The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-14
COLORADO LETTER.
Mining Excitement About Boulder
Western Railroading - spring

Western Railreading - sprinl
WeatAer-Scenery. etc., etc.
Special Correspondence of the Star.
| BOULDER, Col, May 10.-It may b
truthfully said tnat the mining excite
ment in this State is at white heat
All one hears talked on the streets, il
the hotels, and in fact every place wher
tive or more are gathered together,
mines and mining. Ihave been in thi
place now nearly three weeks and hav
within that period picked up from on
source and another leuch valuable infor
nation relative to the geology of thi
State.
| have also learned that the mere pos
session of mine does not necessaril,
make the possessor rich. There are fiv
hundred men living here who claim t.
own prospects rich with tellurium, wh'
can not get credit at the bar for drinl
of the vilest of vile whiskey, an5 VIII,
60 about the streets looking like beggars
Some Of them do really possess mine
rich with precious metal, but they re
fuse to sell their claims for anthing les.
than from $50, 900 to 100000.
Last week man named Kelsey, from
Indiana, struck rich vein of telluriun
in the shaft of claim that had beer
abandoned. Some capitalists who hap
pened to be here offered him S25,00(
for his claim, but he refused to sell fol
less than $4,000. In week from now
the excitement over the find will have
died out and his claim will not be worth
$50.
| have no doubt but what there is as
rich ore in this section of country as
there is in any other part of the State.
r cent assays prove such to be the
case. Leonard Fredriek, prospector
near Gold Hill, village ten miles from
this place, recently struck vein of tel
lurium, which assayed $1,605 20 to the
ton, three-tourths gold and one-fourth
silver. His claim is located on what is
k own as the tellurium belt. l under
stand that he is making arrangements
with Eastern capitalists to stock the
mine and put it on lie.
A man named Williamson, the owner
of two mines on Left Hand, refused
S225, 600 for them the other day, He
says nothing less than half million will
induce him to part with them
The excitement over the prospects in
the Gunnison still continues unabated.
The Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Company have shortened the route to
the Gunnison and Leadville very much,
having completed their road to within
a few miles of either of these places.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Com
pany have also completed quite num-
Der of miles of road this spring, and are
carrying prospective millionaires to
within a few miles of the promised land.
The Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe
Road have commenced running two
trains each way from Denver to Atchi-
son, and vice versa, in order to accom-
modate the travel, 1t may truthfully
be said tAat the Western railroads are
reaplng golden harvest this spring and
summer.
1t is said that number of new roads
will be built during the summer within
the State, mostly from the valley towns
to the mountain mining villages.
! opine it would make the Eastern
railroad boys open their eyes to see the
grades on some Of our mountain roads.
The Horseshoe Bend in Pennsylvania
is considered wonderful, but I am in
clined to think if they would swing
around the Mule-shoe Curve on the Den
yer & South Park Road, they would
think the Horseshoe Bend in Pennsyl-
vania an air line. As one swings around
those curves every mean act that he has
ever committed is brought out in bold
relief, and you mentally resolve that if
yuu get through safe, you will never, no,
never, make trip over the road again.
The scenery along the line of the road is
perfectly grand.
After leaving Denver the first fifty
miles is through Plata Canon, the solid
stone walls on either side towering up
ward hundreds and in places thousands
of feet. In places the canon is just wide
enough for the cars. Then again it gets
wider and in places there are picturesque
parks, the air of which is laden with the
fragrance of thousands of mountain
flowers When the engineer pulls the
whistle you are apt to think that all the
demons Of the lower regions have been
let loose.
After you get about ,fifty-fve miles
out the train begins to climb the noun
tains in earnest and you soon swing
around precipices hundreds of feet above
the serpentine stream below and the
narrow-gauge coaches rock to and fro
like small boat on rough sea.
As / was going over the first time
there was gentleman sitting opposite
me-, who looked like he had not been
brought up OF the rail. Just as we
rounded curve the cars gave q fearful
lurch, which made it necessary to hold
to the arms of the seat In oxler to re-
tain your position. The fellow alluded
to above was on the side of the car next
the precipice; he thought we were going
over for sure, and gave scream such as