The Kanzas news., 1859-07-16
From the Leavenworth Times, July 9Th.
LATER FROM THE MINES

Express OOulpdbJ afE1NcU yeSUSruay 6iteT-
noon at three o'clock. It made the trip in
eight and half days travelling time. It
brought Denver City dates to 93d.
Horace Greeley left Denver for Utah,
via Fort Laramie, on the 18th ult. He
started in private conveyance, provided
with the necessary outfit for weeks trip.
over the. somewhat rough, direct route from
the first to the last mentioned point. Du-
ring his stay in the gold regions he secured
a universal admiration of his honest,
straightforward way of contemplating and
Judging things. - -.
A band of Arapahoe Indians started up
on . warlike expedition into the mountains
on the day previous to the departure of the
coach They numbered about $50, and
propose to deprive the Utes-their enemies
''from time immemorial' some of their
scalps They were under the command of
Left Hand',--the only Arapahoe that is
able to converse in English. Before they
mounted their ponies they bestowed the
somewhat dubious he nor of taking care of
their goods and chattles, inclusive of squaws
and papooses, upon DIR. Fox, who is look
ed to by them as "Big Chief" in consid-
Grafton of the numerous Express trains that
90 out and arrive under his supervision,
and the busy throng that surrounds him at
all hours in his Office. ~ -rz.f
An immense con6agration commenced
raging in the mountain pineries on the goth
ult. 1t originated or the dividing ridge be-
tween the Gregory and Jackson diggings,
and soon had turned hundreds and thou
sands of acres of pine land into an ocean
of fire, that swept away everything to-
wards the snowy range. A violent wind that
prevailed for few days increased the We
hemence of the destructive element. At
Denver City the existence of the fire was
first announced by dense volumes of smoke
that filled the atmosphere from the noun
tains to Cherry Greek. Unfortunately
many prospecting parties were passing
through the devastated district at the time
the fire ensued, and many had to bear the
fatal consequences of the impossibility of
an escape According to latest accounts
FIVE burned and suffocated bodies have al
ready been recovered, and fifteen more per-
sons are known to have succumbed to the
merciiessness of the element. Names of
victims had not transpired, but will proba-
bly, be known at the departure of the next
Express.
A number OF shooting casualties occur
red at different points of the country. A
young man from Ohio committed suicide
| by dint of pistol shot at the foot of the
mountain. Name unknown. Cause-des-
titution and sickness.
A steady increase with regard to the
yield of the claims already worked, as wei
as to the number of newly discovered ones
was being experienced in the mountain dig
gings. The gold hunting and finding com
munity was startled during the preceding
week by the taking out-by the Illinois Com
pany, in one day, and from the so called
Mammoth lead, of S91s worth of gold
consisting of a number of nuggets, tht
weight Of the heaviest of which was no
less than fifteen pennyweigbts. A party
from Ohio struck second lead of solit
quartz, impregnated with heavy particles o
gold, al about the same time. The discov
ery was made twenty miles north of Grego
ry's diggings, right at the foot ofthe snow,
range. The first day they took ont Se8
although they had nothing but ordinary
tpicks to work with.
Several thousand dollars worth of dus
are awaiting shipment in the Express ofic'
at Denver. They will arrive on the mex
coach.
The Times also publishes letter from
Horace Greeley. besides two from CORES
pondents, as follows:
DENVER CRY June IS. 1859.
FRIEND VAUGHN: There il
no mistake about the existence of gold il
Ipaying quantities in this region. have
; IN addition to the facts embodied in our re
port written at the Gregory Diggings, al
Iaccount of the last three days working o
the company, called in that report. Sopris
/ Henderson d Co., but better entitled Def
rees, Borber & Stowell
We left on Thursday morning, and thei
product for that and two following days
was as follows:
Thursday, June 9Th, two sluices, 4IO pwts.
Saturday. June 18th. three sluiees, l.oos
/ Total. 1885 pwts.
| Which. at S18 per ounce. (Which
think the fair value OF this gold when quick
lsilvered,) gives net value of over 81 TO
for three days work on single claim, s.
by 100 feet, with all the hxturss not cost
ing over $1,000, and all the labor costin
: less than S1OO-( four hands to each sluice.
have other returns showing good re
suits for these three days-not so good a
the foregoing, but not less than 500 Pc
day to the sluice. which is obtained at
cost OF less than $40 per day, all told
; And then the unrotted quartz all remain
igot out but not crushed or washed, ready
be washed at any time.
i estimate that 500 sluices will be run
ming In these mountains by the 1st of Au
gust, and that the net product of gold wi
be $50, ,O60 per week tiii the snow fall:
But do not wish to be quoted as oUthorit
; for the estimate.
Every day makes new and rich discover
les.
Yours. HORACE GREELEY.
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