Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-10-10

Utes next season and rs soon as thi
vast valley is thrown open to settle
ment there will be an unpr .cedente
rush for it. Ascending this gram
j valley tlft stretches away as far a
eye can follow and leaving it at Dal
| las creek the road turns to the LEI
and goes into the park in which Oura,
Els situated. The whole distance ira
tversed BY this route Is lis miles
while the direct trail over the ridg,
from Ouray to Lake City is only 2,
miles.
Passing on Westwardly from Oura,
an elevated plateau or ''mesa" il
cr0aeed at q heighth Of 5000 feet
This table land is abundantly sup
piled with grass and water and capa
BILE Of sustaining immense herds o.
cattle. Hence the road crosses di'
vide between Alder and deep cseeks
at On elevation of 10, 600 feet and
continnesT In q Southwardly direction
until Il reaches upper San Micnel and
ascending that stream { miles further
goes into San Micael Csty. . ne~
mining c,iinp of some 4 or 500 in.
habitants, where an agreeable sur.
fprise was. encountered IN the sh&pe
ofa fine residence erected at q cost OF
$4,000 by an Englishman nanued
NEEDY half owner Of the gold
mine Pandora. This gentleman
and family spend their winters in
England and their summers in Colo
RADIO. The Pandora company is rich
enough to hoard its ore. 1t 10 about
to erect works of its own. There are
good silver and gold mines here, the
most noted of which are the Pandora
and Cimarooa. Recently o party
from Illinois has purchased a placer
c!aim for $50, 900 and is engaged In
erecting fume about two miles long
of the dimension of 4 by feet for
the purpose Of turning the river into
it for ground slulcing. This party
intends using the latest improved hy-
draulic process for placer mining and
designs commencing early in the
spring. l
Going down the rlver from San
Micuel City the road crosses it on q
Buro bridge and aseends from lts val
ley to the "Mesa," a. fine acattle re-
gion as exists anywhere, and after
trsversing it reaches the forks of the
San, Micuel, twelve miles from the
city; it then passes to the junction Of
Howard aud Lake Forks, forming the
south branch Of the San Micael, and fol
towing a trail along Lake Fork, which
derives its name from o lake in O
park 10000 feet high filed with
mountain trout, and said to be the
highest known to have that kind of
fish in it. This lake is place Of gen
eral resort for summer fishing. 1t is
remarked of these trout that they
wc"'' hite in the day time, but must
between sunset and dark.
ance from Lake Fork to
'sonly about forty miles.
passes over q low di-
'nres courses the west
Colorado, but the
is about sixty miles
stern and southern
sutnes are Iounu oil
lcipal one Of which
nbcr OF mIues Oh
9Th Yellow on the
Mountain on the
for their high grade
d ores. Silver runs 81
$50 to 1900 ounces pei
gold ore from the mine,
rold King, struck early ir
caches $l9, 900 per ton. The
, mines Of gold are Gold King
anu ,ceola. Silver, Valley View
Staatsburg, Black Sulphurette, ar'
| III ON Silver Mountain. On yellow
| Mountain there are Nevada, Parson''
ode, Montezuma, Caribbean and Col
,rade--all silver, carrying some gold
trhere are, however, no valuable goif
leads on this mountain.
The postofiice is known as Ophir
Howard's Park, and is about hfteei
miles from Silverton, by trail. Trans
portation OF ore to that point costs III
per ton. Return freight on provis
ions varies from 81 to / i-2 cents pc
|pouud. There are four crastas II
Operation, and this is considered ON
| of tie best camps inthe San Jua
tcountry.
"ASK THE OLD WOMAN.
A Gentleman travelling ont west n