, 1873-03-01
.COLORADO.
A Review Of the Explored
Mining Region.
The Mineral Weaith""lts Localities.
Tho Mining Companies md Their
Operations.

Dknvzn Co.,. Fab. IL, 1879.
It can DO stnted, by parties familiar with Col
orado. TINT oxp1oratione havo boon mado, o. q
general thing. along tho main rango OF tho
poc1,v 1Tounta,n svstom In this Tprritory, aud It
l,an m f]ouht boen satisfactorily provon that tho
,,inoral half NJ 0ororn5o extends from It's north
or,, In ita aontborn boundary,-ostopdlnu in
With m NJ, avornno at ut loast 80 miles, The
,,.i,, Ia NJ 1oaat E] 1ni1oe In lcnuth. This.
with ,ta hro.dth of no uilos. shows tho bolt to
contain 90 op souaro uatlop, oounl to 18. 900 900
enuara aores. Proannctore hayo already trny-
orana Hi. tumonaa aobt,on onoueh to fu11v
dononstrato th.t Colorado ia ono OF tho richest
co,,n+riaa r., .bo vor1d
IT MT THE n,ouEs7, -
IN nrcc,oua ninern1a NJ nj, kinda I do not mean
to have your roadere intor that this largo section
has beon fully and perfectly prospoctct, for this
ts not tho case; but, whore prospectors have
beon at work, they hayo in eyory In
stauco proven that the minerals generally
resemble each other throughout the Territory.
md hayo eyorY characteristic Of thosa In fully
doyelopod districts. The ores Of tho silver
deposits arc. as rule, suphurots Of silver, iron,
coppor. lend. zinc. and suIphateH Of nearly every
known metal,
THE GOLD DEPOSITS 80
Of this rreat range aro ohIofy confined to the
-bflln m hotf aides of thu range. and In tho
yalleyp. canons, and parks, along tho skirts Of
inuuIaorable mountain. streams that make their
appearance hero and cthere through the range.
In these deposits, the. gold exists in Its native
etateSsmonR the drift material peculiar to the
country and location. Tho deposits arc mainly
In RnoiRsoid formations, In fBsuro veins or
lodeg. The gold In these is combined
with ncarlv an the known minerals,
md oconaionaI1y with SULPHUR. The fully-ox-
plorod gold section Of the Territory commences
with Wood and Gold HUI Districts. In Boulder
sonth % md west to tho weutern rim Of South
oe"stA ~" "eo "
PArk "est ana soutn 10 inc neao-"atotH OF tue
Arkansas south to the San Juan Mounta1ns, On
tho southern boundary Of tho Territory. On the
onrns,to a1do ~ Tho ranoc oo1d oxtends from
Middle Phrk south, through nfooRenl1o8o de; DE
triot, to the head-waters Of the Blue hivor.
This vast regiou is destined to yield to its
noneoaaora trcnanrea NJ untold wealth.
s,n a,-,1x.oe1 1rit,,,, +1a ahova ,,,;ta
first began to attract attention IN 1ooo, when
party Of miners from Georgia
grner p1scovEnrp GOLD
t., +ha .,,,nt,-, around p;ke,a psak. .rha frat
N tne eoun!iy atounu k!ao etr - m,,1an s
attractions wero aomo distance south OF Denver,
on Dry and Cherry Creeks and along the Platte
1or to,1one % bv 1arae Infur Of miners, Who mostly
oo,,n,sd +ha;r ,tIonu In tho wasf,inr Of eur-
faoo.dirt In tho vicinity Of where blnoAnaWk and
Central Oities nor stand. This, and several
districts beyond the range, have hitherto con-
etitutod tho builion-produolug source Of Colo
raoo' IN 1'09' 49,. a,x x,-., ,o,..
uoa s'1Ysn ~ Iophs
were discovered IN summit County which was
followed, in 1865, By rlchor discoyariea in The
Vicinity Of aoorgetown. In iS7o. raoh ioaed Is17
rich depobits Of gold and silver Tere M found IN
Park and CopeJos Conntle5 Wnon a1acoGeriee
wore 1ollowoo py ptaeis utnn .no liz tns Sos,l
every county nas neen sa ,rs ~ 1uo
anT A. mGSs nIye gnsnr1txy vo1r pealera ei1e' 1'
nErTEn IDEas - oF ca;aE.aa TEE a1S7a iii, anita,
ana mininS opeIasona ~ t,a ,.,;r.
INTO INC auo1eot mo1a a,5 de.orir,.
ing aeoons ~ o9un9s, iaa,nt au g,,as
ponE oe a. iini, y sI
Counties OF 3o4ldo9' oleaa otSon a ns rsiana
summit anu 41he, mlr snu nony 1r,, o'e1
- w. i,aa hasrs In on.r,t,o, n,
.hs shout e rasla whoh has at times brought in
good revenue ., 90 S pa}nsp, yhtln NAM
veins ! orGsk a7e so aae 1r9n
shttpua u1ue, ,t,11 an,nanasta the .onara n,
caently Weu 70 1on5 oolnponoaso Sao ntuoAo ~.
their labor. 80, .,,,,,.a -. =, H.. ! !, :
In @ Weed ssyoT bdb bss hs1o 'fS Ssre96f nG% os
laid idle for many ars,-among which are th'
Ni-Wot stoughton, and Columbia, yielding
prominently of both gold q and @ eilVer. r. a.. At pres
ont, the Rad Cloud, on Gold Hill, ia the mos
| prominent and valuable gold mine in the coun
| try. Among others, tho Discovery shaft. acarco
" 60 foet deep, dlsoloses 8-foot vein Of quart
and MISUNDERSTANDING, on IN asera8e, pagu po
rium,-being tho only one OF Ihe Aana IN 1, "a
Territory, and there beln9 out 10" III tue "o1Au
This tellurium Ia exceedingly r1eli, assaylng
high as 40 per cent gold: The orc takon gu
during the aoason,is now being sorted. ana, 2
soon as this work is completed, the MRn gtaa
will DO sent to Freiburg Tor manlPulanon, on
tho lower grade stored, to await reduction WORK
nearer home. Tho Coming Tunnel Company IFely
an enterprise OF Boulder County clttzens eta
8 cutting into. tho nor northern u,,x1;ac iac
win of rold Whether this enterprise Will b