The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-04-25
COLORADO LETTER
PUEBLO, CoLoRADo, |
April 10TH, 1873


PUEBLO, CoLoRADo,
April 10TH, 1879
Ed. Democrat-A little less than
a year ago l wrote you concerning
this place, and now, after a winters
residence here, I desire to write an
appendix, and correct some impress
ions l have made. While still adhe-
ring to the truth of what l then wrote
mainly, there has been a wonderful
change for the better. A fresh zeal
has taken possession of the people
and things are moving with life.
Within the past six months a foun+
dry and machine shops have been
erected, and a large rolling mill is in
full blast, furnishing railroad iron
for the two railroads at this point,
both of which are pushing their lines
into New Mexico. Arrangements
are about completed for the erection
of nail works and a blast furnace.
The latter is q fixed fact, and this is
an excellent locality, as coal and iron
ore are both to be found ear here.
Thus. You will see that Pueblo has
been born again, and now aspires to
be the Pittsburg of the Rocky Noun
tains.
This is undoubtedly the best win
ter resort for invalids in the State.
1t escapes the mountain storms,
which Denver and Colorado Springs
both are subject to. This is a fact
that is little known in the East, as
the two latter places have done an
immense amount of classifying on the
subject.
The hopes of the few farmers OF
this locality are raised by the fact
that there were no grasshoppers last
year, and this year they are sowing
a full crop of grain.
The readers of the DEMocRAT will
be surprised to know that in this
great cattle raising region we car
scarcely get beef fit to eat, but it is
true. They never feed cattle, and al
this season of the year they become
very TIM. Indeed, it is said that
they have to tie stones to their tails
to keep them from blowing away.
LEADvILLE.
This is the new mining town
which is attracting great attention
in this State. 1t is predicted thai
will witness as great a rush
to that locality IS to the BlackHills
Even now reckless prospectors ART
Drawing the mountain SHOWS anc
storms at the risk of their lives Il
get there first and secure advantag
es.-Leadville is not a new locality
at all, on the contrary tits one of thu
Oldest mining districts in the State
being in the famous California gulch
which has already produced sucl
great quantities of gold. The or
just found is of quality hithert'
unknown IN this State, called Gear
boniferous;" is very rich, of a dust,
reddish color and easily worked. l
seems strange that it should hav,
beea worked for the past 20 year
and its value never known. 1t j
supposed that the mountains of tina
locality abound in it, and what i
stranger, is that your correspondent
was through that neighborhood las
summer and he didn't find it him
self.
Isuppose there are more MicaW
beers to the square mile in a minin
country than any other place OF TIL
face of the earth. They general
come expecting to gather gold an
silver like huckelbcrries, if they ca
once reach the place, but when lane
e dthere they soon realize that the
. must begin to dig the precious" fc
], somebody else at $1.50 a day {
starye. However, they never get di'
couraged, for there isn't one of thel
but expects TO strike it rich som
day, and talk of going back to I'll
States and living in ease. Cons
# quently every new discovery star
# these micawbers to see what b;
turned up" Some realize their e:
: pectations, but by far the larg,
q number are employed again as "mi.
ers,' until a new discovery is mac
and they throw up their Sob al
start on the "tramp" again.
PRONUNCIATION.
.e One of the many peculiarities
= stranger or "tenderfoot'', notices,
: the wonderful difference between Il
+ spelling and pronunciation of nam
of places. His attention is first 6
tracted by being laughed at ov
some word, anil it is not long befo
l. he will refuse to open his mouth
name places. Most of the old tow
and rivers bear Spanish name
some are correctly pronounced a
70 cording to that language, but by
I a greater number have become GO
se bled by the Medicans and follow
,e by the settlers. A few instanc
is may not prove undressing: T
San Juan country is called the S
~ Wan; the towns of La Junta a
lie Saquache.are respectively called
o. Hunta and Swatch, and the Hu,
It fano and Purgatoire rivers, the w
, fano and Picket-wire. The latter
as bad as the old woman who call
Vermig's street in Colorado Sprin;
"Vermifuge street."
Not the least in the amusing Ii