Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-10-17
For the Democrat.
WESTERN CORRESPONDENCE.
To the Editor of the oxford Democrat:

To the Editor OF the Oxford Democrat:
Ii seems to me that the world never
saw auch fine collection Of ores as are
now at the Great Exposition. Huge
nuggets and models of those more huge,
nuggets from Montana, North Carolina,
Australian fact from every gold bear
ing region, may be seen. Here are piles
OF gold and silver brick from Leadville,
--ss-Ietierson County, or the smelters at
Argo, near Denver. / have seen more
than ione woman trying to lift some
S25. 900 gold brick and failing although
Its weight was only about one hundred
pounds troy. Here are rocks full Of sill
Yer that look TO be of no earthly account
1t is said that nugget was once found
IN y. Carolina that weighed 81 pounds,
and the mother of the boy who found it
kept it for long time to prop the door
open with. ignorant Of its true value.
have just seen a tray of nuggets frcm
this same state worth $1,000.
The mins-the San Christian-from
which they came is worked by Phila-
delphia close cooperation which took out
Sl50,QO0 last wear The largest mug
get found in California weighed 100
pounds, but Australia beats the world
IN the production of large masses of gold.
Byart and Hal,erman's nugget was four
feet long and sold for sI4s,SOO. The
LEG Of Mutton" $50, $50 Welcome
Stranger" $4,000; the welcome"
s44,550; Union Jack" $500
Robinson, $50; Mi Desperan-
dunn, SIO,SOO.
To day the miners Smelter Of Golden,
displayed next door to our exhibit over
$4,000 in a gold brick, aud over 5000
in six silver bricks The Union Pacific
r. r. exhibit has some fine rocks from
Helena, Montana, taken from the Last
Chance Gulch. One almost pure mug
get, that looks as if ages Of tumbling
about among the boulders Of some river
bed had worn much Of it away, Is worth
S945. Another Is worth $3.50 and so
on. A quartz boulder about as large as
a small coCoanut Is worth $3.50. Some
one may ask how we know; Because
specialists have = way Of determining these
things by means of specie gravity. II
the specific gravity Of pure quartz and
Of pure gold be 50 much, how much gold
is there in such and such quartz boul-
der containing gold They figure it ont
70 q cent.
In the Boulder County exhibit, from
the Golden Age mine, are three trays OF
so rocks 50 rich in fine gold that they
seem nearly all gold, where they have
been sawed in too. They are worth
$4,000 and arc carefully removed from
the cases every night and put n the safe.
\ great model shows the size of a mass
Of silver taken from the Robert Lee mine
Leadyilie, in g ! hours-slS,5o0 and
mine in New Mexico tells Of Sl3O,OO0
taken out 5 hours After al, these
mines VIII de;cr;orate some time-and
the time may be expected when they viii
be worthless while the farms OF our
country if they are we'll handled viii no,
only put forth fruits. flowers and gems,
but may be mo5e and more valuable.
With III the boa>ted wealth Of our mines
l would Ike 20 see pi,ted against those
Of one Of those country :, the grand total
produc, Of our cattle, horses, sheep, coal.
wool, hay and cereals, from our country,
even for the last twelve yeags-and Is
better to day than she ever was before.
This viii do to think Of, 50 good night.
Sep, Is, 1882.
Denver has the name OF possessing in
the Tabor Grand Opera House, one Of
the very finest houses Of the kind on the /
continent. Il must seat al leas, 1900 |
persons and Is arranged in strictly first
class manner. from top to bottom, the
great crystal chandelier being connected /
70 the electric circuit, so that it can be
lighted with loud snap in moment of
time. The Emma Abbott English Opera |
Company has just completed its SIX en-
tertainmen,s, al opera, of which at
tended four, always in crowded houses.
The receipts Of one Of these houses was
over 81 800 the ticket. ranging in price
from soc to $50 and boxes from s. |
20 s25 each. Until this opera house was
built, tue great musical artists who &C.
caSionally visit the great cities Of the
world, have no; come to Denver but |
this IS not likely TO be the case much |
longer. Miss Abbott Is not among the