Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-09-20

OCtaS
gold, HEAT AND MOISTURE
are making great inroads upon their
SUBMITS and sides, and the river
cuts and slashes at their rocky bar
riers obstructing its way, and has
gouged outin numerous places great |
cavities by denudation. The over
hanging masses look as if they
would topple over at any time, and
give the surging current a better
chance to carry its body in disin-
fragments down to sepul-
chres in the great caverns of the
ocean.
There are many points OF interest
to your readers which we noted in
our mountain ride that we have
made no allusion to, but will pass
them over and give you our impress
sions of the great money camp at
which we arrived in due time at
seven O'Clock in the evening, dusty
and tired and pretty well used up.
LEADvILLE.
Much can be said, both pro ct con
in regard to this wonderful mining
camp. That it is a live place, no
one will deny. That it has immense
capital awaiting investment, in
mines especially, is equally tr1e.
Many great eastern houses have
their representatives here, and even
California has sent here. The slim
ulous to active and energetic opera
ticns in bu3iness of every descrip-
ton, is without a parallel in the
world.
MANY FORTUNES
have been made outside of the min
ing interests by men who have done
a legitimate business in their par
ticular line. The hustle, the noise
and confusion which characterizes
the busy seasons of eastern cities,
are only child's play to what may
be seen here almost every day.
MEN GO HURRY1NG
to and fro in pursuit of an invisible,
indefinable something, each looking
out for himself, and the Devil take
the hindmost. The opportunity it
affords through its mining interests
for men to become wealthy in few
months, has attracted all kinds of
characters to its alluring fields.
Here
THE GAMBLER
is in his glory, and adventures
swarm; spectators, sharpers, lot
and mine jumpers, bunkos and vag-
abonds, are thick as ''leaves in
Valambrosa." Drinking saloons,
gambling hells, dance houses and
bawdy houses are in sight from any
point you may look within the city
limits, and crime stalks abroad in
every phase, the inevitable outcome
of their debasing influences.
A heavy business is done in the
grocery line. Supplies must be fur
nished the 10000 inhabitants within
the city limits, and as many more
outside in the camps. There are
several first-class dry goods houses
which keep. full and fine stocks
also, many good jewelry and cloth.
ing stores.
| Tho roctoI1ra11fc oro almost ~,
Vulnerable, and do thriving bust
ness. In one of them l have seer
the white man and the negro seated
side by side at the table enjoying {
twenty-five cent meal.
LOT SPECULATION.
1 believe, after giving the subject
some consideration, that there is al
fine an opening here for successful
| speculation in lot investments, a
there is ON the continent. / havt
been informed that in several of tn,
most desirable parts of the city, lot
with cheap buildings on them coulC
have been bought six months ag,
for the rent now paid for them.
have seen some of the property
and 1 am satisfied that there is nov
just as good investments to be mad
in that line as there was then.
Turning now over another leaf
we will give you some idea of tn
CLIMATE
of this marvellous region. A persOl
coming here from Tennessee, O
from any other part of the country
having no greater altitude abov
the sea, would feel a sense of suffC
cation in breathing the alternate
atmosphere, the height of Leadvill
above mean tide at Gulf being 10
700 feet. If he took a morning wal
at home of mile or so, on return
ing there would be but little or n
fatigue, and he would feel refreshe
after resting awhile. If he took
here, he would wish he was bac
before getting half way, for shor
, ness of breath, standardization an
a general feeling of being tired on
: and tired in, and tired all owe
would surely overtake him. If til
air where he lived was dense, an
his barometer stood at 30o as meal
; his mouth and lips would not /
parched there by hot dry atmo
l phere as they are here with a bar
2 metric mean of20o. With this gre;
depression of the barometer, thel
is a constant effort with those M
{ acclimated to take more air int
! the lungs, Any unusual exertio
in work or exercise causes a rapi
: palpitation of the heart, whiC
, would be dangerous to those suffe
1 ing from any disease of that organ
i [ find, from observations made b
e myself, that the mean Of the sun
l mer temperature at six o'clock ;
m. will not vary much from 4G
: From the LIST up to the 18th of tn
i month, the mean is 380 at the sam
t hour. Add to this about 800 for tt
!: temperature at two o'clock p. n
r These sudden and daily Transition
e in temperature, are a fruitful sourt
: in producing nearly all the disease