The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-06-25
Pikosa Peak.

Pixies Peak.
Strangely enough, all the Late reports
from the Pixies Peak gold region, con-
tinue to confirm the favorable reports from
that quarter. The following il one of tho
latest dispatches
" LEAvExwoRTH, June 81.
The overland express has arrived here,
eight DAYS from Denver City, bringing a
large mail and $500 in dust The pre-
yious extraordinary reports OF discoveries
at Gregorys Jacksons. and other mining
companies, is fully confirmed.
Horace Greeley had arrived out in less
than seven days He visited Gregory's
diggings and signed a public comnunica-
ton endorsing the richness OF the claims.
Thousands were pouring into the new pla-
GERS. Forty sluices would soon be in oper-
alton at Gregorys The results Of the OPP
erations OF accompanies given in Greeley's
letters show that the highest day yield
has been $40
A company from South Bend Indiana,
had taken out 5000 pennyweights with a
sluice in weeks.
Gregorys two claims sold for SCI 600
Other details are in similar vein.
Returned emigrants are departing to-
day from Leavenworth bound to go thro'
at all hazards The excitement was be-
coming intense Messrs Jones and Rus
sell contemplate enlarging their facilities
in view OF an increasing demand for trans
portation.a Einigran;s are charged not to
start without 1 or months supplies as
! the snow sets in the mountains in October
and adequate provision sh nuld be made
J by persons leaving this season, for winter
ing In the mining region. and thus prevent
recurrence OF suffering and privation.
! The st. Louis RepujHcaa of Tuesday
publishes the following extract of letter
! from miner to his wife in St. Louis
! . Il CAMr-FooT OF MOUNTAINS,
I TWELVE Miles WEST OF DENVER CITY.
J June >, 1859.
/ After weary journey, lat length found
! the long looked for gold mines took a
! short rest, and then started up to see the
miners at work soon found that ! was
agrceably disappointed in my calculations,
Tor had about made up my mind that
( the gold mines We're hunbug confess
( was happily deceived. for there is any
{ quantity Of gold here. The first that we
saw was obtained in the following manner.
we got one tin cupfull Of dirt from n man
who was mining, ard having washed it.
We took from the single cuptull twenty-five
cents worth of gold
Cheerod by this result We started on. 10
. prospect. and i'll the first place we digged
we found a regular lead which we staked
off and took up our claim
We find the dirt Will pav from twenty
five to fifty cents painful We went to
work at II Yesterday morning. and two of
US in a little over half day paaned out
over nine dollars worth Of gold. and Is we
went 10 dinner we met man who wanted
tn buy my interest out He offered 10
give me three thousand dollars asked
him four thousand. which think | VIII
get before many DAYS, hut would take
the three thousand if | could get it all
down, but he cannot pay me before two or
three months. and if have to stay here
that long. | can do better BY wo,kin. il
myself
? Our company. ard another company
that have be travelling with Us. comprising
four men. ale all equally interested in our
cIaim-each man owning one lot OF Que
hundred feet long and fifty feet wide
winch Is all that man i allowed - own
under our mining laws We are ia com
paay with first rate set Of men One of
;hcn is an old California miner and he
says he would not take =. 900 FOR hi- claim.
He says we can make twenty dollars Ter
day-each manly working II with l
-luic", which we Will haze i operation ly
the last Of next week
am perfectly we'll satisfied tina, there
are claims not ;wo hundred yards from
ours out of which FIVE men are making
every day three hundred dollIrs. know
it 70 be %, for ] sc seen il done
! have been thinking that must make
arrangements TO have my family out here
. =. l., L. !.
make All the money want: 20 may con
while, il everything appears right.
! W Is. Burt