The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-16

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Il pesn 49, 81 ~
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3 80 Ctu = he o. * Jsas. One Of
. ~ s1vss y - e. JesspA Joaraal The 81.
lsrv1ne osos1nt q a1Aizs oat thsss:
He al tInse olhess pseipas 4 allthl1ngh
nsanlnine azoana Asee fbe tolf wsoks,
80 ON na1o ny een6 an told There
! - III elaans j. - Gregory digginga, ont
- wAieh ma1veloas amc1n6 ase rid 70 be
S.lly nksa as1gA hs nevsr aw more than
: Is Snsa ct pr Day. TIE claims oat there
~ asAnewiedrCa y ~ Tie only paying ones
II ~ noaAtHIn end there ere now -
0axy . 5000 nea q The vicinity who have
.nsk With similar lick, 10 hin party, and who
90 totally unable . g. away.
Aflsr thoroughly pFe.pecting and making
,ahsss ohssEvatioas b left The mountains, full.
II eoavincsl dat nothing could be made,and
sSent his 01sps honsward. He says he saw
Mr. 0sss1 10 he ncuatains, and again in
Denver city whore he made . little speech.
The "Plilossps ~" had not uncovered from
- s6ects Of fhs upestting Of the ambulance
going out One Of The psety Just arrived
here and had soms Of Mr. 0resley's manu-.
script in his possession written ct Denver
city and in which he advised emigrants mot
70 come ont there. but It was mailed before
We could 80 il
= STILL LArRA-Mr. Henry Mccoy arrived
asSk Joseph On the 4th, hayinglsts Denver
City . the Oath Of jane T1pSk Joseph
VISA ~:
NJ Mccoy thinks hat there were, when he
la, - many - twenty i've or thirty thod-
end psopls in and about the mines, moss of
then were not Of course, making s1sthing
The whole face ofthe country had been torn
- By prospecting parties, most Of whom had
become discouraged and quiz All the dig
eines except Gregory ., viz !: Jefferson, Jack.
con, Bouldsr Son& Platte, Cherry Creek,
10, had been deserted, and the miners
were leaving in great numbers. bot lees
than $500 or 5000 wagons, Mr.. Mccoy
thinks, are ON the road home at this time
most Of them making for st. Joseph. Very
M1ny, however, have gone in other directions
70 California and Oregon, and not a
Ssw % sonora, though these last will hardly
b. able to pass the several tribes Of savage In
dians-sueh - the ApaAhes and Mohaves-
who are showing disposition 70 be very
teoublssomA Many Of those who remained
as the miass were working for what they
could gst-gsnerally for their board-twt
meals aday.
In regard 10 the character Of the lead
which have been found to spay, Mr.. Mccoy
says that they are quartz leads, running >. +
and NWs,and have been traced as far as Mint
miles. They can be traced by blossom o
Q chocolate colcr and in the form ofbouidera
The gold il formed Immediately pm the lead
-oaiside Of tn Iced it d impossible ~ 6nd
svsn the color Of gold The dirt and quartz
isthe color Of yellow clay, and where it has
been found % pay, pays handsomely; but
- general thing fsw are successful-not
more thaa one In i've hundred. There is q
great scarcity Of wafer, which makes mining
very difieult and expensive.
A new town had been laid out at the foot
Of the mountain leading to Gregory's Dig
gings, by . company Of Yankees, called
Rocky Mountain City Lots were selling
for elO o piece, 81 down, and the balance in
IL months.
A great FIRE occurred on the mountains
short time before Mr. Mccoy left. 1t star
ted amongst the dry pines scattered ovel
the country, and spread in every direction
Twenty persona it was said, had been burn
ed up. The fre was still raging.