The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-23
THE SAN JUAN COLD FIELDS
WAR THE MINERS or THE SUMMIT
DISTRICT Ann DOING
How TO Get 40 the Mines and How You mny
Live ne Miner Where they have IN
Winner from leu TO Forty feet OF snow.

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'oWn recently ''iu ou' W lne S"" Juan Ooh-
sohCated Mining COMPANY. There are ABOUT
a dozen ,ox hou.es mostly hewn nina ON the
-. ., - =,
Vo"n SITE proper and posbsps nVe times as
many more la the woods near Iho mines.
How b., got tn tne n,.n.s 4. "A n,.s.tion that 4.
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frequently asked. lake any foute YOU poAse TO
ksrsss CITY, and there you pay SoIr money and
Ito vonr ,hoic. ,,,i, .t'har ,,v ,h. x .ns,s
IN ''"' ""'Ne' N''"~ e''"'' w '"' "-"'''
Pacific road ~ Denver, all tnen nee by team
through the south pass over ponchl pass or b.
,,o ,srr,, -, % - ~ r,,, -. 80 r1
Wv, l,",I " ta"4o W ~ >" W, y. o'a'
latter IA a ne" town az the loot oi the AbeSta
pass and the nearest point to Del y orte reached
by rail-. B1low& sAnderson's sx-horse ooaci es
run from Neta t. Dsl Nvrto "a thirteen hours.
IL takes A II, Hangar from canon cty hui thu
'''-O' o'i' VI" -. N''' 'u' 'uo
scenery gu t"at route Is much hher. and the
road is N measure NOE frou, tae ak al dust,
-" :, '''' 'u"v' az - '"o g" i'"'o' i"o
iAte 10 inc same either way III.
Those who do not cara 10 take Denver In their
route can 90 frou X ,ns,. ,itv Il, A.rbt.on nv
800 NA' N' 10" "'S'' N''S y, A'0u'So" ny
ire Atchison Topeka and santa fe road direct
to Puebio, and thence Uy naIl ow gauge to Canon
- -, r'.a,- -, = -, So,
VI 'e'a' Ou'"S o'n ne oous'' az l'ooio' ana
great many ~ D. tbsr own conveyance from
thera tn ina u.ipa. Fgur man with v,oa nair
-, -. -. -. -, -. - '. "
W ipuies VI h"iseS "nu sprung ""gVh' & III larry
all tine luggage they need IS well NJ months
uroyisi,r, and 90 ..hcanor and u,nr. ind.uen
~, -, v gu" :" ."oapo, gnu n'u.S inuvgch
u ,e ,n ~, n n, a. s0G as insy
and mouGlain sheep IRE also found In some
Jerktn,,, M ,nkc,s ~, 10 ,,,., ,,i ,,,.k.
wb +, r., nra,,orsd In cook t,slr ,,vn nrnSi,lnns
tsnsivs rsfr.,ns ~ n,nst ~ th.. r,n,h.I "a ,,-u
A. Of the rai. h.keslers wac arc ust over modest
i'm tnsir f.,,. n, a. il,,,,r, ~ ar 80 rs,,,c
can yst a ,ui,,rs ni.ai A. ,ne.t INV ~ ths
ranchss Tor haif a dollar nm - A man
comns his hair AND wears GOOD cioths = ti,ey Viii
ctarse min. for tha same a,,omuu,la. ION sayen-
ly-n.s c.nts ana IN .on,s Mace e. psrnto.
.niais tN.,,iis' itHe .I,vcrty a,nr
nnrs of 40 many gentl.mer In me n, ,t,ut,tIs
IN. nm can G ma. Win t.,,, IN In, 80,
to ayo DAYS from Pueblo - De- Norts.
F-om Del No~te to S11mlt a coed mountain
road r1s recently onin.a and ,e ~
Too heavily loaded dive through IN one day'
lac distance Is tllr mica: the rp.I il pretfy
st..,, "a LII -, ~ :, ~ ~ 49, Icy" ~ piv'
the heaviest pine fpr... In C0io,.io. summit
is about nve Thousand teot nearer The moon
than Del Nurt,. aud snow 10 plentifIi vii sIever
n ~ shaded ri,s nh - tni. liz. se',,,',
read with stinI., thy the nccouu.s a. lsyo ~ tIe
shade i'm the E.st,rn St,t.s ont the hoo, viii
il d - wi, n gre runctualltv i'm 10. montb ~
Octohcf. rrom zen to forty feet 1, lie usual
winter cepth nf snow In THIS ytc,uity I'm thn..
who have winisred here "a, tho thermometer
esrrc - rtn MI winter Ihis I ,n VIM, -ks Pr
II ne from the summit gold district, in wnich
extensive gold ninus h.vs beet discoyarsd.
