| Show THE Vr WESTERN ESTERN SLOPE A region of vast Ite resources sources rin fins climate and growing industries take it a glance at one of the landscape knaps mapson of colorado Coloia do you instantly exclaim that it must bo be all mountains that nowhere to in the whole expanse does docs there seem to bo be a spot is hereise the farmer cart can get it a foothold and indeed it Is a wonderful country when one comes to study tho the mountains and again the exclamation will be heard that it must lie be pretty near all mountains however natural this conclusion it Is entirely erroneous sl herds of cattle hn find ph flonly nty of pas title till e about irom from january to january without the need of shelter except what is found in the canyons arid and among the hills until tile the wool clip became unprofitable thousands 0 of r sheep heep were raised annually these lit in the western parts mal mainly tily in the eastern part of 0 tho the state who liis lag riot not hoard heard of 0 tho the beautiful crop or of potatoes raised about Gro groeler Gr celey eley or the splendid wheat groate in tho the son san luls l valley then the go 0 o to denver or colorado springs anti and ask them where they get their bluest fruit of 0 all kinds but more especially Pc peaches aches and they will ivill tell you in the grand i alley where lis la the pas past t throe three years the acreage of orchards chardi or has in tenfold where here in the iho spring of 2596 a million of trees were art out and where hundreds ot of acres acrea Is already being prepared for tire g planting ct c 1837 who hus bab vot rot heard of 0 cratic rr id june ti lons cIl Ie 11 day Ca jiin carli fruit feet fesi festival ival it and tile display of at montrose filici faira fil iii has lot it much tho the fruit outlook in colorado all AH this io in call attention to th ill baet ft t albat colorado Co lonido Is nut not till all that tier her du do not all follow mining and ami t hat there are arc almost enough agi arii I 1 11 horal products riad rals d to supply tile hie dP of her pr orlo in the shops emms and calos at ar I 1 alie le same time limp Colora colorado is almost i mountainous comparatively front from cast to west orn one 1 li almo oer oNer come colne with tile the vast naas it everything arld and the wonder Is ahat the all wise creator meant by dumping dum ping all the seeming waste ol of rna ma dellal luto the territory hounded by this states lines livery every year Is giving a mule complete answer it to 0 tills this query of the transient rat isleno guest within our borders df ra ter her mountain teem with rold gold silver arid and precious stories ilon cs there is absolutely no limit to the amount already and undoubtedly that which has been discovered is 13 but a small traction fraction ot of what nhat the future will ill reveal A RICH COUNTY the one county ot of gunnison gunelson Gunn lson Is one ot of the il in the world she hi has aas gold mines silver mines biln s granite anti and marble quarries tile the finest in fix the anthracite and bituminous foal coal arid and coke and practically callY all these as yet undeveloped and there ate other court counties lien high up in the mountains mountain where the snow la is always within a few steps ot of the alie towns Is the lie county ot of san miguel llouel its gold mines are arc just coming coining into prominence in the center of 0 the county Is the little c city of 0 telluride with its dally pit paper per electric light system and it a live B board of trade at all I 1 those these mines in the basin sere unknown in 1873 and the mining fever has been grea greatest los t there since issa A syndicate from rom shanghai china developed the loin boy niane in 1893 tile the ore front this mine pays paya over 1 per cv ton lit in ahls lit di district mamoth mills arid and there are r mammoth stamp vast schemes of all hydraulic and electrical mining to reach thin region legion ot of inexhaustible mineral wealth st a blumen dous railroad lail road proposition staled majed adventurous investors in the lace face but it overcome by the ilio finally was grande southern ralli oad ti the i to dim of 0 mountain ascent N were e re surmounted by engineering skill kill and the steam engine now low pulls the ore orr on the IU lugged ged and almost perpendicular sides summits 0 of snow anti and to tile the very cry mountains on oil tills this line Is the marvelous topped ophir loop it cuin cit be appreciated it is seen and to see bee prec precia ted unless by its grandeur it 1 Is to be of hu his and the marvelous triumph man ion skill kill we speak 0 of the western slope mining counties counties be because caage C everybody VL has heard aicard and read ol of the li I 1 anti and cripple and are apt to conclude creek all mines acs ics mineral wealth of 0 colorado color ado la Is that the 11 hilt but Is as la Is confined to t 0 those localities shown there are others J B grant its has ot it tile the great ornah omaha as from within tile the past week returned extended trip trill to mexico Blex teri to judge judee art an himself whether it Is a field for investment for lie particularly gave its his attention to tile the mining intel ests and viewed it the ie held front from the standpoint I 1 0 of a capitalist looking I tor for investments investment he