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Show 42 IMMIGRANTS' .AND SETTLERS' GUIDE The above statement falls short of the aggregate yield of the Territory. Much was sent to other places than Philadelphia, and through other channels ; much, too, remains in the hands of miners. There is every reason to believe that the gold product of 1864 will not fall short of twenty millions of dollars. This estimate was made early in the season of 1864, when everything looked favorable to a large gold crop. The recent heavy floods in the mining districts, and the Indian troubles which at present (August) prevail in the Territory, will, of course, unfavorably affect the yield of mineral, and otherwise retard the progress of the Territory. OTHER MINERAL PRODUCTS. The Territory is said to abound in metals of various kinds, but the sacra fames (" sacred hunger") for gold at present absorbs all the attention of the miners.* Iron ore of a good quality is found in some parts of the Territory, not far from Denver, and in close proximity to coal. Silver and lead, in small quantities, have also been discovered. Platinum, zinc, manganese, magnetic iron, sand, alum, salt, and petroleum are also among the mineral products of the country. PRICES OF PROVISIONS AND LABOR. Prices of almost every kind of provision vary much in Colorado. The following schedule will be found I * The gold-producing quartz or ore had its origin, as decided by the geologists, far down in the bowels of the earth, and was forcibly ejected from beneath through crevices formed by some violent convUlsion of nature in the old granite rocks. These crevices are detected and traced from the indications on the surface, and the quartz taken out at various depths. Frequently at a depth of from 20 to 40 feet below the surface the miners arrive at a floor or bed of strange rock containing little or no gold. This rock is known throughout the ~rerritory as the '' cap." It was once thought to be the end to all their hopes and mining, but recent experience has proved tho groundlessness of their fears. TO THE NEW ST.A.TES .AND TERRITORIES. 43 ·d· ar circumstances: Lumber. is applicable under OI In y M . wood at Central City, worth from $30 to $3~d ~elime. '$1. 75 Per bushel; brick, $2.75 to $3.25 pe.r ~011 ·a $24 per M. Building, as a $12 per M. ; brlc . ' al ' . ban in the States. whole, co.sts one-thtrd mo~:J hardware are, o_f course, Grocenes, dry-gSods, t f the Mississippt. So are dearer than in the tate~ eas b o.no- yet chiefly brought flour, pork, an.d colB' tf e!ut:~n~ and potatoes are sold across the plains. . ee ' · the Middle States. at about the same prices as In pound . 'vrought iron Iron castings cost 15 cents per r 75 c~nts to $1. from 25 to 30 cents ; sheet c~J:~ 'attention will be paid As the country settles. ~p, ·n be sold at more rea-to agricult.ure, and provisions W1 • sonable pr1ces. that there is a pressing It is almost -n~edless tod say The same want is shared need of laborers m Colora ~· Territory in the Union. by almost every State dan h as millmen, etc., range Wages of common han sb, su~th board or $2.50 a day from $30 to $40 per mont ' WI ' without board. d . the mines as " strik- Without board, men emp~gY$3 trn $3 50 a day. "blasters" and" drillers" are pat $4 50o· ~echanics get from ers," $4; and forem~n, $4 tg . ~f capacity and kind $3.50 to $5, according to egree of work. . timated at $6 per week Board for laborer~ I~oe:rded together, it can be where a number ai e . l obtained for $5, and sometimes even ess. • A WORD IN CONCLUSION, .A.BOU T THE ROUTE TO COLORADO. . easy one From the The route to Colorad~ IS an rdmunic~tion on the western terminus of railway co· it is 650 miles, M. . R. to the gold reg1ons, . Issouri Iver " Th Plains " The road IS a across what are known as e f the y·ear and the jour-good one in nearly all season; o tfit and Pleasant comney, provided one has a goo ou |
