, 1861-07-25

tCc,TGspendCncc Of the Chicago Tribnuc.1
DENVER Cry, c. r., Ja1yT, 1861.
Colorado Territory stretches 1rom 102 deg
west longitude to 100 deg, about 37755 miles,
aud from the 37th 10 the 41st parallel of lnti-
tude, or about 1775 miles. It embraces in Its
limits section Of the Rocky Mountain chain,
neatly central peint in tie Territory, four
great rivers start from the mountain sxows,
and commence their pilgrimage to either sea
tic Plattc and the Arkansas On ii: cast,
The Rio Grendc CT the south, and the Co!ora-
DO, cr Rio Grandc Of the West, On the Pacific
slope.
Of tic Pacific slope but little comparatively
is known. Slope is hardly the word to cx-
press the idea Of the general character Of the
country. IT is an elevated plateau, pretty
wellb1oEcl rp BY mountain chains, and gorged
by the deep and precipitou5 caiions Of its riy-
ere. As far as can learn, there is but little
land that can be put to any known use by the
hand Of civilization. What it WIS ever made
for is more thaE I can conjecture, except it
was to make travellers appreciate the millions
Ct acres of choice lands they have left behind
them in the States, and to keep the rest Of the
weld Together.
The main attraction Of this Territory is its
mineral wealth. This WAS for long time
llroblcmatical, and is even now considered
hy a large potion Of the people Of the United
States as at least questionable. But that there
Is gold in these mountains, and in such guam
titles as to pay for the getting out, is 10 longer
question. Yet there is still to be discovered
meaHe, economical and practical, Of separa-
Even in the surlace diggingsa part only Of the
gold is saved, as is Evidenced from the fact
That a man has put In . s1uice below I'LL the
clai1us On one OF the sulchcs, and By simply
allowing the water TO pass through his Eluiec,
es.yes ahout SO per week. Very many Of the
quartz mills arc idle this summer, and more
attention is ra;d to the surface eisgiugs.
Tic times arc very dull Aere-the hardest,
| or r1a:hec dult st, trat hare ever been seen
Why it is SO, am Of 4 loss to know. Provi-
siGns arc very much cheaper than ever before
owing, perhaps, TO the fact that large qunuti.
| have found . Southern market. Another rea.
son is that large quantities Of vegetables are
| this ear raised ii. TIC Territory
This town is loI:tcd at the junction Of Cher
| ~ Greek and Tie South Platte. say june
ticn-itis only nominal Junction, for Cherry
miles from here. It is an eastern branch oi
the Platte, and why gold WAS ever found in il
il more than ! kuo", except 1t was lodged
there by Inc high waters Of the Platte. Bal
OF ibis town. Il is On paper one Of the lar
eest towns of America. u covers on the
ground tGmc 5000 acrcs and numbers somc
thing over q Geo lots. The population, By
tie census just taken, is es4777, Of which the
ff1u.le portion numbers only little over 800
There Is one clement Of the population here
ttatis always found IN mlnlng a.str1csz, aps sa'
disparity is 60 great between the 1nale enc
1emalc Fart Of It. mean the sporting Gle
mint. Yet even this clement has an alleviat
Ing, Il not rsdeensipg quality, in these hart
t'Ees- The professional sporismeo keep thei
money Ia circulation;-speaking Of money
f'HEs does business has his scales for weighing