Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-20
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ORADo, January lltb, 1882.
Npssps rnIroRs Thinking per-
h,ns a ,.w lines from an old suhscriber
En- ynnr yaluabla naner. would be of
sona ir,a,est m a norton Of vour many
reaI,rs from AN I'D Wilminptoniap, /
tbonohr | would nan Won a short letter
telling Won nj some of the advantages
and d7s.dvautages under which We ar.
LIVING in ,hs far West and in the beau.
t,frI 7i,,la citv of s lverton sitnat.d
an rho westarn STONE nf the great and
onrvaous ROXY Mountains and in IN.
county of San Juan. The location of
S;lva,ton 10 ona of the most nic,nre, o,,s
in Ame,ira or in fact in tbe whole
world CONSISTING of a level nlain wat
srnd Nv tho Animas river Cement and
N;no,a1 oresL and almost surrounded
Nv, some IF tho loft;ast neaks in the
STAT Rn,Iders Mountain II 100 feet
h,oh On the north. Kendall Mountain.
"a ys0 foot hich on the east. sul,an
Mn,n,,i, - 2ff faat biub an RI.
south md Anvil, Mountain ID1OO f,et
b,ah On ,be west All littino their boarv
baads h;gh mr. intn tho reoions If ner-
natna, nov
Silvsrtor ia tho M.tronolis of San
Juan comfy which /. the centre OF
what ia nronouncad by avnsrts IN he
no t;nsSt hssnra vein rag;on in rhe
world II nontaips dnring tha snmm, ,
,,nnths n,nnl.t;on of ,hont o1nn
souIs and H., another saaaor xhen,u.
nanrer &. P;o Crands E,iIrn,d ra,r,,,.-
hara !, iii nnJonhtsdlv axnar;srsa a
80, ;,,rn,.s wbich viii nI,ca /,
ernno &c ,ot foremnst Of ,ba or.at
n;n;n, cams of Ma STATE Tho n;nes
ahont and .hovu Silvertnn At Howar3..
U;Ile Auimas rnrks Enrek, Minsra,
C;ty pouobtaansie Gulcb n,hir and
m,vy o,hsr minor nnints will all nil
matsln nnnr th.ir riches ,bronob silver
ton enronta ror the eastern markets
Amonn tba many ,njpast that ava hs;r.
extansivaiv wortpI dnrino ,ae nres.n,
w;n,sr and in close nrnxinitv r. ali
rarton I ,,inbt uertion III. Sortb Sta,
Nina s,tnated IN Snl,an Monnt,in
wb;oi, 10 oonsilsr. 4 tha nnst acna.sihI.
and hast dereionad mina in tha comnIv
II ia s;,na,ad a, noint several Lnn.
d,aJ foot hain,,, +i,nhar Ena l., ~,
midst OF ABUNDANT timber and large
supply OF water.
Inc Clevelahd mines, owned prlncI
pally by Philadelphia parties, are SIT
uated on the southern slope OF Suitar
Mountain ID the Anlnas canon. Ihre'
thousand dollars worth OF mlneraI wa
taken from thls mine III three week
t'mA me bt'cher mine, located >tv
eral hundred feet ABOVE timber line am
-ariN Oh the Eumnlf OF Sultan Noun
tain, Is owned By a Boston Company
Inc Aspen NINE, on Hazrlton mom
tain, principally owned by New iorl
parties The Group, OF which the As
pen Is the principal mine, Is capable o
producing large quantities OF rich ore
employing from loo to 200 miners.
The Highland Mary, III Green Noun
tain and The Pride OF the West Mines
all OF which are being worked both day
ana night. We Will have one ltnot wv,
smeIters erected here during the comm.
summer when it will not be necessary
for a single mine to lay idle while loca
tionS which are now merely prospt C
holes, will be opened and developed
when there is an inducement for tn
owners to DO SO.
The altitude OF SiIverton is 9+05 feet
it is neatly laid out in squares or block
named and numbered it is Furnished
with al excellent free school; nev
church has been erected during tn
past year at a cost Of over $1,000: til
buildings are constructed Of brick
granite and wood. Since the near ap
proach of the railroad, real estate ha
been on the increase, lots being wortl
from $50 to 1000 yet very eoou lots il
good location may now be bought a
reasonable figures.
The climate during the spriug an,
summer months cannot h. uurrouy., i
the cool and refreshing hrr-ze con,in
ually sweeping down from the Mour
tain tops does indeed make il the oar
den spot of Colorado. While Won ar
fretting under the temporal Of % m,
100 in the shade we are comfortable i,
the sun, and AWAY, sleep under blank
cts the warmest nights during til
Our winters here are more sever
ia nsf ny Ia