Nebraska advertiser., 1859-12-08
From Jefferson TERRITORY.

We extract the following from a cor
respondence in the St. Louis Democrat,
under date,-@Auraria, Nov. IL, 1882
Since I wrote you last week. there has
been no mining news of unusual impor-
lance, further than that the few hundreds
Of workers in each of the various sections
and districts of the mountains, have been
taking out satisfactory proceeds every
day, varying in amount from ten to TWEEN
ty-fve dJllars to each man, according TO
their several kinds of clai rs. Late re-
liable parties from the South Park, state
that the miners in that section are max
ing not generally less than one ounce per
day. Some gentlemen have made ST.
600 apiece on the Little Blue, in the past
five weeks. A decomposed quartz lead
has been found in the Tarryall diggings,
which is very rich in coarse gold. Most
of those who have built themselves cab
ms IN the mountains will be able to work
a good portion Of the winter, excepting
during the periodic spells of severe yyea-
Their, which lasts from a few days to a
week. Encouraging news still comes in
from the Blue River region, which, and
the South Park, will, doubtless, be the
great theatre Of successful mining opera
tions next year. An immense vein of
mineral ore, perhaps ~cinnabar, has been
discovered of late, near Mountain City,
fifty fee: in thickness, which may become
of i~ncalculable value here, TO the miners,
and suffice the importation Of quicksil-
yer. .q-ss. 1.-.ns b 81. cIur ia-r8G
Some of the very best claims have
been laying idle for the want of rain,
and until contemplated bitches are com
rpleted. In Russell's ygulch not any are
making less than $l2 per day yet, while
the gulches are not much frozen. Inthe
Nevada gulch claims are being sold, and
before possession is given, during the few
intervening days, as high5as 500 a day
have been offered for the privilege Of
working them; and refused, through
courtesy towards the purchasers.
r. Prose- & Cos steam quartz mill is at
present yielding between three and four
hundred dollars a day. There will be
plentyof business here next season for
fifty or a hundred Of them. ra
The miners still continue ia the best
spirits, and little concerned whether 9TH
ers in the States believe them or not.
On Friday the 1lth; we hada 'tc6nsid-
cradle snow weather, 1.-THE mountains in
the west showed a pretty strong coating,
and the various peaks sporteda more brill
liant covering. The plains around here
bad it about two inches deep, and on the
night Of the aforesaid day, there was a
very severe frost-perhaps twenty de-
grees below zero-f not more. It5was
considered the coolest nighaegerrexperi-
-ehced here bynoeur miners WHO have
spent, some of them, twelve or fifteen
months in this country. iasl sdi U5 g
1t was In evidence next morning. Nov.
18th, that almost every bottle and barrel
of whisky on both sides of Cherry Greek
was solid as ice! So much for oar inn
ported liquors, and ''buried Bourbon"
as they advertised them heretofore !rls
Business among the merchants in Den
yer and Auraria Isl not very brisk at this
dull season, nor will it resume It's wonted
activity before two or three months to
come. We have here at this time seme
fine wholesale and retail stores, commits
sion houses, and hotels, saloons and pFi-
vate dwellings, that will more than COM
pare with any of the large, stirring Giles
Of the Missouri river country. We have,
at this date, as sharp and sagaeious mer-
chants, as shrewd real estate spectators,
as cunning and ambitious 1a~yers, as nu-
merous doctors, as stiff and consequential
gamblers, as fine looking young men,
and as handsome and stylish women, al
most, as can be scared up together in any
single corporation this side Of ST. Louis
or Chicago.
As soon as leisure permits, I propose