The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-19
COLORADO.
Her Golu Mines, and Her Com
! stocks and CALIFORNIA;.

NEDERLAND, Col, March /, 1878.
As the Enquirer is generally recognize
ed to be the leading organ OF Western
interests, an account of some of the pro-
ducts and promises of that part of the
West known as Northern Colorado may
not be without interest to many OF Its
readers. am moved to en- effort on be-
half Of the region named because l am
sure its merits have not received that at
tention in pubic print and from capital
lists that is warranted by the facts in the
case. The western slope of the Rocky
Mountains and the San Juan country
have had columns of newspaper history
where the territory OF which l write
has had but few lines. No dis
psrsgement of the Western SLOPE Is
meant, tor it has added immensely 10 the
bullion product o. the world, and hence
to the commercial prosperity; and yet 1t
is but fair that other fields, rich in the
metals of the double standard" should
receive such share of public attention
as their products and promises demand.
A few narrow belts should no longer
monopolize the mining capital OF
moneyed centcrs. While Professor
Swess, of Austria, is probably mistaken
in his statement that the great gold fields
of the world are already discovered, yet
there is enough force in his views to urge
thorough working of the areas we have
already opened. II does not require
a prophet nor the son OF prophet,
10 foresee that the mining OF the
precious metals will in few years
become one of the chief industries of the
country. l we'll remember the contempt
in which men of Legitimate business" q
few wears ago held the pioneers of the
petroleum industry, but to-day it is third
on the list OF our articles OF trade, cotton
and legitimate businessmen, such as
heads OF Savings banks and bosses OF In
surance Companies, still look askance on
all enterprises that depend for success on
digging elsewhere than dboUe ground.
Heretofore mining has been more specu-
lstive than industrial; this is more par
ticulsrlv true of the westere slope mining.
But with correct finance and predoml-
nance of the party of the people,
giving labor its proper status as re-
lated TO capital, we may look
with confidence for grand results
in the near future from the mining OF
gold and silver which lie in loving dal.
lance in the true assures of the dark
grained granite of our pine covered aud
snow-crowned hills. To illustrate how
true nature is to the bimetallc theory, |
look out of my cabin windows and see
coming ever the hill the man who bored
the fr.t flowing well of petroleum in
America He Is mining two leads, one
gold, running north and soath, and the
other silver, running east snd west. He
has connected the two by drift, and Is
sinking q shstt down to still richer
depths. My conviction is that this Old
petroleum pioneer, Colonel John IL.
w care, will soon be ut the head of an
industrial bonanza thst will throw all Of
his oesglnous operations far INTO the
shade.
In general, the product Of Colorado
mines Tor the year 1877 was largely in
excess of the percentage Of Increase of
any former year. The total production,
according to statistics furnished the Der
yer Tribune, of February II, 1878, by
Mr.. Frank Fossett, gathered from all
the mining districts of the State, Gllpln
county, with headquarters at Central
City, Is the principal gold-producing
area. Some six hundred stamps are in
operation day ard night, Sundays not
excepted The principal mines are the
Gunnel, Gregory, and the Bobtsil. This
latter is the big bonanza OF the camp,
, destined to become successful
rival Of the great bOnanzss of
the Western Slope. It's name is
against 1t, and it is due to melancholy
fact in It's early history-which is, that
in that uncertain period ore from one
or two gopher holes on the lode, high up
on the claim. was dragged to the gu'ch
below. on raw hide, by an old bob
tailed OK. 1t seems that great bonanzas,
as well as great men, may have very
humble beginnings. Clear Greek county,
with Georgetown for headquarters, is the
principal silver area Of the section men,
toned sbove. The Dives and Pelican
mines are prospective bonanzss Of the
camp. The product Of the camp for
1877 was 81, 1865 in silver and So
600 in gold. Boulder county comes next,
ard presents greater variety of ores and
minerals than either OF the counties al
ready named The ores of the county
may he clsssed under three general heads,
free gold, silver, and telurides. The
first are more or less in pyrite or
bi-sulpbidc OF iron, which is also the
principal ore of gold IN Gllpin county
mines. There are also copper and arseE-
zeal pyrites, the former being known rs
ChslCopyrite, and the latter as mIspickcI.
The principal silver camp is Caribou, and
its mines are the No Name, Sherman,
Native Silver, Idaho, Seven Thirty,
Hopewell, and the old Caribou proper.
This latter is famous tor richness, and for
having been sold once TO Il Holland com.
panv. Senator Chsilee now owns il. and
the rumor was current yesterday that he
had sold it to u company Of New York
capitalists for the small consideration OF
$l,0CO,000. 1t is further reported thst
the VanderbilLs are At the "bed rock OF
the scheme, and that q railroad from
Boulder City to Caribou is part Of this
Mathematician programme. The Seven
Thirty is being worked by Mr.. Gilbert
Lehmer OF your city, with = fine outlook.
The Hopewell, having the cross or north
and south lead OF the gold mentioned
above, is being worked by Lexington,
KY, company through the Messrs. Wesre
Bro, formerly of your city, with a we'll
defined outline OF q big bonanza in view.
Free gold mines are associated with both
the other classes so closely that it is dit-
fcult to assign them separate camps.
They will form fine study for future
communications. Next come the tellu-
rides. Boulder county is peculiar in hav-
ing q belt OF coarse-grsined granite
about eight miles wide running
through it st no great angle from
sn east and west course, bearing larger
quantities of these singulsrly rich ores
than any mining region of the West yet
opened. There sre some seven kinds OF
tbasa talln,iIaS tho rrir1,pa Of VI hirh -