, 1859-03-25
The Plkesa Peak Gold Mines

1u6 E1Ae'3 TGak 110IA ux1u62s
The Kansas City Journal Of Commeret, Of the
18th, publishes the following letter from Edward
Brookfeld, Esq, late Mayor Of Nebraska City,
which gires IN entirely different account Of the
gold mines ut Pike's Peak from the glowing
statements hitherto circulated:
81. V14tn's c1uk, Rogk1 Mu-l
Fn1ESn Rrox:-Youss Of Dec 18th vas re-
request, / Immediately sit down to reply. And
firstly. if you hnve any confidence in my judg-
ment and act on my advice, you will immedi-
ate1y abandon the idea Of coming out here, with
out sone other discoveries are made than have
eeen thus far. Ny impression Of the mines i1;
could write otherwise, and particularly on my
own account, NJ should be very glad to see
you and Mrs. N. here, and it would be such q
good opportunity for my wife to come out. I
have already written her thut If I stayed here
should send for her.
north Of the mouth Of Cherry Creek, and in q
! Canon at the foot Of the Rocky Mounts or Black
| Hills. We have found here the best quality Of
| gold that has been discovered, and cannot make
one dollar per day. Billy MooreA Tom aud my
| self are working together. We have built q
good dam across the creek. and hare our Long
| Tom set, (the only Long Tom that is set and
working in the conntry.5 1t works beautifully,
| 50 the old CalifoEnlans say. There are six old
| miners in cur settlement. don't think that
that there is another company that came here
| lust fall who haye done more work OF who have
! done more extensive prospecting than We We
| hare prospcctcd for some twenty miles south Of
| the mouth of Cherry Greek, to the neighborhood
! Of Longs Peak, north. Besides, we have pros
pected Us far into the mountains US we could get
| on account Of snow.
| The only hope that hare now is that, when
| spring comes, we may find something to pay us
| il the mountains. Should we be SO fortunate
will Immediately write you.
| suppose you have learned ere this that Mart
has gone buck, also E.1fuir, Stuff, Faith and Dr.
| Mathews. This send by Capt. Young, Of Ar
cher, n. T. Jas. Akin, Sam. Akin, {Rockport
Company l.. Davenport md s. Stannbeau. Of
st. Stephens, n T., leave for home IN few
days, and, were it not for the dread Of the cold
weather, and the hope that we may discover
| something in the spring, have no doubt but
that nearly the whole Of our camp would leave
| for home.
Ne we're quite surprised few days since,
! when We read the golden accounts in the Mis-
here. 1pronounce them pack Of lies, written
| and reported back by set Of petty, one-horse,
| town Spectators, and arc calculated to ruin
| many poor devil, besides your humble SER
rant.
That there may be gold discovered to pay, l
WILL H0L uEAF-Anpt1t Will AM AuA uIa}
! rs well stay until satisfied. Should anything
| turn up, will inform you, and shall depend on
| my wife coming with yours, otherwise sou may
expect to sec nc on the Big Muddy hy the l4th
Accept my best wishes to yourself and be-
ileEe ME, yours, truly, BRooKFlzLD.
lFron the Brunswick Pres-]
PIkE's PEAK.-We hare been permitted to
make the following extract from private letter,
fl.o otd Frsord III ffh
family. He has been stopping in Kansas City
for the past few mouths, and has had fsrst-rate
chunce to gather correct information concerning
the gold mines:
KANSAS CTR, No., February 18th, 1ss9.
The latest news from Pike's Peak
is not so favorable. There is no dependence to
| be placed in what the newspapers say. Mrs. vii
Sun has just heard from her brother. lie says
| it is all i huHlbug, and is coming home. There
are many here who have friends out there, and
| they get letters every mail. Those letters are
| not published. They had better stay Mt home.
| think, when an opportunity offers lie to do so,
| shall 20 into the Territory and secure me Il
claim. This is about the height Of my Pixies
Peak ambition. CuAs. II. W1SsLow.
| tFrum the Council lsluds Bugle, Of March s,h.l
LATE News FROM THE MrSEs.--Lcwis Pitcher,
who left this city on tile 18th Of October last,
| returned from the mines on the 9Th inst. lie
! left the mines on the 2Uth of January, and was
| five wcrks un the return trip. He came in with
IN OK team, thus proving that oxen can bc
driven through from tie mines in the middle Of
| winter. Mr.. Pitcher reports some miners, in
fact all who will work, Us doing well. lie says
that they cannot work, Oh IN average. moro
than two days in week, Oh account Of the cold
| weather. Shot gold has been found. The
| |ar,trst lump that he saw was little over six
| dollars.
Ite says that he knows of two men who are
! making fifteen dollars per day each, every day
that they can work. They work n sluce about
be fund almost anywhere in that section Of
| country. Hc knows two men whose claims are
joining and the place where they are at work not
more than Que hundred feet upart. One Of the
men gets from eight to twenty cents to tue pan,
| while the other barely raises the color laf the
| time-the one makes from eight to ten dollars
per day, Willie the other makes from fifty cents
TO two dollars.
W.R. Reed writes to c. II. Babbitt, that gold
| can be found almost anywhere in the country
abon, the mouth Of Cherry Greek. lie has seen
! vcrallumps found on ltalston Greek, the hcayi
| c>t Of which is worth eight dollars and sixty
FIVE cents.
We are acquainted with boil, Of these Young
men. and know them to he truth-tclling nacn,
| and are satisfied that what they say may be re-
| lied upon.
| LATER FROM THE M1SEs.-We hare private
adrtccs from the mines up to February l4th+
| The reports Of rich prospects on Clear Creek,
vasqucs Fork and Cherry Creek are all con-
ir'ncd several valuable nuggets had been dis
covered, and the country was in an uproar.
Most Of the towns were being depopnlated in
the rush for the diggngS. and exploring parties
| were prospecting about thc sources of the
| streatss and in the mountains-Lt0eeRuortL
| 1tmes, Uarch lGkh.
Fnox TIE MISEs.-Gcorge r. Buell. received
a letter Yesterday from his brother, who is now
in tile mines, in wl,icl,tlle most encouraging re-
ports arc conveyed. John Buell. at the time Of
| writing, was IN the mountains. anu reported
numerous discoveries Of shot gold. althoug q, the
snow Was to" deep for any extensive operations.
Mr Buell. represents the mines US holdin.
forth great Inducements, and thinks the most
sanguinc expectations in regard to the country
will be more than realized during the canning
summer lie sent in numerous specimens Of
gold, which furnished substantial evidence Of
the character Of the mines, as well us Of the
Eod, which is exceedingly rich and pure, with
little or no admlxture Of quartz or foreign sub
stances.
1t is proper to state that the letter of Mr. Buell.
is private, and he cannot be charged with max.
ing his statements to influence the public mind.
III view Of these facts his letter is doubly graft
lying, and the view he takes Of the new country
and its golden mines as convincing is agreeable.
| -LtdrfhwortA 11mts, 18th.
| From the I.eaycnworh 11mesI
4 Few SrGGEsTiuSs.-1n the cagcrness to
reach Kansas gold mines, many hasty and i'll.
advised persons will overlook the magnitude of
the route and undertaking. We would urge
upon all the necessity Of u careful preparation,
The distance from l.ravcnwort:, to Cherry Greek
Is not less than five hundred miles, anu To make
the trip, without suffering or hardship, requires
athnrougll outfit Many companies have al-
ready LETT our city with hand.carts, carrying
htff fn-f