, 1879-06-14

HlAthHUtY HHc WIN Wv VAIN 1AlA
enough, three seasons out Of four, for wheat,
oats, and vegetables, without irrigation. 1t is
said that, during July and August, d raln.ttorm
comes up every t!ay ato O'Clock In the inter-
noon. Grape Creek run. through tho valley,
foruiahing line trout fishing, md an abundance
Of water for trrigattng the many tine farms
lining its banks for miles, many Of which ha7o
been under high state OF cultivation for fifteen
renrs. It is said that seycnty.fyo bushels Of
wheat, eighty bushela Of outs. and d00 to 600
h,lshels of Irish potatoes arc osltnsry yields.
The nights nse TOO cold for corn or swcct-pola-
toes. The Wet-Mountain Vslicy hay IL remark
ably productive and fine, and suppl!ca the mar
katB OF Lcadyilfe, Canon City, Pueblo. and
nearly nil Southeastern Colorado. Thrre Ia
much Of this aue land In the valley, subject to
presumption md homestead; but 1t will not re-
main so long, AT the valley Is fast becoming
tlenscy populated. The saugro d. Cslsto {Blood
Of Christi rnuge OF mountains on tho west, run
Mug N q straight line for atxtY OF seventy mllos
north md south, and standing 1000 to 900 feet
above the valley, present a magnificent View,
and furnish fine bunting grounds for tho sports
man. Deer, elk, bear, chickens, ducks, and
other game arc abundant IN tho lakes and wood
Iunls aroupg tho mountains. The Lake
Of the Clouds, although In the region
OF almost perpetual frost, 1t is said never
freezes over. Silver Cifr, about thirteen
miles distant, will, before many years, be sup
piled with water from ttis lnkc, which Il
probahty 1.5o0 fcct above the city; On tho enst
arc tia Wet Mountains, from which the valley
takes its name. They are not 50 lofty, NH! do
not extend nboye tho ttmbcr.lnc. They fur
nish iino pasturaEc, anu thousands OF cattle
feed upun them,
Prob.bly tile richest md most extensive
eli 1vnt tim that Ina rFowt tear
discovered has Its contre In Round Mountain, Il
SINGLE solitary peak. DIS feet high. nhd with
30O arrcs In its hnsa, Situated nbout nine miles
sns. Of thu sons1s 9 % Dc cr1sto RaDsf md thEss
ain has teen pierced to Its solid formnt!oH by
about sixty mining ehafts, rapEing from feiT
feet to thirty feet in denth, nnd at yatlous cls.
vntIous; aud IN every instance, without singte
llkc-ha. been found to carry from few onuccs
to forty or iiEty ounces Of chloride or horn sil-
ycr to tho tup. Mr.. Bachulun, Superintendent
Of the sau,p1ing works, gives It as his opinion
would averagc from twelvu to fifteen ounces Of
silver pcr ton; aid MIR. MncAuay, City Record
cr, thinks sixteen ounces fnr cstllnate. From
thu Plasa Vcrdn Mine. on this mountain, they
worka more than $4,000 worth Of Till rock,
ono rar-lond OF whicl, produced :at!1{ OUNCES Of
silver per ton; and The last twenty-five tons,
Huasslta out nsml thrown Into 4 WAGON without
scyera! tunnels llaye hcen driven into Tho
mountain twcntr to thirty feet, and in every
case rich rock or ore ilas liucn founa,-a greater
tepth aiwavs revealing richer ore. What thus
mountain nlay reveal. np one cun tell; but it8
possibilities arc bnwtl7r!n4, us single claitn-
the Kichmoutt-cnntaliis by measurement 16,-
OO, ,txU touB ot rock abDV0 tlie tevcl Of thu val
Icy, ail snppoact'to be rich si1ycr.bcarinE. This
sane silver bcaring tnfa, called there porpbyry,
extends both east ard west Of tho n,ountuti,,
six Ut seven miles In length and ons mile or
l,,>ra In ,rl.ltl On this spnes about l,00 n,ti,-
l1lg shuts hayc been sunk, all revealing thu
same kind of rock, antl carrying moro or less
Tho first thIrty-fvo tons taken from the,
1lorn-Sllyor Minc, OH Il noutlcrn spur Ut Round
Mountain. mfllcsl seventeen ouHccs; and ilic
