Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

BEYOND THE WEST.
will not change on going down in the veins, as in
other Colorado mines, and become refractory and
impossible of working at a profit, by any known pro.
cess. There is apparently )o litnit, in fact, to the
growth of the mineral wealth of Colorado, for the
business is now taken hold of in the right way, pursued for the most part on strictly business principles,
and every year must show improvements in the
ways and means of mining and treating the ores.
The mountains are just full of ores, holding filfteen
to fifty dollars worth of the metals per ton, and the
()Ily question as to the amount to be got out, is one
of labor and cost, as compared with the profits of
other pursuits. Colorado has not been as great a
placer mining country as California. Here quartz
fiills must do the work; here quartz mines are more
extensive and richer than those of California, less
j'rt(e gold. Tblle great mountain deposits are almost
unattached; whereas, in California free goid is found
very extensively. Doubtless, all the detached gold
found is derived from the disintegration of quartz
leads. The mines of Colorado are very extensive
and rich. What is needed most is some cheaper
process by which to save the gold, and cheaper
labor; together with properly organized companies,
honestly and judiciously managed, will receive amnple
return for the capital invested.
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