Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-07-17
THE DODGE CITY TIMES.
DODGE CITY. SATURDAY. JULY IL.
OUR COLORADO LETTER.

You vii RENE mber my promise TO seno
y,u some "frsi impressions" upon my arri-
val; although it is nearly three weeks since
| walked into this famous camp, have IN
III Low felt myself too much OF tender
,o,' to form or express an opinion upon
any subject connected with Colorado or the
mime. Lite observations OF humanity how
ever have convinced me that all that is ne
ee-,.ry TO relieve one OF this somewhat hui
initiating title il TO put on an appearance oil
sB "old liz err" 10 view with critics eye
chance pieces OF quarlz, and 10 discourse
Ie,rnedly of ''colors," Stains" and mill
rms All Of these things l am now doing,
with all The ease and grace have been able
TO acquire in my three weeks experience.
Among other remarkable things l have
noticed, with what rapid the veriancy Of
anex-comer shuiiles off 10 give place to the
manners and customs Of the miner. l had
hardly caught my breath after tramping into
Ruby ov,r the snow, before biilious-look-
ing stranger drove me into corner, alter
the M amer of cold Simon Wheeler" and
pityirg nv ignorance, let me into all the se-
cre,s of "leads," ''drifis," pay-stresks AND
other terms peculiar .oihe parlsnce OF silver
land. All OF this, did this strange mar, and
We, here WIS still clineing to his boots and
TO his clothes the mud and dust Of cultured
Boston.
Ruby Camp, or Irwin as the postotfice Is
called, can be found in a eulch OF the Elk
R,rre. at the foot of two bald snow-capped
mountains, they call the Ruby Peaks. There
are now here about 1903 people, living IN
tents, pine brush shelter and log cabins.
few hardy miners came here ia the autumn
of 1879, and laid out the town, selling the
lot. 66xl25 feet for $40 cash. These lots
are now charging hands daily at from $500
TO s.. 600 each. Up to this lime freight hiss
beea brought to camp on burros, and silver
seekers came in on foot. The roads to Gun
nison Ciiy and Crested Buttes are now pa
sable, and teams are coming in daily. All
clss.e. of business are repr sented, and there
is a general belief that Ruby will be good
camp. Success. however, depends entirely
upon the mines which are as yet barely
started toward. development. Old prospec-
tors say that there are enough good proper
lies of established value already discovered
ia make this good point. Yet all say there
will never be a second Leadville. The lead
inc mine is about 800 yards from the post
office. and is called the Forest Queen. 1twss
discovered by a man named Fisher, and cold
to the company that now own 1t for S2o,Ooo'
have heard 4 rumor, the truth ot which l
.,nno, vouch for, that 100000 has been Of
tsred and refused for this lode. There is
certainly no doubt but what the Forest
O,eep l. one of the richest leads in the State
and its owners and others compare it to the
Virginia Consolidated. There are num-
her Of lesser lights OF great value.
There is still plenty Of snow around Ruby
bnt the air is bslmy and delicious and the
General health Of the camp is good. We ca,
aloe, and drink at an altitude OF 10, 0ii feel
and sre surrounded by mountains whoss
SUBMITS range in heighth between 1900
and 900 feet above the sea.
must not forget TO tell you that Dodge
City Is well represented here; indeed, Kan
s,s seems to have poured her civilized
bordes on this barbarous Shore" more thar
any other State in the Union. F. j. Leon
ard, Bennett, see daily, and at Gunnisor
City met Judge kellogg, VIM. Siruble and
WI. Stuart. A. d. Treever, one Of ths
Participant, in the Adobe Wall fight, is The