New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-09-11
NUMBER 1872.
Later from pIke,s Peak,


business matters here for he mast few weeka
Gulch mining is here and there attended to in plea
sant valley, Missouri Flats, Spring gulch, South
Clear creek and elsewhere, but not 90 vigorously
and generally as q month or two back. On some
rich gulch and bar claims in South Clear Creek.
few parties Of four TO six hands are taking out si0
$50 and 500 per days slnicing while the three.
ffths perhaps, of the masses, are not as yet MAX
ing over working wages. There are any quantity
of new leads being discovered hereabouts, and
along up Fall River, where steam and water mills
are to be established Immediately.
After this year think gulch and bar mining will
be OF little account, unless new and more extern
siye sections are discovered for it. 1t costs vast
deal Of time trouble and means to properly strip
sink and prepare sluices; and after the rich pay
art streaks are obtaiNed, peradventure the pro-
ceeds Will not always repay the previous outlay.
rms rms mas oeen the case in many instances Rus
seil's, Illinois and Lake gulches, and elsewhere
| although in individual cases on tie same sluices
several parties have made their s., $40 and SIG to
the hand, above expenses Of working.
great many thought that after the consoli-
dated ditch would be opened, they would do big
things on Missouri fats, Illinois and Leayenworth
| gulches, Grahams gulch, Russels guleh and the
patch dggings on Quartz Hill, but from all could
| see and learn from parties there at work, the
| claims have not come near up to their expecta-
| tions, some not being able to make enough to pay
for their water bills, and others complaining of the
very thick and muddy condition of the ditch water
| after the first and second claim SO muddy that it
coats the quicksilver in the sluice SO that the fine
| gold dust will not adhere to it, but passes over
| Win the current OF muddy water.
| Lead mining is bound to be the permanent nsti-
tuition here, and the only thing which will prove
permanently profitable. Some of the thousands of
leads here will not be found over rich to pay the
heavy expenses of opening and working them,
bnt there will be thousands of them that will here
after be found to amply repay, yes thousand
fold, the outlay of tunneling and tracing them to
their proper depth and degree Of development. In
Gregory's, in Nevada, in Russells, in Leavenworth
1 g1lches, Gold Dirt Hill, near Lump gulch and
Clear creek in various sections there are undoubt
| ediy some leads that are very rich and very ex-
tensive.
| Whether the steam mills and water mills will or
will not succeed in saving the gold dust this year.
will not affect in the least the positive permanency
OF profitable quartz mining here for years, and /
! might say, centuries to come. The gold is here,
rich and accessible, and it is only matter of day
until our miners become conversant with the sue
cessful system Of securing it.
| Neree Vale, Esq, lately purchased DR.. Few's
mill and also the next to it, on Lake gulch at
figures said to be quite low, comparatively speak
ing. Mr.. Swartout sold out his interest in the mill
on Spring gulch lately; seven hundred odd dollars
worth OF the dust paid him down were stolen out
OF his valise in his tent or wagon, near the mill,
! the night following 1t was stated that few
| years ago this same mill had yielded 5000 from a
cord Of quartz from Mr. Otis claim on the Gunnell
| lead.
| fear before the fall is over many of the hume.
rous mill men who came out here with crushers
which were partly purchased on credit and for
part Of the freight of which they still in debt
Will Ue I0rCcu, ICr want OF IunQS ana temporary
success, to suspend operations or sell out to
others. who viii make good thing thereby in the
course of another year or SO.
From CLEAR CREEK MINES. - Spanish Bar,
| Aug. 22.-Beiieving that few words from this
hourishing mining district would be acceptable to
| you, take the advantage of a leisure moment to
give you a few items of interest. Spanish Bar
! proper has been well worked this summer, many
parties having tunnelled from so to 100 feet under
the Upper Bar, taking out good wages to the
hand, and in many cases making much more but
the Lower Bar, which has only lately been tested
has astonished the most sangune, and every one
who owns bar claim is now rigging a wheel and
pumps, to enable them to reach the bed rock
before winter sets in and take out the riches they
believe are deposited there. The deposits are il
streaks and spots, but when the miner happens tc
strike of these, he is considered q "luckyefel
low and is envied accordingly by the less for.
tunate.
f The wealth of this district, however, is in the
leads, which it is the general opinion will turn out
fully equal, if not superior in richness to anything
discovered in Gregory's. Prospectors are daily
recording new discoveries, and when the steam
and water mills now in progress of erection-not
counting those who have not secured locations
are in full operation, we expect this will be one OF
the busiest places in the mountains, and also one
of the most prosperous. We have good code of
miners laws, but are so quiet and peaceabe a
community that there is very little litigation. AL
together, Spanish Bar will compare faForaby with
any district in the mountains, both in point of rich
ness in the gttering dross, and its orderly and
law biding community.
Of for Home.-Eighteen or twenty gentlemen
took their departure this morning for the Missouri
| river, in two four.horse wagons, headed by Mr..
Tbbetts, Of st. Joseph. They go to Wisconsin,
Illinois and lowa-some to bring out their families,
some to bring out stocks of goods aud some to re-
main henceforth in the spot where they were born.
Col. Mclean, from Mountain City, and DR.. Rankin,
from Missouri City, left lately for the States in
tending to return with their families late in the
fall, " after fighting the battles of their country
this campaign in their respective regions.
DENVER Cry NEws-Milidry-Com "G'
Tenth Regiment, Capt. Cumming commanding
passed through this city this morning, en- route
from Fort Brdger for the Big Timber ON the Ar
kansas. The company numbered 125 men, all
looking well and hearty.
Ro6befy.-The large safe at Denver Hall was
opened with false keys last evening about 10
O'Clock, and over 5000 in cash, belonging to the
proprietor of the Hall, stolen
PersondL-M'lle Haydee and mother arrived
last evening from the mountains. 1t is rumored
that this accomplished actress and danseuse will
make an engagement with Mr.. Langrishe for the
approaching theatrical season.
An atfray occurred in Cbola saloon on Wednes.
day last between French John and man named
VIM. Moore, formerly of Chicago, in which John
struck Moore over the head, when the latter drew
knife and stabbed John five times in the side
shoulder, and once in the head At first it was
thought the wounds were fatal but there is now
prospect Of the wounded man recovering.
Our Miat.-Clark, Gruber & Co., melted and
coined last week about $4,000 in $40, SIS and 81 SO
pieces. AS specimens of coinage these pieces are
far superior to any of the private mint drops issued
in San Francisco and nearly as perfect as the reg.
nlar u. S. mint issues. The faces of the SIS and
81 SOS are good imitation of the Government
conage-the head Of the Goddess of Liberty, sur
rounded by thirteen stars, with the firm name Of
Clark & Co.. occupying the head tiara. The re-
verse of the coin is occupied of course, with toul
noble brd'' encircled by the words, g Pixies Peak
Gold, Denver, 2!D.''
Altogether it is credtable piece of work, and
we hope to see hosts OF ii in circulation before the
snow tes. The fneness of this coin is s2S9, ant
the excess of weight over United States coin i.
twenty-three grains in ten dollar piece. This
value in gold is the same government coin o
like denomination, with an additional value ii
J silver alloy equal to near one per cent. Deduc
the cost of coming at the U. s. Mint, about one
half per cent, and the actual worth of Clark 4
Co.'s coin is one-half per cent. more than an,
ether coinage.
THE PRINCE AND THE 0RANGEMES. Ki,aqstor,
Sept. s, % A. M.-The 0rangemen persist in pa
rading the streets. They were drawn up on III
wharf as if to receive the Prince, one of the OF
ficers riding up and down with drawn sword
showing no surrender.
; The Prince refused to land and left at 3 P. NJ
for Bellyille, where Orange arch has beer
erected between the wharf and the railroad sta
. ton.
The Orangemen will probably charter steamer
and follow the Prince.
!, The magistrates of the counties of Frontnay