, 1879-05-15
LEADVILLE.
Some Account OF the Recent
Strikes Made in the Sill
YER District.
la'trrltw with Chicago Capitalist Just Re.
turned from lead,'Ie...0pinians rs 10
t1le Value Of Different MIues.

The Pendery Claim, and How II
Has Upset tho Theories
or Scientists.
Latest ndvces from 1.caivlllc arc to sbe effect
TINT tic mln1'g excitement continues unabatcl
IN Tact, That It is At a greater heat than ever.
o~iEs to t'cr md remarkable Jiicoycrfes II, md
about the camp. Mr.. DauIcl X. Hrant, uf No,
s4' Michigan ayenae. wealthy Chicago capital
lst, has Just returned from tIyIus visit 10
Leadvlflc, a'p speaks wlth confidence oi the
richness, present md prospective, uf this
mslne district. lie went cut TO Tic mountains
lnercdulo'is; ,e returned enthusiastic.
| s." rcue''ed leadrillo three weeks ago Satnr-
uay," snId lie In conversation with TRIBUNE
representative yesterday, sand found tl,c camp
GENERALLY du2Tesscd md almost Discouraged.
| There had l'ecn 10 long srasou
Of snow and slus!l alsl uuplcasau:
Weather that prospecting hal been
| totally prevented, ntld consequently there
had bccn few 'strikcs' Of Importance to cheer
up The spirits Of tl.y nr,ny Of fortuuc-seekers
collected in tic town, hut It 20 huppcncd ,tnt
ou tile very day of my urrlral something l.asl
occurred which was to bring great chsnEc oyst
the popular dream. Sunday mornit,, pisaea
lp copy Of the Laay Hrati'e, uu'l read al nc-
count Of the discovery Of rich silver Or: In tc
PonderY Mine. That R!ngle piece OF .'eTs plu-
dnced tile grcatcs. commutlon tIlrhlEhout tic
camp. And veil It might, for II true, IT. upset
all tlIe theories t}lat had ever t*en pfdiouDded
regarding tho location and BOUNDARIES Of The
silver balt.H
The li&tcnsr began to er,w Interested.
s'iou scs," continued Afr. brant, vt has been
vile ws4
CONFINED Til'hS CERTAIN LIMITS,
aud was nut to ac 1otind below d ccrta!n drpth
This silver belt, according 10 scientists who had
noL. ...f,, oru,nI,,iin, ~ ,,,a ssso,,I .'.s .,
made caf'a! examination ol Inc ground, WIS
about halt mile wide md three miles long.
nsr'nn!aEa. ths pye' ~, MOUNTAIN md running
asagonalty scfoss me NUS ami rus!Ecs Hortll-
westerly as fur as the Little EVANS Gutch. In
,uct .,t.1,orn. h,rn heep ,,r,,t.,t t., .,rosa.,.
.at....n'. ,n,....1. @ p''"te" ~ u'ncse''t
ss."s''. loa.nA'1 w. s"os .'te utec''on " eS-
tent u LUZ hhfeT netse hehefer any orc i'ns
been found orlsdt>shc limits marked out upob
os ,ner.iv .n nr,rut,uuyi ,rr.r,,,rf,r -, =
hsoa..en' =; a., ~ i,..''a ...' i".. y.
hn,.axar hsd n,sr s.snoa,si .hs. % .,r.. ~ o.o'
H.. ,t.,, .,s...,. ....s a.. 49,. ..,.. .t,',
u' 4o".o uo"u upo' nv tsse, p'-1tau W "''."
ile town IS Situated. ohl1l t',e 'atriKe' nntle
II tHC EEiucEf allElt. any ullH uEEHE loF SllTtT
n his buck yard wouitl hc lhug|ed at ns Il LOON
Now, all is changed. Ti.sorics arc knocked III
tue head. and ore Is rs Eke1y to be found iii tile
middle Of Chestnut esrccs as on Carbonate
sWhat is the location of this new mIucl"
"Carbonnte Hill, as rou arc doubtless awur-,
rises boldly ,tp fust bcsoud the outaktrts vi ihu
town 10 hight Of about 500 feet. The Car-
minis on this hill arc tul,,d IN II contact run
ut,,g usnnl The ktde and slcar the summit, mid
ut lens: 400 feet abose thu Town. NJ uao bus
supposed TINT Gre c1ull be found
H.. e., ,a,t .,s, -. .h.'. .-,,.
ondo. a.. ' f,r,m,, ro,gra..n -. . 'us S"uS
ins Lsuues' ~ tbfs' bsats .,-:Sta,: p",~h n
amyE,, LIN 'h Aua .n msftI a1 hai a..y u. mn
s.csos VIZ M me'G III &uEsGs snait aaWh near ttlr
WIm. r III bsa ~. a.ron.t .,i ~ ILL.,, uetu" tne Gseseett
t rytu. IN and ref',sn ta t a%s uIc, 'n @ as not