The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1860-01-26
Pixies Peak--GOLd Mining Intel
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| The Denver City correspondent of the Nilsson.
ri Democrat, writes under date of January 9Th,
as follows:
Work in ali parts of the mines is progressing
in the mountains and water courses in the val.
| leys as usual and quite unexpectedly, consider
ing the advances of the winter. Very little
SLOW mas yet fallen in the mountain section-not
more than four or 6xe inches, and that some.
times when twice as much fell on the prairie plat
| ecu surrounding these cities Some parts Of the
mountains are quite free of snow so far. Tho
temperature IN the mountains has been about
an average at or about zero, which is not bad for
| this part of the mountain world If this winter
is specimen OF gil our winters here, mining carl
be prosecuted the year round almost. Steam
quartz mills can grind and yield as we'll as in the
summer months, and tunnelling and shafting
good deal more pleasantly.
MRS. l.. Il. Slgourney writes poetry regularly
Tor our very excellent new spsper here Byers
ROcby Mountain Nei0s. That talented LADY, has
presented Pierce's library, here, fsw interesting
volumes of her own making.
A trst class, fashionable merchant tailor with
a iuA and fashionable stock of cloths, would
make fortune here. -
At Grahams new drug store in Denver CITY,
there Is great rush for strychnine, for the pur-
pose OF killing wolves, all round the Country and
III the mountains. Wolf skins are worth ono
dollar here, and buffalo robes, Mink. otter and
beaver command higher price than in your city
Some merchants have sold cut strychnins in the
Blue Diggings, Rock Mountains, at ten dollars
per ounce here 1t goes at four to six dollars
ike hot cakes. Tartaric acid for liuuor and cj
der making, command five hundred per cent.
The Indians are death on perfume nv of all
kInos-mueh more 30 than certain classes of Ia /
dy patrons IN your cities. You can see bands
OF Arrapahoes and Cheyennes lettering around
Graham's for that purpose
L he new roads are being established 40 admit
rabiy to all parts of the mountains, even to the
Snowy Range, that three yoke of OXEN can now
a-days haul twenty or thirty hundred without
doubling teams. - |
lhere are holels al along the routes kept BY
families, and very conveniently situated
Woodsaws and such utensils are worth money
out mere. ovens, pans, sheet iron and tin are
items OF great value here, and always will be
Mackinaw blankets and hair mattresses little
more SO.
committee of citizens have written to Rev. !
Henry Ward Beecher to send us on A first cl.ss |
eloquent preacher at The earliest Opportunity |
winch WILL we trust, be the means of building
up interesting church and congregation here. |
One hrm are about rafting three taillions of
logs DOWN from the plneries of the Platte canon
at the mouth OF our Cherry Creek, to be delivered
over to the kind embraces Of our new steam ssu
mills al ing inland, right across the Platte
Gov Marshall, of eastern Kansas lately boupht
lot on the loot of Ferry street, Auralis, OH the
Platte, for 500 cash, which could have been
bought Tor $40 in the middle of MAY last
man here this winter with two to five thousand
dollars, would realize therefrom, six to ffteen
thousand dollars by the hrSt OF July next, by ia
veating II here, jadiciOusy, this dull winter sea
son company near here lave contracted to
make three millions Of brick and two million bu |
sneLs 81 lime, at remuneratiye price
Next TALL the finest and handsonest bus;nass
and private structures will be found in thesc
Cheny Creek cities, not surpassed by any port
or city IN the Union.
Leavsnwora1, Jan. I9.
Inc Fixes Peak express, with Denver CITY
1ates 10 the Both Dec. has arrived.
IL he miners were still at work In the neighbour
hood OF Mountain City, with profitable returns
me question of organizing new counties under
he Provisional Government was voted down ia
he mihing districts
A demand fer mail facilities with New Mexico
was sensibly felt
A desperate ARRAY had occurred at Salt Lake,
'eIweeh two bands of desperadocs. Several were