The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-02
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\ EThe iowa City Press learns from : private
7 letter that Capt Kelley, Samuel Workman, Jno
Bullock, 4. ". boaHS and wm. Kiassy, form
1 erly Of that city, are enrolled among the MIN.
! ute-men of Nsuphls, Tennessee. sgi,lo ris :
~ We learn that q. young man by. the name oi
Ritcher, residing near Troy, IN this county, was
i 4 few days ago, badly wounded by the accidefitSl
discharge Of pistol in the hands of compsh.
ion. i is feared she wound viii prove fatal lS
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b. TEE CAcTus MAx..--We see that the Rocky
Mountain Cactus man has arrived at Davenport,
and shst the editor of ne Gazette iIinecstaciss.
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. Editor Hc.sk- Ex,s-AsI am blssssd With more
spare time than l can put in 70 my own satisfac'
tion IN the Mountains. have concluded 70 send enc
you few lines in regard to matters and things
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You viii expect me, Of course, to speak first
Of that prolific subject, the weather; but I shall
pass that subject, by saying that for the past two
weeks the cold has been very severe, ranging
from twenty-five to thirty degrees below zero
going a. low as thirty.fve. We have but very
little snow in the mining vicinity, but have only
to ascend one of our tai! bills to feast our eyes
on mountains upon mountains Of snow, and the
piercing winds that come down upon US from
those eternal snow-capped Peaks make US think
of eur pleasant homes and genial fires in the
States. ~ .i1i VI
We are just at this time having very dull
times; most of the quartz mills, which are the
life of business here, are now standing still wait
ing for water; the water in the gulches having
entirely froze up, but the weather-wise, and
those who spent last winter in the mountains,
say that we shall have January thawn in Feb
ruary, and plenty Of water after that. The, few
mills that are running are doing better than they
have ever done before, as they have their choice
in the quartz. 'l'-' ,'sH-4i ''
The miners are busiIy engaged in getting out
quartz, and every thing promises well for the
mills this Spring There are more miners at
work on paying quartz on these mountains than
at any previous time, as the severe cold weather
has put an end to prospecting, and driven the
miners under ground to work the claims already
discovered.
That you may have some idea Of the number
of inhabitants winterng in the mountains this
winter, would state the fact that at the Elec-
ten in this District last week over 1900 votes
were cast and while speaking of the Election l
would say to the old companions of "Dick Lever
see' on the g. B. & Q. r. r. that he was elected
President Of our District by over 300 majority.
I suppose you understand our form Of Govern
ment here. Each Gulch is an independent SOW
ereign District or State by itself, make their
own laws and penalties, see them executed, and
elect their own officers, and when 'lawyers dis
agree, )" the dear people take the law into their
own hands, and decide in public meeting what
is right, and enforce their decisions (what gfo-
rious country for South Carolinians.) There is
an abundance of everything in the provision
line, and most of the staples can be bought at
States cost and freight, and dry goods for much
less. 1t is rather vexatious to the mill men to
have their hands tied just at this time by the
Frost King, but we are trying to console each
other with the fact that his reign will be short,
and that the winter of our discomfort will be
followed by Golden harvest. But in the mean
time there is nothing lost by US, but we are get
ting our mills in perfect trim, and trying expert
ments to save the gold when we can run.
1t is the settled conviction upon the minds of
all here now that there is plenty of gold bear
ing quartz here, and that money judiciousy in
vested in getting the gold out will be a good in
vestment. We have been visited this winter by
capitalists from Boston, New York, and other
Eastern cities, who have returned to the States
to make arrangements to invest largely in the
mining and quartz crushing business, and this is
the class of men that we most need here now
The men that come here expecting to make
fortune in two or three months without any cap
tal to start with, will, formerly be disappoint
ed, and will have to take up the old wall again
such to stay at home. 1t requires men of nerve
and some capital to make the stern rocks yield
their precious treasure.
Burlington is pretty well represented in our
district this winter, as you would think if you
could see the crowd that gathers in our Par1or
every mail day to borrow the Harkeye By the
way do not get more than ono in two weeks,
but presume it is not your fault. But am re-
minded that our Uncle Sam has to carry this
letter long way for three cents, and will not
make it any longer. Yours, truly, B.