The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-22
Pikc,s Peak Correspondence.
MOUNTAIN CRY, Colorado Ter.
April 18th. 1861,

is made III the mOntn OF WaT", APH
| showers" but which out here are changed
into blustry snow.squalls from the SNOWY
Range. More snow has fallen during tn.
present month on ''the Range" than ia any
previous month Of the season. The SNOW
! storms when the snow falls to any depth,
| all come from the East, and the atmosphere
| is generally about as warm and SOFT Us dur
| ing one of those slow, steady rains Of tho
States. But for the all.tiredest meancst
day you ever saw take one when It SHOWS
on the Range about Is to 20 miles west
Of us-the wind, the cold west wind you
| "rcad about" drives the sleety snow IN
Aurries, and the cold is unbearable. don't
know but have written before something
of these winds; but its subject that VIII
do to "cnlarge'' on. AS . native OF tho
! Prairie State thought had seen some
cold winds-the blows we encountered on
our trip out here want zephyrs, by any
means, but the Rocky Mountains beat Hin.
| ois. Iowa, Nebraska, or any other man, for
imitation. l, you know, used to 6e count
ed pretty good "on the blow" but sub
SIDE But the cold, aside from these days.
is not severe, by any means. We have
had many warm, sunshiny. days through
the winter, and they are increasing now
that Spring approaches. Their effect
seen in the renewed activity in business.
About all the mills, steam and water, are
At work; mining is carried on more extern
sively in lodes and gulches, and where, a
few months ago, bad temper aboundedi
good humor and industry doth more and
more abound. We occasionally have, and
probably through this month will continue
to have, slight falls of snow, but the sun Is
too close to US for it to last long, and every
vestige of Winter is fast disappearing.
An occasional Pilga,n can be seen arri..
ing, as an apant couI Ter to crowds that will
probably come on ''in few days." look
around, curse the country, and go back, as
their predecessors have done before them.
Great preparations have been made by our
cute ones for "salting" the unsophisticated,
ignoramous when they arrive with unpros.
pected, worthless claims, but have an idea
it won't pay as we'll as it did last season.
Too many got taken in and done for them,
eide -, ct al I'll relate one case
that occurred last Spring, just to explain
naodus operandi Of this saline proceeding.
An old man came out in company with two
others, and they set their stakes up in Nc
yada Gulch. The old man went out pros.
pec,ing and though his partners were very
anxious 10 find out where he was to work,
he only let them know by vague hints
"rich thing" "good lode," good thing a.
want"-that he had got something some'
where; and they getting so anxious fol.
lowed him to his shaft (unbeknown to the
old man, of courseD The neat day the
old man had very urgent business at Dem
YER, but before starting he got 50 or $40 in
gold dust and sprinklcd all round in his
Shaft, and started His partners, as mat
ter of course, went and ''panned," and the
result was 81 or 50 to the pan. The old
man came back, and they at him again
about his claim, he refusing to tell them
where it was, and they asked him what he
would take for it anyhow. OF course he
couldn't s.ll-oh no "too good thing to
give away" but if they could raise him
81 500 in cash, so he could 60 home, seeing
it was them. he would let them have it.
They raised him the money, he showed
them their claim, and then "made tracks" I"
As matter of course there was nothing
there, and he had ''salted" them. Hundreds
Of such instances occurred last year, and
many may transpire this, but doubt it.
Yesterday witnessed the first case Of
, hanging since | came into the Noun
tains. The laws, such as we have are
severe, but the result is we have an orderly
people. The case speak Of was for mur.
der. The man was drunk when he com.
mitted the act, and his victim was the per-
son who sold him the whisky. So much
for using "Tads Lightning" Whipping is
the usual punishment and an attempt was
r made to let this man off with $50 lashes
but it did not succeed A few months ago
a couple of fellows, instigated by lust
after some kind Of metal cut the "gudge-
ons" out of CLEGuoRN 4 Co.'S mill shaft.
e We found the gudgeons hid near by the
y mill, and the thieves were arrested in an
adjoining District, tried and convicted, and
received 80 lashes and passport for Amer.
ica." That is the way "frall mortality"
Y gets served out this way.
1 New process for saving gold are contin-
ually being discovered, and experiments
are steadily being tried by our mill men to
further increase he amount saved. 1t Is
very certain that there is more gold in the
Quartz than is saved. 1t has been proven.
} JAMES A. BRowN, of North MEG, is now
engaged in fixing mills in trim Tor their
work. His process appertains more par
ticularly to that kind Of quartz which il
r impreguated with pyrites OF iron, OF which
all quartz here has more or less. lie fixed
one mill which before saved only $50 to
: $40 per cord 50 that it saved from $3.50
= to $3.50 out of the same kind of quartz.
! lie has recently fixed CLEGnoRN 4 Co.'S.
!. mill, which is now rented for few months,
f though En-. BOND engineers it.
: The McGregor delegation, with tho ex-
= ception of JOE WILSON still fight for victo'
y ry. Joe has ''gone the way Of all the
IA Earth" i. e., to America. The elder
D DoDGE has rich claim on the Milwaukee
Lode. and has rented DR.. LlNToN's mill to
: crush his quartz; the younger, under
G stand will 20 over to Buckskin Joe with
S the Hibbard's when they arrive (they arc
f looked for evcry); WILL CAMPBELL, stands
! behind the counter Of Clark 4 Campbell
and is doing well the McCRANEY's, un'
!. dcrstand, have five claims on the Virgins
Lode, which average 5000 per cord and
/ ''is as good thing as they want; JAS
0 BENTON and EZRA REDDIND are the Engi.
r neers for steam saw and quartz mill
r Bob. Busly, is mining, and Enc Bond and
r I arc mill men,"
Everybody is in good spirits, anticipating
4 busy, money making season, and wher
4 the emigration arrives we shall have crowds
e Of people to carry on work.
r Yours truly, JOE. DAUcH.
y P. S-Rcmember me to all the hands in
$ the Office, and ''inquiring friends out
/. Kiss the babies, press the gals, talk love tc
: the old maids, and charge it all to yours,
T JOE.
$ Much obliged for the Times. Long may
7 it wave.
:wA Dutchman, the other day, reading
n | n acconnt of n meefinv came 10 the words