Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-07-25
Denver, K. T.. j June soth. 1850.

NJ DEAH + CRlEND:- ~
/ will give you brief account Of a
"trip to the Rocky Mountain gold Dig
|gings: ,... > ..,@. " .'+a , I,."a ,.. 1-2'' :,
o241 arrived here Oh the 10th inst, after
IA pleasant tripin the Central Overland
Coaches. had supposed that I had
some idea Of the Pixies Peak emigra-
ton: but you would scarcely believe
the vast number Of wagons, and this
am told is great folling of from what
1t was three weeks ago. f:
Resting one day here, on the morn.
ing of::,he 22st, took Hinckley & Co.'S.
Express for the gold diggings. Pass
ing over beautiful prairie. road l2
miles distant is the town of Rappahoe,
containing about fifty buildings; three
miles farther is a beautiful place called
Golden city, and has population Of
about six hundred. This place lies
near the base If the mountains, sur
rounded l'y towering bluffs, nearly
three thousand feet high. I am in
formed but single building was there
last July. A short distance beyond is
Golden Gate, having about twenty
five or thirty buildings, and lying Di-
rectly at the base Of the mountains
Here begins the scaling Of the noun
tains. Following up the gnlchcs the
mount aims rise on either side from two
to three thousand feet. Mountains rise
upon mountains until you reach a
height of eight to ten thousand feet,
rendering respiration quite difficult.
About IS miles from Denver you
reach the celebrated Gregory Diggins.
Here is to be seen every species If
mining. Next you come to Mountain
City, containing about two hundred
buildings. A throng Of people en-
gagged in building, mining &c. Ac-
confodations scarce. Here, OF last
Sunday, attended the first Quarterly
Meeting Of the Brethren, ever held in
thc mountains. 1t was presided over
by Elder Chivington. Services were
conducted in the open air, to congre.
CATION Of not less than fifteen hundred, !,
among which were from thirty to forty
fine appearing ladies. Next is Mis-.
sonH'i City, which you attain by climb
ing . long and high mountain. It
contains about one hundred houses,
aud is handsomly located and is sur
rounded by some of the richest leads
and gulches yet discovered. Here i.
Russell, 3 gulch worked seven miles,
this is. one Of the best gulches in the
country. $50 But gulch diggings as. a
general thing does not pay. Claims on
the g"]ehes, and also, quartz claims,
are all taken upand seltat prices vary
ing from fve to twenty dollars per foot.
That there is gold in these noun
tains. have not the least doubt, and
should the quartz prove as rich as is
generally supposed they be, which
will shortly he .ested, and there are
millions ct untold wealth IN these
mountains; but it will require labor,
capital and perseverance to obtain il.
No one need expect to get it on any
other terms. This being the case
there are numbers returning to the
States every day. a.a.
+ Tire mines on the Arkansas and
Blue have not visited. I have heard
them highly spoken Of I was sur
|prised to find 50 many good and sub.
stantial buildings in Denver. MANY
of them would DO credit to many east
Fern cities. The streets are we'll laid
out, and buildings arc going up in
every direction; many Of them are
large brick houses. That Denver !.