Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-09-24

rado Stock Exchange. Some are re-
garded as SO valuable by the original
owners that none of the stock is offer
ed, but the greater number represent
properties either of unknown or un-
developed value. Only seventy of
these stocks, out of nearly one thous-
and, are son call'' in the Exchange at
Cripple Greek.
"Gold," says the Cripple Creek
miner, dryly, ''is where you find it. %
Then commenting on the fact that
most of the theories about locating
gold which miners have accepted for
centuries are imperative in Cripple
Creek, perhaps the best plain state
ment of the case has been made by a
miner in a Chicago morning paper.
He says:
"Geologically Cripple Creek is a
freak. 1t is erratic, eccentric and full
of whims and caprices. That is, it is
so to the man of science and the miner
of experience. 1t is a vast crater bed
in which the elements once were wont
to make merry with nature and play
unexpected pranks that must have
caused the systematic old dame many
a vexatious hour. But after careful
research it is found that every caprice
had its just cause, every prank it's
true method and every eccentricity its
undertaking system. The blemishes
and freaks were only skin deep. At
the bottom everything was right, as it
should be.
"Still the blemishes existed and that
is why farmers found gold where min
ers could see none; that is why claim
owners begin their mining operations
with a plow and sigh discontentedly
because the refractory nature of the
ore does not permit them to treat it
with threshing machine.
'It is the unique formation at the
surface-an overflow that forms veins
radiating like the ribs of an open fan
that causes the miner to dig long
trenches instead of boring hole. He
knows that If he extends his trench
far enough he will find the vein he
seeks, and by following this he will
come to the fissure that is supposed to
bring him wealth."
The thirty-five thousand people in
the Cripple Creek district on January
1, 1896, were distributed in number
of small towns. Cripple Creek town
is the metropolis of the district. Vic
tor, with 5000 people, is the next
largest. The remaining towns and vii
lagos are scattered around groups of
mines or reduction works, and each is
connected with the other by chain
of shafts and prospect holes, 80 that
the entire place is scene Of life.
There is no spot in the district out OF
earshot of the blasts that thunder all
day and all night on every hillside.
Some of these little towns are notable.
A word as to the geographical loca-
ton of Cripple Creek. 1t lies in the
backyard of Pixies Peak, within few
hours ride of Colorado Springs and
Manitou and the beautiful Ute Pass
summer resorts, by way of the Mid
land Terminal aud Colorado Midland
railroads. The traveller from the east,
via the Santa Fe route, may enter
sleeper at Chicago or Kansas City and
go through to Colorado Springs or
Denver, getting days rest, and then
step on a sleeper and wake up in
Cripple Creek. The passenger who is
in a hurry may step from one sleeper
to another ON the same platform at
Colorado Springs and complete the
trip without delay. He may take his
family to any of the delightful noun
tain resorts near Colorado Springs,
spend his days in the mines and be
with his family as often as he may care
to snatch few hours from business.
While a great deal of money is taken
out of the mines in Colorado, thous-
ands and millions are spent to devel-
ope the mines. 1t is said that a great
deal more money is lost in mining than
is made, but you hear of the few lucky
who make millions, while the millions
who lose all they have are forgotten
or never heard of. The writer would
prefer farming to mining. 1t may be
a slower way to get money, but it is
much surer even during hard times.
No matter what you do in this world,
whether it be mining, farming or what
not, you will have to work and work
hard to succeed. When you hear of
this man and that man getting rich
through luck you will find ON investi-
cation in nine cases out of ten that it
was not luck but earnest application,
hard work and strict economy. Most
any man in most any kind Of business
can succeed along these lines. Don't
ever trust to luck, not even in mining.
THE CITY OF DENVER.
Denver is a beautiful city, almost
surrounded by mountains, and excur-
sions in every direction bring you to
grand and gorgeous scenery. Our
party is being royalty entertained and
we are given every opportunity to
see all there Is in Colorado on top of
the ground. Denver Is growing some,
but the people here are waiting for
the election of Bryan and Sewali and
free silver for the good times. Free
silver and irrigation are the two great
questions here. Irrigation viii make
things blossom on top of the ground
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