is reported lit in december on its his return to have said in denver while mining Is the real basis of oc any pios pertly tant tit it may come to mexico tile the business do caloca es nat not otter offer the inducements that are lound found in colorado or any of 0 the IV estein mineral blaring bearing states and it is no lor for the man the railroad facilities are arc poor the poorest with no prospect pio ot of improvement pro met and there la is no n timber in the country labor is uncertain incerta ili the expenses of oc provi provisions lons very high and there Is ver very little to snake make the hubl bubl ness attractive city or profitable we buote fro rom this t I 1 3 high I 1 authora because t there ere 11 Is a to tendency 1 e ey even in colorado to emigrate calf at to mexico I 1 e ice for investment tor for pr front ollit the mines of colorado ire are no longer longcr a question quentio n lor for speculation they are it a real tangible tit n gible thing flold 0 o ld Is not picked up in the shape of or wash washed d out in the shape oc ne dust from the beds 0 of Etie ami but there are vast veins w which aich are arc dall daily y prodoc producing n which la Is being smelter smelted 11 in a tone tona 0 of ore 0 re great reat works in tier her borders anti and will which ell as well as a the mines are paying rood agn round dIdo dividends rids the output of inin aln n eral in coliado for or tire years MIR 1891 a and d 1895 was waa is as follows I 1 field cil li W Wi i 1 I liAn 74 ani 11 S maym 1 iver a nac awad 1 copper 1 I sac total 33 lne 11 19 1191 91 10 fofi ica OD 0 gold cold silver 60 lead 1 I 3 amm 00 71 4 ti CO copper total S net set increase Inc roane for fop I 1 isa va 1 3 increate ot of cold output at the time tills this article is written it la is too early to rive give the output for or 1896 but the beat estimate early in fit the year car that of 0 r rold old at dut but it li is not alone in mining that tile the capitalist can lint a profitable investment for or his wealth there are aie rall railroads railroad road 6 yet to be built also shelters smelters Sm elters arid and reduction works there here Is money in the fi tault tilt lands of 0 fill w western estern slope there must ile be canning estabill esta till 8 it n lent 9 arid and many other profitable table avenues will open up nil as ai the country develops d 3 vast ean wis vila un 1111 I 1 known fifteen years anand as V yet every industry is IH in ill its H infancy till THE lhand VAIA EY i I 1 I 1 this bertil alley I 1 in situated e d IT in 1 count C 0 nn 0 the extreme reme western liori hori d er or of tire state late it t in 1 ten anti miles ald by r torn ort milci toil luns arid and contains about GO of available or aich which andi is Is capable of it being d and there in len linee ax muc i watt water v llew ienir through the mg in in trip the volley valley as la IS or ever will mill lie needed the witter water Is b tilt grand rand arid antl gunnison biers alic ra two acs balge aaice irrigation dit ellea supply thousands ot of acres ot of ili land d while there are aie many smaller systems yb tille ems the entire valley makes a gradual slope to the south arid and west sest making the I 1 work of gation practical and very easy of accomplishment awl and nowhere n ow here in tile the united states Is the expense for or water so light as in this valley alley the fruit industry is 1 ili lla its infancy lit in 1892 II 11 the total product liO duct was vita estimated nt at fourteen carloads car loada in aw fifty carloads in 1895 over ci car loads IN ere shipped A frost in april after the trees were in bloom cut the lw 1996 crop to about one half that of 0 isun 1895 such it a frost baa bijl vicer before been known lit in the valley and was mas similar to tile the one which visited california at the he same time in isile there were acres planted to trees anti and the average lias has beer nearly doubled tills this year i raw haw lands sell from 25 to ro 50 per acre find and improved from to according to the number of 0 years the trees have been groning every kind of fruit and berries are arc raised profitably poaches peaches grov crow to absolute perfection cin the hundreds of mountain towns furnish a never failing market for all the fruit POs possible to bo be raised in point ot of health grand valley and its it 9 one city ot of grand junction la Is unsurpassed the ele atlon Is feet the air Is pure and hin hinding cing but not so high as to embarrass tile the action of 0 the hear t L it ia 14 an exceeding lyd Y ellina u to rain anti and snow raily tall fall and dew Js Is unknown n the sun run Is 19 a welcome truest guest nearly every day tile the wilier has noted bcd the fact that it has been entirely tire I 1 y in I 1 8 ble but one x whole hole day in ill tho the past basl six months on oil all sides may be seon the lofty peaks PC 1 I of tile snow clipped capped but hero here bukky buggy alding may bo be indulged in almost almont every ilay day in tile the year and riding all and skating unknown so called pleasures tho the months or of july unit anil august are baim aim hut but tho the dryness of tilt the atmosphere detracts front from the effects ot of the extreme beat the high binds of days and days of duration so go prevalent in tile tho east anre not known and thy the