The daily gazette., 1880-08-17
SECOND EDITION
Letter From Colorado.


THE WONDERS OF aUNNIsoN cITY--A
BIG sTRIKE-roLITIoAL NEWS, ETC.
For the Gazette.
LOST CANNON, Colo, Aug. 7th.
Sweat, sweltsr and pant for one
fresh, cool breath you poor mortals in
Wilmington. am sorry for you but
can't help you out Of the heat. I am
spending my summer with my family
in Lost Cannon 10 miles from and
1000 feet above Gunnison City. In
our bed room we have large fire
place in which we build huge fire
every evening, and near that fire we
sleep under three and four blankets,
and in the morning have heavy win
ter frost and ice on the water bucket
in the porch, yet the grass grows most
luxuriantly and the mountains are
covered with the rarest flowers.
Gunnison City has grown from the
mountain camp 1T was last March, to
city. Main street is built up with
good business houses for over half
mile, and from the post Office on Main
street west on New York avenue to
the depot you can now find large ho-
tells and elegant stores for over one
mile. The court house is about finish
ed; it is a fine stone and brick build
ing. Curran's Hotel is rs feet front
ON New York avenue and the same on
11th street. The Gunnison House and
the Red Lion ON Main street, and
Myers European on New York ave-
nue. are each as large as any house in
Wilmington except the Clayton; and
so men are now at work ON the Grand
Hotel, which is 150 feet front ON Main
street and 200 feet ON Virginia avenue
three stories high of white sand stone.
We now have three weekly papers
and Mr.. Payne Of the Leadvllle Demo-
crat is pushing his new building night
and day, and as soon as it is completed
we are to have daily paper. Mr.. P.
is the smartest newspaper man in Col
orado, and he is said to be backed by
MIR. Loveland the Colorado Railroad
King, who has his eye on the Cover
nor's chair. You know that money
and editors can do it Tor any of them.
The Gunnison CityStreet Railway has
just been incorporated and Main street
is to be connected with the depot by
street cars. In word we soon will
have every thing that pertains to a
first class city. The post Office now
ranks as a second class Office.
The mines of Qunnison county are
turning out all and more than was ex-
pected of them and large number of
big strikes have been made this season
Colorado can supply the world with
gold and silver.
see by some Wilmington papers
lately received that some of them do
not yet know that am out of Della
ware politics, at least for the present.
I am glad to see that my old friend
Lynch was nominated for Sheriff. But
l have business on hand that is much
more profitable if there is not as much
fun in it as in politics.
Last spring, thinking that building
material of all kinds would be in great
demand and being informed by Prof.
Richardson that Lost Cannon contain
ed the nearest timber wood and lime
stone to Gunnison City byifrom 10 to
| 20 miles and that the only thing that
caused it to be non claimed was the
fact that it would cost about $4,000 to
build road to it.
got q charter for Lost Cannon Lum-
Der, Lime u T .mber Co., sto * was soon
taken, the road built, mill running and
the lime kilns smoking by June LIST. 1t
costs the company about cents bush
ell to burn the lime and they fined ready
sale for it at $1.00. The lumber costs
| $40 per 1000 feet at the yard and it selli
for from $40 to $40 per 1000 feet. II
June the company paid q dividend o.
25 per cent. on the capital and In July
the dividend was so per cent, after pay
| ing the manager all the salary he had
| the face to ask for, even in Colorado
| No stock for sale.
A RIG STRIKE.
On June 17th, Messrs. r. L. s. s. NJ
| Clark and J. II. g. G. P. Moore and 7
| B. Smith struck a vein, pyrytes of cop
l per, OF immense size that runs $62, 1856.
| IS In gold. Near our lime kiln, the SAINT
day a German that was digging for tn,
foundation of q new kiln for our com
paDy saw what he thought good signs
aud ON going down 25 feet we strucl
a strong lead OF gray copper rich in golc
and silver. l at once staked of tel
claims on which we are now working
our assessments as required by law. Oul
claims will be known as the Hercules
Gen. Washington, Gen. Hancock, Gen
Lee, Stonewall jackson, Old Dominion
uncle Sam Townsend, Little Delaware
Red Lion, Jas. Il. Myers, Jr., and Lit
tie Matte. When sell out for half 6
million, will return to the Pepinsuli
and buy me homestead on the waters o
the Delaware or Chesapeake which is tn
garden spot of the United States, and
| should be on the Delaware side of tn
line would always be glad to help m.
friends into any office they might desire
We do not have much politics out here
yet have promised the Executive Com
mittee 10 days on the stump for theDem
ocratic ticket in general and Gen. Han
cock in particular and Colorado is a
sure for Gen. Hancock as is Delaware
We are going to win and no electora
commissions,as to 8 is now played Out
BY the way, Gen. Grant and famil
have been doing Gunnison city the las
week. The General thinks that there
| a great future before this country an
understand that he is going to try hi
hand at mining.
Yours truly,
JAS. II. MYERS.
A Cheap Country Excursion.
Messrs. N. Israil H. Oppenheim, and
| Rosenhlum who board at No. 9l Christi