The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-12


| two annual harvests The general dryness or the
climate win always confine agriculture TO the val
Of d%nx as H
cereals grow 70 great abundance, even with the
primitive methods employed, and there can be no
| doubt when better appliances are used by more
| energetic people New Mexico viii prove fully as
rich as rexas or California Figs, grapes oranges,
WS %ues proD For I many
years the making Of wine has been an
become an Important business. There are IN
stances, II Is said, OF men who arrived In New
dollar eap.s sno BY rae gait Industry and
severance, have become owners OF valuable sheep
rancnes- the grazing lands are very extensive.
and many OF the Texas stock men winter their
cattle In tue Territory by OF the fact that 1t
affords better shelter and better food.
MINING WEALTH. F
AS stated before. the mining resources are most
extensive ana valuable; but they have virtually
cause the right KIND OF people have not under
their devslop Pun Last year the produce was
over w. Coaimoosn oitumlnous and an.
burns Wei, and ~ reported to be as good any
mined IN Pennsylvania About 100 miles south or
santa re, on the high table land between the Rio
Grande and Pecos, are some extensive saline lakes,
in which salt Is deposited In large cakes The Ter
article from the source named, anG considerable
quantity Is carried into Texas.
WANT OF RAILROADS.
6s New e1S WY nsw
omc,aIs~men' who understand the wants wants Of
OF AFFAIRS il is true the great mass OF the popuia-
ton trouble their minds very little as to whether
there Is q large emigratiOn OF people from other
quarters continually coming In, who conceive that
~ WOULD oe 70 shelr advantaee 20 MAKE ana enforce
road communication. There Is none IN the Terri
tory, yet railroads are las. approaching. Within
Topeka and Santa Fe and the Denver and Rio
Grande roads Will penetrate through New Mexico,
and the Texas Pacific Is slowly approaching Its
confines.
Colorado has been called the Switzerland or
or Germany and ID three times the extent or seve.
raj OF the most important Northern States OF the
Union. IL embraces los,6oo square miles and Is
New Mexico and Texas west BY Utah and north
by Wyoming and the State OF Nebraska. 1t orlgi-
naly was ON integral part OF Kansas, with which
beiligerent commonwealth 10 lad In its infancy
several angry disputes concerning jurisdiction, the
same as New Mexico had with Texas. Three CEN
turtles ago It was visited by o party or adven-
turous Spaniards. who, after establishing them
search OF gold but failing to discover any Of the
precious metals abandoned the region. 1t re-
mained almost unexplored and uninhabited ex-
cept by wild Indians, up to very recent period.
Its admission as q State OF the Union
at this date speaks volumes for the en-
OF Americans. several conventions have been
held IN the Territory during the past seven
the leading strings or the Terri condltlon and
become sovereign State, but the popular voice
declared against the change, as also President John.
son, on the last occasion when the question had
amrmauvely, even alter Congress had enacted
law to carry out their Wishes
PIXIES PEAK. 1e
In the present century the first discoverer and
explorer of Colorado was the energetic and fear
less Captain zebulon NJ. Pike, who traversed the
country and gave an interesting account OF what
& n Snr.
traveller to have an elevation Of over
acquired the name Of Pixies Peak his footsteps
were followed later by Colonel J. H. Long. but
that nave since made Colorado and the surround
ing region OF country rival California in the rich
U s m is a the
this quarter occupied more surface and that their
altitude was greater than In any other part OF
their range 1t happened however, that In 1857 q
party OF Cherokee Indians were en- route overland
to California and on their journey discovered gold
on the banks OF RalsLon Creek, small anident OF
the Soath Platte. They announced their good
luck, aud the report spread IKE wildfire through
lapse In that year had caused many adventurous
spirits in the West to peer into the obscure beyond
them TO md new field Of enterprise In the month
OF February, 1858, q party Of nine men lett the
state OF Georgia with view OF prospecting
the east slope Of the sierra Madre along the head
Hills. After arriving there they found not more
Tran half dezen white men inhabting the vast
..
to work. dug large and deep holes In the wet sand,
and in q few days " Ashed out
LARGE QUANTITIES OF VIRGIN GOLD.
This was the actual first beginning OF mining in
Colorado, which has resulted IN the Denver Branch
Mine, opened by the government IN 1862, coming
and issuing bars amounting to $50, 0O0 600, not In
Guiding the production that did not pass through
that institution, but remained with private parties
to be disposed ol elsewhere. A lew OF the Geor-
gians returned TO Kansas and reported their sue
cess. Pixies Peak beng the nearest natural object
the new gold fields were chrstened by that name.
thousands OF Adventures who had been
Tor confirmation Of the discoveries Immediately
started for the freshest Ell Dorado. They locked
In from the East and from the West, from
New Mexico and Utah. these TWO Territories
icing to the north and south OF Pixies Peak.
wand, which are now as well ordered, as well laid
out ma as substantial as any IN New YORK, ONO
doubt, q firm political body was formed, with ali
the natural resources, to make it worthy OF be-
coming q state OF the American Union. Denver
Golden City and Georgetown. Colorado went on
gaming IN population, and the increasing yield OF
It's mines created the highest hopes its future
prosperity. On the, 9th OF June 1885, q convention
was called to meet in Denver, with the view OF
forming State constitution and applying Tor ad-
mission into the Union. on the same day
THE LATE HORACE GREELEY
arrived In the city. he addressed public meet
monwealth, and trusted that one might be made
and brought into the Union without going through
organization. The town OF Greeley was named
after the distinguished journalist. IL is necessary
TO mention here That IN 1868 an attempt was made
to get Pike's Peak set or from Kansas a. sepa-
rate territory. Kansas having organized the region
the previous winter into county OF that State,
named 1t Arapahoe. and procured the election or
county officers and members or the Legislature.
The Convention above mentioned, consisting Of
167 delegates, alter considerable discussion de-
termined upon the formation OF a new State and
prepared constitution lor submission TO the
people, which, II rejected, tnen there was to be
formed
THE TERRITORY OF JEFFERSON,
and committee sent to washington to have the
gold region set OF from Kansas. The vote was
against state organization, the numbers being
2 l0u to $50. Kansas still persevered in its efforts
to exercise Jurisdiction over the miners and to
collect taxes, but the opposition was so
accomplished. The settlers organized system Of
regulations and code of laws for themselves
winch gave security to the holders OF mining
claims, and, by prompt administration OF justice to
offending parties, kept turbulent and dangerous
men on their good behavior In 1860 a Legislature
was elected, but no one paid atten to It's pro.
ceedlngs. The whole matter OF government was