Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1860-03-14

| The pike's Peak Express arrived here
| on Saturday bringing asws FROM Denver
| and tbs Gold Region, s*4 -
The Express brougha S2, ,aS7 sl ia dnsts
aud there was about 81 900 "a the hands
of paasangass. Is left nsuvar ga the
22d. Thara was no IsbteE nail. ..4
From tbs Rocky Mountain Astas we
clip the following intalligenos:
4 company has recently been organ
iEsd in shis city, With view ST exploT-
ling the Oolo7ado from she Rlae and
0rand rivers down TO Fort Yama, aud
perhaps Ahs. r;vsg's Routh, Ia the Gull
os California, Thay design seating eut
| in few days; will travel overland, BY
way of the Park and Blue rivers. until
thsy reach navigebla water, when they
will embark in boats. af
From q gentlemen jaat in from the
| North fork Of South Platte, ws learn
thai Capt O. 2. Hall is rapidly pro-
crossing With the construction OF the
| bridges on the Colorado road. He has
completed three over Cub creek, Of 20,
80 and IS fest in length respectively,
and one over Bear creek 1875 feet long.
All of&hem are bailt in the MOST sub
stantlal manner. The work Of opening
the road is also progressing at she rata
Of about ona mile each day,
Three or four large buildings have
gone up on Ferry street within the last
few days. One is store room for Lsa-
iah Walker, Of Wyandot, Kansas. II is
tweuty-two fsss froRa, forty oE atty feet
deep, and two sssrlss high Two other
| Of the houses are about she same sizs,
and apparently for q similar purpose.
| We have not learned who are the build"
eFs or owners.
For two weeks past there has been an
| immense rush TO the Norwook mining
district, some swslys miles northwest
| from Mountain City. There are three
gulehes Of almoss fabulous richness, sx-
ceiling anything before found in the
" ~ Mountain City, Feb. %, 1860.
| EproR Nxws: Considerable excite
ma mant has prevailed for the past week
about some new mines which lie some
twelve miles from here, 10 q north west
direction. They are not, however, re-
I cent discovery. They were discovered
] last fall by several different parties.
/ Each party supposed thsy were ths on
| ly ones thaa kasw anything about them,
| and took good care 90 cover up their
| prospect holes, so thai everything Wauid
remain secure until spring. Bat some
| how it leaked ont, and men have search
ed around amid the deep SHOWS that COW
er that country, until they have found
ths place. THIS reports and excitemans
are much greater than circumstances
will justify.
! The richness of tha country is not get
ascertainsd; I have seea between ave
and ten cents washed from the hrst pan
of dirt that was taken from heneash the
grass roots. | have been Informed by
geutlmeu whom | think reliable, that
they have washed 6ftY cents to tue pan,
repeatedly, al depth Of fsur feet from
the surface, bat DO such results havs
been obtained by the recent prospecting
though il ia impossible 70 give the coun'
sry any kind Of test. The snow liee
in the gulehes to the depth Of from two
to six feet, and every attsmpt 70 knd
where the gold lies Is like stab in th'
dark. H.. D..
!! Hundreds have rushed 20 the new
! mines with high hopes, aud handrsdI
have returned with lowered heads, cry.
J ing "sold' aud tshumbng." Thfs,
! suppose, will always be ths case, ever
time shas a new discovery is made
l Nee butId TOO high hapaa and hseanaI
q discouraged 600 easily / have beel
there gwiee and am suks thai II u goo
mining eountry--sally as coed as thl
= If not better--sna the gulchss - goo
) as RusseIl's bat whether they will ax
D eel il or nos remains TO be proven.
The leads are very numerous, and tn
Q blossom rock looks and prospects vel
Not piece has get been pulyeriae
j, and tested taat did not yield gold. Tn
out crop blossom is much more bum
4 than ii Is here, and where the leads hsv
. been opened, tha rock is more decom
y possd. The prospecting OF leads 10 YER
!, liimited, and veEy little is known asee
d them, only that they are easily foun
q and readily traced, ... ..s.
d 1t is perfectly useless for people li'
e ing at 8 distance to rush IN here for 81
= purpose OF testing those mines; and
= they do, unless shey are prasaeal nlr
d Ears. and understand what thay are aboa
,F il viii be ten chances 90 ono If knay
Il / not cali them . humbug, i muat
ID remembered that is is winter, snd thoi
Q, nanes lie al tha base OF Ea9unaaans Z
D. whose tops the snaw lies al snmmsl
= therefore is il mneh colder tasFs shs
Z in the valleys OF evsn here. Very lit
Of san be done until spring, and unsil "a
a, tine every ans bad bssser be patient ~
III wait. G. w.