New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-23

mediate the fact that you have Just travelled
Of the highest points the world reached by
railway. In the descent, the tortuous course OF the
track aud the slow movement give opportunity for go
rious views Of pne-cad cauOns, stretching down direct
ly beneath your windows. of barren corges frowning
mountain peaks and YOU descend still lower there are
gmpses OF smiling valleys framed between tie ranges
Of the hills Then comes a Of plain and Gunni-
son. and then the extension which I have described.
Taking canons and pass together, will not this be
journey worth makingi
COMMERCIAL sPECCLATIONS.
II seems unlikely that this line Will ever be used much
for through freight. There would be the expense OF
breaking bulk twice Pueblo In the change from
broad gauge to a narrow gauge and in the change back
at Salt Lake City Then the hauling Of heavy freight
trains Mp steep grades OF the Marshall Pass must
necessarily prove exceedingly expensive. All the
ght of the Denver and Rio Grande provided
with afr brakes and the heavier trains are taken up N
'doubleheaders"-wlth al engine at each end There
Is large business az Gunnison whose 5000 nha0i-
tants import nearly all their supplies and the town
with the surrounding mining camps VIII also furnish
market for much OF the prodace from the grazing
grounds and farms around M0nroe in the old reserya-
ton 1t Il limited a. a possibility that third rail may
be laid this line has already been done from PaeO-
10 to Denver but this is unlikely the operation Of
gauge the Marshall Pass would be likely TO
prove a dlsa-trously cosby experiment. Another sug
gsstion that Denver and Rio Grande Will ultI
maely build from Salt Lake City IN order TO have
their own line clear 70 Pacific coast, but this again
is improbable Then there rumOrs OF stll another
transcontinental Inc about midway between this and
the Union Pacific The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad recently reached Denver, and the engi-
neers Of the road have been prospecting beyond
Hence IL has hastily concluded that this road in
tends 70 build west from Denver, possibly 10 salt Lake
City or some other point the Central Pacific posi-
bly, through the Pacific coast AL these rumors are
interesting enough hoar but Of them are to be
taken as anything more than rumors
GUNNIsON's RESOURCES.
Tho substantial stone and brick buildings now built or
in process erection in Gunnison give an air Of perma
ncncv which bellies the age OF the town-only three
years Gunnsoa's great want at present Is sme!ter
Leadvie has smeters and Gunnison Is bitter rival OF
Leadviue, therefore GUnnison must have smelling
works as we'll But 10 Is evident that the establishment
OF large shelters here can be only question OF very
short time The town within very easy reach Of some
OF the richest mining fields in the state Up the Gunn
son River to the north the mining districts Of Ruby
Gothic Crested Butte Tin Cup, Irwin. Taylor River
Poverty Gulch, Spring Creek OBeJoyfu Guich' slate
River Eko sheep Mount, silver Basin scohcld, wash
ingou Guch. and Rock Creek. To the east along the
Tomichi River are the camps OF Tomichi, White Pine
Pithin Quartz Creek and ONO City Near Ruby, Irwin
md Crested Butte there extensive deposits Of an
thrac!te coal aud near tho last named town T. found
abundance Of remarkable cokng coal which cokes
readily iu the open air There bodies Of bifumnous
coal ON Onto Creek and at Mount Carbon, only twenty
miles Gunison. and thirty miles southwest are the
vast iron beds n C-b0a. With these mineral advan.
tages therefore, Gunls1n's claims 10 smelling works
present. AMI 10 rival LeadyIe successfully ln ne
future have foundation worth considering. Gunnlsln
can furnish everything but capital The weekly OUTPUT
from Tie mining camps which may ne rrtk'ueit
a. .routavv 10 this lov amounts 90 between 5000 ana
1000 which includes wet ores and dry ores ana 'Ae
proper combnl atoms oi I'D ircial- pre-, 5Ni.s 40. ,-
ful huxing aAd smelling II is hopti low tlai WORN
n.'S DE- -i t II viii move IA Important
advantage the miners ia ne camps within radius OF
twenty thirty mics
OLD AND NEW MINES AT LEADVILLE.
Ihave recently sp.lt two days at LeadNiAe looking
about the mines on Fryer Hl and Cartonate Hh. A
more desolae spot have not found IN the west There
is the struggling city pushing its new brick blocks to
the front order 90 hide the i0g cabins anf tree up-
left by early propecors with the smoke OF smelling
works and the rocks California Gulch barred by by
r,nic mining on one side aud on the other the dsem
bowelled slopes Of Fryer AID Carbonate HIS with
huge heaps Of earth thrown the rough board
shaft houses from which the rlde tresteworks TO
the dumps WITH the elevation Of over 10000 feet tie
tlc mountains which formed The horizon on every side
After all The wealth that has been taken from Fryer
+. Lee aud or two other claims the M Is
cAoy eucOuntering many ghosts 81 other days as
came across ascending the hill There were tue annie
bIrr when male Le1d1iie'- fortune, and Chrvsoe.
There Vas lonely appearance ABOUT az ana IN a'"e
10 my inquiries tue Ieet was, nay ou.' -
or Very ut le doing II was encouraging aI'er I'M,
Robert L. Lee where ore was oeihs CoA7,au y l11
from the shaft. A large amount or ore was awaiting
sbinnrnt divided into three grades, valued at from De
10" 9IUD % I'y - thog,,1ds A. present tue mine
seems welding well ever although the iaic OF the
mines tle hill proves the uncertain duration oil
the carbonate deposits. ,,.,
Here There seems 20 % Well defined yein.n the term
can De- properly applied 20 deposit " carbon
mir straight thrOngl the NH af 'lc same level ihr
Morning star on the the Ei has struck tAs vein
al comparatively small depth Inc neAi clam SUM
itti4 3cc,.r and found ore while The Brooklyn aui tine
sha T., have struck ore apparently az rch ~ Jha Ut e
Morning Therefore the owners look Qr very rcu
yields There mines on Carbonate HI also now
ever. which nave their best days. me LFchIH-
sinsuarly rlch output, considered on ihc
waue while the Crescent has suffered almost total
eel pse, and the Catapa, which ls developing an in
pect HE news AT LcadvlAt from me h'oiNSon nlne
wa- anything out encouraging 90 tho holders or the
stock. Th lower rye. SAID 70 Doe nail hl OF water
cart OF the mine repori cO ica-ti met gen
tl.uan who appraised the stock az the time the mine
was purchased from Ro1Iu-Ous heirs. he tod Ie that
he then considered the STOCK barely worth - share
and thai then m sight thdu lhcic
ua ever been since athOu.i The 4fock put up 10
SIS Mining 40 Leadye las settled down mo steady
and buslncssikc regularity Occasional sales OF mining
properties made, not important enough 10 create
excitement, the the condition OF the
town Is that described 40 quiet
new branch OF mining being largely followed by
experienced miners, which consists IN led--
Ing mines when have been gut'ei, ana Work
ID them the most careful labOuOus ana ecOuOmlci4
way In this way prudent miner viii pay, the Wases
OF wOrkmcu aud gam more tnan HFing !or hIisei'
whore the mine IL with the usual officers, ana ce-
gantly furnished Offices would be productive or nothing
but assessments for the stockholders. Much mas Deen
offering. OF mines. but Leddve, now thdi the IN
tOxIcaton of her boom" has passed, seems setthhS
down to Il yrtuOus economy.
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