Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-10

Poor Man and Not Good Place for q
Rich One-suffering and Want the Order
of tho Day-False Reports Circulated
Prosperity of Deadwood--Twos st Paul Men
Bound.to DO Silver Kings.
correspondence of the Globe.
DEADwoop, D. T., March 1.-Two sub
Jects have entirely engrossed atten-
ton during the past two months, to-wit:
Leadville and the Indians; but with the lapse
of time and the diligent inquiry made by
anxious miners and spectators, the first has
become worn-out theme, while the latter,
per reason of savage passiveness, is also com
pletely ignored. Now that the two excite
ments, or, more strictly speaking, the causes
therefor, have subsidized, it becomes an inter
esting and amusing task to review the expe-
rlences of the past and, in drawing compare
sons, learn much of the future.
When I anticipate conclusions by insisting
that Leadville is, or had been, the grandest
bubble of the century, but echo the senti-
ment of every intelligent observer, and give
utterance to an implied warning that, if
needed, may save many poor young man
from greater penury and suffering, who, al
lured by the gilded pictures SO profusely
scattered broadcast over the land, contem-
plates trip to the sand banks of Colorado.
The most strenuous worker in the interest of
the new carbonate camp, and the most un-
scrupulous. never pretended that the tsnew
discoveries were else than 'sdeposits," hori-
zontal, or nearly SO, layers of gravel OF
known limited depth, but unknown ex-
tent, and very uncertain quality
and no enthusiast, however great, has had
the effrontery to claim the presence of even
one genuine lead-a true fssure vein
throughout the entire district These ode
posits'' are found at depths varying from
ten to one hundred and fifty feet, and ex-
tend to distance of from five to twenty-five
feet, and exists in accordance with the one
and only rule for the presence of gold, i. e..
''it is where you find its The country NAV.
perhaps, be best described as 'sspotted,o as
exempitied by the fact that the ground ad-
joining the much talked of Little Pittsburp
mine is as ba1ran of mineral of all kinds as
10 the bed of the Mississippi. A half mile
distant, however, prospectors claim to have
struck carbonate, and consequently hold
their ground far into the hundreds of thou
sands. Greatly magnifed as has been the
quantity of rich ground at Leadville, the es-
Innate placed upon its quality has been
much more erroneous-a Thousand times
more false, and in this particular has done
more, is now doing more to entice young
men from living situations, into the whirl-
pool that will surely carry them to destitu-
ton and suffering, than all things else COM
bined. To knowing ones the report that
Leadville carbonate will assay three, five,
eight, and as often quoted twenty thousand
dollars per ton, is merely amusing, but to
Ignorant ones in the States, who seek an
evasion of the divine law, sby the sweat of
thy brow shalt thou eat thy bread,' it be-
comes fascinating to an almost irresistible
degree. write in the interest of nv fellow
men, and as an honest man anxious for the
safety and we'll being of his brethren, hence
say, when you hear a report of such al
most impossible wealth buried in a mere
handful of gravel, do not hesitate to pro-
nounce it, and that emphatically, wilful,
outrageous lie.
ACTUAL ASSAYS.
Writing e1-cathedra, could not, if I
would, deny that California gulch lin which
Leadville is located) has some mineral value !:
that it's carbonate will pay, if worked by
capital upon elaborate and systematic prin.
ciples, but do assert that it's ore, gravel.
Observation-Disclosures you may designate it
is very low grade, and inferior to that of anv
other known silver mining district upon the
American continent. Numerous specimens
are now before me-select specimens, at
that-all of which have been carefully as
sayed by the most expert metallurgists in the
west, and none have returned more than
$347.25 to the ton, while from many not
even trace was secured. The fiction is
at1oat also that it is easily worked ; that poor
men scrape up a barrow load, wheel it into
town, where it is readily sold like huckster's
goods to curb-stone brokers at so much per
pound-more often over than under $3. I
doubt that any person can be round suf6-
GENTLY gullible to accept such as truth, hence
repeat the statement not for the purpose
OF denial, but to show to what extent mer-
cenary ones have gone in their effort to work
up stampede to the Centennial State.
AN ORGANIZED IMMIGRATION sw1ND1E.
That there is an organized effort for such
purpose admits of no dispute. A subsidized
press, including such journals as the New
York Graphic, give evidence thereof
N almost every issue; the
corps of Immigration agents"
scattered all over the land, working for this
purpose and it alone, attests the fact; the an
made by the State of Colorado,
oy municipal authority, and railroad corpo-
ratlons to aid the questionable work affords
further assurance, while the character of
representations made orally or through pub
loations such as newspapers and pamphlets,
n the light OF facts that at once brand them
false, makes conviction doubly sure. Why
vas such movement instituted? Surely
hat question needs no reply. He, with a
noalcum of intelligence, must realize that
40 one would undertake trip to far off
colorado in penniless condition, and all
must be convinced that goodly measure of
wealth is quickly exhausted in q ssmining''
community. This individual prodigali is
correct for it's useless taken
n the aggregate amounts to an enormous
sum, the bulk of which is retained IN the
immediate vicinity and to the enrichment
hereof. Suppose the immigration to Colo
ado, caused directly by the LeadviIle excite
nent, amounts to $4,000 people, and that
'ach person takes with him $3.50 Certainly
! fair average) Colorado at once
becomes benefited to the amount
If $3,75O,OOO, and that, too,
20 the detriment of the East from whence
llne-tenths of the stampeders come.
STAY AT HOME.
lake the question nearer home, and you
will more keenly appreciate the injustice of
greedy, grasping, unprincipled Colorado,
which seeks its betterment regardless Of the
injury inflicted upon others. Walk through
he streets of st. Paul, Minneapolis, Still
water, Winona and others of your cities or
through the many country towns whereat
lonest, Woodworking, frugal men are wont
o congregate at the close of hard weeks
work to enjoy social chat and exchange
IDEAS, and you will find that they, heretofore
.ontented with their humble lot and harn.,