Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-09-14
PIXIES PEAK.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

| MOUNTAIN CRY, Aug. Is, 1859.
Messrs. Hapgood g. adams:
A tremendous excitement has lately
seized the miners on account of very rich
mines which are said to have been found
on the head waters of the South Platte,
and Colorado. on the south, and on the
Cache la Poudre, and at the Cheyenne
Pass on the North Rumors of extrava-
CANT yield have been circulated, about both
regions. Among the first. man affirmed
at meeting in Mountain City, he would
warrant pound of gold per day to each
of one hundred men who would 90 with
him to the Colorado.
From the north we hear it reported that
a fortunate individual attained five thou
sand dollars in six days.
Other reports come apaee, confirming
SONG of the first stories, till the miners in
this section, most of Il EN-, laboring under
the disadvantage of too scanty supply
of water, though possessing good claims,
relinquished all, and winded their way to
the Eldorado. Some have been so incOn-
siderate as to leave their claims liable to
be jumped, while the majority, more eau
tious, left enc or more Of their company to
hold their possessions in order to have
retreat in case of misfortune Mountain
City is almost vacated, and not half of the
people seem to be here, who were working
q month ago. Such a sudden refux of the
people has not been without its influence
on the assumed value of claims and other
property. Men, who were even realizing
their ounce per day, have sold their claims
for one tenth. and even one twentieth of
the price demanded three weeks ago. So
vacillating and fuctuating does a gold
mining pOpulace become that the steady
return of good wages will never suffice,
but they will forsake all for the vain hope
of making their fortunes at one grand
strike. The returns at first were more
exciting and wild than at present, as then
it was thought nothing was wanting but
to be at the mines. Now few of the diff
fculties and hardships are becoming ap-
parent. Those who have gone with such
wild anticipations will not be agreeably
disappointed. More is definitely known
of the mines south, than of those north.
The precise locality of the latter is not ac-
curately ascertained, though it is believed
enough has lecn discovered to augur
rich deposit of the precious metal in that
region. The former, so far as yet explored,
lie in the snowy range, where the snow
and ice are still formidable obstacles to s
the successful progress of the miners, where
chill frosts are of nightly occurrence, and
where snow storms yet mantle the noun c
tains On the very fountain head of the
Platte, where are quagmires overgrown
with willows, and rank herbage, there has r
been found the richest diggings Little is 0
known of the mines in the other extremi- r
ties of the south Park-mines are affirmed a
to lave been found there but whether on D
the Arkansas, or Eagle Run, "a tributary c
of the Colorado,) both of which rise in or
near the Park, is still an uncertainty. Be-
ing situated at the nearest point, sixty miles v
from this, over mountains impossible by C
wagons, and more than hundred by way
Of the valley, no teams have yet reached "
the spot. and of course the claims are not
opened. We were told by ncighbOr who n
returned from prospecting tour, on the
4th inst, that but one guleh had been y
probed, although others had e
,een staked. A tolerable idea of the re- y
gion in which the mines are. can be formed rf
rom the fact that many of the claims are u
talked in snow Yet so strong is the be- nj
ief that rich deposits of untold wealth lie "
within that extent, that there must be Gu
ource to the scale gold found in the Platte u
nd Cherry Greek vallies, that hundreds al
ave turned thithcrward, who cannot hope W
o accomplish more than the securing of tn
laims, and comfortable quarters for win hC
CT, in readiness for the opening of spring.
t is confidently believed that this will be
he gold region for next years operations. yc
his country, situated between the two or
lewly discovered auriferous regions has pl
till its inducements. Although new de- m
elopments are constantly being made, NJ
lese recent discoveries seem to possess ch
Importance. and for short su
eriod will cause almost stagnation of "a
usiness compared to former times. But 10
his district has really intrinsic merits, and WI
dvantages which however lost from view, st'
present, will certainly force themselves or
pom the minds of men, and eventually
ause this to become apopulous and wealthy ro'
ortion of the mines Two months ago all
ne country was thought to have been well
respected, and now when mines are tor
rought to light under the footsteps of sid
revious gold hunters, it is not considered ed
, have been more than specifically do'
,arehed. A new and rich lead was re- cul
,ntly found within fifty nine feet of one sea
f the first struck leads in the immediate BIZ
icinity of Mountain City. Falls River. a to
nall mountain stream had been surface ito
from source to mouth. and yet yo'
few weeks ago the channel was turned,
nd rich dirt found in the bottom of the
eek. The real truth is, the country has a u