The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-09-10
News from the Gold siines.

We nre in receipt Of the Rocky Mountain
Gold Reporter, Of date Aug. 90, from which
We make tho following extracts:
The MINEs.-We took stroll through the
different gu!ches, one day this week, and
Notwithstanding the stampede that has been
going on for some weeks from these parts
for the new mines on the Platte and Colora-
do, we find hosts Of miners energetically
working their claims, and in large major
ity Of cases, getting out sufficient Of dust to
amply pay them for their labor. Russel's
gulch seems to be paying better than any
We have he heard Of. Messrs. Swartout,
Sturges, Hunter Il Co., are working claim
on the upper end Of the gulch where they
have only water to run rockers; they are tax
out from $50 to s,75 to the rocker. We
have heard of larger yields but as We have
not been able to get names and particulars,
we refrain from stating reports.
Some of the 1odes are paying very hand
somely. We have been permitted to wit
ness the washing Of a half pan taken from
the claim of Messrs. Grizzly, Henderson and
Mills, on Thursday, the 18th inst, in ths
Gregory lode, which yielded 30s penny
weights. They took out, on Wednesday,.
the 18th, bushels of dirt which yielded SIS
pennyweights. This dirt seems to lie in Il
pocket, and how long it may last cannot be
told. We learn that reports have gone
abroad that this rich dirt was found after
penetrating through some sulphurat of iron
in which they had been working for some
time. This, we learn, is not the case they
have not yet got through the iron, but found
this rich dirt lower down the hill, at depth
of27 feet.
We saw the gold washed out of one pam
full of dirt from the Gester lode which, by
the way, has been discovered and opened
lately-which weighed 5000; we also saw
several pansful washed out which must have
yielded at least from 81 to $3.50. The
main difficulty Of this lode is that it cannot
be worked to advantage without quartz,
mills since i. does not contain a sufficient
amount Of pay dirt to work it proftably.
Rich QUaRrz.-We saw last Saturday a
piece of the richest quartz that has been
shown US in the Mountains, it came out Of
Saml. A. Francis L Co.'s claim on the Ges
ter Lode, near the Iowa Gulch, one piece Of
Quartz weighing about an ounce had on the
surface of it, we should Judge, at least three
dollars and the precious metal appeared to
run all through so that there could not have
been less than six or seven dollars in the
piece. While standing by the sluice we saw
numbers of pieces that were rich with gold.
This claim cannot be worked to advantage;
although it is so rich for the want of Quartz
Mills. There are many other Lodes as wei!
as this that have very rich Quartz in them
but this is the richest. Bring On your Mills,
gentlemen.
New toDE.-M essrs. Morgan, Baker and
Co., opened new lode on Wednesday last,
about 300 feet from the Bates lode; the
first day with one s!uice, out Of IS bushels
Of dirt they took $50; the second day on. Of
the same amount Of dirt they took $50
Mr.. Baker informs Us that he has mad con-
siderable eXperince in mining and he is sat-
i-ted that it will grow richer As they 90
down. They intend running two sluices day
and night.
NuCGETs.-We understand that Mr.. Gra-
ham and Co., on Grahum's Guich, near to
Russelfs GuIch, took out some very Gne
specimens of gold, one weighing IS penny
weights, another l6, another l. and several
others Of smaller dimensions. We hear al
most every day of nuggets being taken out
in different parts Of the mines.