The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-08-18

Golp FROM Pixies PgAK-We are Indebted to
orr friend Joseph Baila for a specimen of gold
from the eulches of the Rocky Moantaias We
are also srder obligations for the following inter
es,ing letter from him. 1, is hoped that the mos
sauguine an,icipaiious of himself and associates
may be fully realized
GIBSON VALLEy jane 25, 1889.
Hon. d. 2. Holt Y;-DAar Sir;-I nos st
tempt TO give you = short sketch iron the Rocky
Mountains We arrived here in the god egiop
on the All of The preseat month. about seven
weeks after leaving the Missouri river. We tray
eled from Leavenworth 10 Fort Riley thence 40
the Smosy HUI Valley, ard across the plains 90
Denver City. situated On the South Platte. sfth
mouth of Cherry Creek Il consists OF about
t. o hundred houses, most of which ore one story
high with dirt floors aud cont ain Inhabitants
all kinds aud color The City laid of last
summer, on account OF the sala .~e''e'fnsn' that
then prav-iied
There has been a small amount of gold found
on Cherry Greek and in the Carson and South
Plat baf it is not considered profitable with pro-
visions Ct present prices. he scene CT action is
how changed forty miles further west, up in the
mountains. There i some gold here, though it
is hard to fiad. Il s in leads in the mountains in
the crevices of the rocks, and in some of the
guches. The CATCHES now considered 10 be
the best, although they have been neglected aud
overlooked heretofore. There are bat few
aims here that paying more than two
three dollars day TO the man. and some not that
WELL while few will make their fortune this sum
mer. perhaps one in every hundred; aud large
majority will go home poorer than they came.
The season for working here Is her short,
five months IS said TO be as long We csn work
to advantage here in the mines, account of
the early tall of snow which remains here uatil
the first of May.
There is one range of mountains ten miles ives,
of here that IS still covered with snow. II never
rains h, re. ard veg citation is kept alive by the
fall of snow autumn aud winter, and melting
10 summer.
There is good grass here 10 the valleys and
plenty of pine and tir timber in the mountains
The Richmond boys \. Gibson, j. V Craw-
ford, j. Davids IN. y. Week. ID. Sutfrns and ny
sylf. all well, aud expect to remain in eompa
ny while all remain in the mountains. We
have been prospecting for three weeks. but have
not found anything that we think will pay to
work, have tried two different leads. but
could not raise the dust 10 sufficient quantities TO
continue
We have to day bought claim that has been
partly worked by another company, on terms that
think make five or six dollars day to
the man, which is the hest that do, but
whch is not very good wages when flour is SIS
a hundred, bacon 40 cents pound, and other
things in proportion.
n Gibson is making machines to work gold,
and is making seven dollars day
There are probably fifty thousand who
have become discouraged aud returned home
great many of whom never went into the mines
There are perhaps fifteen thousaud here, scattered
over the mountains.
l am of opinion that the quartz mines here will
be worked next summer with profit, when machin-
cry can be procured to grind with.
We fiod it very doubtful about getting letters
from the Stttes. ours.
JOSEPH BuLLA.