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42 GEORGETOWN.

but 50 ouhces to the ton. Of all the millions of tons
of low grade ores lying around Georgetown, there is
none of it but what is as rich in silver as the average
yield of the Comstock Lode, which last year was only
33 ounces to the ton, and some of it three times as
rich as the average yield of the ores treated last year
in Freiberg, Germany, which was less than 28 ounces
to the ton. This great waste will soon be remedied.
The art must be learned here; and ere long, mills
and furnaces for treating these low grade ores will
be in operation. This alone will bring the silver
region of Colorado into greater fame than that enjoyed
by any other in the country. Georgetown has commu-
nication with Denver, Golden, Central, Idaho, the
various mining districts, and the Middle Park country,
by means of good wagon roads.

“As a point for tourists, Georgetown has great attrac-
tions. It is at an altitude of 8,452 feet—almost the end
of civilization on the Atlantic slope—within nine
miles of the summit of the Rocky Mountains, with
snow and frosts among the luxuries of mid-summer.
Europe has no place like it; for it is more than 5,000
feet higher than the glacier-walled vale of Chamounix,
and is even higher than the far-famed snow-girt
hospice of the St. Bernard.

“Among the neighborhood attractions are the ascent
of Gray’s Peak and Griffith Mountain, a visit to Green
Lakes, a trip over into Middle Park, side visits to
Idaho, the old mining-camp at Empire, which has
produced in former years $2,000,000 in gold; Cascade

 

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