, 1860-03-13
Dte8s N.Grfhtlttt.

will al enthusiasm, and zeal that never before
Witnessed, Not much hns heeu done towards
developing the resources Of that country. The
rrcat auxiety seems 10 be to secure claims. aud
then let the matter rest until spring. Uutilt!l
time, rery little eau be known The snow lies
in tie guiches, to my personal knowledge, from
two to thirty feet deep. uow, then, can they be
prospected through such 4 depth Of SNOWY It
is impossible; aud consequently the great rich
ness Of the country is mere conjecture. The
only test tha. has yet been made, to amount to
anything, WAS made last Thursday By Mr.. Bart
lett in tho Erick gulch. He washed With u small
rocker, from fire pans Of dirt, one dollar md
twelve cents. The dirt was taken ont at depth
Of four feet below the surface. Those mines
will doubtless turn out to be good, but no one
can yet tell how good.
Men are rsnsacking that country in every con.
ceiyab1e direction prospecting the country
as fur north Us Longs Peak, where some men
report finding good prospects last summer It
appears that good many had found what they
thought to be good mines, but supposed it would
not be found out before spring; the late discov-
cries l.ave eau ed them to become uneasy, md
each man has started to secure his discovery.
Four new districts hare already been found,
containing both leads md gulches. The gold
taken from the gulches is slot and scale gold,
mud all coarse. The blossom rock that has been
tested, all yields gold Quite large number OF
leads have been found, and are now being open
ed.
The weather in the new mines, for the past
week, has been intensely cold, aud miners lave
suffered considerably; having very little to pro-
tect them from the storms that constantly came
down upon them fronl the snowy range. 1t is
doubtless hazardous, both for health and life,
but no one seems to think Of these when hunt
ipE for gold. 1t is really amusing TO see mcn
hunting guiches on SNOW shoes. 1t don't look
much like testing the bed rock, when they hare
10 dig through thirty feet Of snow 10 reach the
ground. Nothing but spring will reveal what
that country really is.
A LION AT p1kE's PEAK.
Mr.. J. T. Vaudcvanter, while exploring the
country southwest from the Wisconsin district
the first new discoreries-came unexpectedly
on mountain liou- They both saw each
other at the same time, but neither seemed to
| be very fayorahiy impressed with the appear
arcc of his new acquaintance, and yet neither
seemed willing to retreat. Dir. pandevauter
| concluded that to turn back would be sure to
encourage the unimai to pursue and attack him,
and so determined to staud bis ground, OF to
advance and make the attack, aud know the
pocket -knife-the only weapon be had for de-
fenc-he fixed bis eyes steadlastly upon those
| OF the lion, aud advanced. The lion stood his
| ground until Mr. Y. approached within twenty
feet Of him. when his courage failed, aud be bent
| hasty retreat; thus ending what might other.
| wise bare been serious catastrophe. thiuk
by this act MIR. fandesanter has proved himself
to bc man Of true, genuine courage, seldom
equalIed in these modern days.
TIE WEATHER.
| The weather here has been decidedly cool the
| past week, but is now coming around warm
agnin, and bids fair to be as formerly, the most
pleasant weather eyer known east OF the Rocky
Mountains. The mining continues as usual OF
all the leads and gu1ches. Russe!rs gulch i:
nearly filled agnin With active miners. aud ove1
half Of the claims are now being worked witt
small rockers. Work is carried on in all the
gulches, and everything is going ahead with nc
tiyity. The 1attling ot the rock in the rockers
the constant ring Of the pick and drill; the pon
dcrous strokes OF the pestles at thequartz mills
booming Of the BLASTS, in afl parts Of the mines
tells that the miners are aliye, aud that some
thing is being done. doubt very much
there can be found, in any community of thi
size, anywhere, us much stir, enthusiasm an,
industry, as is manifest here every day.
| Bor1pEn 17Ens.-Mr. ]. 7. Grahnm has gfve1
ua some interesting items from Boulder and ri
cinity. A new road is bring opened up alon
Ut,lIa Crcck-formerly known as Left Han
Creek-to the mountain miues. It is alrcad
finished to 3fr. Gruham's mill, nine miles and
half from the foot of the mountains 1t is th
design to extend TO Gregory's with brunch t
the ncw mines northwest OF there. 1t will h
| free throughout.
The Consolidated Ditch. bringing water I
KusseTs Gulch. Ouartz Hill. md iii The neief
boring mines. We learn is nearly completcd.-
The water has already been turned in and th
ditch filed for about tsvo miles from its head.
But little now remains TO be done except
complete the hum1ng in several places.
: Tic weather since Friday of last week Ii;
| again been delightful; clear and warm. Sou
| sAurc hrrn fnutnH II To Eoa
, fires in our ol1ice after ninc o'clock, a. H.
I Quite an e1tenslre display Of parasols may
seen an5 GAY oa tnt s'fes9s, ~ eue nanos q !
oy promcunoers, WY nno taess 1ho1spenstois
hnrn;nc ravs Of i},d Soi -
we lealn from Gentseman Jus. ao"n 70
1ne nceS a eSas ,t auo sua'. "a 9n .nc uuaoe tg1 e,
nus teasaeu a,.e 1-, q sc1n oan oae ae H. ~
quartz now pays le9m s!oo 20 SeoV 10 ne CO..
ol Foek' ano IS e'eao'.s 4uc'eas'ns III F'eanes
-Mr. Carpenter, o1 Acbraska City, came
last week with two wagon loads Of Hour, whi'
lie sold out rapidly ut fifteen dollars per sac
lie lcsres tomorrow morning, and will tai
down fcw passengers. 1t is bis design to I
turn Immediately with smother load.
:. | horses to stock the line of their PONY Exnre
from Lcavenworll to llacerv;lle, Californi
:. They will put on $40 ponies, and cxpec. to ma
= | Tie i;me ia eight DAYS. viii cnmmenre ths
. Of April.
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width.
II BY TIM late arrivals we learn that the 81
+ is rapidly disappearing on the lower end Of I
ID Platte route.
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