, 1877-12-25
COLORADO.
Favorable Reports from the Min
ing Districts.
The Trade Of Denver Increasing
Rapidly.
Grain and Cattle Products for
the Year 1877.
Tho Pattsrson-H Helforl Conteat..-Pat-
terHon's Record.

speefdl Correspondence ot The Tribune.
DENVER, Col, Dec. 15.-1t VITA very freely
predicted during tic spring and summer tlat
those Of our people whowerc leaving the towns,
ntnes, and ranches Of Colorado and swarmipg
toward pealwood, with golden visions, would
be coming baek by wlntcr, we'll shoru. 13ut
such has not been tho case. A few Of those Who
left us have returned, and hare "got enough"
Of tho Dtack Ililis hut the grcas majority TINT
went Into tho nc" d'gglnga remain there. It
WAS not 80 last wintGr. Tho most Of those who
tlockcd into Custer and Dca,lwood tho season
before wcro glad enough to "hoof
Il" back this war, aud take oil tilt
"rougi, odgc u OF winter crcllng the comfortable
arcs in our wcll-to-Ao towns, and rccnuntIng
tclr exploits antl mlslnps, displaying their sack
Of "colors," and really to trade tho host
"claims" !" they had been able to "atakc oil uptn
the Hills toany inn-kccper who would giTo them
bed, feed, and "tbc drinks :" until sprln9. Owing
to this changed State Vi things, tbs opinion has
gained here TINT the 1Iils'' aru fixed fact. From
the considerable numbcrs who arc goIug back
and forth between Denver mt! Dcadwood all
tic whitc on business connected with tho pur-
ctlnso Of mining machinery. supplies, an freight
Ing, tho "s.atus" ol the llGRinVs Is pretty well
known here. Denver, Contrat City, Black Hawk.
Georgetown, and Pueblo, contributed uyor 600
to what Is now tho permanent population OF
Deadwoo1 Gulcll. alany Of the merchants,
miners. mll-mcn, and Fpeculators In tho scv-
crat camps aro Colorado '50ers. They naturally
send here fur their supplies, AMI ns result
DENVER ENJOYS 4 doop TRADE
with that ncw country. From cstimatea gath
cred by inquiry among Our leading dealers, IL uI,-
pears TINT tue salca 10 pfaek Hills buyers tho
mast ycar have exceeded half million Ut dul.
lars. Largo numbers Of teams 1.avo been pur-
chased hero through tho seasos, loading with
groceries, mtncrs' tools, clothing, ETC., for that
sectton. Tllese arc great many travelling ncr-
chants "ontRtt!ng ill tho Willie, eciitg out team
and cargo when they get to Dcadwooti. and then
coming back to III out agntn. Tho tralcss fn
the new camps arc reported to he doing, well,
atiu tho people at larEe getting q fOutholl ANd
prusperlng. Although tho gutsh mfncf, out
side uf fcw ciaiIns. have proved Erftty i,esl 4
| failure, yet tho Qunrtz.M!rs!nG Inns nssutncu
quits large psonorttotls, and torn,s tho basis for
tho perGIa tlcnt settlement Of the Ullck Hills,
| Ut ltust thnt purtlon Of them nbont Dcatlwuod
uu1cl,. Several stamsIn[lla have bccn forwa.i-
etl from Denver, and it'n'iY more from Chitago
a,ti othcr Eastern cities, md faere a1o nov In
and Tic connecting canips, sotnc forty mills,
carrylng over l,o,0 stamps. Th!s is tho rcsiE.
| Of Il lew months work, and ls m1ro than they
l,ayu iu operation In our old rllltug-towa of
Black ftnwk.
| All accounts agree that
TlIR GOLD PRODUCT IA 1NCnEAslNG,
| nul tho promise for next year cxcrl!cnt. The
ounrtz tl,tes MD mills nTc working srtglst
urge nlulbcrs. and preventing tho possibility
OF my such suffering a. was rxpcrlunred last
| year III TINT coulttry.
Tie following estimate hy the staGo aud
| cxprvss companies engaged Iii tfu Bla.k lil}a
carrying business IL mado Of tho gollycld lor
thu last hn}f Ut tic ycur: