, 1859-06-24


Il tour Of inspection through I'll. various mines,
the three explorers prepared the sutjoined
statement. for publication iu the L5rkg uoua-
tdtn Nrs.
On the evening Of the Eth, Mr.. Greeley ad.
dressed all :1ssenLlage of some four thousand
miners. giving his opinion as to the extent r.1
value Of the gold resources of the country, ad.
rccating their organization into Stale us speed
lily possible, and urging them to keep clear Of
.rur.cries and gambling hells.
STATEMENT OF aEssns. GREELEY, RICHARDSON AMI
WILLARD.
GREnoEfs pIeeIxGs,
.Nra- t!.sE Creek. il the Ho.ky Mo,,n.ai!s)
J"". yA. lS:9t
The undersigned. none Of them miners. nor
itcr1Ir interested in u.inn~, but now here fur
'r express purpose OF ;>ce1tainng aud setting
firth Ill, truth with regard tn a subject Of .ler
and general interest, Il, to which the widest anil
widest diversity Of assertion and opinion il
known tn eAi>t. unite in the following >.a,c-
u.'nt:
We have this day personally visited nearly all
I e n.le> s'r claims already opened in this val
Icy that # little stream running into Gear
t'rerl; IT This pnintl; have witnessed the oicra-
:inn Of digging. TRANSPORTING aud washing the
rs'r-si"ne, II partially decamposcd, or rotten
quartz, runnin. in regular veins from southwest
~ northeast, between shattered walls Of au i,n-
pure granite, have SEEN the gold plainly visible
i'll the 't}c> IF nrarly every sluicc. and i'll nrar.
y cyrrv pan ri the rotton quartz washed in our
presence; hare seen gold tbut rarely visible 10
Chr 1;ktd eye. in percs III tho quartz not ret
fully dcromp">ed, aud have obtained from the
rw who have already slnicrs in operation, ac
..nu,,> ut 1l4cir several products, as follows
Lei 2ler, pain Gu, trotl South Bend lntl
,:c run Il >iH.c. with so,ne interruptions, for
HE last fhrce weeks; they are fur i'll company
w't "n" hired hlan. They have taken out Il Ill
">tiinr'"l hr tem as woril. at least *;,n";
,lrr first days work produced *31; their high
,.sl was :.',.
:Sn]ri>, Henderson 4 co., iirom Far,ni,1rton.
indiana. hay" run their siuicc six days in alI
si,h lour n!cn-nnc to dig, one to carry, ant,
fN" 10 wash; four days last week produced
S''"e ; Mnnhay Of this week, S.~n; no further
reported. Tiny have just put in second sluice,
which only began 10 run this morning.
F'"tc simmons, from ticayo}; Unr >luice
run tunr days twu fnrmer DAYS produced S;,"
,w" LATTER promised lis, bnt not received
lrt.ec / To-, from South Ernd, Ind, haze
run Il small <luicc eight days, with the following
'r>ults: first day, St;';; second day, -: third
l;y, -: fourth day, 80; ttlle four Epllowint
aa,s were l''o1ai>t's us, but, BY accident faled
to b. received, Have just snld half their clam.
L ts!l claim is - iref by lo'I fur S:,:,su,.
Shears 4 TO-. from Fart Calhoun, Nebraska,
s'aSr run "ne >tuice tile first part Of ri day :.
third. ttn.dav ia; all taken frnm within three
1r't Ut the surface rrin funt wide utl the sur
arg: widenrd tu ciShieci, inches ut i .le;ts ot
;hrce fret.
l:,pwn K Co. tfrom Dr Kalb Co., 1utl, have
nsn one week "n their claim: Curry their tlirl
s;s!f nIlr; have worked their >lnice Il tl:ly AMI
i af: produced S2t"; have taken ons a,sa, H.
rttt fr.,, FL
Ill .nl'l; Vein tr"m : to J." feet wide.
Casio. Kendall Il TO-, from Butler Co. Iowa,
reached Denver, March 43.h; drove the first
"a4on TO these dgsings; have been here five
w'rks:, worked first on Il Claim: whio'4 st,s.,
ran Il sluicc In, ui,e day; produced $..5; snld
N tho Hunter lead: have only suice.! nnc fttis>
Atv; three ,Arn employed; produced x~:.
i;a'es Co., one sluice, run half day pro-
'!urrd *l";5.
CulnIan, King 4 Co., one stuice, rim half 4
| I.y: produced 80.
