, 1879-03-01
,,.,v the Mountain City Of Lead
~" Vile Grew Up In
a Day.
....,ob Tho District Had Once Been
Thiekly Populated with
Gold.Miuers.
.. ,,,,, q ths Dlstor.ry ei Tho Great Car.
"i,,, ,,n,,, Deds-..Thc Fortunes that We're
Uads aud Missed.
, Gossip OF the Mines.

N<ul
hsAD IN n in tho West Ia very much like The
r'p1s - another, There Is the flrat discovcry
m'o'S m'S.sr,,t: then the exaggerated ruHors
q upI',, u..hro,,,: then The rapid Inlux Of fortune.
'pe'ua,hc ,hcn conc. tho birds of prey, tho
lssss, lhers md tle swlnders md their fcmsto a.
fy... f'a, md lastly, capitalists. Leadvlllo las
,.ucd throuEh oil Illeee s.auee' a'o "le"csoeu
I. .,,Iysl Of each Of tile classrs above enumer-
NJ NJ, soclety Is sill IN chaotic condition, to
~ ,~ .urc. but, financially speaking, af-
~. arc getting settled into
~ .,,,r business routine, Tho paying
'a ".s.. are being absorbed and consolidated by
s.,.hy corporations. During the coming sum-
". NJ Tealyillo craze will run It's course, md
s,,nturc ~ 10 predict that, before second sum-
80, ,n,ls around, the town Will have taken tta
a,,.. along With Virginia City, Georgetown, and
n,h,, mining centres.
I, /. not generally known, but tho Lcndvtllo
ahrtt has been mined over moro or less during
u. hut twenty years. The Pixies Peak rush
oru,,sd In 1s59-'eo, Ind 1t was about that time
,h,naparty Of ADVENTUROUS miners crossed the
.,,,t South Park and discovered gold Id Calf.
!s's r'.i.h t,htcb rrns ttrour}, tl,u nreaent
ia0t a"tsu' I,s;,s su rhn ratnns -, thc,a casta.
foEnnt Lcaos'lo' o "a' ....,.s s Isa
xl{s III '1'o ~
Gtotre Stevens, md Atchue1 and John Rafferty,.
W., ,srn, 10 hayo wandered over the range Ia
I@! f.,b,on. h,ri,tv knovinr md nrot-
tns@tss .A 1,...t,o,, t,,a,. 49,. t,,,t,,r
nv pos sA'm7 ,.n,,. ~ ~ Ar1,rs.. pivar
Ressnus Wv t :. ~. TO- 10 ~ .uatn,s,.
Which at tnls po,nt ~ .ao e,1s y. Nv o'u'oa',
trout stream, they p1lenca tnelf camp, aha
ha.u
PROSPECTING FOR GOLD.
a.. ,s.. a,o-a rns,,rcc.aru, untu thcv rama
u1hs l.eJ "'1s uss" 49,. ~. ~ a.. ,.." Laa
t1oss little stream ehptylns INTO tne IlVcF'
Hero they panncd, md were relolced to aud
gsdy amount Of yellow metal sticking to the
@.ea ,,, 'Is, n,,as 49, nrooso1sd ~ s.a,o
California uu'en' "nu p1oeecae" " ssa"e
htt claims under TUG old mining law.
Rtpor,s concerning their discovery soon
,,n..ed tho mountains, and IN the following
.., r,r,h,,. ~ ,,,no,s fo,t,d IN ~.
rev gold region. 1t Is sa'a that as many Us
1900 people were on tho ground during 1860
and the two following years, Nearly 81, ,00O, 900
n -o,d warn t,ten mt The first SAMSON, md hc.
lk~r ssce go 49, .,s. ~ ,,f.1;,a,, s1n non M
laa la6 Tue guach t'aa ylclaeu slo'"V"o:
sz.y; new and richer places had been diseov-
Hta; aud the population had peen reduced To
les than 100 souls. Little did apy. OF these
peope dfea,a, during tho years whe'! they wcrc
hboftou.'E washing the saids OF gold out OF the
dit Of California Gu!e, that. III TIC hills above
heY came and went. lih nothing more was
beinl Of California Guich until
LITTLE MORE THAN \ YEAR 400.
IN ts7t tye attention Of Mr.. ~. RI. Rtevcns. of
Detroit, was sa called to tic beds OF carbonate
gtteh % seemed me | to uudcrl,o this wholo district.
md Ia vent 20 far ne to s,nk shait nn tl,r st,i
III NJ ia c,,ich, nrar thc scitIcmcnt ~ tirn
br rt,nt. tInIt,t, mt cntirclv sntIsfoctorv. waa
Of ya]ur III tint Il tlemostrate The cYistct,cn of
s[l1tr. TIe Itncx Mincmfor sr, Il was colict,-
r,sds wSs ,no law to nav tne ccat 1f trnnsnnr-
ttIoa, This VIVA in 1876. Ii tho following year
d. Ualluchers s,nk n snnft m thn1 iii
.boyc stray-Ilorso Gutch. nbout haif miio
north of tIa link, AMI snnn d,,r mt ,nncrni nf
hiph Gyadc That m(ne has been worked eyer
lSnea without showing s!sns Of giving put: It
sss 1ola . year ago to the -. Louis smelling
anu Refining Company for S225, ,Qu0. This dis
sa,fsy OF the now famous Iron Mine was maao
nls'7, mud hlr. ". II. Stcycns 10 community
!apposed 10 nayo been tho LUCKY Hinder. but
ihfo 70 romRnco attached to this mine which
ny never fet M bern published, beiieys. IN the
59ames H. VI lSff ih1lnas Rn!nes, ol Fox Lake,
'h, hs' egn,nany o wli tilrce partners, olansd
@ .pstt On batu alountail!. or rathcr q ridge OF
a1 mountain separating stray-llorsc and
,ols sso.ula uulchcs. Ihey soon ettuck haru
!MSt which required constant blastlng, md, rs
III n "Efe az puoFcf tlan the tsuultlonal turKeS
.! nipllca! 1ame,. they despaised OF ever work.
taR ule mine, although the Indications were cx-
T!leh|' About this time Mr.. Stevens caiuo
Nong and offered the four miners 9l00 each
~ tnc property, which they promptly acccpted.
n.,0es invested hfa s100 In IN animal fnm!latly
h;.a,tst M.%sa 1acE," aud, loading Upon 1t his
e'aakes3 nntl pick, departed in scarcs. 0f more
ps9asabte helt!s bcyond tho Rorlsics. His COIN.
.1s!s 1ass eit0 scattered here md there. Mean
anle ar. Stevens put in other workmcn, mud
fv, fotsr.. uassca himseil Into q VEN q silver
Of thirayn wo. ~ dn,i,rad 9ai,,i. MT T. q q
oiake m imtsr..t ~, ~ ruta ,.i, as inn sn
dr.eoneI wnn1art,,,. a., ~ ,a ~ r. - eses
porttl mn oYsr ~ 80 M ~ ~ w. TS n" rn,'sa5 ~
And th,t WA ~, 49, ~ ,,hIn Tor, nai.n.
plHtd his forsnnc "e way 4n ""'ei 4onA A'o'"oe
10 'o''"pe.
r.-. GOV. TABOR.
For some ycars previous To the discovery az
Ms Carbonate beds tl,cre had becu living at the
GGTat,hads, brtwetu California nud Evans
uueaes, and keeping kind OF corncr.grocnry
~ ~ pfoYisloN-store, man named Tabor. IIn
sae't bare much money to spare from Ills busi.
~, bul the fever struck him, und he took an
interest 10 saycral claims tlIut wcro boiur work.
- ~ %qy dltcrent miners. Last summer tie went
= N.ny"r 10 rcDlcnsh bis stock Of croccries,
neaucd on tie firm Of IIurd s. Sou and offered 10
eias m!nc,ca!ed the Carbouifcrous. for ST. .0O5
Agf]l ii sugur, boau, and o;uer nrtiElcs. Ilis
saef vas declined by that Arm and also by an
@lst house whum he visited on tie sal1lc cr-