The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-06
Letter from LeadylIIe. Colorado.
The following letter from young man
in Leadville to his brother in this county
will be interesting to some of our
readers
LEADvrLLr, COL, April 20, 1879.

LEADviLLE, COL, April 20, 1870.
BROTHER E. - The city of Leadville Is sit
uated at the foot of the Mosquito Range, 1856
miles from Cannon City and the same distance
from Denver,via South Park on the west. Twen-
ty miles distant Is the Dome of the Continent
(the Snowy Range.) On the other side of this
range the waters flow to the Pacific coast The
Arkansas river Is four miles from us, and the
headwaters of II are about twenty five miles.
Leadvlle is 800 feet above the level of the
sea, and Its floating population Is variously es-
tmated at from 15 to 10000, and is a city
of the second class In Colorado. Its business
houses are solid and compact, and one feature
is, that nearly every other door Is saloon,
and you will see the sign, " Two Drinks for
25 Cents" hanging In the windows. Gambling
is carried on largely night and day, and no
regard is paid to Sunday. The streets are crowd
ed all day, making them almost impassable
Miners and merchants, and, in fact, everybody
keep their places of business open, and do as
much of 1t on Sundays as week days.
There are three daily and weekly papers
published here "a saw mills are In and around
the city smelling and reduction works.
The mountains are covered with prospect
shafts and mines, some of which are very rich
Among the richest near Leadvile Con Fryer
Hill, / mile from town. are the Little Pitts
burgh, Little Chief, New Discovery, ,Chrysalte,
Vulture, o. X, and Little Eta. The above
take the mineral known as red carbonate,
carbonate which looks like a coarse, yellow
sand, but is very rich, running from $50 to 200
ounces per ton. A mine known as the Double
Decker takes silver and gold, which l am in
formed is very rich also. There Is mine
known as the Breeze Iron Mine which found
free gold to great extent and recently sold
for $60,0t0. Although this camp is noted for
silver, yet we have gold In considerable guam
titles.
California Gulch, on which Leadville is sit
uated, has been the scene of great activity In
past years, over $7,000,000 having been taken
out, and yet they are working it with success
each summer. A rich mine known as "The
Printer Boy" works steadily. Leadville can
boast of churches, 4 school houses, water
works, street railway in course of erection;
theatres an opera house, and a fire depart
ment.
Men are thronging here from all over the
world great many from Pennsylvania.
Wages are good now, but / think they will
fall. Already work Is getting scarce for
miners and laborers, yet carpenters are In de-
mand. Wages for carpenters are from S4 to
S4 so per day miners, 50 per shift of eight
hours laborers, $2,5 so to S3 per day. A great
many go prospecting in June and July then
the snow is pretty much off the mountains. 1t
is hap hazard business may be they strike
il, may be they don't.
The weather has been pleasant for few
, days, but 1t showed nearly every day since l
came here. The snow is to feet deep, ac-
cording to elevation.
There has been two men shot since came
here, though shooting scrapes, incidental TO
The West, are not very frequent at this place.
The city Is not very healthy being SO high that
pneumonia generally takes good hold on a
person, unless he is very careful. Rheumatism
Is another complaint one is apt to get acquaint-
cd with, though, for my part, am hearty and
well lam 300 feet higher than the city, at