, 1879-03-28

.NHY Aie 9un "dA'o"s W outaa'l Poaeessloa
lit /. located bctwccn two Of my best mines,
IMi With It ! would have the cream VI tho San
Il @ as sys sens no,n1x ey H., Of sSn! srpeF
"CertanIy. IN 1857, 1t the time Of tic great
excitement about tho ftke's Peak country,
started out for 'rtke's PEAK Or bust.' was
then II poor mntt. md when rot there my .,os-
For four years worked il ttc mIncs, ind ti,cm
commenced selling gou.ls, which llns hcnn n,y
occupation siuca thcn until lately, when l sold
out my business, anl atn now. 1cynttng
4ys yis "a1s' a now saSnta9sy eorc.a to the W nnns s
muck, Dives, Cnrhousfcrouq, Crysoiifc, Little
Eya. Eaton, Fa!rSIcw:. pa'siloEa. Vulture. XII
Carson, Climax, Dycr, Belle Of Coloraln, EXCEL
s,or, n,ni four Dr flvG other mines IN LcnlyIlle,
bcsll1cs thu Sur Jual,, He'd Rogers, Saxon, uullo
Warden, nlsi three or four uttcyclopcd mines In
.l.r San Juan Valley. Most Of these arc doing
well, Us cin readily be seen Iron, the fact tl1at
tho Little plttsburg Consolidated Mining Com
nany, comprising The Lutte rttsbure, New
Discovery, Winnem,sck, and Dives Mines,
amounted to $ia5, ,0JO. THIS, WHEN 1t Is taken
full working order az get, makes Il pretty fair
showing for the wealth Of the eountry.h
Speaking VI the City Of Lcadyllle, Mr.. Tabor
was asked to give description Of tile city, It's
lRul{SLflES& AlJA ltS pOIlQluL1Uns
''There H." snl hg, an population Of from
10,!uo tu l'i,00l mrn IN Leatlyillc,, ,uf whlrh ts
greater part arc unod, 1aw-nbll|hE citizens,
though, OF course, VIC hnvc tllere representatives
of nj! classes Of men who !loeli into n mining
camp. Tferc aFc not, lin'Yeyes. over 3,000 Of tho
.i'srUputab!e cluss Of men who aru nlways hunt-
luz iubs, Init trying not to rct them. Our Ctr
Ioyernsne1lt To splendid Que. IT. faet, I think
i fully equal to tlla. of either Nav York Or
Cieyuau.., nttl nll niislcmeanoss arc US promnt-
IL nuft RliuH1Hri1f {lu1f with nt ft,n nj ttnr
piazza. Our banking interests are excellent,
there being three good hanl;s in Lcatlyi1ie, the
Bank Of Leadvlllc, Lake County Uank, nnd
Miners Exchange. Being President OF the Bunk
tl,un VI th1 others but tlry arc all usitloubted-
ly doing sarge business. To give some
Idea Of this. will say. TINT In my
bank we started last October with the intention
Of kcepilg o1e cashier nlItl IL ln:tl to tnkc rnra
OF Tho otllcc. When left there fcw days a1.o
we ia, md nave hud for to,lg time, SIX men,
who arr kept constantly at work, nit! there may
10 two or three more employed since then. |
should not ho snrpriscsl II suclt wrre tho eaar,
There arc thirty paying nllEcs now in Lcatlviltc,
besides over lu0 prospective ones. III regard TO
thu rcllEInus n,ih educational departments ot
nNr cty, We hAyG three churches, Episcopal,
graded schuol, in which tho higher branches, as
well "a the comintlti nltd perhaps more useful
ones, aru taught W. also invc thrcu daily pu-
nUra. sWO mDrntns hlnl hts cycuilIlt, N,h each
sssuInt, weekly. Tile dctnultl for papers is
l.out. n1nl they alr read great dcaI nnre than
Is usually the rasu IN piaeus of this kiud."
'.What abut sthc building prospeeta!H
"1lry nru rra,ns. IllcrD nre II. tha present
time at least 3F> buildings III proccss Of erec-
tlau. Lumber ts very scasct ahl dgar, bringing
aGu tIrr l,O In that market, nj. tncrease Bl.,eu
lust summer from, &C.! ul $15. Il.l uu or ten
mills nrc kept constantly runu'hg to supply the
demand."
still! eontttluc3h
ssYcs. 'rllr placo Il oycrrun. Between 4OO
uni bW utrlsu daily, mud tho railroatls urc rl,i,-
Mug extra trains 10 accommodate tlCm. Tlla
rraze still Keeps mp, aud tic ,nunngera Of tt,u
railroads complain thu, try caf,llot keep their
eplnyes, Hx they desert mil Btart for tllv tlIl,us
considerable demand f0r good railroad men, utIl
sArt, cIsE, think, would receive employment
Un rttll1irratlye terms"
"t;overnor, would you adylae nan Without
HIcAus 10 ~ thercf"
"Sut at present.. We ilnra morc now than
VIZ khuw Wlat TO d. With. Hut somn ttmo IN
tnnc or duly would ho Eo0d tlnle tu 60 there,
II ~ nl! do nuL wnnt 10 lead my ono tO gu
viii. tic 9Htfr!pation III getting rich without
any trouble. l il not believe tlMt my nlll.,
should Start for II now enuntry with lust
rnu.gt,'Monuy u curry him ibrrc, md bn lrnd-
broke 10 banti rs hi Arrlyas. Thts fs II mistake
wt1rse than ilsetehs, tint lhu truu condition nf
Thugs does nut warrant such fully. tvnry one
shtlll "a there prepared tu eo.nc hack II they
are not successful IN Iln.llng tic employment
l1lGy seek. all tlaBsns of husincss Ut l.catlyEie
asu )TuSpuring, but earh dcDArtnlallt Is full 10
oscr!!os!,q;. With great nulnbcr OF men out of
employment"