The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-04-09
Tho Pike,s Peak Fever.


II any are thinking Of going 20 this new
Eldorado from this vicinity, land We don't
know Of any) We want they should go Wall
their eyes open We have Halrhtd the ae-
counts 10 the different papers closely, and feel
hauud to Say that they grow more and more
discoungiug We coudsnss bslss the latest
accounts which We hayei
The ST. Louis papers state that more than
a thousand persons pass through that city
daily, on their way by tho Pacific railroad
and Missouri river towards Pixies Peak,
Most Of tho southern emigrants 30 up the
Arkansas river IL isa moderate estimate
that 2OO0 persons are nov every day enter
ing Kansas and Nebraska, on their way 10
the gold dIggingI A letter from the Lake
Superior copper region states that there 10
a perfect stampede Of the miners for Pixies
Peak, and that several Of the mines had clos
ed work altogether faE want ~ hands.
novel steamer Of lat,hoat build, has
been launched at Chicago, which VIII attempt
10 make tho voyage Of 1900 miles 20 the gold
region by water carrying twenty-five meN
with their outfit, and shwmIl, Il VIII At
tempt 10 ascend the Plstte river,
Since the emigration 10 the Territory has
begun to move Ia good earnest there arc dis-
eoumging estimates f9m various quarters,
The same facts ere seen IN a widely different
light by different men. Two men lately re-
turned 10 Kansas City from the mines, who
had lived and worked together since last fll
one Of them has bought an outfit and started
back, declaring he can make from five 10
eight dollars per day, and the other stays Of
home, deuouneing the whole thing as hum
bug, and saying there Il not gold enough to
pay for the digging, 4 gentleman In Me-
braska who knows the country and has Ia
ken pains to learn al the facts, gives this as
his FINAL opinions
81 think that Tor the purposes Of ,peeua,
lion 10 town lG,a at Denver City and other
Rocky mountain villages, some men have
knowingly exaggerated, while others have
made statements BAKED more upon hope than
upon mct-haye been deceived themselves,
and have innoeenly deceived others do
not believe that anything has been discover
ed up to this date IN lhe wayof gold produe.
ing lands that will pay 10 work. Some gold
has certainly been found. but the excitement
has been created by designing spsculators."
Mr., Charlea Nichols, who had prnspeeitd
eight months In the Pixies Peak country,
gives puvsri1ed account Of the gold find
ings. over n range Of three hundred miles
he had found gold dust in numerous places
but not in paying quantities anywhere. il
is found sprinkled over the face Of the eoun-
try the grains ranging from the size OF
scale Of wheat bran to that Of grain Of corn
meal A few cents worth Of gold to the pan
was all that could be ob!SiPsd, ktbG Pdet.
made for a while 50 per day, but hundreds
Of others had not averaged dollar a day.
a correspondent Of the New York Even.
i6s Post writing from Fort Laramie, in the
same vein, says
81 feel bound to assure you that the gold !
IL not sufficiently nbundan, 70 pay for gnthtr- /
ing H. A dollar aud half per day is more |
than any miner can average there has not /
been two thousand dollars worth Of dust or |
Jumps gathered, and In the two towns Of Au. |
rarla and Denver City not more than seven
thousand dollars In dust or coin can be rails.
Cd hn penplc al tho -Iniass arc AalAi.s 90,
With the hope Of selling town lots and rent.
ing houses at enormous rates to the emigra.ls
that are expected in April, May and Juns,
and to this end are all the letters written
rom Smith, Jones, &c, in the *. Louis pa
,ers The authors of these letters are well
tnqwn to some Of our community, but even
o strangers their extraordinary laudmiuns
IF the climate, soil, and agricultural and min.
'ral resources Of that region, ought to inspire
ome doubts Of the truth Of their statements.
The reports Of the Typographical Engineers
nd others show conclusi,ely that this re-
.inn must always remain a comparative viii ,
.erness, for except IN few spots, the land is
otaly unfit for cultivation, and there is not
imhcr enough for fire wood.
t-9- The last Star gives its readers what II i
erms, Quotations for THE CALEDoNIAN."