The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-03-10

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Al tbs greuHi thsi n en's3rnis4 rHna IN
irngAi%d Tsese 1s Eres, nsns pssA.
iess RAISED il ihs ss.ss. aiso large gsan-
iiiy ~ Eraaa There Is hni litsie lay cni
hefe. ihs most q she bay that !, oonsum.
- he4s beire saipJod tgum hansas Col.
cr@Au 10 Fsaiang 10 o. qaise a stpek raising
cosaigy There ase numefoss large y,arts
where ua,iis % vel sn8 Also "a ille river
bastoEas Colombo ~ nosnd Cor game,
beth large sad siahu There are elk and
dear 10 attendance. and smaller game such
~ auielope.. iaet rabbits, groasc, quasi
&c Colorado . also noied ~ its fue
socnefg. There u the grand eanyus. TOR
Instances. the waiof has cut ehanncl al
ieasi tuo bnndrcd feet deep II Is ncasly
perpeaascular. Also ,ho mountains AID
valleys ATE very beautiful The State j.
being rapidly settled The gronad ihsi
I.eslvllle n0H stands Ga wss patch u
sage ifash iaar years ago add now Is . city
IL oroI -. 90 Inhabitants. Breckenridge
ogo year ago had about 400. aud nov il
has over two thousand The gold and III
yer production Zoe lSsl was S2i OO0. 600
several million dollars more than 10 1879
The population q Colorado : l95. 23i
Nos, 10 give some idea o. what Il cost to
obtain thai money. there arc onlyE3, s20
voters. il y not reasonable TO suppose that
more than one. thirl q the men ia Colo
RADIO are engaged Ia mining aud smelling
this voali be shout 1896. Nov We will
allow each man Dos working days 10 year
al o. per day which win amount TO sl0..
Ga coo, and viii leave profit Of $40, 3l6.-
400 We have about the same amount oil
snow here that falls IN Vermont II stays
on longer aud II lies the year around on
some of ihose lofty peak at an altitude OF
400 feet We have all classes Of .eople
here, and n. are surry to say too many
who would bo called bad men in any other
place but this. There is a church in most
every little place and in some places there
are threo or four, but where one goes to
church there are six who stay at home.
Our Christian people are abol ing hard to
build mp churches in every town, and taxi
ing everything into consideration We think |
they are getting along finely. They have
a bard class of people to deal with. We
have the bad classes from all countries
here and among the most Of them Christ
ianity is tue last thing they think OF.
Money is the first thing. One word about
mining and how We mine. Mining is
trade 10y itself aud man must first learn
It. Many men come out here 10 mine who
10 not know the first principles about it.
A person would not think Of starting
bank or stocking a dry goods store with
out some knowledge Of the business, but
be viii come here and try TO mine aud per-
haps will work one year without knowing
what he il doing. He does not know
whether he is working in sreyice or not
He must first learn, be sure he is right
and then 60 ahead Is it wonder that
here are not more good mines? How do
We mine and what do we use: We get a
hammer and several drills, Il keg OF pow
Ter, pick and shovel and start out with
,ur pack animals. II We find good mino
We put machinery on, do the drilling by
team, the rock and ore are hauled out by
team il in shaft, il in tunnel it will be
run ont on car by men or horse, then
he ore is hauled to the smelters where it
s worked. Ii is run through q crusher.
hen run through set of stamps, when it &
zones out dust. 1t is then put into the
urnaee and roasted for ten or twelve
hours when the silver is gathered up by
nick silver. This process is called ANAL
,imating 1t is separated by straining
Trough canvass, the quick silver will run
through and leave the silver which il melt J
d again and then run into brick. There I
great interest taken in schools in Colo =
ado. The first thing that is thought OF a
D starting new camp is o saloon; the n
ext will be grocery store, and the last Il
re a school house and church. The "al. i
nightly dollar is wha. the miners are af. +
ar and some OF them do not know when y
unday comes, and do not care All they :
link Of is silver from the time they leave O
leir homes in the East until they return ~
they ever do return. OF course there
re exceptions and some good men come /.
ere. We are sorry there are not more of
Iem. BKC.