, 1880-08-28
A Five Months. Tour Among the
Mining Districts.
Substantial Progress Being Made ut Sit.
yer Gift and RosIta.
Various Camps In Tho 0unnison coun!fy-1heir
Marvellous Richness.
Hlne and Lot Iumpfng-1hs Tumithi Ilot Springs-
Chitagoaus interested In Mining.


among tho mining districts oE Colorado,
spending most Of the time In tho 1l,nnison.
left Chicago Inst February. mid arrival In
tile mountains tic first part uf A[nte1,. when
the snow WIS everywhere from three 10 fifty
frct tpr,, which rp,,,nte, In sufficient ,lrptl1
to hinder traycl til about tho 1st Of June,
Tncra is stiii sunw on the northern sltlcs ot
high mountains; hut It Is almost rs larsl as
Ice, and would rradtly hear ,ap n lnrsc. l.,
During my stny yIslte'! silver c!la' Mays: M
VILE Arl'or'i!ic, Garfield clla!teo CtY,
Tumlchtrltlc, White Finn, dlililison Cltyt
Fltktn, Virginia City, Forest City {n0W st.
Emo), aud Alpine.
.,. ,,,,,.,., -. ',.s ,.."',, 81. "''4s ,,.. .o ,,
very SUBSTANTIAL progress has been mauc
since my t'rst visit. a year nntl IL tlaif ago.
Tlirn tho mines Ind Just been opc,lrsl. md
,,t VEIN avo % "npsu,, ', ~. H.. T. '.,,. ~,
s",l'i'ellhe iepulnt1o''s; IT, ~" tno s'sy ~ .no
Third III population III tle State and probnbly
second In tho production OF the precious
metals. Tho population Is over 5,0o0. One
operation, and three sncItcrs. THO PLATA
xefae Lopnnv avE "e1ry eone.sa sc1s
''1!e e'snty-sta,p 'n,i!' ~ ~ "Moefs."oa ;,. ~
nre's aks sa"s stsSS oey "s ;s a lis erscs M M ro ~
Inst ,Jnu,,ury t0 tic next. to nay for
tnn min" nnt Tim milf, Snyerol otj,cr mills
. o ,"'in,n n", !. ,o,,. ,,,,.,rt,. ..,,,,,t'taI
fnr worltn,, nrpa i,y n now t,rnrcss nf vn1u,i-
iynttm. rim n,inrr.t In 1,rntrtl in rp.nrts tn
sucl tlcgun Tint tl,p metal ,,nssrs off in thu
sl'ape of vanur. a'Ml Is atterwnttls n@reclrl,, @ 4,
tntee aiHl Sahafi1''sa M a1' 1 ~ y " ein,iIeiI tat y.
pr cent Or the stisar ' eatl 70 saysu " tl'is
Shul1tl tits be tile csst Silver Citf, Will, its
While maintains, cliiIs, and valley of low
gratic c!toritte ore, Wna'a so9n ns!co'o t,!t tiie
gfraic.t c9f;p 3!p ~ tile W0rhl. Ine il'lt!fs
improves! WIN deyeiolHent: tl,! Roslt,a5, 'sar ;
2pened oHf nore .lc!, nlneral % t!!s ss:,so,
i,!an n Y! Us history before. r,; Ite tre!lt
S T. ~ ~. ~ f.,s,S mi IT,, aS Fnt nt
'v"' ., H. iiW ts .,,,'f ,v!t til III,
iinc nr,j n trrcmt ,,,nbr ~ of terno,iest n,'ti
Viii Viii soo,, Il have water-wnrl;s. sns. md q rnij-
road. Ths Denver IL Kiu tlra,,t.c Co,n1lt,y
ars urmling llie linz up Texas Creek, anI kopee
,virtnr 70 .Se coMes tv SFs '"'''s 10 o '' oe'ofo
"'''>'' e0,u, m.,,. o,,xx,cov ,,o,,xrnv
THE GuSS'soS COUNTRY
mGl,es proFy ~ e Hl,mmison i,is Goanty;
IL! !hs " sssie s;sfs IL b"rcr t "f lily the t'%lson,
Is III tho snnle mineral bell, including tho
Monarch 1{tterrleory tratilcd by ti;e @Sontil @
AFkansas ;yst} Mlptnf Eals y Gnlk
Divide. On tho western, slope, n Gnnn!son
go,1nty' PRE- tl3e THt,ie!li Q,mrtz 81. Creek , or
litk'M, V!rEnin: Tay!or Creek, Elk Mount,
ninS CreStet! l5ts Kb n.a! at,'S III, Al
anti 1t Is now safe to say that NIL Of thcse will
bssorne great, canps,--lot Kreater tl,n,l @ tea.l-
arcl, District. HtnAt seyenty-tly" miles NORTH.
west ot Silver ClliI and sixty miles. .sonttl OF
Leadyt!le, has probably twenty mines now
open witt. ore rich enough to pty to ship to
Denver or OMntln, .a1ld, witt, s1nelter OH ttte
ground, Or direct railrult-conmtlnicnt,o,l
n hundred paying mines would no doubt 10
WORKED. Maiiy q tlse flc''cst i'!lles III thls
u1slr.e1, Mte u, lhtcStoHs: W.. VII neitGe thhy w
aIo "as!y aaseM, s te ytSu yt WI, ot Ivy ~
'o, ~ y m' I,,a " % VI ~ tsn soE
aMgem s,.r u;s ~, h.S ,,s, % h.s ,ii ~ lily
MssIie w Rlnttl se'!s' ~ atef VI, iiot
Mnfk @ 9nt ~ i, ~ ssiom ns, ~ tIe i tea,stg l'es
WHICH ''e III la.' aep's'!s ''Rc eoal*oeoS'
lying Immediately nnrtli Of the Monarch, Inns
prnl,ably n,are trno tissure-yrlls tha,, any
| other district Fl, iho country. From Tic he:tl
OF Chalk Greek 10 tho fuot-kisls Of tic noulIt-
ains, distance Of fifteen lniIcs loles cross
fI, t,,rttfuIe froy, cnt1fh IL, ,,f,rth al i,,fnr