The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-17
LETTER FROM COLORADO.

reading something about the wonder
full sights in Colorado. | will try to
give to your farmers in letter at an
early day the way farmers farm here,
where they never have any rain but
once year, and that in August. |
will try and give description Of my
trip to
MOUNT PIsGAH.
No doubt everybody has heard of
this place in the last three weeks. 1t
is the place whore gold was found on
top of the ground, and everybody in
Colorado rushed for the place. News
kept coming into Denver that more
gold was being found. Mr.. Rankin,
"A friend, and myself made resolutions
that we would 90 to Mount Pisgah,
and see if fortune would favor u.s.
We LEFT Denver at 2 a. M, reached
Colorado Springs 3 hours later; we
then shouldered our pick, shovel and
two blankets each, and WAS crowded
into a stage with other fortune seek
ers. The Mount was then thirty
miles distant. 1t would take much
better writer than | am to describe
the beautiful scenery. The Garden
of the Gods, which we looked down
upon from the mountain side, Is situ-
ated just below, between the foot hills.
1t is beautiful spot, with a noun
tain brook running the center, the
cedar trees and grass looking beautiful
and green, forming quite contrast
between the snow capped summit of
Pixies Peak, towering in lovely
grandeur over a sea of mountains and
plains, mile and half above the
beautiful Garden of the Gods. This
peak is nearest to the plains Of any
prominent peak, and can be seen for
$50 miles. The clearness of Colera-
DOS atmosphere permits Of All im>
mense scope of vision-a fact that at
tracts the attention of every visitor
from other chimes. On the summit
of the peak is United States signal
station, which is built do Nn in hole
on the mountain, to keep the wind
from blowing it away, which it had
done until it was 80 built. About
9 o'clock that night We reached the
end of our journey. We slept, at
least tried to sleep, rolled up in our
blankets ON a cot, which was dear,
costing $3.50 each. The next morn
ing l gazed out on Pisgsh, which wa,
all hustle and confusion, the prospec'
tors getting ready to go to work.
saw a town composed of at leas
5000 people, which was four week.
ago one immense gulch, not valley
unknown to the world, and no morta
ever living there; but it was now full
of life and energy. Although hous,
could not be seen, such "a thing as /
house would be curiosity, all tents
we took a walk around and saw tina
,, We were with all grades of people
Tents were hurrisdly put up, anc
this kind of business was carried Vi
within, gambling, drinking, dancing
cutting and knocking down. Grocery
stores hourished and made money
,, Bakers got rich. Flour $1,000
hundred, canned tomatoes, corn
beans, ETC., which sell at Milan for 2t
cents retailed here for rs cents can
T.. Beds, L mean cots, in large ten
f cost a man $3.50 night, and ther
he would almost freeze, the night
!. being cold and snow every where
o After seeing the sights Of nev
@ mining town, we concluded we wOul,
. get some information, and stick on
Y picks in the ground and roll out sew
t eral Thousand dollars of gold; but OF
learning that two men the day befor
we're shot for digging on the claim q
some other miners, and not finding
amy ground that WAS not staked, W
v concluded to sell oat and get back t.
! civilization AS quick as possible. w
7 sold them to some fellow and tool