, 1860-04-21
Correspondence Of The Press and Tribune /

tCoa1cspondcSce Of the rress and TEibune.1
DEsrEn Or1r, April l., 1880.
The weather is fine ut present in the valleys
and throughout the mountain mines, although
once in while iow inches, and sometimes
feet, Of snow. comes down, but Immediately
disappears before the MONDAY sun.
: Emigrants now arrive here by scores Of teanss /
daily, aud make for the mines after day or two
Of rest and replenishing Of outfits which they
may be short Of, or through foolishness to set
here soon did not lay in at one:third prices at
the large cities near their starting points.
Thousands are now at work in the numerous
gu1ches and lend claims in Gregory's, Russelrs,
and the scores Of new discoveries from five to
fifteen miles therefrom. Also, hundreds and
hundreds are now in the Blue and TarTyan re- |
gion, and hundreds arc duiIy milking thither,
on their way rejoicing, with expectation of fu-
ture sudden luck in finding richer discoveries
than found heretofore.
There is considerable snow, however, yet on |
The Snowy Range, and about the Blue and Tar |
rya1l, also on the southwest fork Of the Arknn- |
sas, fifty miles south Of Tarryall, near tue Cher
oRee diggings, where one hundred are daily
going, aud where bY all accounts there can be
IS to SIS per day made with the rocker as soon
as the frost and snow are fully dispcl1ed. In
this latter section they arc now finding in the
sand bars and creek bottoms, in some cases,
twenty and thirty cents to the pan Of dirt, at d
depth of four and fva feet. The gold found on
this point Of the head waters Of the Arkansas,
whittier hundreds are now rushing from older
and perhaps equally as rich diggings if they
perseycringly prospected them, is very rich,
coarse gold, worth perhaps $50 per ounce Troy.
Mr.. Frazer, Of the firm Of Gates Co., of your
city, las fixed up the Prosser quartz mill, all Q.
K, and it works now as well as ever. 1t is
now running constantly and yielding very sat-
isfactorily. So is Vanderenter's, III in the Nd
vcda Gulch, and The Lufever mill, which was
sold lately for e, 600, s at present crushing out
| tue quartz rock at "two.forty" rate. The
high, ENORMOUS prices charged by tue mills
last season will grow small and beautifully less
Is soou as several new mills get fixed into op-
| Grafton, which are now near, en- .eu{t- The
great Consolidated Ditch is not yet comp1et-
| ed. but will be in month more, when the miles
and miles Of lead and patch claims can be ad-
| vantageousiy pitched into.
Labor is very high all over the mines, as well
as here in Denver. Scores loaf, and lounge,
and ramble, and ride around, who are not max
ing cent, and yet cannot be coaxe1 TO 60 to
any kind of work at any Christian prices, be-
cause they think ther ure destined to hit upon
something rich which will at once make them
rnilIlonairc3-in other words, expecting end IT,
ing in wait for some new gold placer to start
and come to their feel, and open wide its Jawn-
ing mouth, upheaying them "as good thing
as they WANT Sooner or later they will 1enrn
the Adanlite law, that, even in digging for gold,
they shall have to labor some with sweat on
their brows.
Mining tools Of ali kinds, sledgcs, picks and
handles, shoyels, drills, &C., are very scarce
and high.priccd in the mines. So are flour, su-
CUR, coffee, dc. We visit all the emigrauts
would not start without taking along enough OF
mining tools, iour, bacon, coffee, and staples to
last them three or six months here, as they
should have them before starting to distant
digsipgs, and he enabled to remain there stead.
iIy season, without having to come down to
these valley towns after supplies ut cnormou:
prices.
Some mining claims are being sold daily il
the gulches and on the lead clnims throughout
the various mines, at from $500 to II zoo ane
| $1,000, according to their supposed or certain
richness. We don't go much upon investing
cash on any kind Of claims here, among thes'
mining claim sharpcrs. II they have 1eall,
} good sure thing, they will be the last men Il
mart with it, and therefore caution new irnmi
grants to husband their resources, mud trave
through and hunt up new and equally Is ricl
clainas for themselves.
: In Grcgory's and Russell's, MS we'll rs in th'
Blue, Tarryall and Arkansas Diggings, th'
ground is yet generally frozen, aud yigorou
mining operations cannot he prosecuted for
, few weeks or month yet, any how. Yct hun
/ drcds aud thousands are working hard, and ab
E stractinc lots Of gold. in coarse grains, seal
gold and little nuggets.
, The quartz mills arc generally yielding $50
to $500 per cord OF gold bearing 1ock-and IL,
pny dirt in those crevices SOC 10 400 to the par
On the Illinois ba., fire miles below Russell'f
on Clear Greek. in d7y culcn diyeines, thcr
are over three hundred men at work, rcckiu
out from 81 to $40 each per day OF six workin
, hours, and in certain cases, some lucky fellow
nuke some days double those figures. and som
others less, while in few late instances II
were taken out by two hands in one day. Q
the Cotton lead the quartz yields $500 to s40t
to the cord. On the Bob-tail lend from $500
$500, and on the Clay County, Gunnel and Cast
leads, from $500 to 800 to the solid cord I
ouartz rock. Tha new uud celebrated Secret