Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-10-16
From Pixies Pe4k-Lciler from rhos. II. Sheldon.
GRroonr Dioorso.. SEP. 6. 1860.


CRyconv Dfccrycs Ser. e. SEQ.
Gto " Conn - y}..r Sri have cc,clu-
d-d at last TO eonolv with The premise. made
IN ,op .,r,, time j., Nav las. 10 send vol .c
casio,I ,C,r,,,, IAN of my 1vbe-eano,its and of
the s,,.s f ,,,.,,-s o,,i ,i,,,,s :, the ,ae-;,n.
where might chance 70 fall. If opportunitv
had offered s},ould have tried IN send vau
something interesting. and if pos.iale original
from The plains: bnt the core of twenty men. a
train of wagons and fortv-seven yoke of oxen.
adn,its Of t,le time or diSnosition 10 write let
ters. even up,1 matters Of necessary business.
The stale Of ,fF,-. n IN, ,,ar.,,,ai,,s slice my
arrival here h,. been s..s, tl,.,, = r,rrcc, jde,
of the prospec, and tendency Of tlin,-s has been
/ impossible - arrive At, aud can hardly say
! that matters are much more definite now. tho
what has ,ranspired We are sure Of we hav.
seen the rrea, fever Of 1853 cool down. and also
+ watched the Greater fever of s60.-whjch nav
properly be called 4. reInpse-blnze M. c,l,nfn-
ate. and sink down to tla- feeble and Ian guild
state to which All moral and ,,by-ic,l tb-o.s arc
.lb;ect. after tremendous canv7,Isjonx. W-h,rr
seen another passion 10 which the American
neot,le are liable or,a IL, ercry 20, ~ ff,csr
v,ars ho,l ovsr o,,,i s;,,,,,.. ,l..,., ,l.,t.
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,},,,,ldr,,,. 0.i-..- t,,, aias - ~,
that desire /, convey tho i,,,-.ssio, th,,
Pixies Peak Is an utter failure bnt ,b,- :, :,
identical IN i,s results with all other affairs q
/ th,. klad of which We have 4 koovrlede.e Civ
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the so,i.f,rtj,,, ,f tecl,-,, ,bat t,,ev have hce,
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/ al.cadv br,j,.f, mn tbo,,.,nod. vrbosc GOOD
r,r,,. ,,I homes rrero lii ,ho, ,o,,;-.I >.
,,,f-. ,b.,, l.,,,,,v and ..,,,,t,r,,If.
& Psgl4-- Huv.a mot rnfa-ar,-asrr..si
frllv i, ali that has bron yrritte, and sud
unogzbf,d b,,rnh,,,. can,.o, he cba-,ad % ,b.r,
a. their object. Tor as many of the r.,,,iauec-,
Of the country are sniferir- under the effects If
.lI.apnoIntnent a, of the late rn,ipran,s They
J hive found fbst Ike like tho ganbIr,g tah,.
4 country CONTAINING the prec,oa. meta, al
ways opens. at tir-t TO the ewes OF the dIscov-
--er, lust onoogh OF ihc glitteriur pro-p pect of
fortune 20 lure men on to wears OF lnrrouiltcd
toll. and that nature seems 10 deal ut,t toanw
fortune. that only serve To max, the mass more
raveoous. and give philosophy chance 10 laugh
at the scrabbIlnc.
Last year It ,ya, believed bv men Of ,orn.
cxperscuce that a fsw tLou.aDd. Of capttaI de-
voted To- tic deyelopmeu, Of the mines and
crushin.. Of the quartz was all that was peccs.
sary TO display 10 the world an amount Of tb.
precious metals heretofore ul.cqualled. and this
capital was desired and expected Their de-
sire, aud expectations have been realized too
well Capital aud enterprise have done their
utmost. have gone lir eyoad ~nas the hope.
ot the most saagiac could Justify. The number