, 1859-06-17

Confirmation OF the New Dfseovex1ae.

3A
CONDENSATION OF The Nav Dsseovera>a.
\
rTS{..: .:A.:a..
y. Tue n'sA Z
II OF soFtto completely upset TIN valus ofhp:
man testimony Ind turn respsc4ahta - A
o,co ~. h; ~ -. ..II:-s:r;:c.
N'~~ NV A'sA'' ~ Aesso@ - eees
very important discoveries Of Ro1t 4AYs .h3en
made in the Pike'e Peak country: IN Feest:Ne
bova m d,rht4h,+ nou ~ ...4k:E... ..,i
uase 40 aeens 1aa. men on the spot "et!e!e .ace
10 De tue case. we snbjoin the coucs5Frent ~
timony of several persons whose claims to We
racity arc mt donhted bv The ;oprno,a wb;rb
,,h,;.,, +,a;- ;-oo,,,,,,.;...;o
.4o f..nou eae4- COMMUNICATIONS: o.Ium!G ---...-
Inc Denver City correspondent OF the Mis-
souri, Republican, whose reliability is :vouched
for by the editors of that shret wr;,ea az III.
1o"e' u'ae' uH'o u JUNE 71n'
Several days ago VIC were startled by re-
ports OF sereral strikes Of vastly rich leads Of
quartz gold III the North Fork Of ciear or Vas
ouez Greek. tributary from the Northwest to
the South Platte: Immediately set out to sound
the matter, and found the news for once to be-
based On reality. a Mr. Gregory, Of Georgia,
and several parties from Indiana, Illinois aud
Iowa, while prospecting the billy banks Of the
ubove mentioned stream, had come across q
number Of streaks Of burnt quartz, which in-
duccd them 10 use their picks and shoyels and
pms forthwith. The first pan Of surface dirt
yielded over four dollars worth Of particles Of
gold Of the finest description, and the digging
being carried on deeper through the rock be,
meath, cad Of rotten quartz, encased in solid
height height Of an equal number OF inches
vas Struck, whlch was tonnd 70 contain large
quaint t1es OF Go'd, sarylng from - to $15 70
the!an. a number OF clAims we're Ut once staked
out by the discoyerers, and the working Ero-
eeeged Win % means o1 "ha1esef Imperfect
implements theg mud at command. Ut. Gregory
himsen 'ook oa1 nearly tnoos3ho ooilaFs ont
OF hts c'alm III less than week: A party OF
hFe from south bend, lndlana, Flz t"o broth
ers Ue1rees, TWO brothers Zelgler, ana one Chess,
obfa'ned nearly three thousand dollars IN sl1
days, mat is' from me ia 70 the 2a1h uii al Inc
average rate Of = $50 day as soon Us the news
OF their good fortune reached this and adjoining
sinee 9een noaP.zsa the Gfcgory p'gglngs
ensued:; Hundreds Of prospecsors at once com.
meneea 70 oscrnoM toe naffo% fahey. on ING
noa,a'nous ootoeranG OF "nien me qoastz leao
was SIC! located: a number o. mem were as l9eky
a. ane'r PREDECESSORS anu a. tue t!ne at1iseo
~ rts;n,a eireadv " ~ III
,;t,.5a ~ staoeass e ~ ic,ot;a .Ls e.
.t,n;a ao~,;aa 49, ,.;.,. ~ ~ ~.
d;a;c',,1 nniS.. Whnn o-r;rad thera Ea@ t,x@.
sI,1;.as /, ,,s-a,;nn a,,d 10 H.
sd Jo,, ~, - ~ shor,da-s i 14a -, ~;
tuae t eoae . us'Jns dars ua uesa 'u.eu nunuo
a1e:: in III, ~" uass; "omsSe s9ui5 t"Gdt}
slulees w! oe TUT anu num1er Q! a'1I snaes
u4eo, anu Ios 2iGio ~ aayl MHtsn - noH auout
& ~ 3nn o ~ ~ bon WI" ,rsa
weeks from now, you may confidently look for
.ne nfs' hea's sn'p'nen' u 0us' 'ron' '"'7
.Thc Gregory direings are located about 80
miles due west from Denver City. Yet the
mountainous character o. tne surrounding co'n
miles before reaching t1e first M lead. The lea ieads r.
