The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-06-20
Colorado.

4 report Of the Surveyor General o. Col
orado, published in : ate number OF NE
Denver Aelrs, gives some interesting par
t.cuIars Of thai Territory.
The amouRt Of tillable land IN Colorado
j. about 2, 5000 acres, OF which To-, zoo
are 1nder cultivation. mostly bottom lands.
All of this land, Il 5 said, needs irrigation
10 produce crops. Only early varieties OF
corn can BE matlred and thai mostly IL the
southern parts Of The Territory, but eX-
.eelfsns-er0Ds. OF email gFain can be raised,
the average Weld If these last IN 1864 being
30 bushes per acre The maximum yields
are stated at from 63 to.l00 bushels Veg
citation grow very large and Of excellent
eiilailty. srassnSppers are apt to'ee very
destructive, though the farmers reckon II
they can raise one crop IN three that II viii
pay them remarkably well Cultivated
lrult mas not been raised 10 the Territory,
owing, j 3 said, 10 the farmers not under
standing the proper mode Of lrrlgaung
fruit trees However, wild pllms. grapes,
cherries raspberries. strawberries, etc.
are abundant Sheep-ralsi0g has proved
successful iu the south though little fol-
lowed % the North. One man and 4 lew
dogs Will take care Of !, GOO sheep, herding
them 10 the mountains in The summer. and
on the plans IN the winter they needing
no hay and keeping 70 good condition.
Tie winters OF leGl, ~ and % We're very
mid, the TWO next severe, continue ny i've
months and half the mercury sinking to
- below zero on Two ights. During
June July aud August. lighr showers gen
orally iail every afternoon near the base o..
AMI iu The mountains, ta- rain i rare
during the rest n the year The mountains
ff 4
generally. D1J not more than 800
OC1 acres OF the plains nave any timber Oh,
and Ou much 0i that i is very scattering.
theoretically one third Of the plains con
tain coal and the discoveries act lally made
90 10 confirm the theory. Few veins yet
have been opened and worked. Iron in
some workable form exists all over the Ter
rtOry. \ sma. furnace is .n operation OIL
the Boulder near Boulder CITY, working
kidney ore which Is found in beds along
the base OF The mountains throughout the
Territory. AMI yields from 30 20 IS per cent.
Of iron. ~pathic ore IS found in veins near
Golden City, and Yields - per cent. Of iron.
In the Territory are found alum, salt, gyp-
sum, soda, lime, lead copper, anthony,
zinc, silver and gold salt is produced in
the south Park in 4 small way, price twenty
cents per pOlud Petroleum wells on Oil
Greek, near Cannon City, produce two
barrels per day. on springs exist among
the base OF the mountains. a Boston
company have well near Canon City which
Yields a barrels per day. A gypsum
grinding mill runs on Bear CreeK. The
silver ore al the head waters OF Clear Creek.
II. 900 10 IL, 900 leet above sea level. assays
$500 10 81 600 per ton. Gold mining is
pretty Hat, having been almost at stand
still for some time, through speculation, high
prices OF labor, and Indian war The pro-
duce for the whole Territory was as low as
], 500 ounces per week when the report was
written. When mine and machinery are
in running order, the stamp-mill process
will mine and treat ores for thirty dollars
per ton. only 20 per cent. Of the gold is
saved 5y this system, 50 ores assaying less
than $500 per ton cannot be worked TO
profit, thus reducing the paying lodes OIL
the Territory to halt q score.