lner' att no eulch disgings here to speak or
ANA the lanH T. AT claimed In the sheys wners
there j. pussiuiiiiy - pOcks' eing fouLi;
f,rfi,ue mimi. wtfhotit Ia enc. ,rem'psd -,
spend q sm4u fortune q from twenty ~ nfty
tn1usand dollars 10 develoD one OF tue numer-
v.is quartz le ids that crop cGt all around south
VI 4nfLlu. IhIs luc tltty Is fAl II txpectaat
mlhuuaras. inat D., fellows VINO have prs.
peCt0d aud taken c.sirs and are holding on to
them waiting ior somebody Witn cAlpal o. come
anu out up ulll' Hhu III tthihers go NprN the
mines. dany Ut tnc.a arc p4tchcd and seefy.
bu- they uelicv. they have GOOD TANK Add
STICK 10 thelr claims Ike NHruacie,. ihe present
season will prove whether th-lr fan. 3. well
founced OF not. hundreds II pd.rins h va
present sc IL ~. and nv advice l. those without
capital l. to stay away for tae present. there
Gte ~ n NV rt ppie here a. can tud profitable
emplD yment TIL the mi.os are more lally de-
yelVped
inere wcro only two mills In opera alton here
last year, tue Adams VI summit mill with lye
stamps. anc the Little Annle VITA ten. Inc
engine THIS summer; 10 was san 10y water pow y
last - ar. br. X. :. Adams, 1hn ". " Iu ate,
ana Lewis crook are ine prpprietors, ana their
twenty - in - VIII be T iuE In f-N q lYs.
no lIttle Annie oni, run aonut six weeks last
isll, td. ia mat une cleaned "a aDou, $500 Ia
Ia SD vol prop1rNonaicl, - O. d.d last TAI.
witnessed .he cio4n no AMI rctlrt last iul4y.
a. u uub welded SKY ouh es try ~ soll
lt'n tA'rN Ton, ol f,e~' the result - Sax days
crIsnirs.
Rich GELD NINE.
TINS mine looks more liks MI stone quarry
than a gold ID. iue. Foe ore come, a. Il - al
sltni1e or nJti In inc she Nf1 n, ,.tt I,'
tw-nt,-rve feet vide. and % b.. about furty f..t
from tbe ii ior 10 tue sImu.it ~ tue face me
III lain, B. yer, steer, ami " rauf, =. ~. f,-.
cot. deeper a. me ic.t Is any q iu. rL. mn
many ci.im shat t.rre IS 40 ,ii ,i-n. fec, la In.
ecu 10 u the uIino a great leai rit lrr man me
ayera.e. Wi.c la.u Inclined 10 D.lisSe, A, 4 SAW
Mr l.. D. Peterson, the urt-iu i .i.e .ver.r vi me
mine. crush a chunk about thr size II A uop-a
t-g iu tOm. - non tuuit1r ana ptD Al .lu..
aud Tie suiI. | tln confident, WoAl nave ll.I
tn- upllOW VI al ordinary soos.g.Iil. uue-tntru
fun. Iue mine IL owned by .dr. 20 erso,l. y IT,
Brandt. aud Lewis aud JOba j. C-ook me
! Cooks are .Aperiencsu gold mi. or,. and are
cOundcnt the Little Anne Is the l.xest sO.1
mine M tue world. None VI the stock a Tor sale
a. any pr.ce.
The holden Queen. mine lies a.o o -tde tina
Little Aunie. nul the company hav. crrcta1 A
trn-sJau.p mid a snort Isl luce below the ,ufIo
udla Il only pegan oporAtionsA Nv aa.. Az.
aud have pDt Nr. Gained the result If the ur.f
Gle ining up. All Of tho owners re sang iiu-
that II VIII mAAa A. go'l ~ uoter SHOWING
tAdh the y Las llll' Recent assays ~ ihe ial-
lhss i'Oh tAS \ 'he mhi Shp" thht II j. not
SAVING On a. average half ot the gold IN the
rock FrJi. hobJlns, riactict cle'nist and
as7AieI' telii ne thal lie cau'~ uf thls II t.e
pi"sehc" y ifui, which fusis o. dis7Dl IS tns
IA re- ana "here the pirticlos OF voll A'e non
coatej, qilcasliNs "ui nor eaten them. Iuis
eau u paiuaIi] leULeuled b1 more ihofuNshy
lubhlns tL' goa IA the pau before Il Is ~ into
tue battery. Nuher'ua sprinS-, =" st'ong,J in-
pie-hat'd Win iron ina II pucAers the mouth
70 lAssc lee Ndirr' come ott Aipn- toe - -
~ htue mound 81 red OXIDE u iTon. anu all
non
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