The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-02-02
CORR SPO.V.DE.v'CE.
MOUNTAIN CIrY, Pixies Peak,
Jan'y Sd, 1860

In the first place, wish you to know
that the Pixies Peak region is not Calfor-
MIA. neither in the gold, climate, nor ag-
ricultural purposes. Yet gold is here In
abundance, and many who were not in
California, and some that were, but not
in an early day, think there is mere gold
here than there ever was in California,
and some express themselves that there is
more in five miles square than the whole
OF Cal. But ] can assure you. and the
rest of mankind, that have known more
gold taken Cut of one gulch there-the
the size of Russel's here-than the whole
Pixies Peak region this last year. Some
reason this way: "Wiy, the gold is all
dug there already" They are badly mis-
taken. They don't take into consideration
the hundreds of thousands of people mi
ming there, while there is only few hun
dreds or thousands, at most, here as yet;
and when | was there (Cal. the claims
were from 15x3O feet. and a man could
hold but one workable claim; here they
are 50xlOO feet, and man can hold hun
dred by purchase, however so sham; and
his titles are good; while others that is
not 50 sharp. but more Industrious and
honest can't procure any only by chance.
Many of us think there ought to be a
remedy for the evil of monopolizing, we
think every man should be compelled to
work every claim he holds. as we don't
wish to take their claims from them, as
some have paid out their hundreds; yet
the most of them paid nothing more than
the price of recording (SlD which holds
the claim good till next June without being
worked or represented.
The richest diggings yet discovered in
this section. is in the leads, or as some
call them. "ledes," between two wall
rocks. The crevice varies from four inch
es to four feet wide, and in fact some
times closes up, but by blasting and dig.
ging it is opened again. No one, as yet,
knows how deep they 60, as none has
found the bottom. Some Of these has to
be dug thirty or forty feet before raising
the color then some. some pay big. II
all the leads took such deep digging,
don't think they would have been dis
covered yet, but the first one, and the best
discovered. paid from the top of the
ground. | have heard of no one but Greg
DRY, Of Georgia, that knew anything
about them before discovered here, and
think if he had not discovered them they
would be lying dormant yet. But Gods
will be done, he was the one appointed,
and he worked the wiros well-probably
to the tune Of hundred thousand. He
Gregory had his failings as we'll as the
rest Of US. lie loved gambling, women,
wine. He has gone home to bring out a
quartz mill in the spring, and was met in
st. Joseph by friend who was coming
out here, who says he lost about seven
thousand dollars the night before, an ]
started for St. Louis that morning, and
thinks he will lose the balance before he
gets home Enough Of him-back to the
crevices. AS general thing the quartz
and dirt in them pays well; some much
better than others; there has been a hun
dred dollars per day taken out to the hand
out of the dirt Of these crevices, besides
the quartz; that is not so bad for humbue
diggings. There is many blind leads (st
called) which shows no indications o
leads on the top OF the ground, which
has caused several tunnels to be started
in or through the hills or mountain
Some dozen, more or less. but none ha
found anything but hard digging as yet
But they are determined to probe the bow
els of the mountains and see what they
contain. They are in some hundred ant
forty and feet, and come to mountain rock
where it takes steady blasting. and then &c
but a few inches per day. Some has three
sets Of hands, and work them day ant
night; they are within less than fifty fee
Of one of the richest leads, and probabl,
when they get to that they will be bette
judges of what they are digging for. Th'
miners have grunted them from four t
five hundred feet on all undiscovered leads
and give them per cent. for the use o
their tunnel and railroad, of those that j
discovered. The most of the miners ant
l think they will make a good thing Of il
| will let you know as soon as anything !
found in them.
They have introduced a mineral rod
, find and locate the leads, which takes wit
some greatly. but it has not been her
! long enough to be thoroughly tested. A
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