The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-13
Ssreeyoy nj Pixies Peak,

AZ We wore gomB 10 press VIC rtcciNch tno HSoAy
Mountain Nsss Extra Of the llth nst containing the fol
lowing
GKNTLEMEr-WiI sou DO me the favor 70 furnish me-
sou Obtained upoa your visit 70 thea,
pany with myself oners2 We desire that the facts
ID WILLIAMS,
Agent Jones & Russel's p Express; Messrs Horace
Greeley. of the New York Tribua. A. D. Richardson. u
the Boston Journal; aud Henry Willard Of the CincuHaa
COMMERCIAL
DENVER CRY, X. T., June 10, 1859
DEAR sIR-Iu reply 10 favor OF in,s uornng. We
herewith submit \ report written AZ the "Gregory Dig
ges OF such facts witnessed thero and obsined
usa sse sn s or MIXERS we asvs 70 MAKE
statement OF tho present condition and progress Of the
ROCKY se 10 o ys" n
HORACE GREELEY,
A. D:RICHARD5ON,
II. D. WILLIAMS, ESQ HENRY vILLIARO.
GREGORY DIaalNGs CLEAR CExEK,
ROCKY MOUNTAINS, June Q, 1859
The underngped none Of them miners directly in
tereeted mining but here for purpose
Of aeceraining and setting forth the truth with regard
q subject Of deep general interest, whsh tho
widest widest Diversity Of assertion and opinion is
known to eXst, unite in the following sla.ement:-
We have his day personally visited nearly all the mineB
or claims already opened this valley (that Of little
stream running into Clear Creek at this pon have wit
messed the operation digging, Transporting and washing
the vein "a partially aecomposed rotten quartz
running regular veins from southwest to northeast be-
tween shattered wallis of an impure grantee have seen
the gold plainly visible the rifles Of nearly every suice,
and nearly every pan OF the rotten quartz washed In our
presence have gold (but rare) visible to the naked
obtained from the few who have already siucss opera
ton accounts Of tfeir several products, as olows:-
ZeigIer, Spain Co from South Bend, Indiana, have
their slroes, with Interruptions for tas last
three weeks they are four in co npany. with one hired
ey NAYS so @ ~ sss nrss ~
least So COO their first days work produced s2l their
ssprs Henderson Co. from Farrnlngton Ind J, have
their suices six day3 10 all with four merOns To
dig one to carry and two to gash four days last meek
produced SCOT Aonday Of this week. $3.50; further
reported Taey have just put in second suice which
only began to run tins morning. p
Foote simmons Qrom Chicago, one sulce run four
days. two forme days produced S4 two latter promised
be!ree Co (from South Bend Ind have run smsu
siuce eight days. with the following ts:Frst day,
The four iOwilg days promised u.s. but by accident
full claim ia SO fee, by I0o-ior s25, 600.
Shears Co. (rom Fort Calhoun, Nebrasks, have run
$50; second (drst ful day, sS4s; Third ocayj $50;
all taken from within three feet Of the surface wdend
| 70 eighteen inches a depth OF three feet
Brown Co. (irsra DeK Alb county Ind) have been
one week on their Claim; carry their dirt half niue;
have worked their sldce day and half produced $780,
have taken out quartz specimens containing Atty cents
to sl3 each in gOd vein from eight to ten feet WIDE
Oas,o Kendall Co from Batter county, love-, reached
Denver, March rs; drove the first these dig
| gnes; have been here five weeks; worked frat q
claim on which they run siuce but one day, produced
s225 sOld their claim for SIS ooO and working
clair, the Hunter lead only sluced (,nis}
day; three men employ ed; produced ss6.
Bstes Co one sLuce, run naf Gay, prodroed slS5
Coleman King Co., one siuce, run half day. pro-
Short Collier bought out claims seyeu days since o<
Casio, Kendall Co.. for s25 000 $500 do wn aud the
balance fast taken Have yet got suces
in operation. Mr. Dean, from Iowa, on the 9th Inst.
