New-York tribune., 1871-04-12
PROGRESS IN COLORADO.
o...,.,, 7,.;bvne Of the 9Th inst. saws !:

IN. Greeieu Tribune of the 9th inst says:
Ty,ose "vctims who went back home last Summer,
scnouncng the country, and calling the colony monu-
mont OF Tribune folly, respectfully invited TO read
the following
During the past MONTH LqS9 20 were paid by the col
opists for freight at the Office of the Denver Pacific Rail-
road in this town of Greeley. The amount paid during
The last week March sS2S2 5 The receipts for To-
cal tickets $3.50 40 Several college graduates who were
supposed 70 everything from Greek 10 Geography
went back 10 their clam chowders, saying that Wasm-
possible sheep cattle in Colorado Tor there
was grass During the past four weeks seventeen car
loads of hay shipped from this town. aged eleven
months Mr. Isaac W. England, OF the SUM- VINO pro
nounced our soil poorer than the poo est Jersey
sand is informed that seven carloads Of potatoes were
shipped last month from Mr.. Greeley's pet yeariing
Three carloads Of lumber were sent to the Boston colo
nv at Evans The total number Of cars loaded with
merchandise household goods, COAL lumber, stock, &c.
was O1 The local telegraph receipts were sloe An op
orator. Mr.. william Hubbard, has just arrived from
Hughes 10 assist the agent, Mr. Abbott who has been
overworked The depot. which was only built few
months ago. is found TO be entirely too small
Arrangements have been completed for running Pull
mans palace sleeping-eoaches road. Now, pas
sengers step the train here at Greeley and II e
90 Chicago without change. Through running
from Chicago TO Cheyenne via Greeley and Denver
Eleven months ago, there was not decent wagon
road through our town. and the railroad not nished
Go Denver Now, agent opens tieketcase as lsis
rs one of the wardrobes in Judge Barnards
aud sells tickets 10 all parts OF the con'incn', VIZ"
messages come over the wires from santa re- ""Sn
ington San Francisco and from lands Dey ono 'ne so
IL looks hard 10 see men who have done nothing shoe
last sprng bt bottom chairs sell out their shares
for $500 ia 81 O0 EACH while others have been nara a.
work making their shares worth this much However,
they who do not sell make the most money ana they oe
most wbo sell young man who sold business lo'
q, Iffhlr
now he goes around amenting ana mourning ooo"uS'
said lot is worth $500 cash down.
Another sold o hveaore lot, last June, Tor slIS ana
hraeged about It, and he is not worth enough 10 ouy
1, back and IL he should work u hours day ne Woud
not be able 10 earn money fast that land rises 80
YOU see the real specuatOr holds on and WORKS whe
the weak speculatOr only expects.
The Colorado Miner, published at Georgetown
gives the following mining news:
The mines OF Georgetown never looked better than
now The tunnels are success, and mineral rich III sl-
yer and lead is as common sandstone In the East
The KiIwinny lode Republican mountain, is yielding
ric rnineral-The Seneca lede Leavenworth mount
,n Yields at the rate Of s5s per tunThe Indigo lode
on Lane mountain yielding at the rate OF sl26 40 per
tun Work is soon 10 be commenced on the Chrstae
lode Idaho district Dee and Powers have leased the
Heaton lode, Leayenworth mountain, and commenced
working. A new discovery has been made on Grhhth
mountain by Lewis Shields. the rock isfoated with wire
SlNSNA"N'A~
have ever seen.
During SIX days the Stewart Silver Reducing Company
produced and shipped silver bullion to the amount OF
1866 &c. coin IL is the largest shipment ever MADE py
company in week. number OF good lodes nave
lately been by miners. The cost OF working mines
has been reduced during the past year. and
every lode that will pay expenses should be mined
The South American lode, Republican Mountain, is
doing well Recently one and one-hah tuns OF ore were
taken from this mine in % hours. The South American
T. valuable lode well defined and carrying good pay
vein of argentiieTOus ealena aud suIhurets -
Mining reports from California, Montana, Utah, ana
New-Nexic6 are encouraging. The mining interests OF
States and Territories west OF Colorado are reaching
eod and the Eastern values OF the bullion crop are
now estimated with much eXaetness as II IL were
wheat. The present year viii be a noted one III the
mining history Of the United States
Mining by tunnels after long and faithful trial, has
proved to be the way OF extracting ores Inc sue
cess OF the Burelgh tunnel means the resumption OF
work on many OF the tunnels abandoned The fact
tLat veins do extend downward TO indefinite depth
IS now settled and also the additional fact that all the
pay IN the lode Is not on the surface.