New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-13

kinds lint the ,aera fa,ne e. sacred hunger , for gold
a, present absorbs all the attention q the miners
Iron ore of good quality is found in some parts II
tho Territory, not far from Denver, and in close prp>
i,n,v IN coal Silver and lead in small qantite' have
o,so hon discovered Platinum, zinc r,ancanese.
ma,nic iron sand alum, salt and petrJleum arc also
amono tho mineral products OF The Country
PRICES OF PROVISIONS And LafoI.
Prices Of almost every kind Of prision vary much in
Colorado. The following schedule viii be found oppli-
cable under ordinary circumstances; Lumber is worth
from $50 TO s3s per NJ wood, at Central City. az IS to
50 % per cord lime 81 IS per bashel brick sig per
NJ; brick laid s2i per NJ Building as whole, costs
one. third more than in the States.
Groceries dry goods and hardware are, Of course,
1earer than in the States east Of the Mississippi So
are -four polk and corn they being yet chiefly brought
across the plains Beef mutton and potatoes sold at
about the same prices as in the Middle States.
Iron castings cost - cents per pound; wrought iron
from 25 TO 80 cents; sheet copper. IS cents to 81.
As the country settles up attention wiz be paid
10 agriculture and provisions viii be sold at more rea
,onable prices.
il is almost needless TO say that there is pressing
need Of laborers in Colorado The want is shared
by almost every State and Territory in the Union.
Wages Of common hands, such millmen, &c, range
from $50 10 $40 per MONTH with board g. 20 a day
without board
Without board men employed in the mines "strik
ersn and drillers paid 81 to 50 80 day. blast
ers" 81 and foremen 81 to 81 So mechanics get from
g 50 to S. according 10 degree OF capacity aud kind of
wolk.
Board for aborers IL estimated at So per week. where
number are boarded together it can DO obtained foT
S. and sometimes even less
A WORD IL CONCLUSION, ABOUT TILE ROUTE TO
COLORADO.
The route TO Colorado Is an easy one. From the
western terminus Of railway communication on the
Missouri River to the gold regions it is $50 miles
what are known as Tho Plains" The road is good
one in nearly all seasons of the year. and the journey
provided one hos good outfit and pleasant company
can be made not only comfortable but in many respects
delightful.
Omaha and Nebraska City are the best Quitting
points aud oil along the route TO Fort Kearnsy where
the several roads in,ersec, and beyond kearney to
Denver are trading posts and ranches where ex'
bausted outfits may be replenished. I
Water and grass are both abundant Daily c0aches
pass each way over the road The time consumed in
trip by coach from the Missouri River " tho gold re-
gions is usually six days. Emigrants with good OK
teams viii make the distance IN from ~ 10 30 days Par
ties Of 25 80 or 100 emigrauts by clubbing together
can provide the necessary outfits at reduced rates. and
cross the Plains at an expense il ID sad not exceeding
S2j each.
At the close 81 this series Of articles on the new
States and Territories. viii be published complete
itinerary and table Of distances Of tie great overland
route across "the Plains from the Missouri River to
the Pacific and refer TO that for much useful inor-
nation in regard the Of reaching those regions