New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-31
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A Healthy place. nhealthy Habits
Mixed PopulatiOn-GoOd Grazing
Farming-GOId-A $4,000 Nugget
Ouartz-The Assns-inntiOn.
correspondence Of The n. Y. Tribune.

This is undoubtedly one OF the most healthy
towns in the mountains. Ipeople were to live in the
States as they live here sometimes on meat alone, and
sometimes on bread alone, for weeks at time. and
vegetables: half clothed and thousands with scarcely
anv clothing; Steering the ground. in the cabin
out doors and often without dry thread about them;
wearing their clothes dirty and lousy until they will
hold on them no longer; their general fare being
chunk Of bacon often eaten raw. cup OF coffee, and
what is called hot bread baked in frying pan before
the FIRE and about easily digested tenpenny nails
i saw if people were to live thus in the States the
average Of human life wou he 10 instead OF - years.
Time will bring about an entire revolution. and
shall have the Injuries of Gods foottool well as His
purcst OF atmosrhcrcsso pnrc SO light that il is very
difficult for most persons here to tell the truth.
0ur population is terribly mired-a large majority
Sccesh the unqualified re legades Of the Northern
States. One of them, born in Boston tapping lad on
the head very afectona ely. whose name was jeff.
Davis told him, in his landest manner that he hoped
he thc boy would forget his and the lad is
some seven or eight years Of age lie will he much
more likely TO cxecrate his father for than forget it,
This is the finest grazing country l have ever seen.
Although last Winter was more severe than any for
many yeaIs that hundreds OF cattle fIoze TO death
and the Spring at least six weeks later than that
of 1854. still we have at this time fine beef heresas
have There is very little difference between
the Matchmaking qualities OF the grass here and the
oats in the States Stage horses and freight teams are
not fed pound of grain. and sleek inoles.
There is but little farming going in the valley Of
the Pricky Pear this Summer owing to the poverty Of
the Ranche.owners. Many Of them are not con the
work. and only look up ranches for speculation; root
crops and grain must always be profitable because not
onehundredh part of tho population is here which will
be required work this country and transport alton
will keep up prices. Ny opinion Is that Winter grains
can be grown here without irrgatol-at least thou
sands and thousands Of viii produce them. The
wild wheat grows luxurantly ON the bottoms over six
feet high. Tie potatoes and tgrnips the best
finest havored--1 have eaten. Flour sold this
Spring NJ sl25 per sack and is selling s2i and
$50 Potatoes rose 10 % cents per pound and 90
10 % cents AT the highest prices rot pound of -four
rice, beans peas meal could be bought for weeks.
The effect terrible the "tendoT.feei." those
who requied this blast yet TO pass them from the Phi
gilm ranks
More or less gold is found IN every stream dry.
gulch and lar throughout the country. Here and
there claims on all Of them pay large buf the grent
with excitement sampedes const ant; not one in
thousand settled and satisfied with what he has or j.
likely 10 get where he is The current has changed
from Last Chance or Helena" 20 BlackioOi," and
soon will be here. II has universally been acknoHl
edged that this Creek rich snd probably The rc'
est thing In the STATE from the prospects he bars
and oil through the gravel the Creek and from the
great aGmber Of known rich odcs crossing IT.. Humid
reds OF holes have been sunk from two 10 five feet deep
when the water drives ont Mr.. Pick and Shovel The
Creek has been staked for fifteen miles aud
again. Three companies are now sinking shafts 70 the
bedrock. One OF them is down abont fifteen feet and
found from 10 TO - the pan. The pay dirt
Is already i've feet deep and continually increasing IN
richness
out last Monday on Wilson Gulch, some II miles north
west OF this 1t is valued at than $1,000 The
finder was pilgrim last Summer-his feet are tender
no lOnger.
II is undoubtedly the richest country In quartz in the
world. The lOdes have been easily traced from their
groupings and many rich from the surface down.
All such OF course were rapidly taken up and recorded
but labor and experience. a general thing, are
required 10 ind the creyice. There are al least 20
lOdes within three miles of this town which yield from
20 "a pound Of rock by Just puyerizng IN
a common mortar and pannng out III the ordinary way
specimen weighing 100 pounds has recently been
taken from the Alabama Lode TO send 10 New YORK.
The owners are very enthusiastic and confident Of
making their pile from it: bat many doubt the exist
ence OF lode where II Is now located 1t is located on
point OF the mountain, aud the gulch below is very
rich. There is lode and perhaps than one. in
the Immediate neighb0rhood and there Is no doubt bnt
the burned granite has the pure gold spaeied through
t-oiten plain 10 the naked eye but the question re-
mains to be tested whether the unbuncd Of this
country shall add new tact 10 the science OF MN
| erdlOgy.
This is the country bring out character II is often
SAID that mountain life productive OF generosity
IeoNPfehehsiyeness and big soul; 1t may be 30 with
some material but God knows Is not kind that
comes 10 this country. Man Is here elsewhere only
more So The ramnels OF society religion and socn
tom are all east 10 the winds. and IN nncty nine cases
out OF hundred they 80 in for what they caa get-of
al SORTS very Few are 70 extremely nice as 10 mince
matters except where II paws
GrecAbacks are selling for dust at par-sl- per on
and some merchants take them preference 10 dust for
goods. Bully for the greenbacks MIppLFpIRGu
y. D. | have large sheet OF paper which was uastcd
my door the evening after the arrival the news of
the Assassination Of the President II reads Tins.
Glory enough for time. Old Abe has gone 70 hell 40
Lar Bill. HurTah for JEFF. Davis
Grand reception OF Old Abe in hell big dinner; the Dev.
| liz band played Welcome the Chief"
1t written by Of two lawyers here one from
Minnesota and the other from Kentucky or by n man
from Baltimore. The writing is not the natural hand
and there points Of resemblance to them ALL They
| all write very nearly the same hand