Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-25
A LETTER FROM COLORADO.
GEORGETOWN COLORADO, DENo.
Graf MOUNTAIN, Nov. IL, ,82. {

Graf MOUNTAIN. Nov. IL, '82.(
EDITOR INTELLIaENCER 81 have
been an occasional reader Of your valu-
able paper tor several years past,but no,
until just now has the thought occurred
to my mind that perhaps q few lines
from the wilds OF Colorado would be
more or less interesting to many of It's
readers. I am sitting tonight in my
log cabin high up In the Rocky noun.
tains; it has has been showing for two
days and nights, and tho snow is now
about three teet deep on a level, and it
is still showing. 1t is unusually cold for
this season Of the year. In the forest .
lew hundred feet below %, we can hear
the freezing piue cracking ,and now and
then VIC hear the sound OF a blast in the
mines several hundred feet under the
ground that has just beeu discharged
BY the unfortunate miner whose turn IL
il to be on the night shit; with this ex.
ception all 10 quiet at present. As a
general thing our winters here are long
and cold but not unpleasant. Most Of
our work is indoors and under the
ground where 1t ia comfortable, but lew
are exposed to the bad weather and
those that are, are the wood haulers,
some of whom have been in the west
since the days of ~, and perhaps have
forgotten ii they ever knew what q
feather bed was, and seem to be perfectly
c%0ntented with pair OF blankets spread
down on a pile Of pine boughs. This
10 one of the mountains that has no
wagon road to the mines. aud II it had
at present 1t would be blocked with
snow and could not be- used. Our sup.
plies are brought to Us from. town about
two and a halt miles distant, by a train
OF little Mexican jacks. TO once see
them with their packs and on the trail
ascending The high mountain is q first
class circus tor . pilgrim. Our ore,
which ID principally silver, is taken
from the mines in the same way to the
loot Of the mountain where it IL crushed,
aud from there semitic the Denver smelt.
ers tor further treatment.
Georgetown IL a mining camp with
about five thousand population, situated
at tho head OF Clear Creek Canyon, fifty
miles west of Denver. It u also the ter
minus of q little narrow gauge railroad,
50 crooked that it seldom fails to make
y tsnder loot sick to ride over it. and
whom he comes 10 examine his onoe fat
pocket book he seldom fails 10 find that
it IL = little sick. Georgetown inhabit.
ants are made up Of most every nation.
ality OF people. Irish, Germans. Swedes,
Cornish. Italians, Cinnamon, negroes.
and now and then . Missourian. Some
Of the foreigners here have heard OF the
James boys, and have been led to be-
lieve that all Aissourlans are hard cases.
Some of them seem to DO even ignorant
of the fact that Missouri Is IN the United
States. or when they 500 OF hear of a
Missourian they think he too has had
o cross the pond. In our town we
have all sorts OF places for amusement,
such az church sociables. balls. parties.
aud most everything else that one could
enjoy IN eastern cities. Now and then
We have an election. On the 9TH OF this
month &C we'll as Missouri, Kansas. and
other states. We had an election. since
which time there has been no little re.
joicing among the democrats ofthis part.
for once they have succeeded in downing
the bosses OF Colorado. and have follow
ed the example OF New York and Penn
s~ylvsnis. There 10 no miatake about
our governor, this load Of poles; we
know he 10 a red hot democrat II his
name 10 Grant.
Iremain, yours respectfully.
j.. D. A.