Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-04
COLORADO CORRESPONDENCE.
GsoReSrows. Colorado Ty.,

and to the snow line. Yesterday morning,
in company with Ira. Birchsrd snd Dir.
and Mrs De La Mar, started up the right
fork o. Clear Creek, and a tolsrably fair
wagon road. not quite ~ iine IS from Ia
vsnport to Valley City.
The average fall Of Clear Creek from the
timber line TO this riacs 10 $50 feet TO the
mile.
The mountains on either side rising
about $500 or 1000 feet above the creek,
which 10 pretty accurately calculated from
the fact that Georgetown 10 little less than
5000 feet above the sea, and some Of the
highest points reaching above the timber,
which, 10 these mountains, 10 nearly H.
900 feet above the sea.
When you understand tbs. there 10 ne
level land along this creek, that the road
ha. to hs cut 10 the side Of the mountain,
in many places rising suddenly some hun
dreds Of feet and then descending suddenly
and crossing the creek nearly - many
times az YOU travel miles and you can form
some idea Of the road We Travelled over.
The timber is nearly all Of the pine fam
fly, iuterspcrced with quaking asp or white
poplar. and at an old beaver dam | saw
some very large aldcrs. And, By the way,
here was the first place that ever saw
stumps Of tree. tut down by beavers.
| int.nd, like Mr. Bsecher while travel
ing, TO keep my eyes and ears open, but
cannot WELD his pen to describe the Wild
mountain scenery through which We
passed. can only say it was magnificent
beyond description. Five or six miles from
Georgetown the mountain tops are nearly
all above the timber, but do not appear to
be any higher above the creek.
When We got within couple Of miles OF
our destination, our team either could not
or would net pull us up the mountain, and
|, with the rest. had to foot II. Now. you
know that locomotion 10 an effort for me on
level ground aud my usual atmosphere
but here soon experienced the effect Of I
rarined air, aud when get TO the top Of III,
hill Was like the Heesisr, "fillsd plump
full Of short wind
Well, here VIC are above the line, wher,
timber cannot grow. and never but twice il
my life have I experienced such feelings .
awe and sdniration. The first whom, TO
the first time, ! stood on the shore Of o.,
Ocean and looked ct the vast sxpsnss o
waters. The next to sec the mighty tor
rent Of Niagara rushing over the rapids
and then the awful leap.
Here " are, on the goth day Of July
amsns the snow banks Of the Rocky Noun
taias, about half mile from whore Grey
peak rises from the snowy range. Thi
peak must rise 2, 500 feet higher than whsr,
| - now atand. Its altitude, as calculate,
by our own party, IL "a. 800 feet and is tn,
| highest Of tho Rocky Mountain.
| Mcclellan Mountain on tho left, and Ke
so on the right, appear about the sam,
height above the creek as the mountains a
Georgetown. did not get out Of tho car
rage, but the rest Of our party went I,
.now banks 4 or 8 feet deep. and have u,
doubt ~ drove past banks 90 feet dec
| season in tho mountains, and strawbsrris
! are in blossom within . short distance Q
The snow.
The ladies had rich trea, in the flower.
sm not . botanist, but l noticed that III
phlox, aster, and sunflowsr family wsr
largely represented.
must leave this and give you some az
count or the treasure on one side Of til
creek for about four miles.
As We returnc last evening, Mr.. Stew
jackson, . friend OF Mr. and Mrs. De l.
Mar, gave them . very fine quarter Of Yer
lson. aud. think by the smell from th
kitchen that = portion 10 about ready 70
breakfast, so please excuse me for Ii
present.
| do not propose to give you . very FL
tended notice Of the silver lodes aroun
Georgetown, but Q short account Of th
lodss on ono side Of the creek that y
passed up yesterday for . distance Of fsu
miles, The lodes extend over The range
and, perhaps, are equally rich on the o,hs
| aide.
Ths.othes fork is said to be equally ric
in silver bearing ore The silver belt 81
tends down the creek about Ave miles. The
commences the gold district.
The first lode OF any consequence afte
!
Eugsnia. Then comes . group on III
southern exposure Of Republican Mountain
cropping sout at nearly regular interval
from base to summit, South American, Nc
Clsllan, Morning Star, Granada, Alhambra
Vesuvius. Elyah iiise, Silver Eagle. Glen
albin, Cataract, Bradford, Bismarck, White
Essex. aud many others.
The South American, Mcclellan, Grana
da and Alhambrs are owned BY the Evan
Prospecting and Mining Company, Of v hicl
Mr.. Frank DE La Mar. from Scott county
Iowa, owns ons-fourth interest. Mr.. Hell
| lister, . scientific gentleman and praclioa
miner. in flying trip TO the silver minss
in September last says Of these ledss:
Tho South American has been struck
for $50 yards. has one shaft so feet deep
three feet Of pay quartz, with argsntiferoua
ualsna and some black jack disseminated
through it,-ioot wall perfect and insinina
slightly 10 the hill. Seven hundred fseI
east Of this shaft 10 another Is feet deep
showing IL inches Of pay quartz and ore.
The lode crops out in places between the
two shafts. The ore assays very LARGELY
J have seen no lode in the diseei0a that
looked better or enjoyed moro favorable
location. The company have faced dewn
and pre-empted tunnel site below shsu
on the creek, designed to cut them all
Abreast Of the tunnel site the company evu
several hundred feet Of watsr power"
There vas no one interested In thsss
splendid lodss With Mr.. Hollister when h,
examined them, and HE estimate 10 rather
below than above their real merit, Thu
lowest assay from any Of these ores ~
$40, and the highest 81, 500 per ton. snly
one - low % $50. and several ranging ftem
81 900 to 81. 500. These lodss ase About I
mile and half from Georgetown. Nex,
comes the Cosmos. the I. r. Bell cad De.
tiance, oil the lodss that could lsarn ths
names Of natil got to Brownsville. named
after its principal proprietor. not old Jshs
Whose soul u marching on" but Wild
Bill, ~ he 10 farniliArly called here.
This place 10 about four milss from
Georgetown. A small atrssm Of water has
cut considerable of gorge in tho mountain
.: the foot OF which the Brown s. N. Mi
ming Company have their boarding house
and blacksmith shop, and are now putting
up extensive smelling works. Within q
mile Of Brownsville some twenty or more
lodss are already discovered and ramsd.
several Of them very rieh Seine Of the
best are the Brown, the Terrible, Rec,
Rainbow. Mammoth, Coin. Lu,x, Accident,
Baxter, Edwena, Burr. Lilly ard Farmer.
About mile east, these lodes crop cut