as indicated by the burnt surface quartz already
| mentioned, run in southwestern and northwest
| cru directions, and cxtcndfo miles. Whether
they are gold bearing throughout, has, oi
course, notyet been tested. A humber Of old
Californians are in the diggings, ind proclaim
their utmost confidence N The speedy y.tiiscovery
i Of m abundance of gold equal to: hat OF The
| ricjcstsyulIeys of California. Water. rrass and
/ fineA&&od is plentifts near the diggings.
| "fii fxciscmentG Gbouk the quartz leads in in
tepsS On my@af back 10 This polt. I mel q
least Afo Thousand indiyiduals bound in their di
: lcctiou, Denver CITY and Auraria now look a,
| dull as New Eneland Villages on Sabbath dav
Everybody ioius tue general rush.
"All of The facts recited in the foregoing I cur
yarran, to be correct Most Of the gold WASHED
out have weighed with NV Own hands, I'm t.
Tho moment Of doing this. and exnmininr ner
sonally the leads, / Ind myself the creates
doubts Us to the truthfulness Of the reports tha
induced me to undertake the trip. But huyin,
| seen. now believe like St. Thomos, and en-
deayor to promulgate the result Of my observa
finn throurh the columns of your pa1,e-"
The Dubuque 1tnks Of the 14th 1ust., pub
fishes two latters dated Auraria, Mar eod m
osa f.on, l. + " uo.,,a 49,, H. -.
-o"' ''o' A"' a.. "n'4 1i'' Io"1
Jones, tor1qeE&o OF that clty,-in which the 70
:: lowiux is kcfata Of the adventures of Mr.. Bate.
! A,1;forn;a n,;ne3e also of Duhuore.
~ mare met Mf. notes' 1os1 1n lfom taFfnou1
Ia rs Ie suo.s 9s luz nasntns .! sE'enIee
pans, "nieh !leloeo 1e'"een boV ana $9o
the most oeaui''ul go!a eSer seen. Ae 81
erer ;;sroycrsiW Ws.t;mstsd hr a4n a~nnr;anrs sns
Judges to be worth million and half Of do
lars. He says that he thinks it worth at lea:
one h1nulca anu @ ,;, R"tn a9.ars
we will 70 into the mountains With lin, tb,
he thinks we can make from $40 to SIS p.
} day each, and probably hnd quartz lod
h.,-;,, ron;on ,hat ti,crc ara b;o Iojas - =
+strmcE in tEe mnuntains and hGne : NM !
a1,,r tn Stritc snme of tham ~ ri, ovon+s
sboil trr and Econ m vond 1,eart .rn :,
/ Y1E1nOHrV- /
have n strono xii that sha'i noIe .on9 Nv
, ,h;no '0''A
.We haye come throuch n s,omnedc of son
fiye or sir hundred rarona returning mt ~
!, one hundred Of which ever reached here h
. returned m The rcnnrte of othe-e rh, hod .on
ont without more nrorisions than would hr;r
them tI,ruueh. md as there yxos none here III
lad to 70 bsei or starve. We met ,nanv 4
, niorab]e obiccts Of nity. whnm Mt frst re- "a,
, to. bu, soon found f We continued to io RI r.
W. mcht h. soon in thc;r fY and ,e cir ~
serya,5ou is the first law Of nature At least f.,
? wc lad tn sim Il, In some ;nstanrnr wben =
fused bread. ,bey would dron down hv The ro,
sic md .sy at thcr conI % M f,ythar bar -,
, Ind 10 wi die ,here aa anv whnra ~; nt d
! Wonid mt he saS;na too n,3nv When ! snr D1 !,
hnE. mot orcr onn hmndrad !, "A dov hag,,;,
!, Fraud ~ a II; 10 rorn maai ;, 'eee''
NJ. r.., 49, n~,
1he eo"'c'i n'uus o19'e oi June otn' pu
fishes letter dated at Auraria, May 18th, al
sieucl Henry Allen, The author spcnka of d
= coye,;nc co,rse or sbot oo1d a, T,s,r.7 r.
. ..'' " oAo' so0' VI A.4oeA
or Clear Greek, among the mountains, whe