New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-07
A TRIP TO COLORADO.
yIn-CEyrRAL CITY AND BLACK HAWK.

E3yscs ere 80 buried IL tbs wrinkles and crcyices Of waa
Iaars termed the second range Of The Rock Mountains
ta.t could not fully comprehend their position until last
sv,niug when vent upon the point calie1 Bates HI
which Iyides Gregory Gulch from The valley OF Norm
C,ar Creek On that station, the maze Of mountains anu
g1ches gradually untauged and the relation OF the uei'
en-, mining localities to each other became eieal' An0
S)1ta Clear down from the snowy range IA so'
oase.ly direction while Gregory Guch usng from II az
general angle Of about 2O extends nearly due Wes' 10Y
s5out three miles gradually losing itself IN MINOR slcAe'
so4 ,avines among tho SUBMITS Of TIE mountains.
BLACK Eewk oonmoDces a little below the intersection,
AMI Arsts an arm up either gorge like the letter Y ex-
s,t that the e-hand has ou'grown the other and
nov forms continuous line Of building and business, up
Gregory Gulch to Mountain City, which is connecting
Ink between Black Hawk and Central City The latter
plce continues tie line Of compact settlement; up the
bottom Of the guch for mile further and almost forms
connection with Nevada City which occupies the highest
position near the summit Black Hawk is exactly SoOO
fss above the sea- and the upper part OF Nevada az
I5sst q thousand foot higher
Tue view of the interesting ravincs they can hardly be
called valeys and "guch' is mining term and the
ssssp porderous mountains which incose them, has a
osrsa arsenes and breadth of effect bat by no means
picturesque The timber has been wholly cut away, ex-
ce,. upon some of the more distant sleeps, where its dark
green is streaked with CHASTITY marks OF fire. The great
awkwardy rounded mountains are cut up and down by
tbs lines Of paying "lodes and pitted all over By the
holes and heaps OF rocks made ehcs by popecor or TO
secure claims Nature to be suffering from an at
tack Of oonfuont smallpox Ny experience in Cali!or
Ma taught that god-minng utterly ruins the appear
snco Of country, aud therefore am not surprised at
VIA. see here On the contrary, this hdeous siashing
tsirng and turning upside down is the surest indication
Of mineral wealth.
Commencing al Black Hawk, where the sole pleasant
object is the Presbyterian Church, white TASTEFUL and
chlnnsy placed on the last step of Bates Hill, above
the chnneys and mills in the uniting ravines We mount
DECOR Gulch by rough winding, dusty road lined with
crowded wooden buildings: hotels with poinpous names
and limited accommodations; drinking saloons, lager
beer being frequent Sgn bakeries, log and frame d"ei-
ling houses idle mills, piles OF rusty and useless machinery
tumblcd by the way SIDE and now and then cottage III
be leo STYLE with al sorts OF brackets and carved drop
oornlccs In the center Of the guch rushed stream OF
muddy VRter sometimes damned up TO bToaGeA the bed
and obthin little fOOthod for houses. Beyond the
large mill built by ExGcn Fi,Z John Porter for IN unior-
innate NewYoTk company who paid large sum TO repeat
the experience OF the National GoyoTnment BACK ha|S
termna es but the houses, mills, drinking saloons ana
SHOPS continue Just tic same, and N another halfnne you
fud yourself in Central City.
