, 1877-01-08
All About the "Silver Mining
Circle" and It's Geo1og-
ica1 Formation.
What the Denver Legislature Has
Accomplished d---Christmas in
the Rocky Mountains.
Southern California, the Land of
the Orange, Myrtle, and
Pomegranate.
SILVER CIRCLE MINES.
THE LATEST COLORADO SILVER COUNTY,

~o''1FN"S"he " 1HE 1Ft0HH&.
~, e'tVEH C'RctE' fremont Co., Col, Jan. g.
1h1s newest aud apparently uncxccllcd silver
INNING district comes before the readers OF rou
paper WIN merit" neither claimed nor posscssct
D9 any oihcr mining camp on cur continent
4hc purpose OF those who liaye been 50 ex
.'enely fortunate as to possess IL Is not TO elk
!a'sc,s lhe Isahu bonanza which the ellrcr del
',cs "a'e transferred TO THUR control. Thc]
stuu'ou''t aVolaet any news Of their operation.
~ teaeh tAe pubic through the press or other
"1e unli! tacy Knew t,ill well tho wealth 1t
tn.'9 hahas. Not Until they had safely secured
~ e'a.s"7 oi l,No w 'oo tcct each In width did
lucy Alio" any Information tler harl, c1pedl.
w aous' "iu work to 60 out to the world,
4hcso c'a'tna arc all OH bona lldo silver
loues u' cseVlees, Win perfectly defined wall.
4o."o VI sca Efa"1tc. one reason Of tho marked
""' e"''ao'ulnarF superiority or Silver Circle
~ haiaca ny tue pioneer expert prospcctor, Ed
"a.a heR'esson'-aa TINT this large number OF
i'''ees 'cuus VI sllFeF Has not one foot evcn OF
'",t' M ,cu'''s iano oes"een tue claims Not this
on5, pu' more, some OF these claims Of 800
1ee. II! length nave thrce defined parallel leads
On t"e'r. very many Of them curry two leads
1neto nsc on the ltl claims 237 claims, counting
lode' or crcVlce as distinct claim. Besides,
tnere arc some tWcnty-slx cross-lolcs, The
.,t.e..te.. ~ -" e"e'et'y HUI westerly
a,.s slon' paia''c'' or nearly 30. to each ot1cr.
IFixc "-tn the Circle. This Is six miles in
1e'!gth, md extends directly westward Into tho
centre OF tho Roslta mining cau,p. Tho various
1olcs north OF tllnt one almost invariably dIp to
the north, while thoss 10 the south OF It. din
soilth"ard. The cross-lodcs extond In north
westerly aim southwcstcrly tlircttton. and hare
WAyG-Ilko tendency OF 6ltt1uttull. Thfs mako.
area Of a,14o acres OF mineral srcn. Upon Tits
s e;sa 'I "an sana,,. st Is5 a s ;osa
site area, Of course ali locators aro obliged to
ua1e''ass lots OF t''em' ret with such adyan-
tagcs they sell buiiding-sltcs ycry clleap)y.
Sinco Nov. lwenly y-esght houses aud residences
Of all kinds lavs been constructed; enough
.attu n alo nnaeF eontsact anu projection TO mako
loo W tic list OF February; while 1t Il safe to
predict population Of $500 for this Circle by
the 1st Of next JULY
et,,.u 100 4!oS surh'l1ohi7'ss. -..,.
SILVER circle ts twcnty-thrcc miles only from, Tho
terminus of tho Atchson, Topeka s. Santa Fo
Raroad, through Or at Pueblo. Miners aud
tenuoutlv Inv. nnno ~ 49,. s.s. 'ss.o' eou'
a5 .,~4as "A'e "oae u taas ohclons expense
1.esessa'y a:,e ~, 10 feaeh Sun Jnau. New Mexico,
mote mineral rcglona. Oue cup wall, % rem the M
western end of tjie A.. r. "a. r. Il II, easily ~
.a >"'t ~ - u"1. ~ THU Oh Aosao-pack OF
thFce ahh ohe-half hours, nnu, by carriage or
wagon, of four md half to five hours. Fifteen
miles uf The road Ii over the level n,csa-tol,ln
laud-wllrh tntcrvcncs bctwre" ~, .".,s,,n'' .aDo
tbot rottro,, orI I'm ,,as ~. ~ 't,''inus o1
t"ua 'a,,soau anu luz oase OF thc Rocky Noun
ta'ns. There yum arc Mt IN elevation of &, 500
feet. Our camp Is 7200 feet aboyu the sea Level,
and our highest mines or shafts IA stplt fro,,,
caInn nrc I'm foot I'M, Ths'1 ~ ,s''a snt rom
Ms, pe,., u .' !vc. 'Su ihe'e arc upwards Of
w" mineral spftnss "lthln rallus of ten miles |
of camp centre. Silver Creek, st. Charles River,
and MldAlc Canon River flow through the tlI,.
trIct. They are Tue accumulation o7 t.e h,n, hM,9
dsrss Ut spring.bosn rlyulcts, and aYord
u supcrabundancu of watcr and 1u,wrr
Tile climate Is uncxccllctl for ami.
tary excellence. 4 moro rropit,ous sltua,ion u
for tnvatl4s troubled with ithroat. lung. ss,h.
found III our whole country. Ti,crs ars str bot NJ
springs i've a,lt o.c.llaf ,i,Iles from ihs ccutrs
OF catllp. liar.!cus expedition nualyzrd ti,s,r
waters, an,l II, the oINcai report t,ey arc 1r..
rouucS,l unst1rt,asse,l fnr u,raltr,nni ema,tsts.