New-York tribune., 1879-05-19
COLORADO'S NEW WEALTH.
THE LEADYILLE REGION.


THE LEADVILLE REGION.
IMMENSE INCREASE IN THE YIELD OF THE NEW
MINING c,MPs-GREAT INFLUX OF POPULATION
A DESCRIPTION OF TIE CLIFF AND RosiIA
MINEs-IEADvILLE oUTDoNE BY THE NEW DIS
CovERIEs.
FROM AN oCc AsroNAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBUNEi
RosIrA, Custer Co, Col, April 24.-There
Is now no questioning the fact that the preponoeraoo
of production Of precious metals has crossed the ROCKY
Mountains-changed from the Pacific to the AtlSh''o
slope Colorado, notwithstanding the long and unusu-
ally severe Winter still severe, will doubtless augment
her production OF S12000,000 for 1873 10
the neighborhood of 900 for 1879. Lead
VILE yielded January tins year S63OOOo out OF
few OF its mnes Not asteam-engine was then III paoo
on any mine. For one-half OF February one hoisung
engine alone worked the Little Pttsburg Mine The
profits OF that property divided among its three
owners March 1 from surface mining were Sl2o,ooo
The $500 900 January yield at Leadville vas from
frs,-class ores only. All of the second and thrda'S
ores OF all the mines Of Leadve remain on the dumps
OF capacity OF reduction works Ihese "orhs
finished and now running day and night are pinoi"
number. Others of gigantic magnitude are IN various
stages construction, that by June 10 one thounu
tons more can be worked daily than at present. The
February yield Leadve first class ores was Ss'o
OOO and only about 33l3 per cent ready fOr SNIP
ment could be transported for want of wagons ana
teams. During March five hoistingengines were III
estimated by the conservative experts there at $2221
600. Transportation is still contracted. The deep
snowfals of April aud May will compel q reten-
tion on nine dumps OF much OF the ores
mined even OF the high grade or irstclass ores Win
omen roads in June and completion Of the various
smelters saw process OF erection during March it's
plain 10 the writer that Leadve and its surrounding
camps will in June show yield Of S3,50O0O0, million
more for july ending by yield of $4,000 900 for De-
cember, 1879. II to prophesy only.I might say Sl2'
100000 TO $15,OO0O00 for December. The output ot
the mines there is limited to hosting facilities only.
Tho mines produce tons Of carrying from go TO
1900 ounces silver TO the ton, with all the ease that
coal is mined at the East. The veins nearly hOri-
zontay placed aud their dug even easier than
hard coal is mined Then at ten miles south OF Lead
yie at EvanS's Gucbes-four different feIds-at Car
bOnatevile Granite and other mining camps within
radius OF twenty-five miles Of Leadville, 10000 mine
locations have been made since october 1873 Very
rich ore IN large bodies is found at each of the places
II must be mind that from these places
have yet been miled and Will not be before June BY
July /, careful mining experts, with whom figured,
estimate that there VIII be mined In and around Lead
Vile 25O0 per day of averaging 115 ounces of
SILVER which at II OS per means Sll9 "a per ton,
or S29S $50 per day. If at these figures July viii do
his and no better should done, the fifty mile circle
referred to Will yield for 1870 in farrOuud
numbers.
PRODIGIoUs INCREASE OF THE OUTPUT.
The dubious may exclaim, What of the drawbacks
There can be none On contrary, the output must
Increase in a prodgiOus ratio, because facilities
for transportation, the lack of which is now
such q serious drawback will be increased an
hundred fold by November. At that time or before,
the Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad will be com
peted to Leadvle thus perfectng railroad connections
with reduction works Canon City, at the mouth OF
the Grand Canon of the Arkansas again at Pueblo.
fOrty-fOur miles lower down on the Arkansas. There
Is a seventynve-ton smelter running there The
owners Mather Gicst will increase their works to $50
tons capacity George Opdyke Scott and others,
OF New-York City-a newly incorporated cOmpany-aro
perfecting hXivisOn works of tWentyOns capacity III
North Pueblo Railroad connection also will be com
peted Denyers various works and to the Omaha and
St. Louis refneres where the bare bullion of an hun
dred smelters readily be con verted into refined
silver bars.
Readers will reflect upon the marvellous growth OF
Leadyile with astonhment when IT is truthfuy stated
that on last Washngtons birthday February 90 1873,
there only thirty buildings there and 800 popula-
ton This was fourteen months At present there
must be 10 900 people inside OF thirty miles of Lead
VILE giving 900 odd per month. with nine
Winter months a drawback. What the Increase per
month will be this year. commencing June no one dare
hardly guess. for mdwnter IL is $500 10 5000 per
month. Its mining ground is ali claimed and much
claimed too for upon each ten and one-third acre
Q5OOx3OO feet claim as allowed by law are often as
many as score of claim posts. This makes it more
lively than agreeable, especially for tenderieet new
cOmers)
Gold and silver fields fortunately for the tens Of
thousands who viii after their treasures, exist
below the high attitudes in and around LeadvIle. In
every gulch valley from Granite to the Huerfano
River Park south of the two cities OF Pueblo, and IN
well-nigh every mountain of the great sanGPe de
Christie Range and its adjacent foothills deposits and
veins OF ores abundant. That they rich, even
rcner and easily mined than are the ores at Lead
ville the brief experience OF last October November
and ing months proves In another letter shall
give an account Of the astonshingy rich mines Of Sill
yer Cliff and ROsita.