Nebraska advertiser., 1866-03-22
DENvFR CRY. CeLoRADO,
Feb 22d 1S66

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tons Blrth.day. and all business in our
Young city Is closed commemmOraliOn
thereof; and not knowing. bu, short
communication from former citizen Of
your city, (now in Col rado,) detailing
partially matters and things of this far
of section, nigh: L crest The readers Of
your paper. / have Concluded TO pen you
few disconnected lines:
Well. in The first place, the most of our
winter ia D, nver has been Spring like
and pleasant. with an occasional show
storm inlerspersed. Il is showing to-
day; yesterday. aud fer some days past.
the sun shone out warn, and everything
had the appearance and feeling Of Sum
mer. provided you did moi cast your eyes
on the snow clad Peaks''of the .Snowy
Range" which loom up far above all
other mountains or things ptrcep,ibe TO
The naked eye from this point, and pre-
sent covering Of snow most,if not quite
all the year round. Business Of all kinds
has been very dull in Colorado this win
ter; but we ale all looking for better
times soon. as the Lyon process of saw
ing. at a small expense, the silver and
gold contained in our ores, is no longer
=, -..,,ov,, ~, :, as,abl;.bod s..
aud is even now rrodusing the most sat.
isfactory result. The silver contained in
most, if not all of our pres, which has
heretofore been cast BY working them
ia,;;h w;,.s :s:.:smn nllls, is now saved by the
Lyon process of smelling and cupeIling,
and predOminates largely in weight. as
II is now prov ed by lAls new method Of
working ores, that the pers contain about
eIghIy pounds of silver 10 twenty pounds
OF guld. Nevertheless lhe silver is only
wol III from 81 25 to 81 40 per ounce !;
while gold is worth froal Sl6, to $40 90
per ounce, making so Ibs silver ia value
amount 10 about Sl3OO0O. whilst the 90
lbs of gold IN value is near $4 600 90 =
Il Is further established, and settled that
by This plan Of working, the silver con-
tanned in cur ores will pay all expenses
of INNING aud extracting both the silver
and gold from them, thereby ltavIng the
gold taken out as nett profit to the miner
and >meller. that Mr.. Lyon can afford
to pay for ores AT the lcde from which
are taking more than miners have here
tofure got out Of them with all the ad.
diuonal expense OF hauling and crushing
relorling eIc.
Our Territorial Legislature has passed
mInIrg claim law, giving TO the dlscOv-
erer or di,coverers OF lode, or vein OF
gold OF silver. bearing quarts, seven hun
dred teel each way from his discovery
hole OF shaft OH the vein or lode, discov-
cred by him or thrn (EakIng sard dis.
covery claim 1400 feet. and giving said
dIs.:Overer 25 teet on each side of sald
lode OF VEN parallel TO same with the
right of owning aud working all dips
spurs, veins or cross lodes running frOn
or crossing said I400 feet, which vii
now give the dlscoverer or miner more
feet on same lode, so be can better a forC
to develop and work saline. As by the
old system or law, 200 feet was all Iht
discoverer could take. viz: 100 feet By
rignl Of discovery aud 100 feet by pre-
empllon; other than dlscoverer coulC
only take 100 ieel by preemptlOn henc,
men only owned a small interest, or frou
100 10 200 teet on lode which was no
as profitable to work, as if they ownet
mvre feet together on the same lode o
vein.
Groceries and goods of all kinds ar,
ruling very low here. aud the coun.ry
full of them. ! know of nothing lha
would pay good freight to this counlr,
al This time of midwinter.
hops the cluzeus of Nemaha anc
Counties West have seen the adsantag
of opening up road well graded, cause
wayed and brldged for freight Trains 1
travel West from BrownvIlie, intersecl
ing at BIg-Sandy with The road from
Alchison to Denver, SslI Lake City an
points North and West.
Your people will never know ad
: vantages of said road until III is mad,
aud BrOwnyille Is made The shipping em
rorium of the West. II will not onl
) benefit one portion of your county an
! the counties west, bnt will benefit lh
e entire population of all the couples lh,
5 j. passes through. And every proper
!. holder of said counties, can well affou
i TO pay 2 l,2 per cent per nnnum of h
% entire worth, for The first year 10 bui
5 al6 read and one per cent per anuu
of ms worth every year llieI Ieafter
keep said road in repair. And by .
: means, and for your future interest.
no; give notice to the public of havir
completed your road west to Big Sand