, 1870-04-11
GOLD AT IOWA FALLS.
The shining Mct1a1 Found In Sand
hanks, Flats 0nd Running Brooks
Intense Excitement

The Shining Mcta1 Found In Sand
Ranks, Flats nnd Running Brooks
Intense Excitement.
From tie Dubuque 74snes, Apraa.
The gold excitement At Iowa Falls still eon-
tinues. The duri sacrd flames hsa infected al
classes, and as the old chronic!er wrote in re-
g.rd to tho early colopists Of Virgins, their
Whole thought is upon nothing but how to
.'dig go!d-wa-h gold-and refine gold" Staid
c1c1gymen and dignihed merchanta, hard-hstel
mechanics and adolescent schoolboys, all
dream Of nothing, think Of nothing. aud talk
Of nothing bn. sid {6.t .,tsr Even sn.1s nov.
ton. ss s ready to ' grasp u the solden o.
po1tunity, arc talking OF staking the whole
country out into mineral lots, and, il the pres
ent Excitement continues. We shaN expect to
see the scenes Of sutton's mill-Eacc, and the
famous quartz lead Of 1daho repeated. In tho
WAY Of sensation aud excitement, nothing like
it was over known in Iowa Falls before.
Those Of our readers who peruseJ our Iowa
correspondence, published some DAYS ago, arc
already familiar with this discovery. 4 feT
weeks ago two young men OF that place
started out in search Of game. Along IN the
aftcTnoon, meeting with butindin succeas,
and becoming somewhat weary. they concluded
to indulge in breathing spell. and accordingly
stretched themselves out on , sandy plateau,
near the bank Of the river. While reclining
here, Joking each othes on their " success,
shining particles in the aAnd beneath them,
j and upon scraping eome Of it in theis hands
| the whole mass WAS found to glitter with tiny
| specks resembling gold Hardly knowing what
| it Was, and hardly daring to trust the evidence
| Of their Own senses, the young mon hurrledly
| gathered up quantity Of the sand and took II
f,ome with them. when tho shining pArficlee
we're submitted to the most searching e1a1nln'
alton, md pronounced to consist Of pure gold
There would scem to be no hnnabug. about
the matter. 4 specimen Of the auriferout
sand has been received At this Office, and yes.
te1day few particles Of the glitteting ORE
warn submitted to tho inspection OF Mr.. Il
D. Adams, tho well-known jewe1ler, who pro
rouuced the Bamo to be pure gold. There 4
no doubt in regard to the nature Of the metal
the only question now remaining is, can it b,
II Ill Of tho sand ia as rich as that sent to th
Office IS sample. it would work out from e
| / quantity Of tho eand has already been sen
to Chicago, and the au1iferous metal therel,
contained il said to he the simon-pure article
visible to the naked eyre. Some Of the apeck
| arc so small that the breath VIII watt ther
nway, while others again are as largo ~ til
head Of pin. The sand secms to be tho1
ouehly impsegnated with it, md taking up
handful and holding it in tho 1ayH Of tho auu
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distinguished
Tho young men, finding themselves and dthei
| discovery getting famous. have determined I
keep ahsdy, and resolutely refused to dirnle
the locality Of the gold-bearing sand. Blu
stimulated by their success, other parties hay
since started and returned equally suoceesf1
finding gold on fats, in sand banks, and eve
| il. the bed Of tie Iowa River. One gentleman
4 clergyman it ia reported, who left his foe
to take care Of themselves, succeeded in dns
| nugget worth SEQ, and says ho can find
dozen moro such in an hours walk This pa
. | OF tic story, however, il probably stretched
| little.
Il is gold. Gold bAs been found to exist
Iowa Fills, but in the meantime we would
viao cur friends there to keep cool md not Ia
: | the1pselres in fever. II it il = good thing
/ ! viii be developed soon enough; Il soil, Il
) disappointment will be much better to bes
: when you reflect that you did not make fox
/ Of yourselves over tho discovery. In the mea
time 20 on, dig it out, and il found in payil
: quantities, Dubuque may organize railro
a | company to transport the golden sand h-s
: and work it clean in the WRteza Of the c
. ] Mississippi Who hows7 At al eyents
! ! on and dig, friends, aid let the world knt
| HhAt YOU have got.