New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-25

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family.
The people Of Denver were mrpr,s,> ~ s.ssss
On en- = noay, py ne reception Of the Hrs IN. d n
Mail ever brought 70 this region. II contain. a
Thousand letters, and came through from The Miro
River In Elk and half days II wss brought 81 a.
Pixies Peak Express Company, which. after al, 70
supply as mail matter. The contract time from TIE
of the mail sacks some two hundred miles esa Of
Denver and permit them 10 lie there week; but tbsrs
WIS no messenger on the coach. and they were
brought through BY mistake. This upos current
and Well-de6ned reports The Pixies Psaksu are ssb-
ected 10 good deal Of trbulston In corDeetion WITH
their mail matters between the tender mercies OF ihe
Express Company and the Post-Ohice DepAruentf
but as friend wrote from the mines the other day,
eve look forward 10 the election Of old Abe IdncoE,
" 90 redress for this, and all other grievances
The quartz mills show decided improvements Will
many continue TO experiment Cnsuccessfoily, others
have overcome the difficulties In the way Of separating
the gold, and are yielding FROM SIS to 800 per day.
In instances the quartz 10 subjected to iatenss
heat before being put under the stamps, Ike burning
lime, or the roasng process IN vogue for sonening
iron This expes the sulphur spd greatly ads hs
action Of the quicksilver in thoroughly separating tbs
gold.
There is canal eight miles long IN the Gregory Dig
glpgs, popularity known as the Big Ditch, which
from the stream called Clear Creek-s palpabs misno-
mer, by the way for the gold dggers have made IL the
very muddess creek In the Rocky Mountains its opon
ing, month ago, was hailed BY the miners with
busiasm; but ust now they find ii TOO mnch of COED
thing, for the surplus water at night turned down
through Nevada and Spring Clutches has filed up piA
undermined mills submerged sluees and reduced
the gold seekers TO state Of hearty and humid pdg
nation. The miners are now conducting suit against
the Ditch Company In one OF the mountain courts made
to order.
nm. l. ,.nr ALL
weekee-sre out Of printing paper, and unless large
supply now on the road arrives within day or tive.
there must be general suspension. Publishers VINO
have TO send hundred miles by teams for their
paper require large capital extremely limited ed
tions The politicians again agitatng the questox
of State Government yet with Indifferent success.
In spite of the dull times good deal of building s
going on in Denver, including a Catholic church the
second bouse of worship erected in the country tho
Meho dss having built the first and two story brick
store which the contractors have bound themselves 10
complete within thirteen days from commencing II.
QUARTZ MILLING AT PKE's PEAK.-Mr 81. H.
Harris Of Milwaukee, large owner Of quartz mills ct
Pixies Peak, writing from the Gregory Diggpgs, says
of that business:
"There are now about fifty mills In operation, No
one of which comes up 10 the auticpations Of is
friends The for these partial failures are OBJ
vious to every quartz mill owner in the mines. In the
rst place, much of the machinery has been uanufAc-
tured like slop.shop clothing sale eheap-ani like
that same clothing lie found too cheap when broughs
into actual service. In the second place fev Of the
mills have any machinery for saving the fine gold. and
nothing for pulverzing the quartz after leaving the
stamps; and in the third place, the quartz does NOT
contain the gold that many have anticipated. Tbs
chilled stamps and castiron collars do not seem 70
work well; there is too much friction the cams,
while the stamps are less durable than the steel ones
Wrought-iron collars and steel dice seem to have tas
preference There is mush speculation among out
sders relative TO the amount Of gold being taken oct
by the various mills and while stories Of success arc
heralded far snd near the failure of any one of them
kept near home as possible. From personal ooser-
walton, should say, taking them whole, thsy are
Just about paying expenses. There is much cutting.
and trying, and experimenting with most Of the mills.
and will be for year to come."