GUNNISON, THE BONANZA COUNTY OF COLORADO. 441 
will be extended to both coal sections ; that Gunnison County has expended this 
year (1882) $100,000 in making good wagon roads from railroad points to all of 
the most developed mining camps. That, although this county is barely three 
years old, work enough has been done to prove that these mineral sections are 
permanent and productive. That Gunnison City is located in the centre of the 
largest mineral belt now known ; with coal fuel the nearest by of the very best 
quality, and in quantity sufficient to smelt the ores produced. That this season 
saw one of the most successful concentrating mills in the State, built in this part 
of the country, viz : at Elko on Rock Creek. That, personally, I have not visited 
a single mining camp but that is capable, in time, of furnishing forty to 1,000 
tons per twenty-four hours, of concentrating ore for just such mills, and which are 
the practical mills for all mining districts. 
That, at Gunnison City there is now a smelting furnace building by one of 
the most successful men, connected with ore reduction (lead ores) in the United 
States. That, I have seen, personally, enough gold and silver districts, in this 
described territory, to produce more of those values per annum, after the next 
five years' development, than was the output of the whole State of Colorado in 
the year 1882. That, I have seen lead ore enough, and indications of it suffi- 
cient to warrant the statement, that the product will in time compare favorably 
with the output of the State of Missouri. 
That I have examined more iron ores than are now known in either of the 
States of Pennsylvania or Missouri. 
That I have seen districts enough, with copper sulphides in their veins, to 
run a smelter plant on the Copper-Matte basis, ten times as large as the present 
works at Argo, Colo. (Hill's works). 
That within this territory I have found Tellurium ores. That I have been 
over more than eight square miles of territory containing nickel and cobalt — more 
than was ever seen before in paying quantities. That there are 350 square miles 
of gold territory, almost wholly unimproved, in which it may be possible to find 
Iridium, Palladium and Platinum. That I have found traces of tin, but have 
not proved its existence in paying quantities. That there is building stone of 
unsurpassed quality and inexhaustible quantity ; that limestones, gypsum and 
marbles exist in large quantities. That I have found that rare mineral Uranium 
to exist in paying quantities. That while I did not find fire-clay at all, I found 
immense quantities of ordinary clay for building brick. 
Last, but not least, the climate is unsurpassed, elevation, not too great, nor 
winters too severe, but that work in the mines can be carried on the whole year 
through with a proper preparation; that the valleys are mild, well watered, and 
the finest stock country in Colorado. 
