The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-02-14

.ii4a az 4lli-AsJn Was principally lad down
] during the continuance Of the -silmian
7 pertoi is .ound in the fact that all signs Of
/ shaie, or biaci. slate cease when Won strike
: the cap rock, 1t j. called which covers
the mins raj, aud bat little is found above.
Not more than ten miles distant
COAL Is FOUND N ABUNDANCE.
: slight traces reaching to the edge, Of the
lead region, but no further; this would
: seem 10 indicate thar the country in the vi
emily OF Short Creek was If distinct and
perhaps widely separated age, which |
think Is true. Since the commencement OF
this article. | have made more thorough
examination of the district and am inclined
Ia believe that where the stream now runs
WAS once high ridge, and that it was srch
during the "carioniferon-" period. which
, would account for the absence of coal here.
But do not think this ridg. ever reached
an altitude which might properly he called
mountain, but that it w:rs once the north
western terminus of tie Ozark range,
think there is no reason TO doubt. What
were the causes which led to this denuda-
ton can only be guessed at, for ii il is TO be
attributed 10 the drift period there il very
little evidence 10 back it up. The rocks
that now show themselves are Of an origin
older than this, and have been thrown I'D
from greater pih AMI resemble, as /
have stated, bubbles. In many places
| SHAFT TWENTY FEET IN DEPTH,
strikes rich lead, and another pertains
only fifty feet away will not strike the cap
rock under twenty feet, which goes to show
that the mineral already discovered has
been forced up from its bed below. | have
| no doubt in nv mind but what the surface
mineral is but small portion of what is
below, but frou the formation think they
will have TO go from one to two hundred
feet to get at the real vein. II this be true
1t will take many years to get out all this
| mineral, for the lead at the surface will not
be all taken out for six years to come. One
| thing Is certain. there is very large
| amout OF mineral here, and as vet the min
ing is in Its infancy. Two wears more will
make wonderful change in this section,
and all that is needed to produce that
change is capital. That it is a safe invest
ment for capitalists is now well assured:
success is the surest proof of anything and
the success Of these mines has been great.
and sill greater discoveries may be Looked
for every day 4 great many people have
been drawn here by
HIGHLY CpLoRED STATEMENT
| in respect to the ease Of obtaining the min
eral; many came here surprising, ev IDENTIFY.
that they could pick up all they wanted on
top OF the ground, and that the trees were
festooned with greenbackS. II is needless
tor me 10 tell how they have turned out.
some OF them are here yet, and some the
| towns went back on, and they had to git
| whether they wanted to or not. There are
too many of this class here now: there is |
no room for a man down here, unless he has |
money to go To work with. Capital is what |
Is now wanted TO develop the mines, and |
capital will pay better here than in anv |
other .ctiOn Of the Western country. Prop
erty Is rapidly increasing in value, and il /
will be almost impossible To supply the de-
mand for dwelling houses. 10 build and
rent these will pay large interest, as a
building here will rent for enough the first
year to pay for itself. A large number Of
new buildings are now under process of
construction, but one trouble is a lack of
money they want more money, and must |
have II before they discover the real natural
wealth they now have. Although the win
ter has been very wet, nearly all the mines
have been running, but il mas seriously cur
tailed their product. large number of
STEAM PUMPS
are made to drain the mines, and until these
are put in the mines will work under
great disadvantage, which becomes greater
the deeper they go. For the time that has
succeeded since the first discovery of lead,
the yield has been very large The amount
taken ont by the ''Galena Mining & Smelt-
ing Company" since they began work last
year, foOts up in round numbers 100000 .
pounds OF mineral, besides a large amount
OF jack or zinc ore, amounting to a grand
total OF $4,000. The Empire City Mining |
Company Is taking out about 200, 900 pounds
per month, which, in connection with jack, is
worth about $4,000. Not bad showing.
BESIDES the twotown and mining companies,
There are two other large corporations, the I
bonanza, and the the Blooming COMPANIES
both OF which are doing we'll, each have &
smeiter and are running off a large amount
OF piglead. 5
The way the mines are managed is as ,
follows: The companies lease out their :
property in large or small claims and the S
lessee binds himself to do a certain amount |
Df work and not let the mine lie idle more a
Than ten days at time, il such shoubId be B
he case they lose their claim. hen a
pump Is needed the company furnishes one v
md charge certain rent for it, for elevat- I
ng the mineral and digging the shaft. The r
I, majority Use common MINDLESS and rope. 4
! he Empire Company charge royalty of "
ID per ton on all mineral taken out of their C
eased shafts, and the Galena COMPANY b
'harges So. Many own their own mines n
md when they sell their ore, they at present n
eceive SIS per ton. Those who lease of y
he Empire Company, therefore, receive o
~ net, and those of the Galena, SIS. In ];
ne above l have given you, As nearlyas Dos
bile, correct statement of Il
HOW THINGS ARE MANAGED II
own here in relation to the mines. also v
of the history of the dim past :.
ow Will speak more particularly of the =,
history of the two rival towns. namely Ga =
ena and Empire City, and of the first dis -
overy OF lead in April, 1877, from which ~
ates the settlement of the place. In the %
arly part OF May, ", so says the historian, 7,
couple of prodigal sons named McAllen ~
nd Shue, having subsisted on the husks of T.
oplln as long As the forbearance of the :.
eople would allow, left the town, for the -.
'wn's good, and with sorrowful hearts g'
Irned their faces toward the setting sun "'
ut the first night overlook them at a farm
ouse near the present town of Galepa. -
eiore this, school teacher had done some ,ta
respecting for lead, but gave it up as Oh
I'd Job, when one days work more would -
ave opened up to his view one of e rich -
strikes in the whole region Being mi az
rs and having nothing to lose, these ,I,'
Jung men in the morning borrowed shoyels A.. a.,
I'd picks and went TO work Their whole NO.
pitai was invested in grit" and it won. :"
THEY sroUcK LEAD cor
d from this discovery dates the settle. to
ent OF the town. A day or two since a II
IN passed me whose course was rendered =
ry "unsartin" by a pretty liberal supply RAJ
tangle foot. Passing upthe street a short Phr
stance, he stopped, and noticing that a hne
.ge number OF people were in town turned par
,und and addressing every one in general SIDE
d: "They's most = hic-people in-hic-
En to-day, hic-I ever seed, hic-bv pan
ID, made his;-hic-d-d town and graz
ir hic-comin' ter-hic-see me; YES. I way
de this-hic-yer town, I-hic-did. Uni
l bet yer boots. The speaker took hi, sou'
oked way up town, and was soon lost in uai
crowd. There is good deal of truth a pr
what ne says, remarked a gentleman ,ne
0 had heard his apostraphe Upon in Atcl
ry, learned that this was McAllen, and whe
his claims to having made the town rive
e not altogether without foundation. He gran
one-third OF his mill for $500. and il ia wort
that he has not been sober since. His com
tner ,Shue, has gone no one knows where gran
the people of Short Creek, forsetful OF act
much they owe to his energy, wish too uon
he was gone. teieg
Their,
Ai srkiN' pany
lSs were decidedly hot here, and with of ST
eternal fitness OF things they called of tn
nj har ats