, 1860-07-30
FROM PIXIES PEAK.
1nterenlln. Letter frunl DR.. John r.
Da.sctk Ut VIII County.
fCa:rts2oudencc of tie Tre=s aud Tnbune1

Correspondence Of the Tre.s aud Trbune1
MOUNTAIN Ctry. July 1ttb, 1870.
Ia 1ultl!Mens Of promise msde You en-
the ese OF m: departure for these roId 1e.
g'oo' Viii Eog endeayor TO group few
facts that may proTc Of interest to yourselves
aud your numerous renders. l bad promised
numerous personal friends to write them when
should have arrived III The mines and made
sufficient observation to make letter interest
INF, md l we'll reco'lect your suggestion. that
il | wonld address my letters to the Paxss Asp
TRIBUNE. my friends would get them, aud ,ta,
thousands would be interested in the facts I
nrgat communicate, who had no persoual
knowledge OF me. l adopt your sugRestioc.
arrived at Denver Joiy 3. and spent the day
Ii that new and wonderful city. Chicago cIaisns
and deserves great credit for the rupidty Of it's
growth aad the activity Of its business. hut
Denver is likely 10 rival 1t in small Nay. Lust
year but few people had congregated there,
and drove 1 small trade with tho emicropts
aud miners Ia the mountains. Now, e7eu thus
early in the season, it is city Of many thou.
sand inhabitants, extensive business and great
acuvity- 1t is destined to be a1ways an im-
portant point Of business and the great ta.rtpot
to the rach mining regions lying ab3ve and
around it. There are published at Denver two
newspapers 4, The Hera1a, q daily and weekly,
mad the Koeky Mountain Attcs, weckl,-both
able and well conducted institutions. made q
brief acquaintance with the editors Of boih pa-
pcrs, ard found them courteous and geutlenan]r
PeTsons. ] wish them, what they richly de.
herve, much Success in their vocation, Tbs
Droadwelt tH9uee, the principal hotel of thr
uAy-
/ celebrated the 4th Of July in taking weary
journey IRON Denver to this plac-. Al D,nyer.
Golden City, this mountain town, and all the
lltte places in the monutains, the people we're
appropriately celebrating the Nations birth.
day.
This Aouatain City is worthy of a brief
notice. 1t is general title that properly in.
-cndes what were originally distinct aud separate
settlements. 1t includes Gergory's and Kus-
sells Diggtnge, Missouri City, Central City
and several GuIch settlements, in all coverirg
containing population Of many thousand
people. Hoto many Thousand it IS difficult to
ASCERTAIN, III it would be about as easy TO count
hlyc of bees AS to enumerate 1he moving,
shifting inhabisants Of these Mountain Gulcies,
lsuppose that ten thousand people would not
w OH oftAE@ttA4A,E VI kAQ3E T4Q NfG uQH HitH1U
the boundaries mentioned. Good Judges es.
innate the number Of people in Ill tie rocky
Mountain mlnes at IRON iorty 10 fifty thousand.
do mol ihtnk it an oEer. .esuul8to There are
numerous trading places, ranging in importance
irum trlnkets aud red eye whisky in road side
tent 10 heavy conmert1ai houses where trade
amounts to hundreds OF thousands Of dollars su-
lualy. There appears To be good supply Of
most OF the ueedlui art'c:es OF trade il This
uurke1, 1T prices ranging generally from one
u three hundred per cent. Abore Chicago rasea,
There are numerous hotels and boarding
houses where reasonahly good accommodations
can b. had, ut prices ranging from sig 10 twelve
dollars per week. Drinking SALOONS and rsm.
bling houses, III in afl p1lning regions, are
plenty, und attended with the usual disorder.
misery and crime- As u general rule, the peo.
pie are intelligent, orderly and iuouatrious. and
with no low bus the miners code, nre law.
abiding, civil cotnmuuitF, with less crime aud
iniqrit* sh4n In communities OF similar size in
tic :state8.
The healthinrss Of the people in these rnoun-
tain towns u prorerblni. hotwth standing thu
great chauge IN cin1a;e, mode OF living, and ,he
great exposures they all subject themselves 10,
+. There IL but little sickness In tbs mountains.
The air is verY much rarlGed, aud new comers
hnd 1t difficult to breathe the mountain air:
active exelclse brings quick md IRborious res
pttatlop, aud persons are Obliged to t4ke rest
often until the lungs become accustomed to the
&AIiue4 2I oI hQe LuCuutd1n34 Il &Iu not Able vet
" Speak OF the direases peculiar to this climate
The weather has ita peculla1iiie From 1bc
10Ih OF 18th Of July unttl the lat of September
IL called the rainy seasnp. The forenoona are
cie4r and pleasant, but in the aitsepoon there
will b. numerous showers, lasting from fiy, 10
fifteen miontes. These showers are commonly
attended with thunder aud lightning. often Of
ihs most terrific character. We feel that We
arc in the midst Of the clouds and that the lpht-
ming il playing about our rery heads, while
laruDg from one mountain top To the other.
The crash Of thunder ~ It reverbefa3es from
peak 10 peak Of theAe towering mountains. isin-
aulsaly Resndcr- thxu suy thing Of 1hs kind that
can be experienced ID thu valleys OF. the couti-'
uent- 1hlve not learned that any person has
ever been injured BY lightning IN the noun
talns. =. =,
Ibe wafer Of the mountains is tAo purest and
sof1est that / evrr saw. The streams are full
t1pm kpFingG buhbling from the mountain side,
and tho melting SNOW OF the m,ddle ranges.
The water trcm the spring is as cold II ioe wa
ter, and clear as crystal, md ia as SOFT as dis.
tll!<d or clear rain wafer. 1t is used for wash
ing aud culinary purposes without any incon-
vrui-ucu from atkalies.
The mountains ns course a1o not ADAPTED to
| agricuiture; WITH few rare exceptions, our
common cereals aud garden vegct soies cannot
be successfully raised here. Several attempts
Ut gardening were made in faVor1tc localities in
iLe mountains, but The frost deatroyed every
Tpkei4hle 1lat put its head aboEe ground.
Now tor the main issue. What of The mInes3
In the ten days that I hare been in the mlnet,
! hssa 'nsde pretty extensive obsesvatson OF
&A3 probable mineral Eesourcen OF tleRa Wcn1r