>lnsts and Collier. bon.ht our clai,ns scv.n
lays >inee Of Caste. Kendall d Co.. for s.,an,;
:'"' down. AMI The balance fast Us taken nlf:
have III: yet got o,ir sluicc$ into operation, Mr.
i'r;,n. from iowa. on tie 9th instant washed
irnlu Il single pan ns dirt taken lrou, tIr claim,
:l7: have btcn Offered *l".'""t for the claim,
=. e. .lnnes X Co.. from Eastern Kansas,
have run our >luices two days. with three
ilrn: ,icl,l 81, per dav: think tile Quartz
generally in this vicinity is gold bearing: hive
never >tcn !, piece crushed that did not Weld
gold.
\. i. Wright Co., from Ekfart county,
inl., slulrc Int Just in operation hare not vet
.l>ttrtaiued its prudnct>; our clam prospccts
| irun y, c.'llts to Il to the pan.
.'ohn II Gregory. from G"Ttlon county, Gcor-
4l:l: :" left Eunc last season tn roaft for Frazpr
| River, WAS detained by succession Of acci.
dents al Fort Laramie, and wintered there
:n"anwhe heard If The discoveries Of gold IN
| t.r Snuth Pla'tr, and started rruspec;n.
| teur Oil tho eusiern slope of the Rocky Noun
,a'ns, early i'll January; rrospec'cd in nlnpst
| very valley. tI.4 the CatAt Ia I0Htirx creek.
I To i'ikes Peak. tracing tnan; streams to their
sources: enrls III May, arrived on Clear Creek,
III the toot Of the mountains, ST miles southeast
Of this place: there fell in with the Drir,cs i
| Zr!slcr Indiana Companies, and Vim. Fouts, If
Missouri: VIZ all started up Clear Greek. pros
| i'''c'in$; arrived iu this vicinity, May Il: the
rr :.l,,! >nuw prevented us from prospecting far
below the >urI;ar., but the first pan Of surface
tirt. IN t!lc original Gresorr claim. yielded -.
! Encouraged h, this success, W. al! >taked out
| Claims. inund The "lcaA' consisting Of burnt
| quartz resembling the Georgia mines in which
i had prcy'ausIs wo:sesl. Snow and ice pre-.
sr,!ted ,ar regular working of the lead till Nav
lttlt if".ll trn Atil the .3,1, worked i. i've
lays will. ,wo hands. result, s?;3; soon after
said .uy two c,.l's for .1.''V- the parties buy
f,:. tn pay ne attrr deduct'nS their expenses.
al lry take ivnln the claims to the amount ot
| s:,"' lrr week until tic whole is paid Since
shat Ii,nc have been prospecting lnr other par
::r~ III about t:.un rtr lluv Have struck anoitl-
IT lead on tho opposite side Of the valley from
| which washed st.; nut Of i single pam
| Some forty er fifty sluiceS commenced, are
| mt UT in operation: Int the o.. urrs inform us
! thar their "!'r"s}"ctiuy" shows from l" cents to
y. 10 IL. pan. Is IT.. "ead>' are all found On
the hills. many nf thu miners consructn.
trenches 10 clir:- waller to thc1.i, Instead Ut
l'u,idiu. their s'u1ces I'll thc ravints and carry
III. fle dirt sf'ilr: in Wagons or >;.cS>. Many
rrrsun$ WIN ltayc GENE here without provisions
| "r 1nrnev urr compelled II work aS cosnnlpn
:al"Itr>. at trrm 81 tn E: per day and board
nn1il they can procure means Of sustenaucc for
tie Tim. necessary far prospecting. building
| >l"'crs, rsc others. rot 'in1ing gold the tltra
| day. d>likn. the work neie>sarv 10 obtain
III, il. leave the mines Is disgust, after 1. very
>i"t' trial. declaring there Is ro gold here in
i:l,in;. quantities. 1t should he remembered
hat is- discoveries made thus far, arc the re.
>nt et hut five weeks labor.
lit nrariy every instance. the gold is estimate
cd by tile miners Us woiih FL per ounce,
"hiell for gold collected hy quicksilver, is Ger
'aIn'y hi h valuation. though this is u,.d.abt-
/ r.ly u! very great purify. The reader can re-
s!ncr the estimate II ht secs tit. We have no
data ou which I" act in the premises.
Thu wall rock is generally shattered. SO that
| il. like the yeia-ssoue. is readily taken out with
1he pick aud shovel. In single instance only
| did We hear Of wAli-rock too hard for this
Of the n.sfunc, probably moi more than
| ore.t'alf is 50 dccomposed that the gold can be
| washed from it. The residue Of the quartz is
>hoveltd ont OF the suces and reserved to be
crushed and washed hereafter. Tic miners cs-
| ,na,e this as equally rich with that which has
"rosed" SO tha, ,hs gold may be washed from
hence, At they realize, as yet, but half the
| ti hT $hnfr o1.t,{