The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
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Those who Expect TO go There.

Those who Expect TO go There.
Correspondence Denver TribuneI
Canon CITY, Feb. i, 1879.
People who think there is no excitemen.
over the mining camps of Leadyille and
Silver Cliff, should visit C mon City, with
the intention OF leaving Tor the camps BY
the first stage Last night VII N the train
reached this place from Pueblo, there were
no les than seventy-four people on board,
bound for Lesdville and Silver Cliff. OF
course the stage company was unable to ac-
commodate all by the first trip, or even the
second, and to-day every seat is taken for
Sunday. The rush il simply beyond all
precedent. Every train from the East
brings numbers OF excited fortune hunters,
and the streets OF Canon are made lively
with the presence of men from all sections
anxious to o5IEln conveyance 20 the new
e Dorsdo.
Great excitement was created here yester-
day by the reported discovery Of genuine
carbonates in the vicinity OF Silver Cliff,
and to-day every gvailable team has been
called into requ.sition TO transport parties
to the new field. Many persons who had
bought tickets for Lsadville, and were
awaiting transportation, took advantage OF
the unexpected delay, and left for the Cliff
morning.
Old prospectors pronounce the new die
coyeriss at Silver Cliff equal to the best
Lesdyille ore. and not few have turned
their course toward the Cliff instead Of the
carbonate center. Twenty men left this
morning on foot, rather than wait trans
portatiOn, so anxious are they 10 be at the
scene Of operations
l have seen s3me Of the reputed speci-
mems from the last disc very at the Clirf,
and 10 all appearances they are precisely
like the best Lesdville carbonaies. Prop
critics that could have bsen purchased in
that vicinity last week az 4 moderate price
have advanced more than two hundred per
cent. IN two DAYS. Still ] think there i.
some room Tor doubt. 1t il not only posi-
bic, but highly probable, that the late dis
cDyeries are real carbonates, and Of very
high order; bu; ii they are there is plenty
OF room Ia that great undevelOped region
1Or all the people that will be likely 10 go
there Tor many months 20 come.
one thing l. certain, and that Is that
neither Lesdvil!e or Silver Cliff can at
present hold GU; auv inducement to men
without means. 1t is worse than useless for
laboring men without any money whatever
to go 10 Lsadyiile or the Cliff. There are
now more than three times as many people
Ofthis class IN either place as can secure
employment, or accommodations OF any
kind, and ii the rent keeps up at the pres
ent rate the suffering will he terrible before
March closes
Men OF moderate means, those able 10 live
without work FOR few months, and with
little ready cash st command, may make a
good thing Cf it 10y going 10 either place,
hut others caurot, and the sooner this fact
lfOr it IL 2 stubborn iac.) il known the bet
ter it will be f1r all To-day there are
hundreds OF persons in Leadville, and scores
at the Cliff who DO not know from one day
- the next where tncy may find room to
lie down ai light Thgy sleep under
houses, n boxes and barrels, and
wherever they cen ild to protect them
selves from the cold, and this fact more
than all others accGUals !or the fearful
mortality 1T Leadgille. Il is not, in my
judgment, the faul; Of the climate, but the
mortality arises irgm exposure more than
from all other causes. Uron examination,
it has been found that the death rate among
those who have good shelter and plenty OF
good, warm nourishirg food TO eat, is no
greater in Leadville or the Cliff thsn in
Denver. Put still people are pouriny in
at the rate OF a hundred day.
In this city there are at least forty fami
lies living in ordinary camping tents. The
demand for small houses is very great, and
If some man Of means desires b gnanza,
don't think there ia better oppor
tuuity offered even in the new camps
than can he found in putting up small
fve or six room houses in Canon
City. There are already enough business
blocks, bat what i now wanted is houses
for people TO live in OF moderate means.
Cannon City ought 10 he g place of no
mean dimensions. There are hundreds of IN
explored coal beds in the immediate vicin-
ity. Oil can be found for the looking,
while agricultural resources are by no
means the poorest in the State. As health
resort it ought to command respect. There
are as many fine coda and other springs
right in the heart of the town az can be
found at Saratoga, while the hot spring
baths are uncqu / d Ey any in the world.