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LIFE IN THEROCkY MOUNTAINS
Prospects ofGalyestOn and Brenham
Mining Company Death of Col.
Jared E. Kirby

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Mining Company Death of Col.
Jared E. Kirby
IgCAsIP INDIAN RESERVATION, /
July 10, so ]
Editors Banner:
Oh! would that l with an ar
lists brush might paint for yor
a picture of the grandcst seen.
cry on the American continent
where mighty mountains, awe
inspiring canyons, numcrou!
lakes, sparkling cascades. pre-
sent an cver-shiiting landscape
which strikes the beholder with
awe, delight and amazement
When / sit in my hut filed will
pleasant thoughts and touched
with a feeling akin to awe, :
lovely panorama is unfolded tc
my view; a shimmering lake mes
ties near US Surrounded BY
grass lawns, dotted here aht
there by brilliayt Wild Aowez
further out maybe seenTtbs
lasting hills "crow;rE
ual snow, whes
of the sun
through tho
of this magnihS y, one
must see for hints
l am one andJa half miles
from Irwin, d camp Of 1000 min
crs, situatedVn the line of the
reservation:
This is decidedly the most
pleasant part of Colorado that
l have yet visited; being much
lower than Leadville, Vegetation
is more thrifty.
The floating population of
Colorado, is double that of last
year. Rich discoveries ofruby
silver have been made here, and
prospectors may be seen traver-
sing the mountains in every di-
rcction, with a berro donkey
a pick, shovel, cofeepot, frying
pan, and suit of over-alls, the
prospector is willing to risk all,
even life, in the hope Of finding
the precious metal. He climbs
the rugged mountains with the
deep canyons below, follows the
narrow trail on the edge of a
precipice where a perpendicular
wall of naked rocks falls d
thousand feet below.
One of the most horrible
scenes l have ever witnessed
was the fall of a horse heavily
packed over a precipice into
reckless torrent, dashing
against the impassive boulderS
which guard its channel. -Four
such scenes have l witnessed in
the brief space of half an hour.
Great discoveries have been
made all over Colorado this
season, thousands ofnew camps
have been established and wag-
on roads are being built to
them as fast rs possible. The
Denver and South Park r. r.
is rapidly nearing this section.
Some Of the finest mineral belts
lie in the reservation. Lead
vile continues to improve, and
the number of business houses
is almost double that of last
year. The old mines hold out
well, and new ones are discov-
cred every day, The Denver
Rio Grande r. r. was within
miles of Leadville when l left
on the 3oth of June and is
doubtless running passenger
trains ere this.
The prospects of the Calves
ton and Brennan mining COM
pany are very fine; their pros
pectors have made several very
valuable discoveries both in
this camp and Leadvillc.
1t is with deep regret my
duty to chronicle the death
of Col. Jared E. Kirby of Texas
at Aspen, mining camp about
one hundred miles from Lead
vile on the I4th Of last June,
He was on his way to Roaring
Forks, a mining camp at which
he had purchased town lots,
when taken with bilious typhoid
fever after which he fingered y
days. With a good constitu-
ton, and high hopes for the fu-
ture, he did not realize his con-
dition until Grim death" stared
him in the face, he then asked
the physician if he could keep
him alive until his relatives
could reach him. He received
medical attention after the 9TH
day, but it was too late, and our
beloved friend now lies beneath
the stones of the Rocky Noun
tains, to be trampled upon after
the camp is deserted through
the snowy winter, by the savage
Indian and wild beast. 1t is
said that one week in camp will
prove mans worth better than
ten years in the common bust
ness or social circle, and l speak
from experience when l hon
cstly say that l have never
known a truer, nobler man than
Col. Jared E, Kirby, and his
death will be mourned through
out the great state of Texas,
and by his many new friends in
the mining camp. S. w. J.
THE Brazos Pilot is the only
paper in the fourth COMPRESSION
al district that opposes the re-