, 1860-12-03
FROM THE GOLD MINES.


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Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribunc.l
drop you few lines, thxt while your read-
ers arc esJoying the vast amount Of lntclll-
geuce that your columns afford, they may at
the k&mo time learn few Items In regard to
this lsolatcd mountain region. Although we
arc about seven hundred miles from tho bal
ance Of creation, We manage to keep well post
cd up in tie transactions there. The news Of
tho victory lately achieved by the Republicans.
was received here with much satisfaction TO-
the maze Of the people. 4 general mass meet
Ing u the citizens Of Denver was held, amid
cheers for honest Abe, speeches, bonf'rcs aud
an anvil chorus Of one hundred guns. Tue
people now feel assured that something, Will
bc done for the Territories. VIC now have
permanent population Of about sixty thou
sand, and q transient population OF about one
hundred thousand more. With go largea pop
ulation and no organized government, 'eve!y
man left to do his own licking, whether good
or evil, 1t ia not little surprising TINT muir
ders and assassfnations are not more frequent
than they are. Almost every town, city and
mining district have different code Of laws.
In such a state Of nfalrs no one feels himself
particularly under any obligations to the laws,
and acts accordingly. Nothing but the good
morals Of the community prevents crime In
every form from being perpetrated daily md
hourly. We lnve had = few murders commit
ted, and few horses and cattle stolen, bnt
whenever the criminals hare been arrested,
they have been 80 severely dealt with that they
stand constantly in fear Of the people, Our
mfues never looked SO fayorably as to-day.
The lodes are without number, aud rnn in
every direction an oSer onr mountains. As
yet the mines are hardly prospected. It will
be years before the quartz lodes are sufficient
II opened to yield that amount Of gold that
they are destined to do. We have about two
hundred mills In the mountains, and nearlyall
Of them In running order. This year With the
mills has been year of experiments. During
the early part Of tho Bcasc" there was hardly .
mill that could work successfully. Athousand
only overcome BY long and patient experience.
That the gold Ia In thaquatz, and in quantities
that will pay largely, there is not the least
doubt.
To-day the majority Of the mills are doing
well, and mAuy OF them extremely well
About twelve hundred dollars per week IL the
average run to tho most Of them: Extraordi~
nary runs are often made As high O. thirty
seven hundred dollars per week have been fre-
quently made by mills crushing quartz from
the Bnsis Loge. The gulchea during the
past season have paid extremely well: In this
section there have been but few gulchea dis
covered, but those have been good. In the
Georgia Gulch, near Blue River, seven aud
eight hundred dollars per day we're frequently
made; the California Gulch paid about tho
came; Spring Gulch, In the Gregory district,
has been worked almost exclusively with hy-
draulic apparatus. It has paid from twelve
hundred to eighteen hundred dollars per week
+hp&1 Ina
year, had the best I. putation Of any, has thls
year done better than ever. Russell d Co.
hare taken out rising sixty thousand dollara
this season, and say that next season it will
pay them quits Is we'll When the mines
were first discovered the mountains were gen.
/ ernlly covered with dense growth Of wood.
| To-day 10 much Of It has been cut off for use
that it Is quite scarce aud commands good
| price. Large cities hare grown up In the min.
| Ing regions, and good building lots arc worth
from one hundred to two thousand dollars.
One Of the most remarkable features In tho
country Is its rapid growth and settlement,
| Denver, q city Of about two years' growth, con.
| substantial brick, dre-proof buildings are stu
| 1tsd in every squire, while the Intervening
| space il Allied up with every kind Of building,
from tent to three story frame. Every kind
Of trade and profession Is well represented
Gambling IL carried on very extensively. Theil
saloons attract larger audiences than any othe'
place of amusement. The agricultural inter
est IL well attended to. Good wheat can be
raised here, and every kind Of vegetables grow
most luxuriently. Our market Is rs well sup
piled rs most Of the metropolitan markets
Game of every kind is abundant. Mexico sup
plies us with plenty Of good mutton, beef aDd
pork.
Reports Of new discoveries are continually
| reaching us from New Mexico. Large pum
tcrs have gone there, and reliable reports o.
rich discoveries aro much looked for. Proyis
ions here are plenty and cheap. Our ware
| houses are Ill well-tilled and more goods con
tinually arriving. We have had some slish
falls Of snow; but, as general thing, we hav'
the most delightful weather.
| Bar STATE.