, 1869-02-16
NEW MEXICO.
The Ecld mfneA-Tht3r Pratt and
Premtse-ClIu,nke-Ff Of Product

Rremtse-ClimAIe-Fs VI Pfodoce'
c,r.ospon6 eDeo OF rns Chicago Tribune.
E1,zABsTn7o~1, n. H. r3so. 4, 1853
Asnaay nt your readers may contemplate
u.akin1 a trip to This mining district, I
tbor,he come reliable Information concern-
Inc the country woIld not come anlss
There Is nothing, perhaps, more difficult 10
obta,n thsn the plain truth relati@e to al,
gold tpinipg districts. Exaggerated accounts.
! and more than the truth, are generally told BY
! Interested parties. 1t ls now more than Year
since came to this place. and during that
time have kept my eyes open to form an
| cpiuion--as nearly correct as possiole-con-
! c,rulpu these mines, but they have as yet
sib ie to Judge Of them by the amount Of gold
taA en- out up to this time. Scarcely Two
yeara ago.. gold WAS Discovered here byn
small party Of Colorado miners since then
little srsnd has been ~ worked LAND .ana t"ss dSyei
nav yicAd curing the next few years.
Asis slways the case IN q new miuing cnun
try, Ia rgo numbers Of people have been here
and left again alter staying q few months !;
skimnning over the ground, aud, not fading
theI- - pllc,'' went away IN disgust, corsns
thc country and all pertaining to 1t. Such
. people i re- Of hut little benefit to any place,
and arc not missed here. Mining is ns much
business rs cnlthinE else. aud u requires
l
coed at 1t as a. any other labor. 1t does
really appcar tEat many people go 10 Iniu'
ipy country thinking 1t Is only necessary to
rush 10. get thetf load OF gold, and get back
}. home in q few eeks or months all such are
s ycr5 foolish to leave home at all; eetter 1or
E them to remuta wherc they do not expect to
e get rich in q dag, but hare 10 laboF for vears e
70 gain comps;encY~ an ats satisasa .Sa. sas tSas
" companies took ont big pay last Season, and
0 arc only awaiting the opening Of spsiu99
/. 10 resume 1abos. On their ciaims. stuc1
r Of this mining district is dry dlRgtogs
q md ior #anu It waller oas not osen .b. worhes
l. viii soon be supplied 10 aouncanee 70 a
d Fave nearly completed canal forty mile
1t long With eapaSisy ysn1s s1neent 10 eal "a
!c b1r undertaking md has bee4 constructed a
IS vreat expense: tut the company were 9
CO course sarstied IS to the richness Of th
IT, mines, aad that teair Investment 1ct supply
e, 4 times in lew wreks- You win dououet
rg hear tlatteritg accounts o. the = Aosen
W. nines'' before ne1t tall. Quartz has bee
ii navioe m quantities. "a Two quartz nlstis aze a
IN, I ieady here and others are coming. One lol
ns is now being workad that pays f:n1aensel
Did tjne thousand do!lacs was taKeu ont OF IT
ny forty houfsr rnn Of onf miu .ilh slSte; M
as vet paI still better. A large toresof men .
ttn now working Gu loae, and the company
q tend running the mill all wsntef " :
RI, weather permits. We have so ~ bud u
1icr cd in the states, but wemay yat have FOL
the genuine winter weather, and perhaps oac
). Is ward spring, This climate. IA teaaafkAt
lree healthY-a case nj klckuess IS very ,rard
her | deed. Two deaths have occurred Since
are residence Gro one man was shus anu {
eut. hung, 80 you SEQ NC hare graveyard sta
out cd. The monnraiu air Is yety pure and r
re- lied. In climbing the mountains the air Y
,kcn light and thin It makes vs. put aud o.
a ylsorousl to St our e. 4ed rst ,he Ia
O, and get iull breath. This Is anc graz
IS at country. and great nu-lhers OF cattle
the sheep ass-sas.ed here, and immense qua
spa t!ss .; xon, tS5s sTe tsrgory s9I IN
!, the valleys whele irrigation Is used .o~irs
i1an. The eryness oftEe cllrasto most Of the J :
body farmioR pays we'll, and tbs best Of es
hasg- thing Is E1oxn. No better -four Is pred,
blue- t th1rtg.fve miles disiaat, and il IS seAin
regi. This SEASON OF the vesr when evefytnit
lrmed ger orally At It's highest 1sure--.fnr onf}
.upty dollars per hundred. Bacon Ia tottT
: the Per poaed; suga-, forty cents per 20
c and coffee. fifty ccnss. per pound; draed
a aud thiny-hye cents per pound j. beans,
e1aen- cents per pound; fresh pork, th<t.
Duke cents per pound ,ffcsh beef, fr5m ten +
teen ctnts pei, pound butter, lghtt
muzi- Our nearest sailrood town Is Sherlda
NOW, &he Smoky Hill route, from whence NC
IRE de- a dailF line ct ooaches running to saul
cnce Of carrTtur q dailY mall from tha- states-
would mali matter comes through frrn, yoE
en- and ! aud st, Louis In eight to ten days. y
theuie | thjrty-hye mics Of the stS 70 route, On
uestion a taai{y c,r1crtiou With it.
:, Eood Our towu ts- the hca3quarters Q
" sco1n | ,n;nrrs and has narrowed rapidly d.rt
boEious Mas, rrar- It il also the county seat OF
,hed on ennntv Cnl{ax, letely' CRESTED bt The
,tpltous iatnre.