, 1860-06-16
later from Pixies Peak.
tkfom tho Aetky Mountain Htrz1d, June Sth i

Later from Pixies Peak.
tFro1 tho Reeiy Mountain Htr.1d. June 1h.1
RE xlsks-
Work y Progressing rapidly IN ths' guleh
ss; # tsss En- ss..as .s .'
: far hs5 beeq !ely ty md ths SNOW sinsofi.
-s.sn: to sappiy 'hs galehet With wster for any
considerable time. There: Is not ora fourth
.5ae Quantity Of wstsEno~ running,: that 4hsre
~eA-at thi9 time lAs<year. Tbs fTst ksin afthe
Client to swell the current in aay OF the atzeaus.
Miners ara doing full y we'll Of bett4r than last
year; making from three to TIVE nty dollars per
aaJ to ~ mxu.--1n,1nan many places they ars-fo-
Ing below what waa last Jear called hs bed
depth. until t6sy reach = bed rock Of alsss.
Lake 4ulch i beinE opened up In many pis-
ess, sad WHARF thsrs~ ii water sufficient -lesd
.dizt from tho Clay county, Justice, and other
leads, u extensively WISHED Water is how
e1eF s1trenely scarce and throughout more
than bali the length, Of the guleh thera il none
ut III The same Is the casa in most 81 tha
8nau gulches putting into RusseIra.
Kendalrs creek galch still hi, fair supply
Of wafer and u worked nearly throughout il
whole length, with good re1aalta. Some aoa
them:oue Of $a5 In valae.
largo number Of men a1e at work In Spring
Kuaeh, aud NeTada md Eureka zu1ches arc
opened up throughout their entirs lengths.
Ihe fatcn diggngs ara generally Abandoned
9ntn Watef becomes plentier; not because they
do not pay, bat because there Is no water to
be had even if the dirt are hauled 4 mile Or
two.
Work on the leAda is progressing steadily md
for crushing.
II, H. ea.rta mill. are doing good business, but
tnsar ability to produce gold Is hut drop in tho
bucket, N comparison with the wants and d.
mands Of the country The Clark and Vande-
vanter n1ltt-now owned By Alexander l. Co., i
the beat yet in operation Its capacity is eight
sotse pomsr: dt,9lag .i1 stamps. aud yielding
a.. a. .'sssse . Of Sa5 ger day: but ws believe +
| It; An opinion concurred In By most Of The e..
perisneed miners with whom we hare con-
t veTsed.
a short di.tanse above is the Coleman / L.
isEef NIL! and still further up tho Eareka guleh
il tue old Prosser mill. This last Is = rads CON
eeru; only one remove from. &he old Spanish
festra, but va wore told Is makioR money rap
Mly- sesen steam mills have already reached
Nevada gulch.
On Clear Greek, below Mount,in Ctr. ar.
several water power mills that ara doing fne
business. Ono Of theT, belonging to J. Il.
Gre9ofJ, ind recently erected IL making abou:
$500 per day, running Six stamps and tended By
| one man.
Altogether the prospecss sre rerY aAtterine
throughout the Mountain CITY mining district,
foF N lmmense yield Of gold; but sonae time
must Jet etap.e for the fntroductfon Of water
And machinery, before tho pressut Yields Il
much augmented, and until then actual and i'm.
medlately productive operations must b con.
nnea 70 1he 9ulehes and afewleads where wats,
The Consolidated Ditch IL nearly eomplsted
and We are assured will bs ready fur the wafer
throughout itA whole length in Tho la4ter par1
OF this month. It's total length OF main truut
Is oTes thirteen miles. and It will supply all tht
niuel between Kends1l Greek and Russe
1noutb-
j. Frazer, Esq, agent Of p. n. Gates 4
Co., !. ordering about three mills week from
his Chicago house. He Il employed most Q
the time in ssttinG up new mills, a business fo
which his mechanical qualifications velt sdsp
him Gates mills are tak1Dg lead In the mines
and are splendid specimens Of wo1&maaship.
Gsst, of Cbiesso, Who hss arrived wi.h hi
family to become citizen Of Jefferson.
TIE EASTWARD Movzxrsr:-Ahout 20 team
back without having visited The mines. or bee,
nsa1ex the mountains than this eitJ.
We heard Of fourteea wagons from Tarryal
and the Blue, passing through our city on Men
I day, bound for their old homes. Some Of tn
party were Of opinion that there WAS "4ou
gold On the Blue, and that two or three claim
we're paying very we'll"
YesterdzJ va noticed quits = party movipy
| eastward. .that seemed to Be laboriog under
deep. eon!,ctioa Of sin, Or that digging eol,
required hard work. We presume they vii
return wiser, il not better contented men ant
that heuceforsh they will be aa,isded to dix DO
tatoes and hoe corn On the tertila przi1ies 0
the Mississippi Valley. 10 mote It be- The,
will, We presume, do better service Tor human
ity there than here, with certainty Of. = lvin,
| ut least