, 1860-08-10

tcor,4spoadensa Of ths Prs,s aad Tribunal
Dkxvaa Chr, July .. 1850.
MxssRs. Eul7oas My last letter was dated 1t
Mountain City, and was'writteu few days afser
got into tho mines. OF course, I then knew
but lttla Of mines or miners; since which,
think have learned more about both; lhatts,
know hawk from I hsudsaw; but don't
know how to worm any reliable Information out
Of miner, or &c! gold out Of mine without
labor.
1hare taken pains to visit most Of the mining
sections east Of Tarryall aud the Arkansas yal-
ley, and from observation and information
gained under difficulties, am now convinced
that about one.,hird of the main quartz lodes
will pay on an average of fifty dollars to The
cord Of rock, while some few Of what thsy call
dirtlodes, will pay from three to dvo dollars to
the hushel. In fact, the wealth of those noun.
tains is chiefly in quartz, the gulch mining in-
terests being Ut present too small to induce the
expenditures OF much labor; although they
will yield to vell-direeted labor from three to
six dollars to the hand. But this must be un-
desstood as uninterrupted work, so that the
rains, frosts, and winter, together With the high
price Of provisions and clothing, must be taken
into the estimate BY those who may think of
soning here to get rich.
The mining conntry, as at present worked,
begins below Arkansas, where the best gulch
diggings get found, are located, and extends as
far north as st. Traint, a distance Of about one
hundred miles along the base OF the mouutains,
in general range Of eight or ten miles wide.
Your readers must not understand that this isa
continuous linc of worked mining country.
Gold is only found, as yet, at intervals Of ten
and f}fty miles apart, and always on Soma
stream running souih or enat. There is NOR,
however, in tho futurs Of thus country than is
seen in une look at the mountains, md that OBJ
scured by homesictness. For instance, Cherry
Greek, Clear Greek, Rolaton Greek, and Cole
Creek, will pay On both sides, where gravelleads
and bars are formed, from two to five dollars
per day to the man. The Platte Valley tor q
long reach will do the same. The quartz pros
pecting at present can be included in an area of
ten miles fquare, while there is but little doubt
gold will be found in paying quantities. III differ
ens sections Of the mountains from near The
eastern to the western base Of the range. In
TACT, have seen as good quartz, and that too as
we'll buried, within ten miles If the Gate, as can
be found in Gregory, and having in it color.
But the country will not be fully or even ccm-
paratiyely developed. until railroad is built by
which people can get their supplies from the
States without costing all they can make to buy
them. Hence tho millions of gold which now
lies buried in the grourd, will continue to be
there until that event, so devoutly to be wished,
happens.
it's generally supposed that this country will
not furnish the necessary grain and vegetables
Tor large populat'on-a supposislon natural
enough for casual observer. but in my opinion
entirely erroneous; and as An evidence, hare
seen as fine vegetables now growing. and a.
good barley as you will zee in the States, aud
that, too, without irrigation. Ranchers tell me
that last year Was an exceedingly DRY Gear, but
that they have had plenty OF ram this season.
part Of this city, has a garden Dutchmau
might be proud Of, and he informs me that his
ditch for irrigation has been Of no use to him
for the season. Wherever the sand soil is rest
ing upon clay subsoil, it will, as a general
thing produce without irrigation, but probably
not in deep sand soil
The richness Of the grass here eau only be
known by the rspidity Of the fattening process.
To ba little extravagant in comparison, the
guano man who planted his hill Of cucumbers
with a pinch Of the dust, and found himself en-
tangled in the vines with large seed in his
pocket before he could get to the house, was
'tnoWhere." At the present time cattle and
mules do best On the mountains, as the grass il
richer and fresher.
The frightful things pablished in the papers
about lndians are all stuG-the white Indians
are hundred per cent. worse, and If Govern
ment would send their troops 10 drive those out
the others would be Will enough. OF courre, if
party Of two or four 60 into their country ,snd
are found by them, or more especially neigh
boring tribe, they are pretty apt to loose their
top.knots; but, knowing this fact, none but fools
will venture alone, and such probably will not
be missed Ut home.
Denver is getting to be notorious for shoot
ing md hAnglng. They say they must have 8
man for breakfast every other morning, certain:
but the better class are now forming a visi
lance committee, who will soon a:t upon the
sensibilites Of the gamblers, pimps and frai!
crinolne in such way, that in all probability
yon may look for batch in Chicago in few
days
Politically, there is little said, as ths mining
interests absorb all other questions, except upon
the mail question: Democrats and Republicans
are looking upon the fraud perpetrated by the
| Postoffice Department as a direct game to swim
die, aud that the Washington otfl:luls are impli-
cBteu IN 1t. There Is not q NAN OF any Sense,
but knows that mail cannot be carried from
| the South crossing to Denver for eight hundred
dollars per year, and shat the bid was taken
with an express understanding that it would be
| thrown up, so that Majors i Russell, WHO are
| the hackers Of the Express Company. eau con
tinue the present mail arrangement at twenty
five cents u 1eaer, and pay their employees BY
stealing papers and selling them to you At TWEEN.
II five cents piece. II thls thing is continued,
| you will not only have good bach Of convert
| ed Democrats to vote for "0.d Abe" this fall,
but the miners will have no mail, as the life OF
an expressmau will be worth just enough to him
10 get hin out Of the mountains. Miners more
deliberately, but what they do is done with
"promptness aud dispatch" as collecting LAW
| yers say.
There is IN Assay Office now established in
this city, and the first coin is now out. 1t is =
| very pretty ten dollar piece. On one side is
Pixies Peak, with RoId base; on the other, an
"eaglc as is an eagle surrounded by wreath,
and near the rim the makers names. 1t is sew
enteen grains finer than coin, md contains onl =
The silver in It for alloy.
The banking house Of Turner i Abbotts in
form me that they buy about three thousand Of
! dust week, aud there are five banking houses,
which would gise at that rate fifteen thousand
per week; add 10 This twenty five thousand per
week, taken by merchants and freight men, and
fire thousand By returning emigrants, aud you
have an approximate amount Of dust sent for.
ward weekly, which in fact is but small share
| actually gathered durirr that neriod