Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-01-12

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aaas N loas ago that yss mag havs
ii, | bars eoncladed to send
ron : communication eansaraing matters
md sAfsgs aa siiis far. Sff Western cosn.
~. wifi not bother you Or annoy your
-padess sash saiaats dsscFips|a of shs |
country Of la1glhy dissertation 90 any /
particular sub ecs--~hiie the former has
stsrasssa 50 much accession as % De Ifa-
1iliar 10 all your readers, the latter
would bs uninteressing and tedious.
T,hs mfaes that bare attracted 80 mneh
as.eaiien la this eoanAsy ase eoaiaed,
principally, to one looslity. Alder
Guiek being the only placer diggings that
have been sufficiently Developed to aFsss
shs richness Of tbs mines. This gulea is
situated In about the s0sty~sixsh parallel |
Of latitude, and u just on the eastern |
slope of the Rocky Mountains is Ieagth |
10 tweusy miles, the greatss pariien of
which vas rnSuod daring tbs season just
closed. Il would be impossible to form
any correct estimate as 70 the average
sIpay'' to the claim. Fortunes basebeen
taken from a single claim, while others
have paid from tolsrably well, 70 scarcely
above expenses. II has been estimated,
A
.by those sho claim to hare very good
means oeljadging. that during ihsIPast
sammer, The aggregate anouns taken out
OF the galsh was scarcely less tbln ton
Of gold per day Commencing Al the
head oltAe guleh there Is q town sailed
Summit, which derives lbs name from its
locality. Descending about four miles
you came 10 the towns of Pine aruss and
Highland, ahous one mile interviewing
| betw cen them. The above named towns
conEain q popalatioa 10 itbe aggregate OF
over one sheusapd. Tha foSmsE-suan-
niis--is Of the most Importance, an ] il
Indeed quite a starring place. Virginia,
il sin four miles farther down the gaieh,
aud is The great soansseia. smpuriurn
of all this mesutain eouHeryt It's Aopu-
Iltsion will probably reach some eight or
lien thousand. There appearsto be Gsoms
diversity Of opinieu as to wheaberi Fir-
ginia City will occupy the relation 20 the
igarrdunding country, ID the future that
lis does 1t the present. Those who take
I the Affirmative cite DenvsF IA PRECEDENT,
while shose who give il the negative,
eohtentl there Is no comparison. The
arguments Of The latter are that DenVer
has o beautiful lseatioa, good EataE and
is tue Tass tswn ga tbs plains before Jos
reach the mountainous mining coantryi
whils Virginia City possesses meme Of
these advantages. All lock forward 4
the time when gulch mining will Civ
out and then the country must iepend o.
! quartz s'ieads,n in which it is nuques
aenabIy very rieh. Ia thai eyess tn
, mining operations vii, 60 a greater o.
less extent, be rem ote from Vifginii
! City, and whether she viii then nahnsair
Der present Importance is matter 9
question. Two and q bali miles doWl
I the gulch from Virginia, you wili hay4
: passed Central and Nevada, the Latter o
which 10 of 40 mean inportanea rs 1t Ia
i population Of not less than three thOus
and. Still further down two miles i
situated Junction City, which is = smal
o place at the present, but its inlaabitani
: claim s'big things for il next season.
. Most OF the inhabitants of this regio
|" are refugees from the Southern States
% the largest proportion being Missoariau'
y the balance are from Colorado Cailfoi
o MIA, Nevada and the other States.
% All new eoasrs are ssyIed ssPilgFims,
- ansi arc not treated with resaarkab
q courtesy by the old settlers. Indeed Ml
!. I"pilgrim" il generally set to ono sid
le shea be appears as the rival to sscis
Il Esn1, for any favor THAI IL 70 be bessoT'
+ 10 the way of labor, 70.
. These mountain mining camps, as th'
ara called with singular appropEiatiE
asss, are eonktanily agisaEsd by whaa a
ie called "ssaupedes p q new Discovery
. announced and ponies imnediatly goa
u to $1,000, and of go large crowd wi
N stgsub,a piok, shovel and paa. AZ
., general thing they are failures. r
H. priekly Pear and Deer Lodge countri
are nov attracting considerable astsnti
both ~ to gulsh and quarts minir
There 10 little doubt thas they are both q
= without some real merit. Priskly Pear
distant about sixty miles from here q
lis tsihssary Of the Missouri. ID
! Lodgs Ia ca the western slope of
Rocky Mountains, sni nov bids fair
= be i plaee Of considerable isnportan'
se both Is . mining and agricultural 4
ral lries. The American Ear Gumpea3 b
- long had sraaEag poss sstabiisAed
= i that point, and 4 fey half breeds .
3 lFrsash sssahlishsd thenssIyss there 10
he before shis was known asaza aaEifsrs
or country fsafas43
e The election, under the new TeFrstor
~ y organization, shis fall, resulted h q %
"a Iplsse Dsmasratio FicsoFy. 10 this ga
10. lwhish ooaaains oyar swo-saisda Of the .ps
De lulasiou o. the whole TssrisoFy, me Bls
!. ~ Republicans were beaten over two 70 O
ali The whole Of the gov ernment patrons
ra- ~ss anscrapoasiy saasalis their fassr .
ar the rssals aAass be extremely asossifyi
SCI 70 shem. ba8 aat y sel'ep1te i
am The society III this country is s!rat