cyclone Is an unheard of luxury economical LIVING nowhere Is the cost of thing so low its as in tile the grand valley fruit and VCR stables otil bles are abundant anti and cheap fuel Is almost st a cipher as the finest coal in tile world Is now low being delivered in tiia ilia bill for 1131 per ton no more than 20 Is needed to keep a rood good sized house table and do the cooking for a whole lear er all kinds or of meat aro are raised raise in the neighborhood nc arid and aro are as cheap as any city in the past P ast all clashes of goods except possibly tile tho heaviest grades rades ff are no higher than east cast of the range and all lit in nil all it Is almost tile tho adeil eat in which to build a 11 home 0 no a anil nd do business thre th re ire are many openings for capital and the wise nise man mill ill visit colorado before investing the hick bick man will find to ic tui ning strength in the many beautiful health resorts within tier her borders the lover of nature will never tire ot of tile the marvelous beauties of 0 her landscape verily there Is no place like colorado centennial state stale A artl to those visiting any locality for the first time do riot not judge of oc any city or country by what may be seen feel at tile the depot or front from tho thi car window in passing many a traveler has at first formed a poor door opinion of tile the grand valley from its depot who nho became carried away and finally located after iris ing through tier her beautiful h C or chadds take time anti and apo what a country has to otter offer before passing judgment A HEALTHFUL CLIMATE scenery attitude altitude and air constitute the factors v which illch are aie rapidly in aking colorado the health and pleasure 1 ica sur 0 ground ot of tho aoi world id ikeie bleie the gloss clow ins ing sun shines days ot of the average year and it blends wilh tire the crisp C alletric eler mountain air to produce a climate matchless lit in tile the known world everything bom boin in colliado Coloia do lives I 1 no disease Is 19 native to tills this superb climate malaria cannot exist in the pure dry air chills and teer are practically unknown asthmatics acquire speedy relief relict and cure consumption in its early stages finds a complete specific here and physicians the world over send their pulmonary patients to colorado natures greatest sanitarium the tamed famed health resorts of 0 switzerland and a a d germany are yearly sending their invalids to colorado but nobody ever hears bears of davos platz or st SL mot ilovitz tz or other european resorts attracting otti acting invalids permanently from colorado next to climate colorado excels the he world in scenery no pen can call portray no blush can call picture the majestic grandeur of the hockles colorado alone possesses mountain mount alii peaks alsing beyond asoo feet or of altitude or more than ten foil times little as many as there are in tire whole of 0 europe pikes peak fit noblest of them all rears its commanding crest feet up of through C cloudland cloud nu dt sand tile the cogwheel railroad from Alan itou affords 1 a I panorama of scenic splendor that dwarfs beneath con compall part son tile the alews front from p bijl ajl kulm lC ullis colorados square miles are broken up into majestic of mountains and plain of 0 mesas and parks ot of crags glens and canyons of waterfalls gey sers sera anti anil takes lakes of caverns dellft cains anil and buttes lutte 3 and peaks lavish nature has apra spread d them to low upon it a stupendous scale and the service or of the 1357 miles of railroads in tile the state bring them before the tourists eye in the journey ot of a day clay HUNTING AND FISHING colo colorados Coloia ados dos hunting and fishing grounds fittingly supplement its splendid climate and scenery in the tar far recesses of the hie mountains the sportsman illias annus the mountain lion lien pa panther 11 lit lr black bear cinnamon bear grizzly grizz 1 y anti and wiver silver tipped bears wildcat wild cat lyn lynx pus poi cupric cubine etc and deer elk antelop antelope e and the like aro are numerous about the myriad cliffs the lakes ot of tho the mouri mountains lains are alive with i till crane craer duck geese arid and dozens ot of other sic specie cies ot of fo fowl while tile the valleys arid and mesas abound in nearly e every v ery variety ot of mail game sl SI th thousand 0 usand miles of finest driest fishing streams haxe hae their origin tit at the moun tain sides arid tile tho area ot of pleasurable sport ich with rod lod and line file is without limit tho the finest of 0 all hunting and fishing grounds 1 in I the state lie in mesa county and those adjoining it MINERAL SPRINGS li mineral fineral springs abound in colorado and the noted waters baters of 0 france austria S I 1 tales 1 in J and germany are arc fast surrendering ili their ar reputations to choso of f glenwood spi ings poncha wason wagon wheel gap ba a springs liucija V isla ouray tile 11 rollen lien springs near gi rand nd junction and olligy minay other Cul waters kroics ot of im cical spi ings I 1 ili tilt mountains no two walters are alike anti and rach each one posse liscs special medical properties lra tor for tho the treatment of 0 some specific human aliment ailment kind 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