Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-07-17
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- Correspondence OF the iBeacon5'
LEGDvILLE. COLORADO, July 8, 1873.
bs.Afsssrs EdifOpss= ehasNcterdftbe
kiISer DEPOSITS Of Colossdo and espe.
eially Of :his portion 0f The State has
ausnedahe attention. 0fslse Easte IN States
20 ahisiocaiity. AlmCst every enc who
domestic Leadville expects 10 discover
oF boy ssilver mine md become sad
denly rich. 1.-THE marvellous coed ioE.
luue df o ~ luCkyfneh whe have made .
short cutIEom pinching poverty toweaith
haa set the Outside world "sifeer eTazy"
-assbs excstiag reports ofSiek strikes that
are circulated every day-the epecula-
tin1s III tow d los ard yfhe excitement
wsricspprevails has tended TO throw men
oil their balance. and give -theEii s1llhe
fever, ito Use The common term Of the
camp. 4w ...,..-.Rx
Bit tfie PRICES even here s among The
carbonate catfps are very few when
compared wtti the blanks. During The
rush here last winter almost apy ''prSos.
poet hoie"' would sell-holes were dug
an over the cohntry-many for the .pur.
pose OF telling TO tender-ieet capitalists
who bought blinking they, had fabur-
lous wealth In hahd-alter spending
hundreds Or dollars, water would be
struck and The claia abandoned. 80 -
The present SILVER bel' as deveI-
oped from prospects eoyersa wide ex-
tent of colntry-for six mile around
Leadsilie almost every foot, OF ground
iscovered by claims, staked Oh 1900
feet in length and 800 feet IN Width
tf1e"'beit'.' is suppose 20 be almost con.
tinnons FOR distance OF sixty miles up
ard down The Arkansas river and twen-
~ miles on eitherside. Wherever lime
and .porphyry rocksare fosbd there The
prospeciof has reasonable hope of an
rovering carbonate deposits and no
amount 81 labor or hsrdsbii, has deferred
tnen from trying their luck IN the out
laying Districts. Many rich deposits
have been found on The Gunnison, Ea.
gle and Upper Arkansas Rivers, but
cannot be successfully worked on &C.
count Of great distance from the smell
tiers. 1t would be almost impossible to
pack ore with profit from these mines
20 Leadyille on account Of 1.-The almost
impaks ihle tgaIs.sisr IsA1s4 dgssoI ~
,,Twenfys years ago the whole world
was excited shy AhecdiseoseTy Cof gold ID
California GaAch--carbonate Deposits of
silver ore Nefeu Hnknown-in. the eas
ger search iof free gOld--earbOhate ore
wss. thTowR away 10 7woFthlessHtFack---
its=tFuei value AeipgE .unknUsf d guntii
1874. aAll Ofthesknlches around Lead
willie. we're tOneeE 4 worked for gold-%-and
abeut 6llcenqmhiianss oE dollars Was the
i,onl putt from hand yroc kers-@anbaF
yaSnssare told by old miners Of the xs-
ried fOeture OF ozdea -days!T This asauSe
gFODHd ID n0wr worked by hydraalic
p0ger Cor the 6ne gold THAT escaped
ireHbthe roekerss Tnanels are being
rHnsfor Abe aeveiepment1 cf the yeinsG0f
freergoA supposed to 10 buried sDder
the deep "waslsc diEA' Z on thai Eeoath
side of California Gulch. The gold
found is thought 70 be. .oplY, the, wash
from Immense de okits vel Uncovered.
fine theory ,of covered deppcsiss'ts
Prove true the companies now work
ing vii e Si sisshly awarded for theiF
Tkg Vaide 81 Coiorrsados n mniabeFhsl vwealtb
esbhot Be estimate a. a. Perched on on the
spex fine continent she looks down
aid byer continuous and distant States
With Il subiinie eonseionsnNesss OF her
Pre- eEsihe bee il ~ 10 makes & eonn-:
81 truly glsak We haKe TIE Ersndess
seeae lhe ioil 81 iAoaRlaips. lhe cool
ct md hotties, spgthgs, tps hosrs Tins
Der, fhe: richest mines Of gold. silver,
aud lead, the best natural gfsxidg ground.
the most salGbrious apC varied climate
the, fpftit st peaks lhs br.ghlest-tinted
Aoxers, Tie mot hardy and enserpriix.
ing meh, 'shes most patent "bufTos'
s Gss =; S, sp. As:sJ hsslsd 0Glss on As
wits all SEis RuhipGs ityi fof wonders
and attractions, Colorsdo has Hacked
but one thing 10 place her in The van oil
all eountEies-=and thaA one thing is
About 10 BE supple with n plenty eI
Gxme efatefs Sshg around loose I've
have had DO real, fiye. .klckins .volc ane
belching forth fye, and brsmsloDe. New
Te1of says one Las been I diInscosversd,
which VIII 1do. loTp a; statg 81 Ira St.
nice little tell. 81 4 Sy0lS anp-5-lhis s:his
thing fSnoEted rsignsged ahout. twen:
" miieg IN The ssdrkat on, above Tria;
idsa-llke i SEX baby 1t giyes en- oeear
sionkl 'kiek and in due renfss pf time
may burst forth Ia safphGrous fame.
and smoke aad- esaalate che example ol
it. .gnnwp up .hEethFen-swhen lpne the
rampage. Ne want . I6rsLclsss velea.
no and are debaiipgv 5be pFeca,bilisv q
giving. i, , dsiart-Taps q .s.tsader- seet
wishing !, plcss Place p idsgw-paBs shis
ehapce- ThsTa millions, IN iIl---hs
can -aia assbeis And AXE bic shspsexea