The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-02-26
Correspondents o. The ADVERTISE,
SENECA, Selual.a CO., 4. T.,
February Let, 1855.

! Of some interest to your numerous read
srF, will give You some reliable inform
stiou vita regard to the Kansas gold
uine,. This mos. modern Ell Dorado
will doubtless couse Thousands Of young
adventures to forsalo all kinds Of lucra-
tive business and flock to Western Ksn-
sac to acquire fortunes in q short time.
l viii say this to al those who have an
ides Of amassins large suns Of money in
. short period Of time, with . ccnpsr,-
lively small outlay of capital, they viii in
| ninety nine cases out Of one hundred be
disappointed. ain located on the great
military road leading from F. Leaven-
worth to Salt Lake City consequently |
hare seen aud convcrscd with many in.
teNigcnt men, who have visited the gold
mines. Their universal ,cstno il this:
That no man can make money there M.
less be docs it BY speculation or very
hard work. They say that the Kansas
papers exagserate tie matter very much
and for the mere purpose of inducing en-
igrants to travel through Eastern Kan
sas, that they msy leave thor money
while en- route for the mines. Now this
is reasonable, and Dot only reasonable,
but true. A few persons, who cxpec, to
go to the mines next Spring with provis.
ions and are DESTROYS of large immigra-
ton thither, 40 that they can dispose Of
their loads to good advantage, say that
from Eve to twenty dollars per day can
easily be made by digging. But the
more iutelligen. and truthful class always
give it ~ their opinion that from two to
FIVE dollar would be the maximum, then
add TO that the high price of living and
they would make but little more than in
the States. Lumber in TIE mines is
$500 per thousand. Suppose young
man has rot tie tin to purchase the re-
quisitc amount. for he cannot mine with
out lumber. The gold occurs entirely
upon the surface Old California miners
have prospected in the mountains and
say there is no gold there. II is all in
the valleys near the base Of the noun
'ains, consequently they argue that no
great quantity Of gold exists there No
machinery has ever We; been used in th ese
mines; but it has been sufficiently tested
By practical miners
The majority Of men whom | have seen
from there, say That it will not pay.
think thousands of young men infuer ced
by the dishonesty Of some Journals will
be induced to GO to the mines, who
would never have been led thither from
any other motive. But 3. "Wcstward
tho star Of empire" &c so young, en-,
tcrprising Americans must b. impelIed
by Some Cause 10 seek the frontiers ur
the great Y est, end as il is the DISPOSE
ton Of Aacricaus to ''s"e the clcp uut"
the least impetus will set 4 portion Of
them g-jag. T. the great vast major
lty Of those seekiag Western Kansas ii
will cot pay" But this II ighty influx
Of stal~art men from the East will be Of
immense benefit to Kansas. Many upon
their return seeing the productive, arabic
prslries Of Eastern Kansas will e,elsim
eureka, and commence turning our beau
tiful oountr, into beautiful farms, aud by
this means secure competence More
anon Of the mines
] sec that the President, at this late
day, has given orders for the arrest of
Brown and Montgomery Of Fl Scott no,
toriety. Brown has been committing
some drprcdations of late He passed
northwsrd few days ago with hostile
band Of about 10 men bat he made no
attack, only pow and then taking horse
coyertly in order to hasten his march
He purnor., to b. IN H., b,,n,,o mn,
patton Of transporting regroc. from Mis-.
souri n Canada III. :. ,bo &c, .aor.
mont eyer made ,ar,b r. ,ho r.;n.
Tho N,r.b.n of -, T.rr;,ar. .,,a,...s
n ,rres, b;n o,on, A. IL. s., 49,.
bp. lid ~, .roc,,5 Ths c.roun.u e
gissau~; h,s oserol ,hro, .,an...I1 !,
lar. reu,ra for REV, hn, :, :. $500
L. ,u,nosed here tia, 10 ill -. ;. -
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