Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-06-29

company with myself and etharB3 We
deaife that the f@S4a ahoaid be pgaaaaSsa
10 the public ~ they exist.
Yours Respectfully,
d. u. WILLIAMS
Axsnk aJonss 4 RnssslPH ?. 2. Express
Mssags. Horace 0gesisY, ot TIE n. y.
Tribunas A. ID. Riehardson, az the Boston
Journal; and Henry. Willard, Of the Csn-
einnad Commercial.
DxxvxA CrxY. Z. r., Iuns 10. $50.
Dear slr--In reply to your favor Of this
morning, we herewith submit 3 report,
written ct tbs aGfsggory DiggiAgs,h Of
such faets a. we Witnessed there, and o.
tanned from the lips os miners. We have
sndsavorsA to maka Il dsfnits and specific
as possible, aud 10 give al unbiased state
ment Of the RRKsRKT condition and pro-
grsRs Of tia first important gold discover
les In the eastern slope OF the Rocky
Mountains.
We desire 10 acknowledge your many
eourtssies during the trip, s..s. b
Respectfully, $500.
A. d. RICHARDSON.
HENRY WILLARD.
B. ID. MtLLLAaAss b@q. a 81
GsaomY's DIa0Kas, Near Clear Greek,
in che Rocky Mountains,
jane, 9Th, 1853.
The undersigned, none okthsm miners,
nor directly interested In mining but
now here for the express purpOss Of aseaz
| tanning and setting forth she truth wish
regard 10 sabjset Of desp aad generai
interest, - 10 which ths widest and Wild
ess diversity OF assertion and opinion Is
known to Sxiss, unite Ia the following
Issasamsut: a@& g
We have this day personally visited
nearly all the mines or claims already o.
peaed In this valley, THAT Of little stream
running into Clear Creek at this point;l
have Witnessed the Operations os digging
transporting and washing the vain-stone
Ca partially decompossd, or rottsn quartz,
running irregular veins from south west
to northeast, between shattered w&lls q
an impure granted have seen the gold
plainly visible In the rifles Of nearly every
sluies, and nearly every pan OF the rotten
quartz washed in oar prssaaes; have ssen
gold but rarely visible TO the nakea eyes
In pieces Of the quartz not yet desompas-
ed and have obtained from the few who
have already siaieas La operation accounts
Of their several prodnets, as follows
Zslgisr, spaln = Co.,( ffem South
Bead, Ind. } hass run = siates, vita
some Interruptions, for the Last thres weeks;
they are four Ia company, with one hired
man, They have taken out little over
three thousand peanyweights Of gold, sst-
mated by them as worth at least So 600;
their fras days work produced sal; their
highest was $4e5.
sopris. HsadsRaoA L Co., (fFem Farm
1 ingtoa, Tndianz,) have run their sluiees
1 six days In all with four msa--oae to dig,
oRe b carry, and two to wash; four days
| iagt week produced $60T: MoBdaY IT this
week $3.50; no further reported. They
have Just put Ia a second slaiee, which only
Ahagaa 70 run this morning.
Foste & 6tsamsas, Prom ohis2soF) one
sluies, run four dAyss two formsF days pro-
aacsd S40s two latter promised US, but not
received, ...-e .-.. ..ss.. .s
Degrss q CO., (Fron South Bead, Iud., }
have run q small slnbas eight days, vita
| the following results; first day, s6e; second
/ day $50; third day, $s5, fourth day, S3O5s
the fous following days were promised as
| bat, by accident failed TO be received. r.
| Have Just sold half their elain, full CLAIM
Is 80 feet by 100, Car g., Goo
Shears q 90. ,(from Fort Calhoun. Ne.
braska, have rua ous siuEea tive hours the
arss, part Of 3 day, proaacea 80; sees
Dad K fErst full D aaT, So IN third s(to dsy,
$50. all taken from within thrss feet al
the surface; visa fooE wide On the surfacaa
widsaed 70 eighteen iaehea sta depth Il
three feet.
Brown q Co., (from De Kala Co., lad. J
have besa one week on their claim carry
thair dirt half mile; have worked thslr
slnies day and half, pFodaesd &2S0:
lave taken ont quartz spselaena eontain-
lag from 30 esnts to e13 each Ia @oIds
visn Erom 8 to 10 eest wide.
GastOs Kendall 4 Co. From Butler Co.
Lswa, reached nsavar, March 18th, droys
me arst wages to sAsss diggingss have hesn
hsrs I'VE wes<as worksa Ggsk an claim,
% which sBay run 9 slncs bak one dag, pros
dssed Sl2S; sosd THAR claim for SIS, 200
ara GOV woEklag q claim GA the Hunter
lead bare only slaiea6 ens, lthla) days
shEsa men employed, pEodueed SIS,
Bates = go.i ems siulses run hall day
produced alas.
colraan. King 4 Co, one slaies, run half
a aayI prodaaed els. -
Short y Collieg, bought our claims ssg~
ca daya slnee Of CASTE, Keadaii & Co.. Ter
~, 0o0s $780, down, and the balance as
sass 80 taken out, Havas not pet got cur
sialess tR spperakioR. Mr. nssn, from
Iowa. On ths 9Th Inst, washsd from . sia-
sc pan q dirt tsksE from the sissms Eli
20. Have bssa egsrsd SIC, coo fer the elaiaa,
8, q. Jeasa q Co., from Eaaasgn Kan%
sas, have run our sluices two days with
thrss msa; yIsld S225 per day. Think
the quarts generally In shis vicinity IL
gold bearing. Hare nsvaR seen q piaoe
crushed that did noe yiald gold.
A. z. WrighE b Co.. from Elkhaxs Co.
Ind. Slaisss bat juae In opsrasi0a: have
noe yes Ascegszinea ihs produosa. OR
claim peOspsces from IS ceass 20 vi IS
70 the pan.
John q. Gregory, from Gogaon De-,
Georgia. Less hons iass saAs0n. 81
yewss fss Fraxisr ntysr, was detained by
. aasaegHsDn 81 assi aenfa sa Rs. Laramie,
and wirsseFed thsra. Meanwhile, heard
of she discoveries % gold On ths Soush
Platte, and started on prospecting toar
on the kasterp slope Of she Rooky
Mopatains, early In January. prospec-
ted in almcst every valley, from she
Cache ls poudge creek, 10 Pixies Peak
tracing many streams to thsiE sonrces.
EARLY in May arrived On Clear Greek, At
the foes gf shs Saounsaanss tAaEsy zzsaas
SoaahsasA 81 this plaza. There fell In
with the Deeress 3 zaigier, Indiana
C0mnmnios, sud William F0ukss 1iea-
0uTi. We au ssaEtsd up Clear Craak,
prospassing. Arrivsd Ii his YiuEnisy, /
MAy q he f0s sna znaW pFsssmksa Il |
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