The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25
ASUIitEK BONANZA.
Rich Gold Discoveries Reported at Pixies
PeaL-TheC Consequent Excitement.

Peas-TheC consequent Excitement.
LEAIOHLE, COL, April 19.-There is
| considerable excitement liz this city over a
! new gold discovery that has just been made.
The country of this latest craze Is located
west of Pixies Peak, about twenty miles
from Colorado Springs, thirty-five miles
from Canyon City, and from Leadyille
| about eighty miles III the most direct line
that could be travelled. Eighteen years ago,
it is said. the SAINT guich was Overrun by
prospectOrS and miners who We're enticed
there from the surrounding country by the
report that rich piacerS had been found.
With the exception of a few encouraging
cOlors of gold nothing was developed. and
the excitement died tut. For years and
wears nobody visited the Isolated region,
save IA few hunters. Two years ago Mi. ).
). B%radburm, a former Denver druggist,
| who had turned his attention TO prospect
ing, was informed by a South Park ranch
man about the early excitement, and his
curiosity was aroused. He obtained the in
formation necessary to guide him Ia the
gulcl. Starting out alone he made his way
to the place and sank a shaft. At q depth
of eight OF nine feet he struck a
CEMENT-IIhE GRAVEL,
and after having made several vain at
tempts TO pan gold from it returned TO the
valley. Since that time he has wandered
around the country without making perma-
nent locations. The more he thought about
the peculiar formation which he had dis
covered the more he became convinced that
there was something i'll it. So impressed
was this belief, he Went back TO the guich
about four weeks asoand obtained a sack of
the gravel and came Ia LeadvilIe, where he
had it tested with the most astonishing
results. TIE material yielded from thirty
to q hundred ounces of gold To the ton.
Being without means he enlisted a number
of Leadvllle e i'll the scheme,
and led some of them to the Sceie of
the find. The shaft was continued to a
depth of eighteen feet, the greatest secrecy
being maintained by the people interested.
The next set of samples gave about the
same returns OF gold, the average being
over 81, 200 to the ton. In sinking the shaft
the large and barren-lOoking pebbles and
rocks encountered were thrown to one side
as worthless, but one of the party, curious |
to know If they contained any mineral, took |
away a sackful with him. The assay Of
these pebbles gave an average of
f. OUNCE OF d.
to the ton. This proved to them that the
entire body OF gravel was pay ore. The
gravel Was lOu11u III a Vtpt1 Ol ttgIC 1ett
below the loauly dirt, and the bedrock has
not Yet been found. The expedition with
which the mineral could be mined can be
imagined. II the ore is IL rich throughout
as the assays indicate anywhere from S. 600
to $4,000 can be produced per day 10 the
man employed in tie workings. Taken
altogether the discovery is the most mar
Vicious and promising that has been
made for wears. In the twelve To-
cations made in the gulch the dis
,covery shafts have in every instance pene-
tratcd this gravel after having passed
through from six to eight feet of dirt. The
mineral belt has been exposed for a distance
of five miles, and there is 10 telling its OK.
tent, or how many other gulc!:es there are in
the country of equal resources and richness
Quite a number of reliable authorities have
visited the camp, and all pronounce it
wonder. Among these is Mr.. Arthur Cha
mute. There is a large quantity of the ore
in Leadyille in the hands of aSSayerS and
samplers.