Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1859 — Gold from Pike’s Peak. [ARTICLE]

Gold from Pike’s Peak.

The Leavenworth Times of the 12th, publishes the following business letter addressed to the house of Smoot, Russell &. Co., ot that city: “Denver Crrv, June 4, 1859. i rs? n< * yuu to ' tla y per Leavenworth City and 1 ike’s Peak Express, gold dust am. • tmg to $403 35, for which yen wilj . g've me credit. The package markon 1 latte River gold, and worth here $lB per ounce. 1 hat marked Jackson &. Boulder is also $lB. . This Jou will observe is a very hue specimen, and is calculated to have a ifood effect, il seen by California miners. It resembles California gold more closely than 1 " n v other yet discovered.

“I write you hoiestly, gentlemen, and it ia mv firm belief that in two weeks I will be able to ship you as purchasers on consignfrom f ' lve to ten thousand dollars “The gold in the largest package is from Gregory, and is saved with quicksilver. For this I paid $lO per ounce. As soon as possible advise me as to the real value of each specimen. “The mines are surpassingly rich, so old miners say. They are astonished and cannot believe it, even if they do see it. Claims are being sold every day at from $1 per foot to $20,000. These are representations made to me by parties in whom I have the most implicit faith. “The holders of the gold district at Gregory’s demand $20,000' for it. This is too in lien, and I will not give it unless you instruct. lam willing to give sl6,oo'>. “Since I wrote you last, the reports from the mines have continued to grow more en- ' couraging. New ieads have been struck and proven to be equally as rich as those about which I advised you in my last. At Gregory's those who have their claims fully open are making from SSO to SIOO to the man per day. Respectfully, G. M. Foy.” An express agent arrived in this citv with the above gold, and took the cars for New 5 ork early yesterday morning. Tiie gold was seen by some of our citizens, who estimate its value at SBOO. It is said to have been the pure stuff and no mistake.