New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-13
FROM THE PIXIES PEAK GOLD REGION

From Our Own Correspondent
DENVER CITY, Pixies Peak, Oct. 20, 1860.
Two years ago to-day the first house was built
upon tho present site of Denver, BY Gen. Viii
liam Larimer and his party, who had just arrived
from LeayenwOrth. 1t was rude log cabin,
only six feet high, with dirt roof Now, Den
yer has three daily newspapers, two churches,
theater. several brick blocks which are unsur-
passed 10 any city west Of st. Louis, and
population of 5000.
A gentleman who has been canvassing the
mining region for a business directory, furnishes
me with some interesting statistics. There are
| IT'S quartz mills in the mountains, which, upon
the ground, in running order cost in the aggre-
gate about $l,s00,000. rs of them have already
been put in operation and the owners generally
state that they are doing well.
About one thousand people are engaged in sell
ing goods in the Pixies Peak region. The num-
Der of loaded freight wagons coming here from
the Missouri River during the current year, will
nearly reach twenty thousand. Messrs. Clark,
Gruber g. Company have already put in circulation
upward of a hundred and twenty five thousand dol
lars of their private eon and at the present rate the
amount will reach two hundred thousand before the
first of January. The gentlemen of this firm, who
have perhaps better facilities for judging than any
other house. estimate the Pixies Peak gold yield for
1860 at five millions.
The theater in this city, styled the "Apollo," is
one of the peculiar institutions of the country 1t
is held in hall, neither ceiled nor plastered, the
| body of which is brilliantly Illuminated by twelve
| candles and is capable of accommodating upon its
rough benches, three hundred aud fifty persons. AS
the entire story beneath is popular drinking
LOOM the votaries of the drama are frequently die
turbed by the clinking Of glasses, the rattle Of
bliard-balls, and boisterOus conversation from the
| apartment below. The price OF admission is one
| dollar, and on q few occasions upward OF three
| hundred dollars have been taken at the door.
few evenings since La Tour de Nese" was
presented to a crowded house, and have seen the
| leading characters worse performed in our metro
| politan cities. The audience, however did not
seem deeply impressed with the spirit of the play,
but was absolutely irrepressible in its jOcuar com
ments and responses. At the point where Walter,
have been murdered, asks, Where, U where, is
my brotherl' deep sepulchral voice. from the
body Of the house, promptly responded: 81 am thy
brOtheri" For several seconds the audience were
at loss to comprehend whether this unexpected
reply was, or was not down in the bills but, upon
discovering that it came from candidate for Con.
Pess, among the spectators they greeted it with
uproariOus laughter. One Of the Queens most
thrilling passages was somewhat weakened in its eff
feet by the vigorous response, You bet" "a colo
quialism sgnifying very emphatic ASSENT from a
rough miner directly in front of the stage. The
! tragic death Of the Prime Minister elected
from one jocular spectator the observation:
WELL old fellow, you're gone up, amt
| yOui" while the esigned-tO-be-impressiye con-
cusiOn Of the melo-drama, at winch three of the
| leading characters were lying dead, was greeted
81 hos hf,,G So, fh..ra 4
| reckon" In the afterpiece, Poor PlllicOddy,"
one Of the wives was persOnated by man, on ac-
count Of tie scarcity Of female performers. There
several ladies present, and though the assem-
bly, was exceedingly bOisteTOus there was nothing
absolutely offensive to ears polite. Taken for all in
all the Apollo Theater is a very remarkable temple
Of Thespis.
According to the best sources Of information, the
recently .discOvercd gold diggngs of the San Juan
Mountains in New-MexicO, 800 miles southwest of
this city, are very rich. Col. Charles Baker, from
st. Louis, the discOverer, has returned 10 them,
accompanied by large party. A few days since, L
met miner named Marshall who has been spend
ing three months in those diggings, and Is said to
have returned with So, 900, all taken out by himself
lie exhibited large purse full OF rich nuggets,
varying in yelue from 50 to $25, which he dis
trlbutcd among his acquaintance Win remarkable
liberalty. Atleast ~ 900 Pixies Peakers vii spend
the Winter in New Mexico
The farming experiments in this region during the
past season have demonstrated that with irrigation
the soil is peculiarly adapted 10 the production Of
all thevegetObes common to this latitude. Squeshes,
melons, and potatoes, have yielded very abundanty.
noticed in town, to-day, beet weighing thirteen
pounds, a turnp weighing fourteen, and cabbage
which weighs twenty three. AL the small grains
flourish and yield richly, but corn will never be
produced largely, on account Of the frequent and
beavv frosts Uay il plenty in this market ri $50