The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-04
Interesting from Plks's Peak.
OUR DENVER CITY CORRESPONDENTS.

Interesting from Plks's Peak.
OUR DENVER CITY CORRESPONDENCE.
DENVER CRY, Oct. %, 1850.
Close Of he Mining Sedson-zh< Returnimg Immford.
h0n-7he Population Of Pixes Peak--kiaino Opera
items Quslscent-Ainiso Stocks BsloY Pay-Nev Gold
Discopcies-Political kastos-Fre in Denver-AorfcrI
taral Manrs-Cdtae Dying on the Plains-DsaA Of DR..
Joseph s Ssone-Fire on the Mountains, DC.
The return immigration to the States IL nearly over
The latest advces from the Plains to the effect that
there are persons the road to than from the
mines The most OF these coming out bringing sup
plies OF provisions for their for sale. Up
wards Of twenty thousand persons will winter In the gold
regions third OF them probably in this city another
third will b. scattered among the other towns OF Pixies
peak-Golden CITY, Colorado City, Canon City. &c. and
the remainder win stop in the mining distri,.s them
selves A large number their way South, to
Taos Santa re and other towns or New Mexico TO
out the cold months among the hearted senortas
Of the land Of Chile Colorado. Many too or those
have gone to the States will be here again
summer returns.
Fro all indications the population OF Pixies Peak
be iet thirty thousand the LIST Of April next
most or those who have gone 10 America New Mex
CO. intending to return wiz be back by that time. By
the let Of July there will be = much larger population,
probably nearly hundred thousand, as the emigration
OF next promises to be very great.
There Is abundance OF provisions already here to
feed those that spend the winter among US. Several
large trains have lately arrived, laden principally with
-four and bacon. In one house. day or two since,
saw thousand sacks OF -four In a single
pile When II ia recoected that II has all been
drawn by the Plains, distance Of seven hun.
bred miles, and is held at from sl3 70 SIS per AK tho
importance Of such q heap will be appreciated Miller,
Russell Co. are bringing large quantities Of -four from
Salt Lake. and OF the Taos ami Santa Fe traders
forwarding the same staple from New Mexico. Corn
has been raised in large amounts the head streams Of
the Arkansas aud meets with \ ready sale at 81 per
bushe Bacon to be brought from the Missouri river
and WHOLESALERS at thirty cents per pound. Other goods
are la like proportion.
Mining operations rather quiescept at the present
time The has DR. the miners from most Of tue
guiches, and they have come down 10 the towns,
putting into circulation some of the gold they
nave been saving during tho sumner. rue mills
gel along WELL bu do no, put much money into market
They all q them IN DEBT at the Fast and ~ one Of
the owners remarked day or two since, " The gold
GOES no. get cooled from Abe retorts before Ia sh i.ed
for the Ststes" The cold weather will Affect their work
but little, IS they have already quried, or will be able
10 quarry rock enough to work throughout the entire
wiIter 0niy those that 30 BY water viii be obliged TO
stop
holders OF property still ssrsuine fne ftory Of the
being WORTH % coo ton entirely exploded Late
chow soe Of TO be worth from $50 20 $500
ton Reports from specimens sent 10 New YORK and
Philad eiphis are snxiously hpoked for.
Gold has discovered In toe san Juan Nounta,s
Se~ Mexico alb "a, ninety miesi n Santa Fe Rel,a,s
men, who have b - there few Secxs bring back large
Quantities OF old q: very hne quality miner just In
from there showed me, thls mornag handful 0. mug
cet, ranging In vs.ue irom SO to SO rye Dunosrs
have starred shout starting, Tor the e. Dora
DO. slight drawback exists IL the dagger 10 be appre
near~r approach TO the ground itself
Discoveries have alio been made IA the Wind River
Moul taos two hundred and thirty Owe nts west OF Fort
Laramie. party OF GENE twenty men VINO have spest
The Summer in that region went in ately with upw.rds
Of 500 SEQ worth o! duct This have from responsA
BILE ard reliable person, who wn acquainted
10 reports from San .,,An and Wind Rtvr 70 far
toward verifying precc..on made some tune since in
letter - the HERALD that ice whole region from Fort
Laramie {, " PAso, drta,ce OF not far from thousand
miles, wo1d yet be proved 20 be aur.erous. mining
country far more extensive sAn any yet opened on the
American continent and embracing portions OF the Ter
rtoriss OF Nebraska Kansas Utah and New Mexico, VIII
N . few yesss become . nxet fact
The political contest In the East has hardly extended It's
2usatons she Pike's Peak reso All tue Territorial
Apers and r,oet OF the who know anything do MT
roube the selves about matter that they can have no
hing 70 do With. Like the Fisnmaa's steam engias,
which did ~ labor Of twenty i've "furriners,"
,n, coulon't vote, we srs Of DO use at cleo
public, In pol nca sense In the formation Of provi-
ional government Several meetings have been held 10
md .an,i proviatooai-have been formed. As yet DO
party lines have been drawn boz EFFORT being ale In
that direction Tue provisional government Of last
failure, no: being srrly ackno ~iedged by tns
,eope, and being esceedngy unpopular smong them.
