Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-10-05


late discoveries had been made. Coming
on to the Swan, we found some miners at
work, though but one sluice was yet in
operation. The three principal gulches
then prospected were the American,
Georgia and Humbug, all of which have
within the last two months proved to be
rich. The Georgia gulch [ suppose is
the richest gulch yet discovered.
Stopping here short time, we took
our way to the town of Breckinridge, the
headquarters of the Blue River dig
gings; here we found the river for sew
eral miles staked off into mining claims,
and numerous gulches in the same con-
dition. Probably not less than thou
sand men are located in and about the
Blue; but am confident that no less than
nine hundred out of the thousand, after
spending their time, money and provis-
ions, all to no purpose, were taken vio-
lently with the blues, and with sad coun-
tenances, were to be seen offering to:work
by the day in order to raise money to
carry them home.
[ purchased an interest in six claims
located on Niger gulch, Gone Of the best
gulches the Blue can boast, and after
we had cut ditch more than mile in
length, sawed lumber, made over hum
dred feet of sluice boxing, and worked
the claims about two weeks, I become
convinced it would not pay, and sold
out at discount of about months
time and board; yet a few claims On this
gulch have paid pretty we'll My clothes,
baggage, &C., being ON the Arkansas, I,
in company with Mr.. Moore, took the
trail for the head waters of that river
On our first days travel (being the first
of July, we crossed a range of great al
titude, finding ourselves at one time
above the clouds! Here we found snow
banks ten and twelve feet in depth ::
yet green lawns, covered with numer-
Gus species of beautiful flowers, were
there, watered by streams, of sparkling
ice -cold water. At about dusk we found
a camp at what is called McNulty s
gulch, which has of late been found to
be quite rich. In the morning, in try
ing to find the trail, we become separated,
but by the aid of a pocket compass [
made my way to California gulch, where
I found many of the claims paying
largely, running both day and night.
Quite town. had sprung up, and bust
ness appeared brisk. I have now. men
toned the principal and best gulch dig
gings yet discovered. The quartz mines
1 have not yet visited, but from what
can learn the majority of mills are
not paying. However, my opinion is,
that good quartz mill, we'll managed,
with capital sufficient to drive tunnel
into the depths Of the mountain or lead,
will pay we'll; and in fact no one knows
how rich those leads are until they are
thoroughly tested. a
Since I have worked in and travelled
through the greater part of the mines, ]
have come to the conclusion that this is
very poor mining country; and this is
not only my opinion, h1t I find that all
the old California miners with whom ]
have talked entertain the same idea
There may be rich mines here yet undis.
covered; but the mountains have been, ano
yet are, full of prospecters, and the
probabilities are that there are but few
rich gulches or leads yet unexplored.-
The papers here, and in many other in.
terested places, are using all their skill
and influence to create and keep alive
the idea that this is great mining re-
gion; but you can place no dependence
in anything they say. I have read il
the Denver papers articles that | know
are false-made up of whole cloth-con
cerning mines that 1 am well acquainted
with and have lately worked in. So
There is at present quite an excite
ment about silver leads, and I am led tt
believe that some Of them are rich, ant
will pay, yet nothing definite is, I be
lieve, yet known concerning them. :
Quite an excitement has arisen here
within the last few days. It appear
that band of horse thieves have beel
:; doing large business along the Platt
and in the vicinity of Denver. IL
A vigilance committee was secretl.
formed, and commenced operating b,
hanging a man by the name of Johl
) Shear; his trial and execution was per
formed after night, and the particular
are unknown to the public, except that
notice was found near the tree. of hi
execution stating that he had bee1
proven a horse-thief. They next shoE
their hand by taking A. G. Ford "a law
: yer we'll known here) from the stag
| and leading him away, and his wherea
bouts and doom is yet unknown to tn
people. Rumor says that several mer
% whose names are unknown, have bee
:. found hanging to trees. Such proceed
ings have excited the people toa determin
A ed opposition, and night before last a meet
ing was called which appointed a com
a mittee to draft plan by which. thos
r suspicioned of crime may have publ