, 1860-03-22
NEWS FROm PIXIES PEAK.

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MINING INTELLIGENCE.
Snrinr operations in these auriferous regions
bare resumed IN considerable activity through
out the rarious diggings back Of here, also IN
the Park. Tarryal ind head waters OF the ar
kansas. a few cmigrants daily arrire in this ,
city immediately from the great Santa re re route cute
at once procure the necessary arrangements ior
starting from Colorado City direct to the above
mentioned aiggings, per The new and yeEy
splendid free wugon road which has just been
completed on an exceedingly easy and ndmira-
ble grade, to the several rich gold regions cen
tering and divergng due West almost IRON the
above city.
Every single day that now passesther are par
from the South Park 'golT mines from this
city, with the most enthusiastic zeal md the
must perscvering energy They are AL bent
unon either pitching In towards developing the
some tiye or six, and some fifty OF sixty miles
westward, or else towards securing themselves
rood claims thercat, intending 70 70 to working
them Us soon Us they finish up their building
enterprises in this city. Men nre ransackng
t aud probing these mountain slopes and ridges
back Ut here III every conceivable direction.
| Many lave lately found very good pairing mines
| 10 tile West, Southwest and Northwest Of Colo
/ RADIO City, and few prospeciors have d'sco7,
| cred very rich and e9tenslVe quat1z leaas u'.a
| creyiccd Claims within six to ten miles HON |
| Colorado City, on the line Of their new w'Snn
route to the Park, while engaged ostcnsby III
engineering lcrel aud easy grades for the road.
/ Mr. Fdrnhan1 who is considered hereabouts
| as Que OF the best aud most experienced mlners,
and competent to pronounce upon such matters,
has lately declared that some h'laden specs-
| mems Of "honcy comb" auarlz aud blossom
| rock" discovered within live to ten miles from
this city, give him all the assuring esi:.encc
wished .or towards pronounclng this ,ocatsy Us
a yery valuable mud very extensive gold field for
| spring operations and future dev: lopment. Tie
present and coming months will most probably
reveal fields Of gold bearing quartz and 1eads,in
| the western vicinity OF Colorado City, at, near
and beyoui the base ridges Of the great Pixies
| Peak itself, which hare not hitherto been ex-
ccl!ed in the more uo1tlierly and westerly sec
| lions Of the Mother Mountain. New districts,
new leads and new 2ulches arc being daily dis
| covered, from The busr oil fike's leak u the
Snowy Range, norihwarsl and SOUTHWARK. uteat
/ interest and excitement preyai's here about tue
] tuture, and the time WHEN these active gold
hunters shall consider their fortunes finished,
ard their "pile." as they call it, conctusiveiy
| capped. For hot excitement, girc me gold
country, say, forever hereafter. Human ma
ture aud bualan cxertions here. peculiarly dis.
play the open hand, Several Of tue principal
r | nujcLc8 aud lcu5s everywhere west or south
west. e.cn to the base ot The Snowy Range, arc
tjlltda and blocked With active miners. Labor is
everywhere carried on, and erythin., il pro-
$ rresstne with admirable success and uctlEity.
| 1t is tue opinion Of the sh1eWdest and saEest
= | Of our citizens that before three more years
! e:apsc there shall be not less than fifteen thou
S | sxnl quartz mills in profitable operation, at'
| over The hooks and corners Of these great Rocky
| Mountains, aud in every ridge a..d ruvine there
s | nj, from Colorado City, It tue base OF Pixies
= Peak, to Cheyenne Pas and Caahe II l'ondre.
= 1t The morth Of the great Cd travel to CaIior-
nia. in its palmy days zone ". II 50, 's. ana i
d putting aud Il saokius-wha. 1 whissling and
teverbera:;ns will thuis b. among those steam-
= engine civzeEs, iron, their branching JAWS and
= powerful peate Founders.
= Al tue Leads that ilare yet been opened
; | throughout rnis 1sdorado, prove and prospect
;, better aud better III. further they are followed,
= and Tic deeper they are sunk, With the rery
~ scauty and imperfect machinery lust year, dur
!" ipr. say three er four mouths a't told, there
.nvc beea, at the lowest figuring, and admit
y ted now on all sides, to have been taken on'
III mind yot,, Ly 4 mere minority tithe Of the sen
r. sibte working men who remained in tie place.
