The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-02-07
otter from Pixies Peak.
DENVER CRY, Jan. II, $50

DEAR JoURNAL-It having been some
time since my writing, | will endeayor to
give the present prospects of our New I'll
dorado, the Rocky Mountains. Probably
at no period within our existence, have the
prospects of the mining region OF the
Rocky Mountains been brighter and more
hopeful than at present. Though the &c
ky has been long and the labor severe.
that has been required to prospect the
country, and establish beyond the perad-
venture Of a doubt, the existence Of the
auriferous and mineral wefiih with which
the Mountains abound the fact is IN.
controvertibly Established and the day
of realization is near ar hand.
To the pioneers of Jefferson too much
credit cannot be awarded. They have
shown a courage, a resolution and an in
domitable disposition to srcceed, II the
face Of the most adverse circumstances
They have braved pubic opinion, resisted
a sureing tide of panic-strlcken men who
came on, loud in their Loast of va'or and
determination, and fed, still louder ID
Tl6lT 6UdlilCuldS dud CufoSoj hhob -
berated from the Atlantic to tie Pacific,
and have held OH through the suns OF
Sumner and the SHOWS Of Winter, to the
present dag Of dawning prosI enty. 1t is
a pleasing thought that ut last tier Ia
bors, privations and struggles are about
10 he rewarded. We do not think that
INV one can review the past, aud calmly
considerth the condition of the present, with
out coming to the conclusion that We have
lust expressed. All must admit that
heretofore our career has been Que Of cx-
pertinent and development that the first
Summer was experimental in gulch min
lag, and tie second in the opening OF
quartz leads, and experimenting with
mills. aud yet within hat time we have
found means to live, and many have made
their piles. We have also built towns
and cities whose extent aud solldlty OF
business and Improvements cannot be
eouaIled by any in the world OF a like
age. AS TAR as explorations have yet
been prosecuted gold and silver have been
found in a region of country extending
from the Black Hills on the North, tc
New Mexico and the San Juan Noun
:aias on the South and it is the settled
opinion of those who have explored the
county, South and West o. US aud have
made IA gold belt of the Earth their study,
that the richest mines on the Continent
will be found between the sources OF the
San Juan river and the head Of the Gulf
of California. But within the ltmlls OF
our immediate neighborhood there is ev-
cry reason that a sane man could require,
TO believe that there are riches ililmltable,
and that ali the preliminary labor has al
ready been expended that is necessary to
make them productive equal to our most
sanguine hopes. In proportion to the
Weld of gold, viii be the increase aus
prosperity in every branch of business F.;
consequently, if we are correct III tie
conclusion that we have reached of pro-
duct,veness on the part of the mines
during the next season, and an abundance
of gold in circulation. we may naturally
expect cur streets will be crowded with
q business men-wlth lnnumcrable
teams-with the hustle and excitement
incident to prosperous trade-wlth the
growth and improvement so pleasantly
engcndcrcd, ana will be in fact the zeal.
ization of those hopes for whosefullllment
we have waited for two long years.
[ will give you the yield of gold. J
witnessed the retorting Of last week Will
] was in the mountains. From four cards
of quartz taken from til" Gregory lead
which belongs to Col: J L. Bates, there
was 1856 60, which | think pays well 10
the trouble required to obtain the oar.
Respectfully yours, c. P. SLADE.