, 1879-03-04
LEADVILLE.
Travelling with Snow-Shoes on the
Rocky Mountains.
A Visit to tho Highest Mine In tho
Leadyillo District.
Theories Regarding the Origin Of the Silver
Beds-Mineral In Place.



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horizon ns 10 seem not more lhan q stones
throw distant, although their base was not lcss
than eight miles fror, tho centre OF the camp+
So shatplY defined wcro thesu Irregular sum-
ntts. and 90 extraordinarily puro the a.nos-
,b,ro t1,ot- aton1tup In tim main .trcct. onc
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wh!rlcd OF from the toplnost peaks by the up.
per winds.
Below in the yalley all was strangely quiet,
rt., ar, s,nt,oi1 fr,rit,,y 1own unon snowv HI,
ins eua .,sa.' .hn ~. 'o.,s, .as 49,
1nrdscaue like rrcat white nrayea. It was ear]y
and Tcaayi11o was hordly awake os yet. Tie
camp ia a late sleeper and breakfasts iron, s to
sr ~ mn hero and thcro lI,t,c wrcatha ~ s1noro
1o' but heee nlu "'eio '.s'o "fca..s VI sheko
cur'cd ptac!dly I'D from TIC cabin
chimneys OF the mo1o euterpristng miners,
m,aS,o ~ TIN road rnJoht ho tccn ncca.i"na,lv
nllaolo u u'e ioAa .u.sis W sesu useas,oha'y
somo hnmau remnant Oh u laas h'eht acoauci,
OF nc shVeFlne lorm ol soIoc miatuatca
with the s1J7 goddess, Luck Ii, ono OF the numcr
w.. ha,1 t,,ot 1,,o Tin strccts ~ tha ror nwnr.
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m cxcurslon TO the Dyer Mine, located On
sfver Point Mountain. for ol,ovo ttmbcr.l,nr
an1 d,stsnt Gyo mia. fro,n 1,eo5vIt,c. The , ,rn
would bc nd nrduoua ono III summer. aud Its
difficulties wcrc Increased teniold o. this season
Of the YER. Ie lirst anlt o. also Journey could
eo %sde 1n IN qahaF tsEh the rest must be
ON snow-sHoEs.
Exactly how the snow-slocs wcro to be worn,
n-J i,ov many *1;ios beckwnrd svcre n h..
With ths trnycicrs wcrc nj vet in 6}ssful jenor.
nnno FIi,e,. ~ hsh rar,a rrccinctInn. ~ ra;i.
IN ihe.r boyhoods Juys sssaues stories i a6o.li
Esaumat1x, and reindeer, and snow SHOES, but
in the lapse Of years, their reininisccnacs hnt
grown dttnly confused, until, at this date, they
were hardly able to define or explain The popular
use OF the Esqu1maux OF tho nationality of the
anow.shocs. still they were pleased With the
novelty Of the proposca excursion, md, ns the
sleigh in which they, wesc embarked RAPIDLY
crossed California Gu]cl and asconacd thu Tong
r4lge beyond, their splrlts rose to the lltgdcSt
notch Of exhllaratioli:
camp tn ta iii its iuxHranss ii barrent,ess % mud md
dceoiation.' The scattering huts, tic brond
fields Of SNOW, the fororli pines and frs htlclzing
up hero and there aboYo tug sagc-hushcs, the
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