ID theY commenc<d upon while the great majority
eI who cren remained till tue fail, fooled theil
~ time and attention more upon prospecting
from one region to another, not satisfied o1
Il steady enough to di; in when thcr found goot
al show. but ratlter prospecting" farther aut
~ farther On, every which way, wanting, as the,
s' ' talked To hit upon something Jet better in th
=. unexy1ored distance.
an m covered in Gold llil Twelve Mile Guicl, ant
!, the utilia districts; also gulch d'ggings ptus
- | pccting twcE1y-four and thirty cents 10 ever,
~. ~ common pan. In Rnssc)]'s GulcA there ar
~. ~ several hundred busy taking out the ye1lo'
y dust from tho beds or t]stir common rockers
The booming Of powder blasts, the strokes Q
" picks and crow bars, aud the upAonious rattin
10 10 | OF ,uckeEs constantly proclaim 10 the travelc
~ aud spectator tIat lie 1nuc:s arc again alive
NJ Nc aud that snmethipg great is at issue. Th
!. | emigration from the valley towns ii hurrylug t
aa .a the mountains, and every Inst years mountai
l:s cabin is ilea with stirring aud uctre lttt
1o' Contrary to the representations Of the oldc
mountain iuIlabltaut,'' the state Ct the weathe
~. here and on The mountains IL as tine and "ar'
'Ie as sunuIer, with herc aud 1hero lew spots,
10 exceptions, where tue can't well shine I'LL
" | uisrct the SNOWY sniuces.
"a. At Colorado City, CLOSE to tho great and worl
ing known ptvk. the weather, all w,ntcr, has bee
III one continual laoiAu- u-summer-green moss =
'eh hill sides a,lt huoE-anu nov, March 1st, Il
ate sun si!urs about here ~ boai.'ly us it it vel
o. spr;ar in the centre Of Cuba the little rivu.c
no, about here, as well SIS the beautiful Foutanc
heT Bouisle and Monument rirer* arc ali free fro
I'M ice, anu bubble past Is calmls and coutented
nch a. 1hsy seemed 10 dn lust August: Not on
not the n1niug portion Of our vast und varied 20
IN u'utop. but also fu,nil:cs- -lelicais women q:
chi1drcn-a1l say, and say it exu1ting'y, that ta
mF / "ncycr, never oErp expected 10 have such
men mild xunut1, ut the very foot OF Fixes l'ca
ro- Us tLev reall, have experienced the past winter
ah1 No orc Lcrc that IS Ut all c5snpcs *Reht1s pc
.ts- aesses the shaduw Of shade Of doubt bnt w''
my tue mountain mines, everywhere nnd all ov'
u no matter 50 much which particular lon,w
- ~ yield extremely aad lmu,: 1scly rch and proi
e able next summer and tall to ali who will dig
its; | and perscyeriug.y and vigorously push Il
ava prosecute matters, but especially SO will It be
re- all persons mud parties who shall come prop,
cat ly prepared with plenty Of tho proper mini
an. toots for tue sese1ai classes o. a,g,nGs' El.
lnto Tie beariest wealth Of this country, in e
'osl' mining point OF yisw, will ever remain up'
rse. ycloprd until quartz mills and crushing q
ling chimes are tuken here to crush and collect
I'll precious metal together.
,oSc TIE GARDEN OF TIE Gons.
Ike This peculiarly interesting mud romantic pl
l. nc is no sma!t part of the suburban scepcry {
wen beauty of Colorado city. 1t is situated ah
bird IT, I'D i and admired hr mountaiprcrs and inl
puo~ for uses. / c4uoot describe it and do snyth
y like Justice to it, ior it goes beyond and begg
my power Of description. 1t is Il very palace
alef. place. There are some 100 acres Of gt'
1F:s velvet lawn wltl'in-for'nG an amphtalIeae
!, i'll surrounded BY huge rcd-rock couical bills. {
'ews hundred feet high, among which is the &C
here If the f;ods" lsr,e enough to bo}d and sea
titu- | Lrndrcd Observation-Disclosures a fifty pcr Ct
'tion proportion Of females, provided they arc a
cling rise nj ali caristlanly criuolipcd. On enter
esits th;s nrcnliar .Cardcu. ~ the Observer will
'Fr himself as it we're in vast amphlttcare, fo1r
nd OF i,r ronrrs IT rcd and white rock pyrausids
r ridges, covered on their topmost peaks
anu there with pines aud eversreens, from, 81
Of which, four hundred feet abore. the elk
mountain sheep look down in hi and pr
~, security, goodness only knowing how
'al~ whence thcy rver get there. The arena vii
fire | is dotted with beds Of mountain flowers
iturc daises, even in tie middle Of winter. Part
oco the surrounding. scenery and ridges give str
1'o'o evidence Of its having been at some day
,picd focus or theatre, near which the believing 1
iow Of mighty ccnrulsive catastrophe heaseo
sta. up into singular shape those crasgy SUM
90; o. and waywa1d ridges, opening gseaait; Grey
En'us and cavities TO untold depths, and ming =
amily with tn neral deposits, in s1delons, ehequ'