Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05
The VheelbarroW Man at Pixies Peak
o. ..-Immense Gold DiscOveries.
CITY OF ALLAHUM, on Cherry Greek.
January 10, 1859. :

January TO- 1859. :
To the Editor etMe Missouri Enposiior:
DEAR SIR AS much as has been said of
the inexhaustible and transcendant wealth of
the Pixies Peak and Cherry Creek gold region,
and as many doubts as have been cast upon
the meagre stories of the immense gold de-
posits here by old fogy newspapers in the
States, and by incredulous mountain men
who obstinately shut their eyes to the truth,
'all the world and the rest of mankind must
now be convinced that the ,thousandtho part
has not yet been told, and thai this is the
most peerless SPOT on the face of the world
will not pause to speak of the gold dig
gngs on the Peak where the nuggets as big
as the largest sized hen egg may be had for the
picking up, and where the earth wherever it
is upturned reveals millions of shining par
ticles. | have no time to dwell upon the
scene that presents itself of clear morning
on the level plain to the Eastward of Cherry
Creek, where the prospectors have for the
past week been much engaged, and which
glitters in the morning sun as you stand on
heights above, like a sea of molten gold. Here
according to an assay made but yesterday by
our spirited, talented and popular fellow citizen
Mr. Won Paul, who, from many years connec-
ton with the mint in one of our largest cities,
is eminently qualified to givea correct opin-
ion, the soil contains SO per cent of fine floss
gold .-.......... .-.....I ,,...., .......
But it is not of such trifes as these would
speak Wonderful as they may appear to
our friends in the less favored parts of the
world; to'us here in, this land of, gold they
have ceased to be wonderful and are only re-
garded as the most matter of fact common
places Our city, however, has to day been
placed on the qni oioe. A marvel has come to
light, which, even to us dwellers in the gold
en- land,., is a marvel. Everybody is COM
pIetely wild about it. 1t is so strange-so
marvelously, wonderfully strange, that men
can scarcely credit their own senses; and yet
it is every word of it trueLjust as true as
some of the gold stories published in some of
the papers in Kansas and Missouri.
The.waters of Cherry Creek convert every
thing of metallic nature submerged in them
for the space of "a hours into the very finest
gold ........ rH .s.1,.s
This discovery, which makes the adventurs
Of Sinbad, so long regarded as impossible ex-
aggerations, cease to be discredited, came about
quite accidentally. Yesterday afternoon.
about clock, finding that the tire of my
wheelbarrow-tha wheelbarrow which has
SO long been my faithful companion-had be-
come little loosencd, left the vehicle over
night in the creek to tighten. This morning
when took it out of the water judge of my
surprise, and my anaZement, to find the tire
and eyery nail and bit of iron connected with
it, converted into "a carrot gold. A thorough
test has been made, and there is no doubt of
the genuineness of the metal.
The report of course spread like wildfire :;
and really begi to apprehend some incon-
venience from its effects. Every gun and
pistol, every stew kettle and pot in Allahum
the name of our projected great city, have
been placed in the water and the watchful
owners are now squatting at the waters edge
watching them, as you have sometimes seen
frog watch fly. There is one blacksmith
here even he has taken the implements of
his craft and submerged them also. How
gold kitchen utensils, gold anvil, and gold
guns, pistols and knives will answer the wants
Of modern civilization, I may. perhaps, here
after write you. Or la a'
This is certainly one of the most extraor-
dinary scientific discoveries of this or any
other age. l Can now account for many
things did not understand until to-day. I
have observed that every one who remained
here any length of time began to assume a
yellowish or saffron tint. A few days ago
the body of an Indian was exhumed at the
base of the mountain, which was found to
have become petrified, so to speak, to solid
gold. 1t now surmounts the corner stone of
our projected city as statue. ~ o>odT u,
/ have much more to tell you about this
country, and especially would 1 like to des-
cant upon the magnificent future Of Allahun,
in which, by the way, have several lots but
as 1 have an old brass candlestick and tin
horn in the creek, must go and see how they
are. coming on in the metamorphosis. By the
first opportunity will send you the latter
through which to blow the praises Of Pixies
Peak Tell everybody to come out and bring
with them all the old iron that they could
gather. Yours truly.
] WHEEIBARRoW MAN.