Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-14
The Colorado Humbug.

be made TO believe the silver tales and
golden stories told by interested parties
concerning Western Territories. The
wildcat speculations of this country
seem to have eliminated in Colorado, a
barren desert with Munchausen silver
mines, Colorado joint stock land compa-
MES and silver mining companies. Land
associations have been established in
every city throughout the South, and
agents of land monopolies have been
inducing young men to emigrate to this
God-forsaken territory, which is about
as productive as sandbar in the Missis-
sippi river. Even in our city an agency
was established to induce young men to
take stock in some wildcat mining com
pany or land speculation, and to emf
CRATE to the wonderful Colorado. We
know of some young men in this city
who were lured thither in search of FL
Dorado, but who found it barren waste,
a sandy desert, unfit for the human kind
to live in. Young men were induced to
leave this city and country and migrate
to this far-famed Colorado, and these
young men are now starving around the
classic precincts of Denver City. Tales
of gold and silver were whispered
in their ears, and mines of untold
wealth were to be found all over
the land of Colorado. We know Of
one young man who was appointed
agent for some patent oil or gas lamp,
which lamp was to be used for lighting
up the mines of Colorado. From let
ter in our possession we discover that
Colorado is a profound humbug, and a
capital place to starve to death. One
young man writes: "Tell every one who
intends coming here not to do so, for
Gods sake, unless they bring with them
sufficient money to carry them back.
Colorado is nothing but sandy desert.
Another writes as follows from Denver
City, February 6:
All that was told us about this country
we're lies. l am nearly in a state of
starvation. Our friend -, who has
been herding cattle for his board, has
Just come into Denver, and had to pawn
his coat for five dollars to get something
to eat. Men are brought out here and
left to starve. All the letters received
from here and published throughout the
South, which speak Of this country as a
good one, are forgeries. There is moth
ing to do here, and hundreds of men are
without employment 1l
These letters are from reputable young
men who were induced to go on this Wild
goose chase after silver mines We think
It our duty to warn all those who intend
trying this land Of Colorado. There is
no inducement in that barren country
for emigration. The country is now
overrun with labor, and hundreds are
out of employment The only employ
ment to be obtained is working for some
farmer on some barren patch of ground
for your board, or chopping wood for a
small remuneration. The climate is
severe, as is the climate of all territories
east of the Rocky Mountains. 1t will not
do to listen to interested parties and be
governed by their strange tales as to the
productions of land well-known to be
sterile and barren. The letters from
responsible young men now in Denver
we have seen, and all these contain earn
est applications fo- money in order that
the writers may leave the God-forsaken
land of Colorado.