Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-16
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CORRESPONDENTS OF THE sTATEsMAN.1 u
CENTRAL CRY, COLORADO TERRIToRY,(F 4
I l.i,a az * ~ g. February, 1867. 81
Believing your readers may be Interested
in the "Fsf West" concluded to send you,
few items. II q saBaruu ur r.W rf1ut
Colorado lies about six hundred miles
west Of the Missouri river, and the city of
Denver, Central City and Golden City lay
almost due west of Columbus. Colorado is
being settled up beyond all precedent. The
entries in the Land Office for the first ten
months Of 1865 amounted to 14l,000 acres,
and for the same time in 1866, the entries
amounted to 1000 acres. AS these entries
could only be under the Presumption and
Homestead laws, the lands are taken for
actual settlements. 10 .s',"DI 1L
All kinds of farm and garden products
succeed admirably, The amount of grain
raised in the Territory last season is sufi-
cient for more than eighteen months con-
sumption. The firm Of Fisher Bros. raised,
upon about 600 acres of land, $1,000 BUSH
els of grain--wheat, oats and barley. A
single threshlng machine threshed last
year, over $4,000 bushels Of grain, so you
see there ia no danger of starvation. The
average yield of grain to the acre is about
thirty bushels. No, country can boast a
healthier climate than Colorado. Our sum-
mers are temperate and our winters mild,
SO much so that building was continued in
Denver to the 18th of December. Denver
is the largest city in the Territory, and is
situated twelve miles east of the mountains.
1t has a population of $4,000, and rapidly
increasing. More than two hundred and
fifty buildings have been erected since No
vember, 1866, many of them large brick
edifices, at cost of $6SOOOO. Golden City,
the Capital of the Territory, is situated at
the foot of the mountains, and has pOpu-
lation of 1000 souls. Central City lies forty
miles west of Denver, and has a population
Of 5000. Colorado is proving herself the
richest mineral country in the world! Gold,
silver, copper, lead and iron are produced
in great quantities. In Gilpin county alone
there are now twenty large mining compa-
nies in successful operation. Weekly ship
ments of gold, raised by these companies,
are made; the aggregate since September
LIST, 1866, to January lst 1867, exceeds ST.
100000. This includes the shipments BY
the Banks alone, while there are large
amounts remitted by private persons. ~
| According to the ratio of increase in the
weekly shipments of gold during the last
season, it is confidently believed that we
will be able to send out of the Territory for
the same time in the year 1867, not less than
$4,000, 900; this, it must be remembered, is
the net, and not the gross amount raised.-
Messrs. Smith & Parmelee shipped a
single retort of gold, weighing rs pounds,
and worth in coin $3z0O0-being the re-
suit of one months "clearing up" The
cost of this "buttonn did not exceed
$4,000, leaving a net profit for the month Of
$4,000. About September 1st, 1866, the
Sensenderfer Company commenced opera
tions, since which time 1t has declared
monthly dividends of one per cent. per
month in gold, on a capital OF $1,OOO,OOO.
I could give numerous instances of this
sort, but space forbids. f.romrT dido
| must not forget to mention that the
mining in this Territory is quartz, or
lodep mining-tbis requires machinery.
Capitalists. are turning attention hither-
ward, and invariably find the best bank for
the deposit of currency is the golden lode
OF the "eternal hills" .
| Coloradoans regard the future of the
Territory not only golden, but glorious,
Already the Union Pacific railroad has
stretched itself to within $50 miles of Den
yer, and will reach that city by Jan. 1st,
1868. This is an advantage no other "gold
countryr can boast for many years to come
With the reduction of tlIe price of labor
! and living, the profits of, mining, already
highly remunerative, viii be enhanced
three fold. With inexhaustible banks Of
coal, flowing oil wells, strong salt springs,
rich mines Of gold, silver and copper
boundless and unsurpassed grazing lands
Colorado may we'll challenge the world fol
a parallel. Respectfully yours, 'o'-o5