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spectors and miners in general in a new country, if married men, leave their wives and 

 families behind them and " bach it," to nse the provincialism. In short, the newer 

 tbe country and the more inaccessible, the closer do the voters and the men alone rep- 

 resent the total population. The permanent inhabitants of the town were estimated 

 to be 300, while in summer there were from 300 to 400 floating. 



The population to Silverton accredited is, therefore, 700, while that of adjoining 

 mining-camps is placed at 400. 



HOWARDSVILLE, 



upon the Animas, about five miles above Silverton, is at the mouth of Cunningham 

 Gulch; its altitude being 9,675 feet. It contained 60 houses, cabins, &c, including 

 four stores, a butcher-shop, a brewery, and three saloons. Eeduction works of small 

 capacity, belonging to Mr. Edward Inness, are also located here. In the precinct 

 there were registered 100 voters ; the permanent population being given as 50, which, 

 with the incoming float of the summer, is increased to 200. 

 Ascending the river we come upon 



EUREKA 



a lively camp on the Animas at the mouth of Eureka Gulch, at the northern end of 

 the depression called Baker's Park, with an altitude of 10,500 feet, containing post- 

 office and stores, and four miles up from Howardsville. Beyond that, at the head of 

 the gtdch of the Animas, is 



AXIMAS FORKS, 



blessed with a post-office and two roads to Lake ; its altitude being about 11,300 feet. 

 The first, ascending Cinnamon Gulch, descends into the mining region of Burrows' Park, 

 and follows down the Lake Fork of the Gunnison. The other, a shorter and better 

 route, goes via Mineral City to the Hensen Creek route. The distance by the latter 

 is scarcely over 23 miles, while by the former it exceeds 28 miles. By the latter road, 

 three miles over the range and at the edge of timber line, as it is also situated, lies 



MINERAL CITY 



which promises to be the liveliest camp of the three, from the heavy amount of capi- 

 tal that was entering late in the season, and promised an increase for 1878. Like the 

 others, it possesses a j)ost-office, all mails being received from Lake. Its altitude is 

 11,500 feet. 



The summer population of the three places may be said to have been 500 in all. 



In the immediate mining district of 



burrows' park 



there were said to be 200 persons in all, the chief centers being Tellurium, Sherman, 

 and Argentum, the first named being the oldest and principal place, with a post-office 

 and stores on a larger scale than the others and some 30 or 40 inhabitants. 

 Down the trail from Mineral City, about eight miles distant, lies 



OURAY 



in a magnificent mining country of which it is destined to be the center. The town is 

 beautifully situated in a small basin at the head of the Uncompahgre Park at an alti- 

 tude of about 8,000 feet, the great valley of the river lying beyond to the north. 

 Here are combined, to a degree nowhere else existing, great deposits of precious 

 metal in the mountains with agricultural wealth below. In the spring it had a popu- 

 lation of about 350, a set of smelting works, a sampling establishment, two saw- 

 mills, &c. In the fall the population bad doubled, and promises to rapidly increase. 

 Like Silverton, it is badly in need of roads. By the only one it possesses the distance 

 to Lake being called 100 miles, while it is but 28 miles by trail and road from Mineral 

 City. The population accredited to this point and adjoining mining-camps inPough- 

 keepsie, Bear, Bed, and Canon Gulches was 1,000. 

 Descending Hensen Creek, en route to Lake, is passed 



CAPITAL CITY 



at an altitude of 9,500 feet, and as yet but a youthful metropolis. During the season 

 the population increased to 150. Fine mines surround it, and a smelter was erected 

 but not in operation. 



