Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-01-20
cotoRApo CORRESPONDENTS.

tor the year Allow me 10 present
few facts for the consideration Of your
many readers. In the year 1859 this
Territory was terra 'ncognitd, and
generally pronounced hansbug by the
few who had the tcmerity to cross the
plains In April, "A. D., 1860, your
friend, like twenty Thousand others in
search Of gold, came to this region and
many OF US brought mills, machinery,
aud the then known appliances for
gold saving. 1t was an experiment..
About ono hundred and eighty quartz
mills were brought out that year and set
up in various localities.
A few were successful, the many IN.
successful not for lack Of good surif-
erous quartz, bnt OF good sense and ex-
pcriencs in gold saving. am free TO
say that not three mills out OF the three
hundred nov IN this Territory, but could
make money, j. properly located and
properly managed. When men have
failed, il has been Tor lack OF Judgment,
experience, AID proper Business talent
and capital.
Auriierous sands were ffst scovered
on the Platte, then on south Clear
Creek, then on Gregory GnIch. Guch
mining was profitable to a,aay, but tas
chief business OF this country is tote
mining Let man get one good claim
OF 100 feet only upon any good lode,
and lis fortune ~ made If he works it
properly. ;.
The yearly increase in the produc! of
rold has been immense, and will be
greater still Tor many years. The pres
mt Yield OF tho mills about Gregory
alone is $3.50 per week, and in other
localities, from mills, bars, gulches,
patches, etc, as much more. The min.
ing In this country is but commenced
only. But few quartz lodes are vet
worked TO a sufficient depth 10 get good
pay. Those that are being worked
yield from surface quartz from $50 TO
500 per cord, on the average. When
down to the iron pyrites TO csled) the
Weld bv ,,!h,s mills rams from $500 per
cord mp to $500, 5000, and even 81, 400
per cord, and the opinion Of experiences
men Is that il all he gold IN cord could
be saved the protnct would be $4,000.
New appliance to accomplish this re.
salt are now being introduced by Lee,
Judd 4 Co, and other parties.
Bnt mining snot the ouly business
that is, aud may be made profitable
Farming, gardening, rarching, team ng,
from the liver out to the
are all lucrative empioyments.
Many Of the cereal crops grow as
as in Colorado as IN any
State in America, with little labor
Potatoes, onions, cabbage, turnips, beets,
melons, etc. also oats and barley are
grown abundsntly-all sell at from 10
20 cents per pound. Thirty bushels of
corn per acre have been produced at 6
cents per pound, equal to slo0.sj.--
some farmers produced as much as
80 600 worth of small grain last year
All the breadstufis aid vegetables, beef
and butter required by our population
AN be produced here this year.
This country is in lis intancy-only
our years old, and yet, in years ore
t viii lin the opinion of the wrter)
give more tone, character and influence
% the government than Eny one State.
Let orr Mint get into operation and
Colorado will furnish the government
with tie means Of retiring It's paper,and
We get back again to gold basis of
values. For instance, the little mi Is
of tins { Union) dlrtrict on Clear Greek,
IRE taking out $4,000 per week OF puro
y0!d, which sell at from $40 TO $50 per
,unce-(tLe common rotor, worth only
sl4 to SIG.
There are three or four other mills
rot running in the Winter.
Next Summer ten mills will DO in
ii! operation, producing $4,000 per
seek-mnltplied by fifty weeks gives
100000 for one year from our district
Ilone whilst Gregory and vicinity can
'ieid 100000 annually Under this
lew, and the extremg healthfuness of
no country, we are Of the opinion that
be people Of Colorado Territory are
reer from debt, making. more money
nd physically better off than are the
'eopie OF any Sta'e Of the Union. I
Let us then cordially invite the
many thousands who are, under yarious
'retcxts retiring from the srny,,o come
o Colorado. You, who have but little
nd that little burdened with enormou,
axes, pack up your little families and
fleets IN your wagon and come to COL |
'rodo, and so gently d consistanly 10
work. There is no civil war here, bnt {
'esceable, industrious population. La.
,or is needed to untold tho vest mineral
md agricultural wealth of our village,
nd mountains. We need no entang. 6