, 1879-03-14
LEADVILLE.
The Growth Of the Carbonate
Camp in Three Weeks.
1 Balf nlls Of Buildings in tht Direction ofPrYer
rllll.~sev Hines Opened Up.
The Magic City Of Ixolkomo up
Tcn-Nlilo Creek.


From f3,tr o,pn CorTf,pandtnt.
LBApv11.tE, COL, Mnrch "a residence al
three weeks tu camp entities ono to DO regarded
as un old fnhab!tnnt. Each days stages bring
in their loads OF SLENDER feet" whom VIC, tho
carly settlers Of Lcadsl|lc, look down tpon with
more or less dcrston. When We, tho pcontc OF
Leadviilc, happen to he down at the drantl
Hotel In the late afternoon or cnr,y evening,
aud sec the stages ro1i up and vomtt forth their
living contopts, IT. Is with difficulty that we can
restrain our disgust; and We are apt to exclaLm,
t.What the deuce do all these people mem
by coming In here and trying to
ret a sharo OF our minetnl WEALTH.
Why don't they stay nt hotno ntnl attcnd to
their own bueincssi'' And as thcy ertricate their
wcasicd limbs from the clumsy vehicles and
step out upon terra firma, they generally have
half guilty expression upon their faces, as II
they knew that they were intruders, and were
mot at all welcome. But, nfter lew days stay,
these samr persons somehow assume brazcn
air, and scowl ominousIy upon the lntcr arrivals.
And thus:
Tomorrow. and tomorrow. and Tomorrow.
BrcA,hcs In this petty pnco from day to day.
Three weeks Ago reached Lcadvi'c. Since
then the camp has made remarkable progress.
At thnt time buildfng.ants hail buen clnnei ior
about four blocks cast Of 1Inrrsson avennc, nn.i
towards Fryor Hill. Now most Of these lots
11ayo cabins upon them. Streets have been sur-
vcyeI, md tho land has BEEN claimed full half
mile further. In order 10 make claim Of this
kind sQuattcr Is Obliged to 10y down four logs
as q Foundation for ills cabin, aud within thirty
tlaya he must erect a framework. 1t Is no un-
common thing hero to SEQ whole blocks Of tictc
crudcly put up boards anil locs. For n frame
work the squnttcr generally crecss four corner
posts. and natls ono board acruss on cnch side,
thus obeyng the law technically. though, cvad-
tng It's spirit. Manv spectators hero tnkc up
clains in this war, and then soil the lots at from
$50 TO SEQ each.
Mining, too, has advanced greatly In this
short time When l came hero ITO mineral had
been discovered norttlof Fryer Hit In this
vicinity. Now several mIncs hnvc struck orc
on the Dig Evans Gulch, Antl n mile beyond TINT
across the Arkunsnw. The South Evans Gulch.
branch Of the Big Evans, about three miles
cast from CAMP has been covered with pros.
poet bolrs, IN hnlf dozen Of which low-gra,lc
silver hos been found. Over. Mt. Tcn-a[ile
t.strtkcs" are daily rcportcd, nru II lively tnwn
is spriRging up. A daily stage-ltno 10 that puint
hns been establshcd mud MI application has
been tnadc to the Government for 1'oSt. Office
The t,anc ot the settlement there ts kokomo,
mud towu-ots nsc already selling as from so to
: S35 cnch.
Capitalists coming hero from Chicago and
Eastern cltlca Htlu
GREAT DIFFICULTY IN GETTING HOLD or Fay
ING MINES
Mt anything like reasonable figures. Prospects
nbound OH every hand. Anl can br bought any
where from $50 to 81, 000 according to LOCATION,
progress q thc ssiaft, and Indications Ut the
Erulud. But the men who hare money to in
vest IN mines nre not willing to tNke nMy risks,
nsa rule. Before putting III dollar they want
70 know that they navc gotten "sure thing"
Strangely enough, 1t Is tlie people having tho
least money that lrc fhn renffnxk tn tnEa
CHANCES. Tile avrragr capitalist hus no desire
To ea,nb!c. Now ths uu'nbcr of having tnlnes
tngefs Of ono hans!. Or course, every lniuo
III Leadyi!lc eau hc purchased, providing
an objee. for the owners to ut,llcate;
u,ayketn unless It is u1rcrsd By its owners mt n
reasonable figure. Gcuerally, IA soon rs Il n,nn
otrikcs orc here lc ut orce decarcs hfsnsuf a
millionaire ut Ii, Ills ln.nd bcGus to bliiIl hin.
