New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-19
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We print on another page loiter from On
old and valued friend, Gen. VIM. Lorimer,
formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa, but who has since
1883 been q pioneer and patriarch OF the
Pixies Peak" or Rocky Mountain Gold Re
zion. This letter u devoted TO structures on
our recent article on that region, and (oi
course) complains Of Il MS disParhging To
speak Of Any new country, vhose present in
hab.tents wish TO increase their number by
immigration, in any terms which do not make
il al Eden, is TO incur their severe dispeasure.
They want praise exaggerated to byperbolc,
aad theD, il you hint fault or defect any
whore, all your pane1ric goes for nothing.
Gen. Lorrner viii not say that We speak ig-
rorautly, knowing that We have traversed the
" Pixies Peak" country, perhaps as extensively
rs even himself md we have already borne
testimony that il has many and ,olid attrac-
tions. The Rocky Mountains between the
North Platte and the Arkansas are generally
we'll timbered; their valleys are often fertile;
while a considerable tract stretching from
twenty to sixty miles this way from their base
is beautifully watcred by thesstreams that issue
from their ravnes, is in good part fertile, aud
| its natural grasses are often abundant and ex-
celent This is very healthy region, with
magnificent scenery, and is in many respects
inviting to settlers. He who can make o claim
on one of the creeks Issuing from the noun
tains say forty miles north Of Denver, or about
Cheyenne Pass, or along the better portions Of
the Chugwater Valley, may rear cattle at mod
crate cost and sell them TO good advantage.
We presume small grains may be grown
| luxuriantly on portions Of these interyaes, and
perhaps also in the magnificent Parks. Hardy
Vegetables, especially Roots, may do well here,
with irrigation. But all this country il from
5000 to 5000 feet above the sea-leyel; it mus.
be subject to unreasonable frosts as well as
furious tornadoes and hail-st Jrms; and we can-
not indorse Gen. Lorimer's statement that
- We need no more Hay to winter Cattle here
" than they do in Texas, coo miles further
south and 5000 feet lower. If any one shall
attempt to winter stock in Colorado on Texas
allowance of fodder, he will probably lose halt
his animals. At all events, his inhurnanity will
deserve such visitation.
We have never intended to imply, and we
have never said, that Gold does not exist in
the Rocky Mountains. We kao,o it is there,
for we have seen it; and We Go not think it
vet time TO decide whether these mines are, on
the whole, richer or poorer than others. A
hundred years hence-probably thousand al.
so-there will be far greater quantity OF
Gold obtained there monthly than has ever yet
been. If people could only be made to under.
stand that Gold is an industrial product, like
any other, costing in tho average just what it
sells for, and TO be mined TO profit only under
favorable conditions, they would obtain very
cheaply knowledge to acquire which we have
paid some money of our own and helped
squander some Of other peoples. Nobody
would think of growing Cotton or making Iron
where Flour cost $50 per barrel and Bacon
25 cents per pound; yet thousands will rush
to mining Gold where food is thus dear, and
then marvel or grumble that they fail (as
nineteen out Of twenty must) to make money.
W wish Others to learn the truth of this mat
.cr more cheaply than some wo know have