Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-03-16

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90 full Of Importance a. this 4, 10 thea
and shsir interests.
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a. 10 the existence Of Gold as OherEy
Creek, 1hs moss ineredaloas must noa
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in sonsidsEahls quantities. Bas In ~
Fesssshkng aRwass Il sae Eocky Mounsaia
Winter, our rivers and streams ars all
Eoeksd ups md mining 6oF ne prsaaps
I d coassausnlay almost pewsrasas. Ths
main question which thousands would
ask ia the ssates,--How much can be
made here psr. daY7 must therefore be
answered only through the limited sx-
perisnee Of those who have washed
out this wintsE, q fen papkalla Of earth
ID 1 asAARiag hOuEs ef shrpugh ths per-
sons who worked here lasl summer. AS
for the FIRST, many say they dug oas sa
high 81 2s otat, or egen SO cts. 30 the
painful Of dirt. ] often got myself 5 cts.
% 5 eaa. 10 the pan. Gold is generally
diAussd sAsough the eoaatxy; you can
dig almost anywhere and obtain q few
spsoks Of shs coveted metal, but a. yet
no regular diggiAss are sstablishsd.--
On this account the 40 or 50 persons VIA
worked hare last summer, spent mOss Of
thsir tias psospsssiag, and 30 did nos
make near so much IS they might By con
ssaut mining. However, they probably
averaged q, 90 to $500 per day 70 the
man for tia time thsy worked Walsh |
must be considered large amount, as
they used neither &sLong Toms'' nor
ssS!uisss," Many Of eaE old Califor-
nis miners bslisEe tksy can readily
make sis 90 10 S2S, 90 per dag With
sIuicss, as claims thsrs were considered
paying thas yielded ! es, 10 tAe pan
Before Winter set IN fif the season here
80 called, il EorthT Of the nane,l one
or two Of the compaglss thsa eAaas cut |
IN the Fall we're sssivsiy 81 work tgEHr
ing soms OF the creekss 20 - 70 bring |
them over the best nipining ground, and !
be enabled TO work ous the dirt With slui- /
sss. But the change Of temperature
speedily pus stop to the operation. |
The weather eOntiauss beautifully 6ns,
bat every oROe in while we have . cold
spell which renders mush sFaEelipg ia
ii nss dangerous. NOsw1th-
standing gnoa Deal ss prospecting is
going On, tbs gold that has bean jet
is RsGziy altogsthsr GRs
gold, lying near the surface bat the
general opinioa 10 thas eoaEssF gold will
be found nearer the mountains. 1
Thszs are now about 1000 persons in
Winter Quarters in ths Valley Of the |
Platte above and bslow the mOuth Of
Cherry Creek. All are snxisusly wait
.ng for the opening Of spring to take up
ia COED earnest pick and shavsl, splsa-
lid Cottonwood timber lines the fertile
banks Of the former river, while IL or
Ii milss up OhsEry Greek and oa the
Iides Of our highest mountains, some
soartssn milss dissank shsre is any guam
isy fplns timbaF whish Will be surned
% good account IS soon a. the wsathe
will psErait. c44 i
In tAs meantime cur people are basi.
ID building up and improving ahs many
towns shat are started a-
sOuna rs. Goahing Is heard for ths past
Few nsontAs bat the deep tonsd 'swo-ha"
Of the aG-dEivsE, snd the noise Of The
wn0daau's axe Nsver before had the
ged nan greater oecasion for astouish-
meut- EAsh party Of Rappahoes or /
0Asysnnes thai arrives sssads IA aa aze-
nent - die cities that hAvs sprung up |
as il by aagia during their temporary
ahsenSe, probably % few weeks hpnt.
Denver Cisy and AuraRia are the swo
most pronaneas pissss. OBs or both Of |
these sowns, for they are on opposite
bAnks Of Cherry Greek, are beand 70 be |
The ospisel q shsnsw 3sxrisogy. Thsss |
are oYer swo huHdrs8 heWsd log h0asss |
bull or ia course d erection il both Of |
shsss towns, aad there will doubtless be !
double thas amount tsfors spring.
Enigfanta coming out, would certain |
Iy givb shs prsfsranss to ths R6uTn |
NoKss upThn pE1TTE. Timbez and vat
o. and good oanping phases are pie mtg |
all shs waylse Rars KsaFnsy. EveFy one
wha hAs aeHas shis w@y il load ID ~
prsisass Mereovsr II long bears sAs
reputation ct being tks shorsass roaa 10
this sessiOp qf oagntxy. ma distance
assurdiag TO iouraai / ksps, bsiag $50
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