New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-18

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We had advanced twenty steps further sod vers
6.sceuorg pveclpce when be ard another shot 10
,be came ciiec,,op We 'uIred to 90 back thinking,
perhap., the doctor might he in come difficulty With
the lldisis, vtcp two sho's fred upon u.s. one
biting Mr.. Kennedy IN the center OF the back, Dear
'be wai,, and passing through bin, telling him quick
/ "; the o'ber striking III. ground nesrmy feet
| turued and wrnt tn Mr. X : SIDE, and he told u,s
he could not live. Seeing Injiars assembled tue
rocks the way had come, and looked for the doc
tor cour rot bin, but saw tso Iodiaus coming
down the hill io~srd me- fred =, Of inem WITH
my revolver bu, wbou. sppsreh eff. CT, they were
zone eighty yards N. They fled back over The ridge
when they az me. Hsviug nothing Of the doc
tor returned 70 NJ. Kennedy; he wac still alive, snd
Ieol be revolver which be ba0 dropped when ne mt
FELL and gave II 10 him. telling him. If further sttscied
in my absence 10 use it, if possible. tneu went 20
sard camp to look ou for the Doctor. aDt sss four IL
daDs ilde owe. the ridge. down abont half way
70 ea". srd stop about where supposed the doctor
r.. probably tshen. Two of them shghed, aud COM
pencsd apparently, 20 strip and scalp him-ths rocks
aroupi prevented my seeing hs person o. all Al
birgs at camp seemed undstnr bedthe horse grazing,
snd the tire NJ interrupted. | went back, and found
Remedy rot yet tesd but sinking fast beirs about
half en- hour ell CO be sbo;. left hzr 10 f,od q
place Of defense for myself expecting every moment
an attack. found a Ioik 10 the rock abou, thirty
steps from where Kennedy lay mere / WAS locs.ed
until iaIk.
About sundoSn a ahot was fred, close to where
was az supposed a, Kennedy, and heard tramp
irg as of persons pa-siog do~o the rocks toward
where he laysl was then still Surprising from these
crcuu starce, that be had been killed and scslpei a.
well as robbed and deemipg il ,e for TO wander
among the rocks after d,k in search of him, lsh my
place Of retrea, and started the Sn wy RSnea
in the night | reached the summit about 10 O'Clock
n No. and commenced my descent through dagger.
ous sud difficult gorge, which completed between IL
ard l. travelled al that night and the mex. day. in
tending to reach Jacksop's Dggings before dark. At
noon found myself ID miles southeast Of Jsckson's
ard five mites from the road lesdtg thereto. wearisl
with fatigue ard hunger a. almost entirely 10 pre-
vent my progress Travelled by small distances until
came TO The road, where, meeting team, camped
for the night.
! II he seruooo Of the rcxt day the ssh ar.
,iv.c AZ C,rgor,s where n"ei"g 0t lse ni1eis was
INN &c ia'sly cnoo tatnept Of the facts ma IL, AID
oue uudl.6 enl3 tel go 80 in pufrat Q. =, nur-
d,eis Hto revtnge 'hc deafh OF "ur mep Mss'ecgers
vtrp ri q rsit 20 he mtues, Alrsri4 and Dsnver,
4, scqnsi,t tie p-"pe of the occurrence. Toe con.
paly enlisted IL sppcntej 90 start their expedition
o.. III 3ah n,tsl' proceed 10 the Of action AMI
buy The bid - VI loud.
Tie .,rtir had beeo on prospecting tour 10 the
Roxy sivublsiis, sbl,h he rsp"rs as i1loss:
Arriving at G'egys DllGlUs., We started south ia
corpsiy viii The following gentlemen; Green Rus
I'll W. j. Will, " II Porter W. A. McE.iios G..
H. Woso j T. jacobs, j. IL. Pierce. of Geo,g'e; v.
W. Young j. E.stIidke, Of Iowa: l.. ID. MHsan, Of
Ohio.
