Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-13
Tn. So. J.a. Ce..sry Asaia.


Ga. Juan Ceantry Again.
We have already give. our opinion Of
tho impoliey Of going TO San Juan until
,b, opening of Spring. promising at the
s.me time to give our readers all the in
,,,matiou we could obtain on the sub
;.ct We accordingly print the follow
inc from private letter received here BY
Tnoupsou Campbell, from . very intelli-
ant and reliable gentleman. bearing
S.,. Of Fort SEQ: Kansas. Nov. 3. 1873:
Yours Of the 25th ult. is received. Re-
..,d,np the San Juan mines, l can only
III YOU what I have heard and read
shout them. In 1850 (the year before !
mi TO New Mexico). o man by the name
y, Bsker discovered some gold in the
lands Of Las Animas rivera branch Of
,bs San Juan--snd reported the dis
eoyery to the miners OF Colorado. and
the result was . regular stamped Of
miners and their hangers-on from COL
orado and New Mexico to the new placers.
Sever al hundred men went there. arriv.
mo late in the season, and although they
found some gold, yet they did
not find the rich diggings they
sYpected, and as they were some 400 miles
ar more from the nearest supplies, they
were Obliged to abandon the country TO
says their lives, and most OF them reached
the settlements in New Mexico in q
starving condition. This was all fresh
when | reached Santa Fe in 1861, and Of
course | heard all sorts Of stories con.
cerniug the country. Some insisted that
i, was q mining country; others that
there was no gold there. The Indians
became hostile about that time, and
nothing was done in searching for the
the precious metals for several years. In
the M eantime it was made (the San Juan
country a part Of the Ute Reservation,
and so was closed against miners and
others, except az they went in in small
parties and in defiance Of orders to the
contrary. About two years ago party
made and reported some very rich dis.
coveries OF gold and silver bearing veins
in the mountains about the sources of
the Animas, Uncompagne and Rio
Grsnde, and these have been fol-
lowed by others, and there re-
mains little doubt but that very
rich veins of gold bearing quartz and
veins Of silver. copper and lend ores have
been found. the country is inaccessible
in Winter-or rather it is now inaccessi.
BILE because there are no roads or stop
ping places; but rs the Indians have re.
, leased it from the reserva ton there is no
other obstacle to its occupation. l think
it would not be safe to 60 there before
about the LIST of May; indeed the
mountains will probably be COVERED with
snow until June, and portions of them
till July. The nearest outftting place
now is Pueblo, lis miles south Of Den.
yer; the route ia via Fort Garland. La
Iona, little town on tue Rio Grande
at the point where the river leaves the
mountains. is the last settlement; the
trail then follows, I believe, the general
course Of the river to its source, some
times along the stream, but generally
along the mountains, either taking the
ridges or slopes-at present a very "hard
road to travel"
/ will not advise as to your trying your
luck in this new mining country. There
will be u great rush from Colorado
and New Mexico as early il the
season as practicable, aud probably also
from all the mining Territories. Supplies
will be enormously high, aud probably
scarce. The time for prospecting in the
higher mountains must be limited to
about four months, but in many places !
See no reason why work on Rivera may
not be prose cuted during the Winter.
There is great scarcity Of provisions 10
New Mexico this season, so that nearly
all the supplies must be drawn from Col.
orado and eastward.
Now, dear Tom, I have written you
all know Of the San Juan country and
It's mines, and, as you will have seen, it
very little. A few men will probably
make fortunes, while ninety nine out Of
every hundred will fail; but you have
been long enough familiar with mining
eIci'ements to know about these things.
TIE MEMORY AT Fault. In yester.
days issue We made reference to the kill
inga Captain Howard at 1t. Louis, Mo.
10 las, by man named Lownsdale. A
friend has called our attention to slight
lnaccuracy in regard TO the intsrposition
OF the Governor Of Missouri in behalf of
Lownsdale. Instead OF having his sen.
.ence committed to ~ years imprison.
ment, Lownsdale received an uncondi.
nonai pardon. After a lapse OF nearly
quarter OF q century, il 10. nothing
strange that our memory should be
I1una somewhat OF fault. Our friend
ALSO informs us that the Governor Of
Missouri--Austin A. King--was besieped
m Lownsdals's behalf by such number
Of ladies that he was compelled to exer-
sise bis constitutional power by pardon.
ing the condemned Lownsdale.
IRE War IN CHiNA.-Last evening a
war broke out in Chinstown between
some OF the Acknowledged damsels, resi-.
asn'' Of those classic precincts. Dur.
ing the melee officer Pearson made q
esatRe and succeeded in capturing two
o. tne Amazons, who were BROUGHT before
Justice Van Hagen on charge OF dis
.aa!o,nR the peace. They plead s'no
.naooee, but the Judge could not soc il
mat light, and fined them ten dollars
:acn' OF in default OF payment they we're
20 receive the hospitaiities Of the Hotel
IT,, 80. ~ We peL1Oo OF uvo Gays.
lucy paid their zines and vent on their
way rejoicing.
" AiLLrNo TIxE.-Nuch excitement
was created last evening at the Capitol
'A'oon' In consequence Of o calf-killinR
uA'cn which took place at the City
market. All the experts assembled to
n, soe me killing and bet on weights. Mar
~, Iu Lannan, Of Mallet's Market, marked
.he weights. and large sums OF money
iSn n. hands on the result. The
c CHsGner boys had killing time. The
sWaampion Of heavy weights at Mallet's
r. alket declared that he was butcher ~
!.ats and never cut gut. A motion
r mss made and seconded to throw him
"uoer the table. which was finally carried.
Qua Nrw EScrsr.- Yesterday We re-.
''.Ved information from Gordon & Nur-
~ OF Salt Lake, that the Baxter engine,
"om Hartford. Conn.,, which 10 TO b.
bv I'm IN running our power presses, was,
R., some curious mistake. shipped to
,ta Asr Hamilton, Salt Lake City, in