Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-12-27
LEADVILLE, COLORADO.

The Eureka Sentinel is responsible for the
following:
Marcus Schultz was the first Mayor of
Eureka. 1t was in the early days that he got
the name-whon Billy Clark and Billy Seaton
and Charley Goodwin, of the Enterprise, used
to hold forth In canvas tent on the spot where
now stands Mr. Clarks magnificent stone
store. Marcus further distinguished himself
by his celebrated letter on gambling, wherein
he strongly advised that 'she be put thirteen
feet abeve the ground and more private !"
The ex-Mayor wandered off to Eastern White
Pine, and finally drifted across the r ,cky
Mountains to Leadville. Colorado, from which
place he writes friend in Ward as follows
This place Is a bangor. There is no use
talking, this is the best country in the world
tor mines, from this place down to 81 n Juan.
There are between seven and eight thousand
people here, and they all came since last
March. There has been a number of new
discoveries made since have been here also
some sales for big money. Gambling of all
kinds here is in full blast You Can get any
kind of game you want; seventy salo ms all
doing good business; two white and one
nlgger dance house No Cinnamon need APP
ply, for they dou't allow them here. Two
got off wagon the other day and they had
hardly touched the ground before they were
ordered out of town, and you bet they went.
A man needs some money upon coming here
first, stranger must get Ill with certain
men before he Can do anything. We had d
trip that boat any tip that ever was taken;
We came 800 miles and crossed four danger
GUS streams of water; travelled 400 miles with
n@t seeing human being. Feed aud water
we're scarce, but We got through safe.
We came hear losing one of our horses
from Akall, and when crossing Green river
Billy Davidson and myself had to swim fOr
1t. This country does not have to he adver-
tised; she advertses herself by her shipments
Of ore and bullion. There is over one thou
sand and six eight-muie teams haulIng ore
and bullion frrm here to the end of the rail
road Three coaches come in every night,
loaded to the guard She beats White Pine!
We are expecting storm most any time
now, rs We are eleven Thousand three hun
Ired feet above sea level. How is that for
night | am well pleased with the Rocky
Mountains, and shall stay here some time,
for it is the best country III the world to day.
To get i'll here a man would have to CONS to-
Denver on the Denver and South Park
railroad to the terminus of that road; there
you take siX-horse coach which lands you
III Leadville about 6 O'Clock at night. The
"trip from Denver and here can be made in
day; 1t Is the only way a person could come
now. [ would not advise a man to come
here without some money, for credit does
not run over week-here everything is done
on cash basis. Out Of the seventy saloons
i'll this place about half Of them are bit
houses. Thirteen public faro games, and |
don't know how many private ones in club
rooms. Two or three good poker games run
ming all the time, for us fast gets
out Of the game there is half dozen want
the place. [ tell you she will be h ,rve't in
the spring. MARCUS LAFAYETTE SCHULTZ.