nett Idt averaged over ltty ouuces. THE isacuc
Boy Minc-tkt tlrst one located In the caInp,ainl
immediately north nf tho yftlaKa-has produced
orc that yielded by tho carload $40 out,ces of
sver per ton; anu several carloads have
hrcn elsupetf which inl)Icd bG0 ounccs,-so nth
cated by Edwards, Powei u Ilalrord, aud bonded
lor 5sai,5o0 to bairY {; Co. for sixty days. In
fnrty days thy took thu 1nonoY out Of the mtna
uiHl patd for It. i'lcy tlayc recently sold this
Ing. to Senator .tollca of Neyada, James Keene
0t New York, and G1shwlller and other Eau
Ftaucscouns Tor s500.o .oo. They hayo stocked
tho tnlsc for $10000. .00J, uni will proceed to
EFGGk u b14Ij Allt HHl4 HGFk tHD
pronerty toits capacity. only. y few .lays ago
the King VI slle Faley--l, ,oo0 feel north OF thu
Clf-struck, ut aoont 100 feet depth, au cx-
cecll!ugly Rich bed Ut horn.silycr, aud " tlu
a fuw days a.ter, struck tllc same bed. Undrr-
lying this porph}r5 Ia believed TO be great bed
ot nlgen.i1srous Ealcn9. fw" miles northwrst
Of this CliGt tho lsninble; Mtnc,, ut tlepth OF
sessntv.two foct. vent IT., through thc Eorphyry.
snail galuua cubes. When the writer loft thu
Clflf tha shaft had bccn sunk twcnty-thrca feet
tnto thts Ralesn without finding sides or bottotn.
Another shaft, 600 feet nearer the .Cll1, at a
depth oi eighty feet struck tIlt same formation;
atsl tic diamond 1rlll, !u the caltra Of the VII
lsgc, at depth Of 1b0 feet struck llLs same, anil
wunt through over thirty foot Of it,-At last
coming to . collaborating quartz. The rolls g!y-
il,E out, tho drill removed to other clniu's,
while waiting the arrival Of moro rods to 60
deeper. , ,..
bearing lcs!go uE glinrtzttc, about sGvatl feot
thick, an'l assay.ns irou, two to 1ss ounces Of
gold mud a large amount Of silver. 1t Is posss-
bic this lelgo may extend southwari under the
city. Beyond this gold ledge, IN the granite
formation IL every direction ara found silver
ftd* pfoausnE Ill.,. ysroa' knds ot .'s
kind. Il Is an ihlmcuso ttksurc.ycin, thirty
e!aht feet between waIl-rocks. II rat,s .nuiie
than 10 per cent of gaena, froni forty to 2Gu
ouncss Of sllYst, an,l some gold. .Ihls luoks "
metal. as t. Is full Of apparently unter-w a.l,cl
Erhnite-bouhlers, from the slze Of IN acorn 10
several ieet III diameter, All these are thlrkiy
eoRted with metal, and no two touch cacll Other.
It y supposed thai ttcsu htoucs had doatet in
boiling metal. VII, rubbing against one anuthrr,
they had become anuuth mud rounded, when at
last thu metal became quiet md cooled, willis
t!nss sto,!es were noattug., No buullers aro
soon anywhere IN this nelghhoshoou, except ia
tho tnIne. East of tho Clin about aYo miles is
the Bassick or Main hltnc, which a regarded Al
chin,nsy or blowout. II IL also cotnfosrxi Of
boulsls1s {porphyryl but cuycrrd With Drittia
silver nnl gold Al Arat there Was yery little
gold, but at depth at no tcet tl!c yield Is nbout
81 gold 10 81 silver. 1'llss mine ts snIa to have
over slo, ,00OO0 In sight, and Il rich tiAt Gl.o
eat'osd Ut ore was aold for $7l, 100. MIR. b. has
taken out over eS0D, ,000, and 1t IL reported thAt
by has sold tho MINE for 81, ,b00, ,O0Q
The chloride oscs VI Silver Gill, yielding ten
ounces per ton, With mill OH tho ground, can
b. worked At u pfott Of ut least q a tor, or &SO
pa'r day for !enhtatnp ,Hl, that would ct,st to
sIeet shout sl0,001 There u apparently enough
Of thLs free milling orc, running from ton 10
more than 100 years. Tie o1s can be mined fUr
30 cruta ton. There il large amount Vi
suleltius ores IN the ne!ghboriIood, but tue
mines are not suiclsntIY developed 10 rlohi .
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