Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-01-17
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GAZETTE.
Letter from Dan De Quille.

your many rcautrS. on sec l am DOunu |
to not let my Iowa friends forget me. Two
numbers of the ever-welcome GAZETTE came
to hand this week am glad that there is |
talk Of a line Of telegraph to the Falls. /
had something to say in former letter on
the subject of telegraphs which as now ap
pears was not altogether NAL propos To
get number Of the GAZETTE is like meeting
an old friend fresh from Hawkeyedom, who
has all the news at his tongues end not for
getting the births, marriages and Deaths
no, there is a lapsus memorial, for I believe
have not seen birth published in the Ga
zErrE in two years. What cnn the matter
be? Our papers here have half column of
births to record every week daily press
is not more regular in its issues than are our
spirited ladies' OF the Golden State. A great
many things are here laid to the thawing in
huence of our warm climate, is it not barely
possible that the coldness of yours may have
something to do with this astonishing dearth
of births? or, are your good people properly
mindful of the divine command" increase
etc." but careless about publishing the re-
sub, oily taking heed to fulfill the letter of
the lawy This thing of publishing births
as well as marriages, is great comfort to
Mrs. Grundy, who is notoriously fond of
comparing dates. A corner devoted to the
registry of births, with the weight of the
youngster, color Of his hair and eyes, and
other particulars would give great satisfac
ton and cause many an old lady 20 rub up herr
"specs" and purse up her mouth. But
rerenOus q nos moutons was saying that
| to receive the GAZETTE was like meeting an
old end-well, will stick to what said
Your local columns first claim my atten-
ton, andif can hear of any one with whom
l am acquainted getting into any sort of
scrape am naturally greatly delighted. By
the way, GAZETTE, you're something of n
cuss !-aint you afraid your homemade Lat
in will get you drowned" in something I'M
pleasant? You must look out, my hearty
bomb (can't say whether the fuse was ten
or fifteen second), with such an admirable
precision at the head of her fast escaping
worser half that it exploded at precisely the
proper timeand done immense eXecuton.-
Oh ! that jeff. Davis and all his crew might
be surrounded by d picked band of such
warriors and bombarded to death. And II
word of caution my boy about those
"surprse parties" or the Balmorals
will yet be the death Of you, and in that case
you would never see the reality" Your
head and mine stand about the same on
MILITARY Acumen"-in which think they
agreed with another remarkable head--viz
/ Win. Scott !! Now for something sensible
If possible--about mines, etc
MINES OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
No doubt you have heard the big stories
going the rounds in relation to the great
richness of these mines. We hear much
more of them than you, some stories are al
most too big for even a miners credulity,
and again there is cry Of hnmbug IIav-
ing an opportunity to see all the accounts,
pro Ct con, will give you my opinion.
think that there are places where miners are
making splendid wages, but imagine they
are few and far between. Hundreds of men
will make fortunes and thousands will make
a "lizZle." But there is bound to bc n big
rush in that direction next spring. Many
will go from this country, but the grand rush
will bc from California. Some few have al.
ready gone from this place, and others, re-
galdless of winter and winters storms, are
about to start. We hear quite frequently of
| 500 to the pan-$5 and SO TO the pan is
getting altogether too slow. The large
amounts of gold brought down from that
country proves that there is good diggings
there, but don't prove, as is often asserted,
that they are the richest ever found. They
can never Nc profitable mines to work. The
season for mining is very short, then there
is no fall for slucing, the mines being in a
fiat, swampy region, covered with shallow
ponds. I'm not going. ~ ........
awAsnoE MINES
Our own mines are still in most four
ishing condition. Mills all stamping away
day and night Ophir silver min., and all
other mines on the Conistock lead, still pay
ing big and employing many men and much
macbtrsry. The Gould & Curry Co.. have
-flhill nearly completed which wiz employ
sixty men day and night The building is
in the. form of a cross the main building
being $50 fen loiny with two wings Of IS feet
each. There are two anagamation rooms
S71 feet deep by 90 wide. This is the lar
gest in the Territory. All paying leaets>sel
readily at good prices. A number of new
leads have been discovered lately--some of
them very promising. Coal excitement still
continues. A mine Of good coal would be
a fortune here. Wood sells readily at sl4
per cord-not plenty at that. Big reports
from the mines eastward, on Humbolt river,
some of the proprietors Of the Ophir have
bought into leads there-they say they are