The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-28
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COLORADO.
a Description OF silver CHI ana
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the W.
riOus Mines Ownodby Tex
ans-The Climate, Etc.
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Correspondence OF the Herald
LIVER CLIFF, COLORADO, March ~, Ecu
Already the spring rush to Silver Gin has
BEGUN, and the old-fashoned Concord
coacnes rattle into the town every day, load
ed with human freight until they groan be-
meath the burden. The Eastern capitalist,
the old miner, the expert, the drummer, the
artist, the cores ondent, are all among the
passengers, each coming with his own par
ticular plan of operations and all at last nc
curing some interest in the mines Indeed
Il ia difficult to keep free of Thorn. The
attraction is too great to be resisted. Every
dov some new strike adds fresh fuel to the OK
cited state Of public sentiment The crisis OF
the camp has been passed and it is no longer
question that it is q permanent city. Two
railroad companies, starting from Pueblo by
d;fferont routes. are straining every nerve,
the one to beat the other 10 lhlS, tneir oo-
ioc,ive noint. Private citizens are contract
ing for commodious and expensive
residences; men are leaving every gay 10
bring out their families to this, Their future
home; mining companies are erecting inllls
and extensive reduction works. In me, there
is every evidence of permanently wealth. ana
prosperity. The six thousand inhabitants
of to-day will be Quadruple that number III
n wear, and every man. woman
and child in the population In one
sense or another, will DC miners.
The mind cannot comprehe what will be
the ultimate destiny of this place when all
The mines are developed. 1t is next to i'm
nossible to select \ piece of ground within q
radius of five miles, where silver-bearlng
rock cannot be found. Of course great
norton of the territory contains too little OF
he nrecious metal to make the working OF 1t
nroftable but there are hundreds OF acres
ihat will be disembow of their riches and
NV for the undertaking. There is as yet
ppo;b;no definite known Of the extent OF the
,,srn,s formations, and it will require years
~ wor, before correct geological map can
he made This fact is well known and the
miners lsughisgly say that 1--WE know only
nna nile about Silver Clifl, and that is, that
s; IU ia where YOU find it." l mentioned in
for,,er latter. I think, that there were some
iar@e interests here belonging TO Galvesto-
r;ans have seen number OF their claims,
and must say they are to be congratulated ns, :,
on their good fortune. The Island CITY
which belongs to the Galveston and Colorado
company lies in the neighborhood OF tns Ia
nous Bull Domingo, and while no work has
been done on the claim, the indications are
that few hundred dollars expended N open
inc Il up would develop very rlch mlne'
This company owns the Occidental, on hsI,
tlesnake mountain which has been developed IDn
to a considerable extent. This mine con
tanned a vast body of low grade ftee-miliins
ore. and the company proposes to ereet
mill to treat it. The Chloride Silver MIN.
mo company have secured some of the finest
locations in the camp. Recent strikes have
nroven the wonderful sagacity of Major Pat
r;ck az miner. The like Stafford" be-
longing to this company, showsa lead at ter
feet and the adjoining claim on similar indl,
cations has been sold for several Thousand
dollars to New York parties. The Hutchin'
and The Haxile in the chloride belt, are sur
rounded hv claims that are worth hundreds
of Thousands of dollars, and it they fail K
show up rich mineral they will be like birrer