The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-20
A MUSHROOM OF THE MINES.
THE UOHBEREUL RISE or 4 CITY TWO
MILES UP ~ IIiE AIR.
Dcndwood Ecnpsed h. i.ead,iiie. High In the
Colorado Mountain, Veins that Yielded
nsNurh a, $4,000. 00G Ia silver Last Year.


LlAD,ILLl, Lake County Col, Oct. g.
This il the highest. newest. and, for it, size uic
n,!sicst rity on the continent. fl is what miners
call rafting camp. 1t is close up to the
snowy range. overlooking California Gulch.
the scene Of the gold hunting Juror VI 1852 AT
an altitude OF about 1900 feet or. to put II more
foroiby, nearly two miles higher than New
York. il may be considered rs well up In the
world. There Il no place like It In the whole
Rocky Mountains. 1t is II larger city than Dead
wood OH the north, or Silyerton and Lake City
on the south. The twenty -yearold towns Of
Black Hawk. Central. and Georgetown are
nothing TO il in population. trade. last money
making and fast everything. Where Leadvillc
now stands was year ago almost Il bowling
wilderness. There were few prospectors
busying themselves with turning NJ the rocks
here and there. but there was hardly what could
be called u camp. No town had been staked out.
II was not until early last spring that the place
WAS organized and named. From that time
until now people have poured in from all the
surrounding country. from the far East and
from the Pacific States and Territories. until
there Is now hustling city ofS 900 inhabitants 1t
has a Mayor. City Council. police and fire de-
partmcnts. churches. schools. \ telegraph line,
daily mails. money order post office. two news
papers. three banks. and hundreds of stores.
shops. saloons. and other Textures OF a fast new
city. The streets have u sort OF struggling reg
ularity. The principal thoroughiares are
named Chestnut. Pine, Walnut. State. and Har-
rison avenues. Almost everything Is cheaply
built the stores which carry the largest stocks
being mere cabins. There are few story and
a half and two-story buildings. Lumber ia in
erea; demand. and the three or four sawmills
in the vicinity arc not adequate to supply the
need. Lately business men have begun TO plan
larger and better structures. brick yards have
been started and some fine blocks arc under
way.
The prevailing spirit Is that Of rampant
speculation. People stake out claims. tear W
the rocks a'lttle. sometimes SAT- them. get
some plausible do-nothine TO talk up the dis
coNery. aud 1t is but few ldays before an
iN6rarious tenderioot" catches the halt at n
high figure. Lot brokers. who have the refusal
Of pretty much all the desirable property in
town. lot Jumpers. and city addition plntters.
drive BIZ business. Everything par,akes OF
the nature OF grand debauch. Men seem to be
Carried away with the excitement. and no longer
satisfied with the ploddins and sure-iooted
business ways. seem lost in mad. furious
chase for fortunes. OF course saloons. dance
houses. theatres. and keno dens flourish In
such place as This.
AalLow. hny. a. taken hasty glance at Lead.
wide OH naturally asks himself VII. IL last
What has caused the great stampede hlther
To answer this we must 70 back 10 the begin
ning. For years ths prospectors who are
always running about with pick and spade.
have occasionally pitched their camps in this
velalty. ant dug along the slopes and IN the
-ulches. tut not Win results great enough 10
satisfy them. Il Wis no; until some time last
inli that men Interested with Coy. Rouu mulc
some fortunate strikes. which got no.s u
abroad. and s,nt numbers OF miners i0eklng
IN this direction. Ilter on. other and better Jis-
coycrias were made. and i WAS not LONG before
the lis rush was begun. During last winter not
M n was done. because tile new mines we're
hish W. aud inaccessible rs lar rs good roads
were conc 4rned. Some packed their supplies
IL IN lGc :. and stood their ground th ere until
sprinS. As the tide OF tl,lyel set TIL Way roads
", re- opened. and for the past six ncuths there
has be- Il IN uuenting stream OF silver hunters
strikes have hsea made, The high hlllsiles
wai slopes are dotted with cabins and PROSPECT
holes. The number Oi producing mines n yet
is not very large. as there has been no very
good market for The ores. \ visit 10 the mines
TINT are actively worked shows the fnct that the
daily output ut ore IL aUOut $50 tons US FOL. lws: