, 1879-03-04


tress. But even tllcso episodes were trslflnlE
compared with tho Ertnt md continuous stERtn
upon tic muscles caused by tol}tnE mp the emu
!css steep Long before reaching tic Inst table,
the nforesatl individual wont tottcring along the
path, leaning On hts staff nnd Groan!nE. atil
whceztng, and Wishing flat lo Ind nsycF been
born. Tho party vcro ssrfngEnB niors'
RyERY.MAN-ron, ntMsRLF FASHION,
come far UP on tile mountain stlo, and somn tust
mountain torront. The long.limbcd member
nf the excursion was about halfway up. when
suddenly he matlo A ellp, and before no could
catch 1is balance ono Of his shoes became loose.
headed down lin, lightly csaded Tic dcspatr!ng
Crnsp Of its owner. and flow down the ll'll-e'lc
Will, all tho speed OF which IL was capable.
Down, down 1t went, crossing tho trail bali q
dozen times, md eneh time tu.t escaping tl!e ,
It IN It's mad career. Perhaps that misguided
sloe would have been going set, even at this
present writing, but for n PROSTATE ptno tree
which tnpcdcil It's course nrd called u TO halt.
way tnow-shoo and shouted thu familiar wnrtis
addressed on a certain occasion to Lurd Ul1tn'B
daughter, with as little elect.
The mteadycnturc caused a delay to tile entire
party. 4 council of war was held, and the en-
lnny he changed shoes With thu doctor, putting
on tho webf0utcd ones, md started on tho buck
track. Alter tnt.h trltulntton he sccured the
crring shoc, a,l brouGht II back to Its rightful
in silence nll Iuill. All the fun seemed to hnEc
departed, md not one person III tile entire party
was seen to smile or beard 10 mako anyth!nE nut
b;okcn remarks and short eiaculatluns. After
the Dyer Niue, far above timber ltne on Silver
Point Mountain, a region bnthed alternately In q
brilliant sunshine md In the soaring clouds.
Since n,y arrival IN Lcadvillc have heard nt
least dozen theories regarding tho
ORIGIN OF THE s1LyEn beds
IL placo3 Did Nature, in some freak Of generos-
ity. cause them to GTow up whero they arg ior M
aro they tho result of upheavalsi
pa son'ec gigantic earthquake turn the
expose ] the TIC silver dive lfninsl DID DID, they belong
originally III the peaks Of the 8!erras. n,nt were
they loose1cd from their native ptaccs BY fire
and sent rolling md tumbllnE down thu mount
o. OF ny n.y. wilt II to % te Dser no was to satisy n.y.
aclf On some OF these intricate questions. Tile
Dyer Is tho highest nline IN tle Leadvillo dis
trlc,. 1t Is 1,6o0 feet at'oyc tho level Of tho
camp. It is not ., perpendicular shalt, but It is
side Of the mountain. 1t titus presente, cxcep-
tiUnnl opportunities for examination with refer
ence to tho above points. As far rs Orc Is con
ccrncd, tint OF the Dyer ts Of rs high grade us
lHG uESi- eul AVk u A1SVV pout!ls tENEHtat 5UIA
fur $1,000, and tl,p orc averaged 800 OUNCES to
tic ton.
found the outcroppings of the silver on the
side Of tic mountain parallel with tho entrance
to The Dyer tunnel. Tile origsnut discoycrers Of
ths ming naa simply @ worked ;I with picks a
1876 feet, thu orc constantly iucrcastng IN rich
ness until the present time, with no signs of
giving out It seemed to be q true tssurc vein,
With ito mineral in place. Tie sub-stratuul Is
f>
whiie The rock abovo the ore is black.
lime. 1llc latter Ia perhaps fifty fert thick,
and is surmounted BY porpliyrs. with anothcr
layer Of silver between the lime And p0rphyry.
Ibclcye, nsycr been accounted for. Nov, The
Fryer lli!l miucs have not yct. been sunk below
the 1eycl OF ilie porphyry and lime, NOT, Indeed,
hns there been as yet any incentive to tnvcsigu-
.ion in this direction, The silver apparently Ls-
present claims l1ayc been burfowcd through
ind through, sou1c cnterprtsing nline-owuer
1nay try the experiment ot sinking down another
hundred feet fn search Of another depostt, anl
his efforts will probably be rewarded, unlcss-.
