Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-05-26
COLORADO CULLINGS.
of the Mexico Ledger.

Correspondence of the Mexico Ledger.
OPHIR, COLORADO, May 12.-After
long and tedious waiting, our ears
were greeted at noon to-day by the
shrill whistle of a 'Burro' train, and
the first consignment of goods of the
season reached ssThe Grand Consoli- |
dated Union Depot" for pack animals.
The conductor paraded the insignia
of his office, which consisted of two
navy six shooters, inlaid with an
eight inch Bowie knife, and surmount-
ed by broad brimmed ''sombrero."
The locomotive, or driving power,
was located in reverse order to that
of an ordinary railroad train--that is
to say, in the rear, in place of front,
and consisted of long whip, with a
'whoop-la" attachment. The train
required no couplings, as each Sec
ton acted On an independent. law
pressure principle-that is to say. the
more pressure the more speed. The
brakes were more or less breaks in
the lash ropes, sinches, &C., but no
''break-neck" speed was visible, un-
less some unfortunate jumped the trail
(versus rally, when the speed would
be immense, and the "breakage"
tremendous. But the detached Sec
ton would cause no disturbance in
the harmony Of the motion of the re-
mainder of the train, but the fray
ments scattered around in promiscu-
Gus confusion would be the only evil
dence of the disaster, as the vehicle,
obcying the law of attraction, would
soon swing itself On the trail, and be
in position of nose to tail. Our camp
has taken an unusual boom, which,
however, has been anticipated from
the developments of the past winter.
We have surveyed and plated the
town site, and lots are being taken
as rapidly as we can plat. The trail
is now passable for animals, and the
daily arrivals are increasing. We
have more men in camp than at any
time In the last two years, and still
they come. The city of Baked
Beans" is we'll represented here, and
contrary to the general impression,
are liberal, ''go-ahead sort cf men,
The residents of the camp rejoiced
when they struck it 'big" in the
"Carribean" mine, after expending
some five or six thousand dollars in
developments. At depth of one hum
dred and seventy feet they struck
fine body Of high grade ore. They
now have about forty tons on the
dump, and plenty more in sight.
Last fall no one would have given
five hundred dollars for the prospect.
do not know that this kind of news
interests the majority of your readers,
and consequently will "switch Off.
We had quite lively time here yes
terday. Two parties had difficulty,
in which one attacked the other with
butcher knife. The party assailed
took the knife from him, when he
rushed into the adjoining room, pro-
cured a pistol of the English bull dog
pattern, and attempted to reach his
man, but parties interfered to prevent
him. He swore he would kill any
man who tried to prevent him, and
an OLD miner seized him with the in
tention of disarming him, when he
shot him, the ball striking the hip
bone, glanced outward, when it fell
on the floor, fattened smooth on one
side. The party shot is a universal
favorte in the camp, and very peace
able. The pistol was so close 1t set
his clothing on fire. After a long
consideration, it was decided that he
should sell out, pay all the expenses,
loss of time, &c, to the old man, and
leave the camp and never return,
which he has agreed to do, and if he
does, he will not be prosecuted, but
should the like again occur, there will
be some person hung, as we have Or
; ganized "Committee of Safety
WANDERING JEW.
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