The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-09
HOW YOU MAY GO TO MINING
COUNSEL FROM Nv OLD pROsPECTOR IN
THE san JCIN REGION.
The Region Surrounding Signal station Il
Your Outht-Your Means OF Travelling
The Cost OF Living aud the Wages OF Labor.


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The Region s"rro"n"'nH S'T"n, station l.
The Cost OF Living aud the W ages OF Labor.
sILvERroN' Col, July 1.--Slvcrton' the
county seat OF San Juan county, IL charmlngly
situated on the Anmas river about sixty miles
'Un' '' , :, 80" VIC '"i' u''" II. On
altitude OF about 1000 feet above the level OF tho
sea. The town. with its beautiful green sward.
a. r....i, ~, ,.,ii 60, 90, f., H. -
Is ii.erany an oinVi",u tio,n su' III vi, NorS
heart OF the loiticst chain OF the Rocky Noun
tains. From her feet towers Sultan Mountain.
'I il =, 600 49,, iii, ~. ~. LII ~. piIa,,
almost ll'ooO ieet hlgh' or as hleh as fike
Peak. and looking down upon her on the east
side ia limited States Sipnal Siation No 1 estab-
lshe d by the United States Geological survey.
silvorton is the centre Of rich mining dis
trict. Her only rival is the lake district about
80, Ca. ,,',, -, a.. .t,
Lake Cl'y hlhsdalc county. Inc loues III lis
district are almost exclusively silver. there be-
inr only one gold lode vet discovered In the
Tn pm,a district 10 ,hc souu oh,ut porro,t
La f"h'" ulsIlct' 10 inc south' upout iurro't
Of the lodrs Of the precious minerals bear gold
o,oro1l, ,ol, a,i ill., ,rha ~, ,tt.
f'her"iy ko'r "Iu sh'vr lhe mines IN 'nis
section are doing remarkably well. The lodes
have been much more thoroughly opnned thnn
in the district below, ana considrrabie ma
chinery has been brought into the country. and
mills and other works have been erected Tor The
treatment Of the ores. GEORGE Grccnc co.
furnace il turning ont n large amount of metal.
TI@ ore il backed from the mines to the fur.
moo hv hpprr"s and ind"nd mortine il ~,
only means Of transnnrtntion In Ills mnuntninS
on. country Ali nbIe-Lodird men exurrienned
minors rnn ,,et work who want IL Miners ure
paid 50 "A day and board or 81 where they board
themselves CARPENTERS from a.. 80 To- as "A day:
stone mnsnns ~ To- IS; lnIurers ~ To- 81; and
i'm all other trades iolrnryincn arc mid i'm
nLout the same nronort on
Silycrton Is rnn,lifv reached in summer lint IA
innrdcssibn in winter owing To- the hcnvv
snows For full Ave months in the vnnr there
il n" mode of Iocomotion. even for short dis-
tanccs. except with snow shoes yet protected
from the weather the m nos may be- worked and
several of them were worked nll last winter
Tho most direct route hv which 10 r.nch Sill
verton from the Enst is vim Lake civ rhe
Dcyer and Rio Grnnde Railway will ,nrrv Won
from Denver to the Summit 81 the Souprc de
Christie Pass Just beyond In Vota whonrr only
n few miles from Fort Garland an admirnlls
lnre from Denver il between s35 and 40 From
Pueblo IL il somewhat less From Lake civ
about twenty miles distant Won mnv find rnedv
ronvevnnrn INT nbput thr most evrr,litinua
md satisfactory way will be- 10 nlnao vnur Lug-
INC, on n no.l animal and v.nit M. distnn1.,
lgO Mills "
You can get nm outfit I'm Kansas CITY Denver
pnoho Ia V,tn or even NJ far West ns Dei
Nnrtn M almost ono. hnlf fhn /, Vnnnsn az nm nit-
nt in Tho Tos, punhin and Dnuvnr n rn rnrhnna
Tho Iest outntiinv noir,s inr tbis aountrv irko
"utflt sh"uid h. as simule ns nossible hnt ~
GOOD nmnlitv There IL no e@onomv in triin1
no incilitios for men1inp or rcpnirs: md nj
most the aggregate cost 81 nh n'rcssarv nrti
rirs will nrt he vrrnt In Tho nrs, nln~e 7
| Womb imnress II ,,ron very one who thinks ~
| coming into this Rocky Mountain country Tint
he should come with nj lcnet a few hundred dol