There Ia u contingency which necesslsutcs f!le
use Ut sunless u in its strongest scnsa tn tic
present connection. The Dyer nnl tho Iron
may justly be regarded a. tic parent lniaos Of
iluntlreI feet above the Ffyor lIill cruup, a,li,
moreover, from their formation. It Is evident
tlat tn them the mineral 10 'tin plaeo": TINT Is,
In tta natural position, The myers Of orc are
nenr1y horizontal, mud ars continuous, lu
mineral beds ts to pitch in every direction In a
most confused manner, ottentlincs tho deposit
tumblinE straight downynrls or, As It Is called
hrrc, standing on cn.l." Then, too, tl'ero Is
being fund In beds cn.trrly unarcompanleh BY
Tic porphyry. 1t Is generally found with lI,nc,
1t Is truc but that Is because ile line Is tho bed
cock through which It would be impossible for
}r-n 10 Is t4 !
tiAo silver Of Lendyilc was ORIGINALLY deposited
in tl,n hlsA peaks Of the blcrras, uu.l iItut
thrnueh internal consulstons Of the cnrth uor-
tons Ut It wetc crowded out Of plnce, And wrre
t0und rest!ng-placouront tho Lcudylllo plutcau,
II ,tl!ut ba 80, then the Eryer-lltll mines nro
pocket mines, and their valua has been greatly
exaggerated. Let sclentists mnd experts wrunglc
over Tho mooted question, II tiey care to; my
province is only to suggest
IT WAS TOWARDS EVENING
when tho party visiting tlu Dyer Mine turned
their faccs l,umcwartls. Refreshed from their
wca1ncss occaalal,cd BY tho asecnt oi the nuunt-
nin, they bud recovered their spirits and wer,
again becomc ...goodly coMtpany." How muc1,
cusier t lslo slide down.lli'l s!'an to slide up.
hill To b. sure, looking lown thu mountain
Side the hight seemed Elduy 4lA the tTutl sole.
what steupcr than tho roof OF d house, but Il,
each separate and distinct mind there aruRu tp
ron.ol.Ig reflection that, even II ono should losg
control of lstuself md tumble nvcr during ilta
slide. there wus uothfng buL soft snow 10 mi
uDul, and no bor,ca could Ou brukcn.
At this su,nc moment, too, tl!er0 occurred t,
The Doctor tho reflection tat, nttcr all. he had
not Inndo suct good bar3lin when be selected
the wcbBloca, for, alasi thuy would not sli1e
III IIic Shortly afterwards this reat Ut The
purity experienced oil the sweets OF thu, rcYcugu
Which WAS .larkly limited al IN ap earlier part ol
this LITTER. Tic willy Doctor WAS forced to lit
s,lc foot utter another down tho c,tirr descent
OF tlsu muulitaEu, while his companions spul
rapidly md lightly pust, him without effort.
| Many were tho Ilslaps Of ttat noYel journey,
Thctu was a,l oxnitaratlon II, the swtft atll easy
glidu ut tile smooth anow-sEoes uycr the sno,1
Tut repaid tho purity for all thu tolls Ut tic
| morning. 4 sllEtt obstruction IN tho Eath or 4
| lOBts.g OF oaos t,alnuec for second would mn.
did ra,1so n,Aly lcatllong plungu into the soft
hanks beneath lhur feet. The ia,Yyer l.a,
paused ncAr thu bottom Of long decline to ut
Just one Of Ills shoes, when III saw him Of liz
lnnk lilIb benrltE down upon him with light
ming ycloclty. uNd utterng tliscortlant shouta tt
hni to get out ut tile way. liz looted to lht
right md left for a el,anrn to scramble out u
danger. There was M t,mu to Us lost. In thai
! moucnt there flushed through his brain rs
nctnbrnnccs ol nll tic fees tint hc l,ntt takct
an nl thu collections t!lat lo ltad made .uslnl