New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-25
PIXIES PEAK.
EROM COLORADO TERRITORY.

Col. n. j Bond. Of Buckskin Joe, in the Rocky
Mountains. seventy miles southwest OF Denver, and
near the head-waters OF tie Arkausas South Platte,
and Blue rivers. gave us II call yesterday. THE
Blue il an afuent Of the Colorado, aud Buckskln
Joe lies this side but Just at the foot Of the dividing
ridge or snowy range Of tie Rocky Mountains, the
route TO ii from Denver leading mp the South Platte
and through the South Park, which Col. Bond re-
CARDS as one Of the PIE, sanest spos Of earth with
deep, rich soil already in good part taken up by set
Tiers, mainly for ranohe." or catle-iarms Aggri'
culture ia steadily gaining ground in and about the
Rocky Mountains, vegetables being largely grown
about Denver Prices at Buckskin Joe month
.ince were IA follows: Bacon 80 per cwt. Flour
So do Potatoes l2i cents per pound.
| The mines were yielding finely throughout the
Mountains-some Of them generously; though d
course great many get their labor for their pains
and are intensely dsgusted with pixies Peak.
Labor at Buckskin Joe was 81 per day, and good
many hands were employed in Mining at that rate.
But grea, many who attempted to mine on their
own hook. with little or no capital experience,
soon exhausted all their means and would gladly re-
turn TO tho States ii they could borrow the means
Col Bond is confident that the development OF the
cold of the Rocky Mountains has but begun. lie
states that the washing Of the sands of the Arkansas
had but begun thi. season, aud there promise
that ten 70 twenty miles of that stream would pay
for tuning. In one place, some washers had got
down ten feet in the bed Of that ryer, and had
reached sand that paid over 81 to the pan, when the
Fall rise Of the water put stop to their operations,
while they must have still been some feet from the
bed rock. OF course they were confident OF dong
much better further down.
Col. Bond showed us nuggets nearly pure worth
from 40 TO $40. with several retorted lumps worth
from 800 up to 81 400. They looked inviting but
we siill believe majority Of those who 90 to the
Rocky Mountains Tor gold will wish they had waited
for the Pacific Railroad
The 81 pieces minted at }uekskin Joe are indIiier-
ent .pecimens OF tho coiner's ART but the $5s and
$40, turned ont 8, Denver by Clark, Gruber n Co.
would satisfy tie most faEt!dious And Col. Bond
aseured us that many of them have been recolned al
Abe L. S. Mint Philadelp hla, and have proved worth
their face with enough over to pay the cost OF com
AGE. We believe that ia not usual with volunteer
coinage, not even in California.
One Of the ecourges Of " Pixies Peak il impure
or aduerated dust, which passes from haId 10 mana
n, sls per ounce when It is not really worth Si''
Nobody wishes TO bear the loss involved IN s essay,
and 50 it is kept travelling, when the public interest
demands that it should be assayed and ITS actual
value established. SO We zee that deproclaed
currency is not a nuisance in paler-money regions
alone.
Col Bond is confident that men Of brains and
means NAV vet do well in Colorado, and that Pike 8
p.aL /. NOT - rlaved ont ly ever 80 much, though
some luckless fortune-hunters may be.