THIS place consists mainly Of street on the right
hand side OF the guch the houses on your ei as you
ascend resting OF high posts sclOldng over the deep
bed of tie stream Halfway up there Is single cross
street 800 feet IN length, where the principal stores
arc tanned together in an incredibly small space. With
one exception the buildings are frame, dry as umOer AT
this season, and me- starting az llc Top OF tONi
with wild blowing down the rayne, would wipe Out me
place IN half an hour The whole string Of four cites has
curious, rickety, temporary cir, WITH their buildings
staining as on one leg their big signs ana little accom-
olatOns the irregular wandering, uneven street, and the
bold SCARED and pited mountains on either side Every
thing odd gotesque unusual; but no feature con 10
ItooS quarters at the 81 Nicholas Hotel, of which
will only say that the board is s. per day The unaccus
toned thnness Of the ar caused me considerable neon
velence az first felt painful gddiness io an hour or
two could scarcely walk twenty steps without hating 70
take breath and have had bleeding at the for three
mornings in succession. This Is common complaint
with newcomers and the old settlers always recognize
BIZ their bloody pocket handkercheis The DAYS are
no: and suy but the mornings and evenings are
lovely in their freshness, cleaTncss and the delicious
purity OF the Two things are hardly 10 DesuIpased
water aud sleep. The water is like crystal, cyeOd, and
when thirsty. II said to contain slight proportion
Of alkal, aud common phrase among the people at
tributes their irregularities 70 the thin air and alSal
Waor The properties Of tie latter however, are said 70
be anaphrodsac which rather advantage than other
wise IN a new country. AS Tor sleep don't know when
Ihago found il so easy to obtain, difficult 10 reD-
oush When awake in the morning the bali-conscous
sense that have been asleep so luxurious that lune-
iaey sleep again, and each permitted sWeete than
she last The people be remarkably healthy. In
spent disease OF the lungs almost always healed IN THIS
ah and dry atmosphere while 1t IS fatal TO the more ad-
yanced stages. Rheumatism and the mountaD-teVer are
she most usual ailments. There is, at the same time less
tendency 10 disease and less recuperave power when
person is once attacked.
one finds representatives VI all parts Of the United States
and Europe Men Of culture and education are plenty,
ret not always be distinguished by their dress or ap-
oearance Society still agreeably free and unconyen-
tonM PEOPLE crowded together i've IN SO pTllnl
tive fashion for the most part and are perhaps (many Of
tbem so glad escape from restTent that they are more
natural and hence more interesting than III tne oider
States Owing TO the latter cause no DOUBT IL is some
times difficult 70 recognize the stadNew IN the
sunburnt individual in sombrero and ding-boots, who
smokes his pipe carries his pOckethask, ana tes any
amount Of rOlhcking stories lie mas Simply csst on ms
assumed shell andls himself and must confess Ike
him ell the better.
iecre in the pretty church already mentioned, gentle
man came 10 me and sad long way from here
vhsre we last met" lie had familiar face but coulo
not at once desch it from the tens OF thousands IN my
memory "Do YOU remember" he asked, riding INTO
Kautokeno in Iapland cold Winter night, in rein
deer sled 4" "It is impOsSbleP exclaimed recognizing
Herr Berger the Norwegian merchant VINO took me no '"
his house that Arctic solitude aitef twenty IouIs oi
frozen travel among the wastes OF sDew 1t was ne MN
self come all the way from HammeIest IN latitude
20 be- first soldier IN tie Union Army and now miner
in Colorado He visited me yesterday and we had long
talk about old times and mutual friends INSIDE OF the
Arctic Circle In three years be had lost every
lac Of the HyperbOre0n except an intense longing of te
perpeual daylight of the Arctic Summer.
1he day before l suddenly sccosed oy fellow
voyagcr from China 70 New-York via ST Heena,-Who,
ssr enduring the horrors OF Southern prisons has come
here TO recruit as mOuntalneer
PERHAPS the thin cir and alka water may account for
the rage FOR owning claims and "lodes when seems
To possess all classes Of the community Every man you
meet has bis pocket full Of specimens When yon are
introduced TO stranger he produces Pieee o. % ~
The hotel where you stop confdentsy informs you that
he owns 25 600 feet-"the richest lode IN the country
nassesSr of 10 900 feet the porter where there Is any
kss et least 5000 while the ehambermaid 6osSs OF Re
oWn Susanna Lode OF Bridget Lode Inc baker hai
snsomens beside his bread the dispenser Of lager bee
looks Important and mysterious the druggist sapt TO
Tou chordes instead Of apeents and the lawyer VINO
takes his fees in feet money beng ,earce dreams
realizing millions after the Pscfc Railroad reaehe'
Denver -,
ham Disguised several individuals by refpsing 70 pn