New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-18
rs THIS TO BE ANOTHFR LEADTILLEf
THE NEW MINING CAMP OF cEEEnr. ITS GROWTH
AND SURROUNDINGS.


AND SURROUNDINGS.
The following extract, from letter written
February : by +. T. Jeffrey. president and general
manager of the Denver and Rio Grandc Railroad Com
pany, - George Copp,l. chairman ol the Board 81
Directors, give - lively picture Of the new mining
town Of Creole. Col, which j., now booming IN az
amazing fashion:
1T j.. a, you know. nine and onc-half miles from
Wagon Wheel cap to Creole. which place Is IN
narrow ravuc with creek I'm the middle Of II, build
Ing, jamned in close h and over tie creek, -ldr
Track room enough to stand fifteen T. twenty freight
car. a statiUu-hol,c Of rough boards abont largo
enough for 4 village If 80 people the whole rep
rc.cntinc a ci5mpel. announcement. dangerous ana
motley mixture of track. carr saloons, boarding
houses, Jack, aud mule. ~ir"t hing southcIN Tor
mile. but mach wider at it, -Ju'hern extremity, b.
narrow gorge through which the main Track al thr
railroad auG Aforesaid creek make their way either
side or both and n many place, the top. OF the 'rA
being occupied Ly the same motley array of saloons
restaurants, boarding hou-c. bead cabins. Ten feet
quar- tent, of an -izcs and on'r-. "h'h. together
with the crowded wagon-road which ought TO have at
first mentioned a, al,o running along Though The
gorge present a crowded aud animated although p'i
very attractive picture Of Western frontier LIE and On
tcrpri,c.
Al Jir1town q mile south Of Crccdc. where the
r,ync a, already mentioned j, much wider. there Is
great array Of fame buildng-. few completed other
under con ,tructlon, and Many Just started They
u,cd for All cla,s 81 busuc-, and mcrchand Ing and
the -idchuh are rapidly b"iu, covered by cabins and
small houses for rc dcncc purpo-c-. Vt Jinit""n
there /, standing room on 10" "nly eidetr"k io'
eighteen 81 twenty cars and fat freight cars AZ
Jntown and Creole arc made empty they are loaded
With Gre ON one .dc 81 the car, are seen teams
carving. away the merchandise, etc" while on TIE
other side aud Into The end OF The car from Nh'h we
freight f. being tcu other teams arr loading ore Inc
ore shipment, average. at Creole and Jimi""n "p't
nine car, per dly hut "a secure TN, cmy output r.
ouIr., many car, OH tracks bceau-e before stated
freight NUT Ice uulodcd and ore loaded at the same
time a, freight received j, much greater than freight
Forwarded the ,urplu, empucs are promptly moved
away 10 make room for other loaded car.
The gorge and the narrow street, between the
building, arc thronrcd with men, claims are ''hA''
ont everywhere both for mineral ana for corner "'''
the latter commanding high price, TWO inside lot
were sold while ! va, 1T Creole for ;l,7'o ea'h'
cash d0vn no credit tm Thur,day our passenger
train had by actual count fOJ passengers INT" jim
town and Creole, on Friday about 400 ana on N''
uIdav a, H.ht day, IT being tho end OF The week.
estimated from 10 to 200 The train consisted "'
THURSDAY and Friday al baggage ear, iulI - the oi
an cxpc4-car crdmmcd to ii, capacity five passenger
r u, which there va, not even stauding-rOpm. ami
,,co seeper, with every BERTH upper and lower, 0ccn
pied.
In talking with those who are experts in mining
mattcr> and whose Judgment can mink DC rem"
upon am led 10 believe that within six months
creole and Jimtown will furnish daily output OF eah-
teen or twenty OF ore. This means Il sun Rr'''r
influx Of population, which is now. In and about tn
TWO camps, from 1900 10 $500. II IN ans the con
nuaiion of building activity, the occupation oi every
available spot Of ground for structures OF one KIM
or another and the reception at the two points named
of from thirty To forty of freight per day. NJ
Jimtown W. arc using for an express room military
tent with a board loOr and duplicate VI 1t Tor Il
l,rgagc ROOM and / ordered another lagc tent about
- by So put up Immediately for use Us freight
house; this will also have board n0Ori th'Se "h'
we had IN stock. The agents Office Is noA car
from window In which tickets are sold To the crowds
ot p,engcr standing ont all kinds OF weather
Another LoA car the Office, nut there
Is fortunately in it a first cla,a safe. Two bank,
Crcedo and ono al JimtOwn. In this mushroom city
Of ten weeks growth there are FIR i%. 9cws
and THE Candle An electric hight plant In,
been installed the machinery for which was IN
Town Illuminated elcctIlcaslly yeteiday. sunday this
You viii de /, pretty quick work. even IN these
IL is PROPOSED to lay warerpipes supply thu town
with pure, sparkling mountain Eacr "I,n"msn 1hI'tH
than nature provides 80 lvl'ihy III icsc mountain
The eject Of the new camp, Il IT continues pros
porous will b.. very beneficial throughout the cntlfc
SAN Lui, Nay 1t viii stimulate asric l,,raI,,, IN
products There viii Lc influx Of settlers through
valley which viii open up farms grow gram
raise ~tJck and In two or three year, max; uc san
IuIs cok Ike Il different country. Alam0sa, Monte
Vista and Del NOrtc have already felt The ben icia
effect, Of the large settlements at Creole and Jim
Town. The lumber mill, on the Durango line aud at
Tres piedias, tn. Espanola branch lind an uneA
peci.d and lucrative mar1ct for their PRODUCTS ana
these mills will I'm the next fiX months 10 more ac
tive than ever before The mountain RANGES from
Crccde 10 Gunnson. Lake city. Siivcrton and Durango
will be- explored during the ensuing spring ana sum
mer II or, thoroughly than ever, and by larger mum
Iers Of persons. In conclusion. let me ask that
you do moi Think that have caught the Creole fcvcr
for i'm writing the foregoing have given simply fair
unbiased statement Of the situation a IL appears TO
me-