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with pick anc\: sh_pvel, hammm· drill with ho{les ofa Yankee Girl be- su:Hiciientl. fm·e him. Of course .disappointment will be the'. reward of very many, while many others' will be fortunate 61\0Ugh to get large returns fo~ theh' labors. ' · ·• Large inducements are offerecr· · capitalists for investment i.n this sec- ' tion and Jll.any are now ~~kingadvan ~!lge of the opp.ortunity and making desh;a!Jle _purchases. I ia~derstana \ \'\\' tha~ l!orue eastet·n parties have formed pools of fr.om~-~}500 t.o $3,000 and ~tt·e _..;........,..1 doing soJ;ne sysJemn.tic prospecting · thiS win, !f.nd. I understand with good t:e~>ults. . : Ouray.is a beantiftlllittle yillage. of a,botit. J:;OOO inhabitants, maae up .:.;,rt;,~_;;,~ . .us:uaJIJ:y of eastern people, New Yol'i.: bejp.g re.pt:esented. It is nestled a little paL'k hemmed in by the · Slll'l!OUnding mountains just at ll.ead~nl!art~et•s of the Uncompahgre riv.er. is located on a gentle slope tho south, beautifully shaded in the au m meL' by native . evet•greens and other trees 41da,pted to this climate. The altitude is 7,6~ feet above sea- lev~l as was shown by Professor JIU:y.: den jn his geological report. The streams, which, com·sina- down these mountains swell the waters of the U:ncompahg1·e, nre Sneftels and 80 ~ 001111 Imo\-ine ct•eeks, which is their junction from Uanon ct•eek and have theit· source at an elevation of about 1,200 feet above tide water. Red Mountain ct•eek, draining Red Moun~ain park at an elevation of 2,00(} fe!lt above Ouray, and Bear creek which, where i.t, ilowd into the Uncompahgt•e, .has . a sheer fall oUOO feet nea1;Iy perpen· dicUln.l'•. 4-Jl of these are large and never f!l-iling stt•eams.tn the southwest tlldsa.l p'ortion of· toe basin. ilLwhich tho town staJldS and where the water.s. Of Canon ct;eek flow into those of the Uncompahg1·e. There are s.ome love- ly canons. and t;iietm·esque. gorges, anf} here, tn plo.cea, where tlie hot springs flow down over the banks nn, .... r;nn-· into the main stream the rooks at~e covei·.ed with a pe.t·fect :tila.t ofmaiden's i.a.h· and other ferns, benu.tirul iiower\ ~oases, etc., diu:ing the summer ._months. · -.....,.;-_ .- \, what om· Well n:,•own· ~q~re•pvu..; d_ent 'l'bluks of •he· OrganiioJa .. nun a11d Its Great In .. flncuce r .. r Go(Jd, .\ · ,, ·