, 1860-05-05

on Inc 1e1Q HQtcT3 Q1 t1e Arkansas. ilF. 4.
Hopkins, Of the above party, and formerly from
De kab, Illinois, has just returned from the
aforementioned diggiugs md tells me to-day
that 10 aud 50 cents per pan has been found in
tue river bars by several Of his partners. He
also showed me over $500 Of the gold, which he
and party washed ont there (without making
the acquaintance Of any bed rock and which
ia rs about course as ha1 seed.
In the afTyall mines BUne parties who hare
claims where formerly lay the bad Of the Platte
rivcr-hut which bed Of the rirer, it has to be
dug down thirty odd feet to reach arc finding
" "streaks" on their way down which Yields
fnely-say when they resch the old bed Of tho
river, they make Il and s1.5o to she ,ra.; h..
small nuggets from his clalm there, at very
great depth however.
10 the Blue Digsings q few are making (7ei.h-
OUT any 'tquartz naachines," but rocker, Or
r,achine) $40 aud Is per day to each mnn-a1-
though the snow abounds there in most places
This fact the editor Of the Ntps here also stotes
in his columns, because he was there, on the
ground, about eight days ago, and is gentle
man Of Is good practical sense and practical
science as even this Mr. "Ant Humbug" man
above fabulous, and foolishly knavlsh and kna-
vishly foolish.
In Gregory's, Russel1's gulcb, Boulder md
the other mining sections, there are hundreds
and might say thousands, altogether, actively
and prodtably at work with rocks and sluices,
when ever the weather and water allow. The
four or five quartz mills are also at work crush
ing out the dust at from 15o to 900 $per cord Of
rock.
TIE IMMIGRATION.
Horse teams with gold seekers arrive here
from Ilinois-Dckalb Co. and Rock Island, md
from all parts Of the great Northwest, at the
rate Of twenty and thirty teams per day. They
appear to come well prepared and well to do,
having made the trip from the Missouri River.
here in from twelve to twenty days, most ofthe
present immigration 60 no doubt for the 3icnn-
tain Mines, in various directions and but very
few notice have offered s!ocks Of -four, or gro-
/ ceres for sale by small lots lere-which would
have been acceptable just now here, when -four
is worth 20 and e5 per 100 lbs. cotlee and xug-
ar s5c per lb aad not to be had at That. The
above articles, -four, bacon &C., will be useful,
scarce aud high here all the year round-as il
will take dozens Of wagon loads to arrive each
and every day 80 as 10 supply the actual demol-
isbment Of this immediate point alone.
| Quite number Of the immigrants camp about
here xeek or 50, to get posted on mining mat
ters and things, and towards securing farm or
town property. Others start for The Blue,
or the Cherokee disgings away down 50 miles
! south west from the Blue River region, while
others content themselves to buy around Gre
gory's or Russe1's-and see what perseveriug
labor will reward them there. We advise i'm.
migration to take possession of the tlrst nnd
nearest good chances Of claims they cen get,
and work them thorough1y--instead of rambling
all orer the mountain creation here, and after
wards having to work aud dig for tho same
amount OF gold in the distance. 4 number o1
those who returned here, find their claims jump
ed and being worked by other parties here, who
in many cases continued to do so. 1t is not very
hard, and yet very easy, for new conner ia
these gu1chcs and diggings 10 get on a good
convenient claim without having to buy it-by
paving Il hundred or fifty dollars down, and
promising to pay two or three hundred more after
while yet person that is sharp and under.
stands business, can casii- find good claim
here and it wont cost him cent. Hundreds ol
claims are staked of in every gulch and in every
diggings, with names, dates DC. theraou-bu1
By person taking down u list thereof, and at:
terwards comparing it Mlth The book in the Re.
corder's hands, be could quickly find out which
two out Of crcrs three OF these said claims were
legally and duly entered and recorded BY those
| parties-many of whom have 60 many other
claims. that they do not record them-ye1
like to havetheir names therein, so as to scare
AWAY new coruers who will not buy them 2nt
wait to find claims ready found. Most Of the
| immigrants who arrive and immediately purchase
| gulch or lnnd claims for cattle, wagons, provis
ions or money, get awfully cheated By shatpcrl
in the mines, who do nothing but look out ane
lie ready for such chances, and who cry NJ
| ll1ElT RuiEueS VI h3 NCIlu 81 Il1uu3
| thousands and hundreds Of thousands, just as
as to get a1l ont of the -well .to-do immigrnn
| that be can spare and promise for more
Then the immigrant goes to work on it, ant
after little finds that it is nothing great o.
extra ut all-but on tho contrary, finds BY
making acquaintances and looking around, tha
| be could hare found much better claim fre'
gratis aud for nothing. Therefore I advise ii
| immigrants to collecs their ideas before the]
commit themselves in claim purchases.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, ETC.
Mr.. Labine, Of Denver City, East Division
| was shot By a squaw q few evenings ago, IN,
died next day The 1nHian woman was litrl
intoxicated, and accidentally dsed at him:
DR.. Stone, who VAS wounded in the duel witl
: Mr. Bliss, some months ago, IL fast recovering
He is cared for at the Broadwell Hotel in Den
| yer City, under the medical euperintendence q
Drake Mcdowell, II. D., a yorng and very skill
ful surgeon here, aud son Of Prof. Mcdowell, Q
ST. Louis Medical College,.
i company here, consisting Of Dr. Lee, Capt
: Pollock, Col Mcintyre and Others, are gettin
} On the necessary machinery for coal oil mann
factory here. Immense beds Of the best COZ
are to be found in various sections here, an
immense quantities Of oil must be needed an
used in lighting tunnels, illuminating stores an
@orkshops here, until our salked-of gas work
nre established
The jefferson Rangers have mounted dsi
| semi-occasionaly on the north side OF tbs Platts
, | few miles below town. They hare not -
| received their expected horses and azns iro1
government, but are looking for them soon.
; d. Z. Frazer, Esq, told me he has taken o.
| dcrs already for thirty quartz mills from thel
foundry Of Gates l. Co. :.
Several gentlemen here talk Of making u tri
| IS far as Chicago next month, during the Cor
} | yeutiou.
Chief Just,ce Allison intends TO pass throug
. to Washington, BY way Of Chicago, during th
| Convention. .,
Captain Lightner, manager for Russell
. Majors i Waddeu, il mo ring bis large stock Q
Ferry street, west division Of Denver AuraT1a q,
| building -coat in .tha ne;ohhnrhood OF $1,000