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south is crowned with dark evergreens. Deep gorges
isolate the south from east and west walls, and beauti-
ful streams thread the streets. The city limits include
an area of one square mile. The streets run north and
south, and east and west, intersecting at right angles,
and crossing Clear creek and its branches on substan-
tial bridges. The buildings are generally neat and
tasteful, many of them spacious and elegant. The
present population is estimated at 3,000, and as the
ratio of increase the past few months has been con-
siderably accelerated, it is believed that the census of
1874 will show a citizenship of at least 4,000; this not
counting a large floating class of prospectors and
pleasure-seekers.

“The chief industry is mining. Georgetown is the
supply depot and distributing point for the provisions
and produce of the entire Clear creek mining region,
embracing the Georgetown, Idaho, Silver Plume and
Argentine districts. Here is the famous Terrible Mine
that last year yielded a silver produce of 2,193 tons,
worth $216,712; and scores of valuable mines, besides
the four great tunnel enterprises, the Hiawatha, Eclipse,
Marshall and Burleigh, which will soon open the riches
of Hiawatha, Griffith, Leavenworth and Sherman
mountains. When the heart of these great mountains
shall have been reached by these tunnels, the mining
industry of Georgetown will be placed on a scale of
grandeur that will not be surpassed in any portion of
the world. The mines already cut by the Marshall
tunnel have produced, by surface washings and driftings
from the tunnel, ore which sold for $200,000.