The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-28

~ tatio ahu oOohbSboNh WhAit tiC
other follows the North Fork, ending |
now at the city Of Black Hawk. We
take the latter, and at dusk, with the
air full of snow, reach the depot, which,
b~y-the-way, is the only covered depot
in Colorado, as we'll as the costliest. 1t
was built for a stamp mill in 1860, 10y
Gen. Fitz John Porter, then superin-
tendent of a New York mining COM
pany, but was soon abandoned, and
stood empty until occupied by the rail
road company as a depot upon the COM
pletion of this road in 1873. Here the
vehicle array was even greater than mt
Golden, and all were soon on the way
to Central City, come two miles up the
gulch, where the doors of the mammoth
Teller house were open for reception.
As our c~onveyances halted, and the
tired, hungry excursionists poured into
the capacious nav of the hostelry, it
seemed that standing room would soon
be at n premium. But the landlord,
Mr.. W. ii. Bush, had cared for larger
crowds than ours, and knew how to
handle us, so that within II very few
minutes all were comfortably slowed
away. As soon as the ladies had com-
pleted their toilet-making, supper was
announced, and the spacious dining
room n thrown open. A choice col
lation was served up by a myriad of
pretty waiter girls, each of whom
seemed TO possess the faculty of being
in n dozen places at one and the same
time.
Supper over, the ladies repaired to
the parlor. where a delegation of
Central ladies should have waited
upon and entertained them, while the
ident Pcase, Mr.. Wheeler and Mr..
Clark, who stopped in the parlor, met
and becaup acquainted with Mayor
Snyder, of Black Hawk, the Mayor,
Chief Engineer Mccall, City Clerk
Lowrie, and other officials and leading
citizens Of Central and Black Hawk.
The gentlemen strolled about the city,
enjoying themselves in n quiet and dig
nified manner until midnight, when
all retired.
The sun rose in Il clear sky this
morning, but Il fierce wind swept down
the narrow guich in which Central is
built. The air, too, was thick with
indications of n storm. A substantial
breakfast gave all a feeling of content,
and we babe our genial host goodbye
with regret. Some rode to Black
Hawk, but the majority of the party
walked down the long incline, stopping
frequently TO look through the numer-
Gus stamp-mills which line the gulch,
or to walk into the long, dark tunnels
which lead into vast and valuable gold
mines. .a
OF course, in leaving Central, we
should mention the fact that she has
two daily newspapers, the oldest and
largest being the daily and weekly
Register, published by J. y. Smith and
Dennis NARROW, two finished printers
and thorough gentlemen, and edited by
Frank Fossett, Il veteran and practi-
cal mining reporter, as well us versa
tile and spicy writer upon local topics.
The Daily Town Talk is II small but
ambitious and popular sheet, published
by IL. NJ. Rhoads, and edited by Col.
J. 5. Dormer. 1t is an intensely local
paper, crowded with all the news, as
well as witty and able paragraphs on
all subjects.
AS the long cayalcade of excursion
lists rode and walked into Black Hawk,
where Our baby train was awaiting us,
Col. G. G.. WEIGH, who has been our
guide and protector, conformity with that
prince of railroad gentlemen, Mr.. J..
Il. Clark, since the outset, inquired if
we desired to see the process by which
silver and gold are extracted from the
ore and manufactured into bricks. OF
COURSE all replied atfirmatively, and we
were then escorted to the Boston &
Colorado smelling works, just below
i'N h'tNh. IA IiuiitSSl, lOl.
Hill, who has achieved the greatest
success in smelling east of the Rocky
mountains, with his affable superin-
tendent, Mr.. Pierce, piloted our party
through the en- tire works, which V
several acres of ground. We saw the
precious metals in all stages-in the
ore, fresh from the mine, where Il
strong glass was necessary for the dis
covery of gold-silver in processes of
sorting, crushing, roasting, separating
and precipitating-until finally we saw
the molten silver, liquid pink and yellow
in color, poured into an iron mold,
where it cooled into n brick weighing
over N hundred pounds, and worth
e one thousand dollars. A gold
brick weighing 75 pounds, and worth
about $4,000 was also exhibited and
handled. With profuse thanks for
favors received we babe the smelters
and citizens farewell, boarded our
train, and took the back track seven
miles to the Forks, where we we're
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