The Kanzas news., 1859-07-16

a thorough exploration of the mountain re-
gions. From FIVE to seven weeks will be
employed to accomplish the object of the
journey. and the party will extend the pros
peclino as far as the Great Basin, in a wes-,
terly, and the Medicine Bow Mountains, in
a northerly direction. The explorer and
discoverer, par excellence, Gregory. will be
as usual as the head of this bold and cred
liable enterprise.
From day to day. the necessity of en-
ploying machinery better than the rude i'm
plements now used. becmoes plainer.--
Since the discovery of gold bearing leads
of solid quartz, crushing machines. that
had already become very desirable in con-
sideration of the rich idecomposed. but yet
hard quartz rock that surrounded the leads
of pay dirt, can no longer be dispensed
with. To illustrate the imperfeetion of the
present modus operdadi, viii but mehtion
that some ten days ago smart individual
proceeded, instead of hunting for claim.
to re-wash the dirt that had passed through
one of the two sluices of the Indiana Com
pany, (Gregory's diggings, J and collected
in Rallston's Creek, the result of his first
days labor. not less than S14,5o. It's,
however. all but certain that quartz mills
! will not be brought here this season. The
time employed in their construction and
| transportation, would, on the one hand, TN
doubtedlY consume most of the warm sea-
son of the present year, while on the other.
the roughness of the roads to the mines
would render it all but impossible, without
extensive improvements to carry mills to
the respective points. Once there, there
will, however, be no difficulty in operating
them. The very best of natural water pow
er can be found almost anywhere in the
mountains.
Agricultural pursuits are not very exten-
sivefy followed in this latitude during the
present season. In. the first place, but a
diminutive portion of this springs immi-
grafton thought of the possibility of their
| gathering 1ucre by dint of the axe and plow.
| Their speculations are now concentrated on
the all-absorbing hope of disinterring the
raw metal as the means of acquiring the
wealth, in the hope of which they were led
to forsake their former homes and venture
into far off wildernesses.
I Agricultural implements were, therefore,
hardly thought of when making the prepa-
rations for the journey to the land of gold.
Consequently, even if there was an inten-
ton on the part of many to resume the vo-
cation of husbandry the means of doing so
could not be commanded. AS it is, farm
| ing is carried on to a yeay limited extent.
There are perhaps half dozen or so begin
pinps of farms to be found in the bottom
lands of the Platte, and few cultivated
patches of land have also made their appear
ance along the side of the road to the dig
gings, in the fertile valley between the first
/ 0f Rlff h,
aggregate number of acres soWed can hard
Iy exceed sixty or seventy, and is, OF course
entirely inadequate to the wants Of the tens
of thousands OF individuals now inhabitlns
this section of the country. l look upor
this summers farming as mere experimen
ting for the purpose of solving the ques
ton as to the quality and quantity of The
tillabIe soil af this region, which, notwith
standing Mr.. Greeley's opinion to the con
trarv. | believe to be confined to the bot
tom lands of the various streams and creeks
and few mountain valleys. Of the sixt,
acres, the larger portion is planted will
garden plants, and those that have th
means of buying, may, therefore, expect Il
, enjoy, after the lapse of a few more weeks
, the luxury of numerous kinds of vegetables
The Eastern emigration has experienced
no diminution since my last reference to 1t
Among the late arrivals quite number o
families are noticeable. The weaker sex noV
numbers over hundred representatives ii
| this locality and the different diggings.
Three good boarding houses. at which
good fare can be obtained, at the rate of on
dollar day, are now in full blast, unde
female auspices. !.
A few days ago brass band made thei
entrance into this city, and are now regu
larly sending forth their not over harmon
|. Gus, but yet pleasing. strains at Blake Z
t Hotel after sunset. The first of their mel
; odies that reached the ear of the Arapahoes
encamped in various parts of the town, pro
duced quite an amazement among them
They were at loss TO divine the cause
, these peculiar vibrations of ours. They
have now, however. become familiar " III
it, and attend the evening concerts in laFgt
numbers, and with evidentdelight.
DENVER CRY, June II, 1853.
The most convincing evidence Of the re
covely of this and neighboring places trsn
the general prostration that prevailed II
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