The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-03-28
McGREG0R, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH %, 1865.

decent luck, they are all o. X. Ifhe expects
to CO me here and make his pile in six month.
or year, all he has to DO to find out his mis-
take ID to try it on. .....
! When arrived hare wort in for gulcl
claims and guleh mining, but soon found tina,
was not my forte and gave it up a. bad Job
Last May commenced prospecting for quart,
lodes, and have remained In this business eve.
since, and shall continue to do 20 while re.
| mais in the country. have bcsn very sue.
cessful, and have already sent to Philadelphia
large I'm 'unt. and h,v" quite lot on hand
now. Town three lodes. 22o0 feet ia each
The last one I opened is the best; il has Gre.
ated considerable excitement here. and Is nam.
ed the MuaDock LonE. after our good friend
"SAA' Of Claytoa county. Il has . crevice
two feet in width, and prospects gold ansly-
Let me say word or two about the quarts in
this country. Ibelisve il is the richest quarts
country yet known; at least II Is acknow led xed
to be by all the quartz prospectors and quartz
dealers that hive conversed with. In every
instance where lodes have been developed to
the depth Of SD or 100 feet, not one has prov
ed failure; it 10 true nen have staked every.
thing in tho shape Of quartz, and sent OF to
New York thousands Of feet Of bogus "prop.
erty," a. they call it here, but that thing 10
pretty we'll played. We have only one mill in
operation in this cosntry yet 1t is situat.d 3
miles southwss Of Helena, on the Sultana
lode. Before the mill VAS in operation the
lode was not supposed to be and probably IL
not any better than maay others. Claims we're
selling for = mer. npmnA sum; now they are
worth from ten to twenty-five thousand dol
lars; there ara 200 feet in claim. The Sui
taaa pays in the nsighborheod Of eight thou.
sand dollars per month above expenses. and
they have only worked to the depth OF ~ fe {
It increases in richness ~ they go down. The
crevice is only ~ inches wide. Many of Us
quartz hunters labor under great disadvantages
for want Of means to dcvelope lodes, and con.
sequently have to sell At small figures. There
will be many mills put in operation next SUM-
mer in this vicinity; as near as I can learn
about twenty. Quartz business is going to be
suC PeSu0ucus OuStuCSS VI Su0 COuNtCy.
have not attempted to picture or misrep-
resent things in any shape, but give you aud
my friends = simple statement Of facts, as
understand them. hoping that those Of my
acquainsances and those take the liberty to
call my friends may look the matter over care
fully before they sacrifice their means. home
comforts and everything that is worth living
for, on such great uncertainties. Mt more
than one out Of hundred realize what thew
anticipate, aud have to return to their families
and friends IN shame and humiliation. Men
writing from here to their friends often show
but one side Of the question. II q man or
few men make little raise, they are careful
to note it and send it home in such way that
it will excite whole neighborhood, forgetting
to tell Of the hundreds of others who are
working hard and have been for years.
and who have made not q rcd more than Door
living.
Flour is $26; corn meal $25; bacon 7Octs;
lard e5cts; butter -; 'beef. by the side, 500;
bce'steak 25 to IS cts; fresh pork IS cts; po.
tatoes, Is cts; onions 90 cts; tobacco 81 to
Sc; whiskey $40 to $l6 per gal on; coffee
81 ,25; sugar 65 to 70 cts. Good working eat
tie are worth $3.50 per yoke; cows SIS to
500. Truly yours,
F. MIrcurgr