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

understand ~. = re novics In sash
matters, are u onoe 1lncouzaged ard leave foI
home uithoes giving shene fis srial Now
DO mot knoW uhat IAokscnh diggings Or tht
Borddee ~ doIAes h1t shfs Do know, that
there aro aboae ~ Hundred Btuices In opera.
4 tioa IN IL Gregory district and Ill Of them hre
doing ven and company Of ten men have
4 throe slnfcus running and their average il !
litt1o ovee j thonsand collars day--this 10 the
Gregory lsad which uas sold to this Company
for Gal 900. Now, ths Il true, ~ It 10 true that
leads are very hard 70 ind By inexperienced -
we'll q experienced persons. Reports have
gone back 70 the Bates that persons have been
and are now in starving conditi0n here. This
is mot the case; al that / have ssen have
plenty, and seem 70 Be In good spirits. Now,
! do mot wish any one, repeat, 70 come into
these mountains on any thing that may ~.
Ny object is TO induce capitalists TO send out
their agents 20 work these mines, II will r0auire
capital 10 work them. The mountains are filled
with quartz veins, many of which are very rich,
Mr. Chas. CASTILLO, son Of the ex-Sherif Of 81.
Louis, Daniel Rose, ChAs, Hance, and William
AcGill, of Florisant, are now with me IN COM
pany in the mountains aud can attest 70 the
richness Of these mines.
/ snail probably next week cross the Snowy
range, ct which time shall give you such in
formation as may gather. It 10 rather . haze
ardous task to perform, but am determined If
possible to find the source Of the Gila mines,
which, think. from the character Of the coun-
try, have their source on Grand river and the
tributaries Of the Colorado Of the West.
A sad casualty happened in the mountains
last week from the FIRE among the pines which
lie thick. Five men and their animals, including
dog, were burned to death, and were so coms
pletely charred as to defy identification.
| write as can catch moment, on my
knee, or lying on the side of mountain. You
must correct proof sheet and make allowance
fer errors in composition. My next will be
more ampli6ed, and hope ! shall be able TO
add more discoveries to the list, in order 20
redeem the Cherry Creek failure, which it seems
was never wellaunderstood.
These gold Helds Are bound t0sbe of great
advantage to St. Louis and Missouri. and know
that millions ef ooaiafs will flow into the city
Of St, Louis, insaks shape ~ dust, and the lar
gest yield of rid will not be from California,
but from the Rocky Mountains. This prediction
make from observation, not from exaggera-
ton, and a mighty State will rise here on the
eastern slope, whose wealth will be in its golden
mountains, and verdure of its rich pastural and
agricultural valleys. Already the husbandmaa
lhas turned the soil Up to the rays OF the sun,
and the mountain streams are made the ready
assistants of agricultural pursuits. Gardens are
verdent with vegetables, and the antelope, the
elk, deer and buffalo will find their native gra-
zing grounds changed from natural meadows
into smiling fields teeming with the fruits that
follow the agricultural pursuits of the husband
man. Towns of pine boards, logs and canvas
will soon change into cities Of granite, and the
far off Rocky Mountains will be linked with the
DESTINY of the Cfnfps of the TIniOn
GEORGE n. WILLING, Jr.