SIT 80. Have been offered $40 ,OoO for the claim.
s. G. Jones Co., from Eastern Kansas, lave
Think the quartz generally this vicinity gold bearing
Fave never seen piece crushed iha. did not yield gold
sluce but just opsraton; have not We, ascertaned It's
Iroou:s Our Claim prospects from 25 cents to 81 rs 70
| the pam
John q. Gregory, from Gordon county Georgia Left
By succession Of accidents At Fort Laramie,
tered there Meanwhile heard Of the discoveries Of gold
the eastern slope OF the Rocky Mountains early in
January Prospected In almost every valley from the
Cache 10 Poudre creek to Pixies Peak, tracing many
streams to their sources. Early in M arrived on Clear
creek at the foot Of the mountains thirty miles southeast
OF THIS place There fell in with the Defrees and Zsg,.r
indiana compane s, and William Fouis Missouri. We all
started up Clear creek, prospecting Arrived in ths
vicinity May 8; the ice and snow prevented US from
surfncs dirt the original Gregory claim Welded a.
Encouraged By this success we all staked claims found
9ne ieaSs consisting Of burnt quartz resembling the
and ice prevented the regular working Of the lead till Nav
10Th From then until the 2sd worked it Eve days with
two bands result, 1872 Soon after sold my two claims
for Sl2 Geo. the parties buying pay me- after deuctng
their expenses all they take from the claims to tho
that time been prospeotiDx or Other p.rtes -
$500 per day Have struck lead on the
sae OF the vaiey from which washed sl4 cut Of single
Some forty fifty sluces commenced, are not vet in
operation but the owners inorta that thar prosDect
ing" eho~s from ten cents TO IS 10 the pan. As the
"leads are ell found the hills many of the ners ara
Soasucthg trenches to carry water to them instead Of
puoing ther sluces in the ravines, carrying the
Dirt thher IN wagons sacss. Many peraons VINO
come here without provisions or money compelled 70
~ofX az common aoores at from 81 to IS per day and
board until they can procure sustenance for the
time Necessary to prospecting, building sluces &c.
Otnefs not finding god the tnrd Day or disikng tao
work necessary 70 obtaining IT,, the r,nes ia dts.
gust after very short trial. declaring there is no gold
here in payiog quantities IL should be remembered mat
The discoveries made thus far the result of but i've
weeks labor.
nearly every instance the gold Is esrn .isd bv in
miners worth $50 per ounce which for eod ooectei
by quicksilver, Is certainly nigh vauson .howph this
ce the o gaest Puy me reader can re-
TO act in tie promises. ~
The wal rock is generally shattered, 60 that it, like the
vein sione is readily taken out with pick and shoye!
IN single nhtance only did we hear Of rock too hard
dcomosed so that the gold be washed from Tne "a
scue OF the quartz is shoveed VI tbs suces and re-
served to be crushed and washed thereafter.
TIC miners estimate this equally rich with that which
mas "roted 80 that the gold may be waghea froro n.
bence that they realize, as YET but half the gold aug BY
them This seems probable but It's truth romans TO be-
tested ~ "
IL shoud be borne In mind that while the miners here
now labor under many obvious disadvantages which
us disappear with the growth OF their experience and
the Improvement OF their now rude rnachnery thew ut
the same ame enjoy advantages which retained
indefinitely nor rendered universal They are all work.
ing very near small mountain stream which affords
them an excellent supply Of water for washing at a very
cheap Iase and though sech are very common
mere the Leads stretch over rugged hills considerable
nouptainr down which the vein stone ust be carried
to water Of considerable cost II does not seem probaba
that the thousands OF claims already made or being made
on hese leads can be worked probably the average
es those art ady in operation We hear ALREADY of rnsp,
who have worked their claims for days Thy pannng) with
out having "raised the color tho phrase js-tna g
without having found any gold whatever We presume
thousands are destined to encounter lasting and utter ds
appointment, quartz veins which bear no gold being a
prominent feature of the geology OF all this region
We cannot conclude this statement without nroea,,nv
most earnestly against renewal Of the inratua,on which
lid thousands TO rush to this region month or two
since, only to turn back before reaching IT, or TO hurry
e~sy Immediately after more hastily than they came.