spus into ofce ret Of broken down politicians horse
revss ana rene -sdos from all decent society. fe~
oonths since the secfer of n low brothel shot In a
ow, and the mistress he then keeping passed Into
~ "a. ~,aor Ss ssoss, s's csrs.
o Denver and claimed The property, aud a claim
srs a,o st OF BY the mistress. The case came
md his honor led that che the rightful owner
uch 10 the style OF that went into Office under the
TIE MIC, isa. ~ nsan,s 80 .sS =,
government unit, aTerrit,ry organized.
The way that seems moot popular Is for each town OF city
ADOPT and I've under rs own particular style OF
rursen and net the rest do they pesse. Denver has
st the example, and the others viii be likely folo~
20 foots,eps convention held no, lous tor
snoi,s Of q delegate 70 Congress There were some
~srty i've candidates In the Geld, and Was impossible
10 beside "unoer nich king, Benyorian" The couven
lion lasted 'or two days. and troxe mp IA row, with
nobo ~ chosen 80 the delegate OF last year, n WI
amr, concludes that thu, lets MIN IN ana accordingly
ack .sg hs trurk or Washington.
me second destructive Gre in Denver occurred wock
since
ala lass took Ore about sevtoP NJ one evening, and
uas rarnt 20 tie ground 10 ess than half hour
troy ,s all the cloth og asd furniture OF the family
burnt IKE tnder No buildin 20 Denver Insured
and toe,e prevson for extingulshiux ares
The ~ vii doubtless be swept by extensive confgr
,ious Sesore the winter has passed away.
Sfnsof the farmers IN tie vicinity ~ The city have
been usAib'pg noe spec,sus u the vegetable products
Zoe yesterday ~esh he'd rf,rsa pounds sloog with Il
~ere ,eme ouicns weighing ap~ards Of thrss yoiads
each An car 81 corn, lea ~ he Office last
meas red fifteen AMI ha. length: In like
mann ~ 10 tho "wede ,s,ecv tn There . s,ue
'ope = Pixies Peak beng as-,vuliara county after
Rep,~ts the Pisls,. a,aAs .hat many cattle are
iyinr tn toe road Their desse n py 10 clouds
staA duet IN which ttsy oonsasy travel, rad When
ove. he for three gee rsch SIDE he road
he trsin lost t~othr " o. fts and forced
ny cSer cattle 20 brnG- sioss ~ loads. The ssnch
nuly Qfx linz
ocr ABLE.
Drs n seph 8 Stone. xto wounded IN duel with
W Blifs IN March ss dsss the 10th laet A ball
rc usket entered hss lsss SIDE, pcnerrr his blad
efr - parsed entu ~ tsresaA The eoiy Wounded 10
hsnaoner be fingered rp~-as Of sevea s.oat suffer
n m an pain
as 9onn,ars TO tSs soussses, OF Dsnvss are 90 Ore
% ry'ssnt ene srssar~ise Lsst sv- ssug the CON
sss osaine % one - snt~as vas clearly tenned by
Irregular line OF Gro
mo Brodsrtc y. WAA Case AZ. CAlifornta.
AIsaissIos .os rsS WILL To 1Sos.rE.
vhs wis Of the ds Senator David q arodcr,ck vs.sa
yos TO Josn messy IN thousand cellars and the b.