrr Sap; F'r~ Central lauren ~.
Wl;s-s-; Broadway Mission. 20 Dc ssPPrc Gsrasu.a-a.
| g. H-ad ws.-.sl=;-A.-va Hall b-,at.Eesa = AacfeS
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