In about seven miles travel we crossed Clear Creek
TO the Spanish Digging; we suppose there are about
200 men at work here and perhaps 500 on the creek
generally. All hands were lively, aud minog WA the
serser Of the dsy There are five leads being opened
here on lone Of which a claim owned by Smith AMI
Mery.- was sold for 81 0O0 nprospected from one to
two dollars to the pan. The claims on this creek are
generally paying from 80 TO $25 to the man per day,
and the Mexicsns aud SpsDiaris have mostly soil out,
realizing about $2,Oc0 per claim OF ~ feet; Iseve
and hs feet of one clam sold for 81 500. There is
large a cunt Of gold being taken out OF these BAN
dgpings but sboty the water will be lower, and It Is
expected the creek will be turned in many places, and
viii yield abundant crops Of gold.
rala1S f,ra houf mi -
pectipg but little, but making observations OF the sur
face indications which satisfactory, and IN some
places very hattering. We then turned our course
more westward and sarnounted the snowy range, ana
after Taverspg the mountains short distance iurther,
made for the head waters Of creek tor onr return.
In travehng down the creek were amply repaid Tor
the difficulties encountered by fire. lthe pines in
places burning furiousy and the rocks Justing Ioue
nom eide TO side obligng us to cross the creek con-
tinualy by discovering the most favorable IN hcsuons
| Of gold we had yet seen. ,
! For some miles the creek runs parallel with the
/ leads which were plainly discerDabe in the rocks
/ above us opening cut to ves the seams OF quart
/ running nearly n. +. and S. W., in an unmistakaoe,
I mapber.
would have prospected more fully to prove the rsh-
ness Of these leads Bot, the whole, We became
well satisfied that the belt Of leads extends still
further southwest, add is perhaps one and half niles
in wicth. We predict thut Dext year these mines Will
be opened for fifty miles in length.
| We discovered both silver ard copper, well a.
gold, in pathway. The fact IL, this is none other
than mineral region, and ere long rich Developments
J will be made.
Reaching the neghborhood of Gregorys diggngs on
| our return, will pass in review the mining opera
tions here. % Russes Branch (guch diggings there
are several hundred men at work and they taking
! out from to three ounces to the per day.
About mile from this q large number at work on
a dry bank, hauling dirt half mile, and obtaining
from FIVE to twenty cents to the PAN We did not SEQ
any gulch dggings that would not yield 8 per day.
The quartz leads are paying full IS well, and soma
better a. they go down, being coarser gold. Many
more claims are opened and considerable number OF
men employed. The Virginia lead has opened rich
after sinking about twenty feet; in spots It has pros
peced as high as $lS TO the pan The Illinois lead is
doing good business having prospected as high as $f
to the PAN but this must not be supposed to be thu
| general sversge-only rich spots. Perhaps they
might not average more than 81 10 the pan. Ths
Mammoth lead augurs well to be one of the richest
veIne. We have specimen Of the qusrz,
which appears full Of gold but it is probable it will
rot be worked extensively unil the Company get
| macbir cry here TO work advshageously. New leads
are It'll being discovered and opened some paying
very veil.
Messrs. Gridley & Henderson have commenced atun-
mel at the base OF the mountain TO work their clam.
This is an enterprise which may prove beneficial To
others on the same lead and look to the time when
they shall reach their claim as test of the richness or
| the quartz leads.
We notice enc quartz mill on small scale, worked
wife oxen, in operation and from information received,
we expect quartz mill, with engine, &C., complete,
VIII shortly arrive, the property OF Messrs Conkn %
| BODesteel of Wisconsin.
From Information derived from reliable source, We
are satisfied the mines being opened and worked
prOfitaby northeast well south west OF Gregorys
men are being employed, and those who 20 stay
/ there.
! Capt. White of Ocuawka, informs us that comps
ny was formed some time since at Boulder diggings,
/ who have turned the channel of the creek for more
than thousand feet, and now about to commence
sucipg the bed of the creek expecting men booty,
as the banks prospected ten cents 70 the pan.
We are sasfed the veins OF gold that run through
the ranpe Of mounts ms are but last being opened but