The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-09-09
Our Colorado Letter.
Special Corresnondence.

tire Miuing and Industrial Exposition
now in progress Preparations were made
for it on grand scale. commencing
months ago, by the erection of Il fine
building and gathering upa complete ex
hibit of ali the verious mining interests,
not only of Colorado but of the neighbor-
ing States and Territories. 1t is, there
fore, chiefly mining affair and there is |
an endless display of ores from various
sections, together with all kinds of ma
chinery used in the business of mining
from drills to reductive works and stamp
ing mills. l shall not undertake to give
a detailed description of the exhibits for
L do not think it would be of special in-
trest to the general reader. To any one
not interested in mines or mining there
is nothing especially handsome or attrac-
tive about Il lot of ores, though where the
liffrrent formations of mineral are COM
pretended and the processes for extract
ing the precious metals are understood it
OSStllNo - 0u'JSNN Vi bAN"tNA
ness. In this Exposition agriculture oc-
cupies a secondary position, just as IT
does in the State The best agricultural
display is thatpresented by the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad of the pro-
ducts OF the State OF Klnsas, through
which Il at line runs. 1t is very COM
plete repres, ntation of the wonderful re-
sources of State concerning which
great deal has been said and written.
Agriculture in Ktnsas is necessarily
different from that Of far Eastcrn States,
owing to the marked difference in climat-
ic Influences. The msthod of farming
that gathers wealth from almost barren
| hills and circumscribed ncres of valley
land, does not succeed in the rich and
vast prairies of the West, where ten acres
Is hardly as one farther east Hence there
arises the system If working large farms
W th the most improved machinery and a
large force of men. 1t is not an unusual
sight in the valleys mentioned to see corn
tirl of 900 or Q 600 acres, stretching
a say from til railroad in one uubroh en-
mass of green and yellow. Corn and
wheat are kings. From Mr.. Pliny L.
Bartlette learn that the value of the
former product in 1880. was $25 600, 600,
and of the latter S2l 900. 600, which is
more than two-thirds of the total valua-
ton of the crops of the State for that
year. Two other crops, now important
features of Kansas farming, are sorgho-
sugar cane and rice corn. Stock raising
and wool growing are also rapidly taking
front rank. OF the soil and general
characteristics OF K lnsas as all agricul
cultural State, could say nothing MOI
already known to those of your readeri
who are interested in the subject. 1t il
certainly great State and there are still
opportunities in it for earnest men wh'
are willing to work AMI begin at the be
ginning. The geographical position o
the State is such as to exempt it from tn
extreme and pre'racted cold of the North
as we'll as the intense summer heat of tn
South. The average temperature is abou
50 degrees Fthrenbeit. There is littl
= wind in winter, but in summer time ther
is prevailing br,,ze from tn South
:, usually a cool, dry vim. The comparG
!, lively high altitude Of the State, togethe
with its perfect system Of river dr1inagt
and the entire absence of swamps, {
. marshy land. renders the atmos here
all times electrically dry and iuvigora
:. ing. The expression "as windy as Kai
sas" has become II bye-word in son
places and undoubtedly there it has r
culluritits Of this character. A cilize
l. wrote concerning it: kansas is all a
- tithesis. 1t is the hottest, coldest, dr.
-. est wettest, thickest, thinnest country
h. the world. The stranger who cross,
-. our borders for the first time at Wy
4, dotte and travelled by rail to White Clol
ar would, with CONSERVATION. contrast tn
o,. uninterrupted sierra of rugged and ca
re clad crags with the placid prairies of |
H. imagination. Let him ride along 4
90 spine of any of those lateral divides
ia watersheds whose
tn. Level leagues forsaken lie
,ly A grassy waste, extending to the sky
ere and he would be oppressed by the SAL
nd melancholy monotony which broods oy
ak. those who pursue the receding horiz
the over the fnctuating plains OF the Sc
,av And let this discussion be whittier
to would, il be listened to the voice of I
atb perience he would not start upon
RS pilgrimage at any season of the v,
inc without an overcoat. fan, hghtnir
ect rod and an umbrella" There is prob'
The ly no place on the continent where Pu
ase tan ideas have projected themselves il
I'M the future with more defuiteness than
Mt Kansas. The Kansas of few years q
hi. in the wild frontier days when men al
w. at all hours of the day and night W
- their boots on, is not the Kansas of
i,r day.
as But this is rather in the nature o
eep DEPRESSION from the main scope of th
fed letters. My next will be devoted excl
the lively to Colorado observations. Amc
10 the notable characters have come acr
lit here in Denver is Mike Mykens, a ne
sea- boy, and the richest one in the coun
lak- without doubt He is supposed to
It of worth $50, COO which he has invested
the Denver real estate, Heis not yet rea,
the however, to retire from business,
see from early morning until midnight Il
the be seen upon the streets crying, "Bost
RS a New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, c
bet cinnati, St, Louis and Kansas City mo
sea- ing papers" In connection with
b an paper stand he has q bootblaek's ch
lpy- which he generally leaves in chargu
ther an assistant. He sells his papers q
on uniform price of ten cents each, and |,