suit brown, atono ualacu III ST. Louis, Chicago,
or UcHTty. Ills mineral may mt assay eight
otiiiees to the ton. nnd n,aY not bc worth the
slssgiug, but that E,n.Scs no difference. lie has
''strucl; ~, and hcnceiurth capitalists t,asl hut
ter giyu him Il wdo berth unless they are will
iuE tu nay hin u hundred thousand or III for II
half intnfest in l!!s bopaza. All this o, COURSE
s5o,0oo unti It has bccn well developed nIni It's
eSac: capacity known. It ts anomalous, but truo
tsat the itore orc ~ taken cut of mlhc Tie
ErcAter is tie valus Of tl.nt MIne. | know scv-
villa With tho intention OF ,nakn1 large Invest.
llas. BEEN obliged 10 rvurn without
sion, simuiy bccausc 81 tim oxorlsaat priess s
demanded by tho miuo ownrrs. wlsl. to Bay
tovapitals:s who think OF visiting Lcndy,Ro ttat
they should bring with them either Sl00,0m or
$4,000; one amount Is necessary ,u make n
purchase, the o.!Ier Ii umpY sufficient fnr mere
prnspecttns' ANY figures between these aso Of
go hu ,.,. ,.,,.. ~ r,,,, ,r,,..,,.,,. .,.
there Is still somu uncertainty In Chicago Ms 10
THE ADvls1pILiTY or EMIGRATION
TO Leadyiile: There Is plenty Of roum hero for
6sillca wnrktncn III nearly eycry branch 81
han.l.lndnstry, whether they a.e ''poar" n,etl
burrow nut lie Sierra Nevada tangn almost,
and they. arc, o. rule, the ohly Idle men nj
c1lnp. They throni, slu main streets un.l block:
ade tho sidewalks ut ulI hours Of the .lay un.'
night. But no man who understands a tradc
reed rc!naiu unocrupetl day offer Ills arrival,
Al! workmen. lnwcrcr, s.ou'u hrlnG their toals
with them. / hhoud u!so null lint artisans
trade unl not throw II overheard for mining
Let good worknan co'',u 10 t.rAlvIc N,rl carl
living Rs llo lins hceu accustomed to earn It.
tion in mines that will BIZ advisable. iiu ra,
Erub.stakc miner ami sllnro half t,r profit.
without interference With Ills own business:
lltvgara to tl,e chances for further "strfcs y
N mining would slko also 10 hay fuw wnr.ls
is true, US has been stated in thu Chicago npws
papers, that tho heat cIallus have brcn taken uI
In the vicinity OF I.catyiile,-tlmt H. IN tic To-
easities where silver las been ulrculy proved te
exist. Yet, Us t,aTe stated in the early part III
this letter, new lcpasits urc continually hell,.
discovered. Tlm npenls,y up of laying mines u
Ten Mile-scvcntceu miles IIslant from Till
cnnip--proyes tint pay-o1s Is not cnniincl II
Fryer Hill. hclicve tlnt with tic coming SUN
ncr It will t'a lcasncu that tIe new silver utstrlv
OF Colorado ts Of enormous extent, covering ul
most tho entire western portion Ut The Statr
When tho snow sI,ail hasu bern melted oil from
the lover mouDtan-s!dcs, admitting OF caref4l
prospecting there will b9 ttlnusals Of skliG.
miners whU sill work their way over thu passe
md inta Tho ta!neral reslon Gnyond the range
Ana the world will. thuruughlT beEiuyc, h8 Ih
tanisled Al thu richness OF tat hitherto com pusu