Show nir mi miral ral or 4 iune to ro M A it A this town is ia situated in ao an otas ca canyon about it ill above tread the level bevc of f toyon he be sea tho mount mountains airis tint lilt surround it are front from 2000 to 4 OW fat higher the silver lodes are arc youna found in 10 1 these I 1 e lofty mountain it h a well cs fab in li ed tic that the richest silver ie are thosa on high mountains thus iho be famous mines of lot in bl mexico exico aro are worked at an elevation of thu this mina has produced over ono CIDO thousand millions of dollars worth our lest best bilics are ara of at on elevation or of low to reet feet there is no sign sio of our silver running out mib it is is well lonna that many ma y of the iho mexican filex ican mines have hare been worked over SOO years and oro are sull pro thera is no DO ovid anco oo on record that an r cuine las yet been ex baus hausted in in a downward direction tho the rock is ia to bs be I 1 2000 bot thick a dept delih that will never be by the skill and 0 of afman man wo arc it tho question flow many marles aro are there in clear creel creal county wo cannot answer this question now but we will bo be ablo able to an it after afar some time in ili the melly dountain mount Noun tain tin directory for 1871 we find tho the names dames of nunes mines in in clear crek creek county but bat this in ia tile I 1 liala I 1 air or our mines that are POW jow other either ully lully or partly pa aly opened T then hen there are arc hundreds that are ct unopened so wo we may put down tho the number at perhaps 1000 ind perhaps another 1000 tu bo 0 d discovered ise an old oilmen ot of cliar creek creck county has informed us that there lucre arc arli between and c recorded in the iho county 1 I is of course boum exceed all our guridi ideas as of toe the num her ber of mines in our county many of those mines minca aro are no doubt in and will wil loever never be worked but what are these orth eliat if a question too that cannot bo be answered now in a fati factory mannori as aa only a few of our milieu mine liace been so ao far opened as to ebow b it they ore arc worth tho the Pc Pe licau tile the maine tho the laura aale the snow now aft the silver plume and the terrible havo have been so far open ej cd aj to show allow immense stores of wealth and hundreds or of others would no lie doubt turn larn out well if opened to the same client berit lint but silver macs no miller how bow rich they tacy are w dl not open themselves bricf bri of duclo and money tire are needed cc ded to develop thorn them tho the last a s gicca the whole valuation of colorado 0 giri A at i aur ur imar impre e wion inon from vi lut bat we hn hai a rcck cc is hi lloil i at I 1 iho he add ermine clear creek comaty alono are worth twice that amount 10 lo ordice to encourage the minors and operators in clear creak county to press pres on with their worl work wo we give a few well authenticated facts as 33 to the yield of silver in oilier alacci alic madec acin n in bl exico lias already yielded upward 1 P of 0 and this the N valt CLA grande vel oi of has in about yeara yi ar produced it tj alie 0 enormous of I 1 unc kiino in A maico lex leo called ia it ill said mid lor for I 1 long time to have produced worth of silver hilver a day jt it is is mid laid the Oln StACk we lode in novida nevada yielded 10 a thirteen years over and IQ in I 1 lbs bibi there were taken from that lode 1014 81 oot ariah of oil ter I 1 ir our mines come any where near thota liioi o now wen tiOnA we vo may form farin some bonie idea of what our ol of airles may produce when I 1 hey aro are fully opened and worked with windom end and cc energy cray Volu rado miner miller |