, 1861-03-20
PIXIES PEAR;


Rocky Mountains at andiin tie vicinity of ioif
Pixies Peak, hasieen abnndantlY proved.
It isalse vel" understood ,that it is found
mainly in. the quartz, rock, and requires
capital and machinery to! !deye elop it:-::Du-
ring The last summer some three hundred
stamp mills we're put up at the mines; bnt
it ,was, late':in: the season before: they
got successfully at work, ! and very
considerable sums were not realized Add
ed to- The lateness Of the season when on:
eratiens were commenced, was tic if1ex-
perienee of most Of those wlo managed
The mills !: and; all things considered, quite,
as much gold was obtained as could reason-
ably be expected - =
This reason it will be far: different, and
tic western States may expect to be largely:
benefited: BY: the: Increased receipt of
gold from this promising region. Wehaye:
heard 2 the aggregate estimated at millions
OF dollars, and even at the lowest figures
we have heard named, : western. interests
Will be largely benefited !by this nav:
source Of wealth. It will furnish q large
market Tor oudfi: products. The miners
will ,;looko to- eastern Kansas,, and
Nebraska, to- western Iowa and to
Missouri for their beef pork, flour;
provisions Of all kinds. mules
horaes and catle, and the AMOUNT required
will: be very large and constantly. .increas.
ingg:7:' It s:true that all these articles win
he purchased in the section Of country. very
considerably ): =west of,ns7 but this: demand
from the Rocky Mountains, draining that
region, will take off the produce that with
git it would, :bes pressing eastward with
ours and d: thus help to glut the market: The
entire northwest has therefore q direct in
terest il the success {of:every quartz mill
th&t is taken to Pixies Peak; =
:: The manufactured: articles and the mer.
ehandise Tor all That region viii be furnish
ed, by, St. Louis and Chicago Or the smaller
cities upon the, Missouri. Our own share;
Of the trade is by no means what it should:
;be;5'but heretofore the goods shipped BY; Tic
Burlington g. Quincy and the hannibal &
s-'Joseph Railroads from this city haye fui;
nished no. inconsiderable items in tiieearn-
.ings Of those roads, When the extensions
ofthe Rock Island and The Galena Rail:
ways are: completed directly through to
the Missouri, Chicsgo dealers will grasp
fhe lions share ofthe trade Of the new Ter-
:rltory Of Colorado. Hence the Importance
of building those roads at the, earliest pos.
.sible'moment. = ':'.i ~:5. 49,"
:c Thereturns which western, farmers and,
ne1chants will receive for their sales viii
DO deeidad1v, saliafarfn.5;--LTo tia
" Yellow dust will be far preferable to
=" "banhsrags" even though they be " well
ssfqured"' 2qt A by the. ,stocks of. Southern
States n,infusion-of coin to an unli1nii.
ted extent into the pockets. Of our people
VIII be 3 dispersion devoutly acceptable.
9 With q. Q. continued demand for our staples
Of fair: prices from the seaboard and from
Europe, and with the new and valuable
market that IS oEenjng up at Pixies Peak,
the West has most encouraging prospects
before her: It Is true that=theso promising:
tokens + Of returning prosPerity=may be de-
[hyed, or for;a time blasted by the; treason
I'D y folly that are rife fn=the Gulf States;
put d i ourp political troubles canbe adjusted, |
;lle 4 :m'|Qst sangune would scancely dairro to
lreaiet :hqw rapid aud: substantial will be
he;p M MEq}ggrsasive }g loppmnsnt:ot the: West: