New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-09-17
Rich Gold Discoveries Mines on the
Arkansas.


The Kansas Journal of Commerce obtains from
Capt A. F. Garrison, person entirely reliable, who
has just returned from tour through the Rocky
Mountain gold country, the following information:
Our inquiries were particularly in regard to the
new South Park mines on the head.waters Of the
Arkansas and Rio Grande, and we give the exact
account OF Capt. Garrison took it down at the
time.
In the South Park, where the. South Platte rises
the prospecting that had been done for the few ays
before Captain Garrison left, the yield was from five
to seventyhve cents to the pan, to the hand where
sluces were used The diggings far as discovered
extend some ten miles along the streams, and are
what is known as "gulch diggings," or washings,
from the mountain streams.
THE ARKANSAS AND RIO GRANDE MINEs-Oyer'
the rim of the basin, or park, from the above dig
gngs, some twenty five miles. on the western slope
on the head waters of the Arkansas and Rio Grande
rivers, situated the richest discoveries yet made
the miners pannng out as much as 81 25 to the pan
OF dirt. There are now about one thousand men en-
poyed in these diggngs, and in all localities on the
head-waters Of these rivers the rich deposits
to exist all tending in still farther direction
south west toward the Colorado Upon the surface
in all this extended region, the coor is found, ind
eating beyond question the great riches of the mines
Nc now beginning to be developed It's the opinion of
is the true golden locality Of the Rocky Mountains.
Coal beds have also been found throughout this
region, in all parts that have been prospected.
The South Park is on the summit of the Rocky
Mountains, and like all others in that great range is
perfectly level country, covered with blue grass,
clover and other mountain grasses spread out for an
immenseIarea of country like meadow. intersected
with streams OF pure, mpid water distilled and
filtered from n the eternal SHOWS Of the ranges sur.
rounding. The sides of the mountain are well
wooded and covered with the "sarvis" or "June.
berry" and wild raspberries where Mr.. Garrison says
bucket full can be picked in an hour.
NEW QUARTZ VEINS AT GREGoRY's,-Withn a
few da IN
new discoveries of quartz veins had been made in
Gregory's diggings. This is the hard flint quartz
the former workings have been in what is called
"rotten quartz" The flint quartz are much the
| richest OF the two. specimen which Capt. Garri.
son had with him, intended for breastpin, was tile
finest specimen we ever saw. In those diggings
heretofore, on coming to hard quartz and parties,
the miners have desisted, but on penetrating this
formation three or four feet, small "pockets" like
those Of the California mines have been discovered,
which are some of them very rich as high as $50 to
$75 being taken out of pocket to the pan. These
pockets, however are not found everywhere, but ex
perienced miners will understand the character of
such diggings. As an aggregate the Gregory mines
are not yielding as much as formerly, owing to the
fact that all except the hard quartz seem to be
worked out, and having no means of crushing, the
yield has fallen off, One crnsher the first vet taken
out, was met a few miles this side of Denver City
FIELD OF RUssELL's M1NEs.-In Green Russell's
goch diggngs increased quantities of gold had been
raised within the last thirty days the aggregate yield
VI WIG u6Siu6 ueiuB huout plU,UUU per Gay.
CLIMATE OF THE SOUTH PARK.-The seasons in
this elevated region are very short-three months
being about as long as can be made available with
present modes of mining. Ice was formed in August
quarter OF an inch thick. One thousand people will
probably winter in the South Park on the heads of
the Arkansas, this winter.
LOCALITY OF THE New MINEs.-The mines of the
South Park and Of the Arkansas and Rio Grande are
from 100 to l50 miles southwest from Denver City,
and all of them lie south of parallel SO deg latitude
being south Of Pixies Peak, and in the vicinity of
the celebrated Coochatope Pass, of Col. Fremont
They lie on a line about due west from the city of
st. Louis. and about rs miles south of due west
line from Kansas City.
They are precisely upon the great route of FIRE.
mont, Beale and Gunnson, explored for the Pacific
Railroad from the mouth of the Kansas river through
the Coochatope Pass, and which be found on any
map OF the country published since 1850.