, 1879-08-05
Great Strikes OF Leadvil1e---Negotia-
tions for Mines Owned In
.~. Chicago.
Contests over Yaluable Clatms."-SIlning
Observation-Disclosures Of Life
in Lcadgillc.
4 Trip from Chicago to tho Sun Juan
Regiop-Deoay Of the City
Of Cheyenne.
Tho Ulo and llio niuts.-lfow Gro Is Smelted..-
Aountain.Sttntry and lartqed It.
tnosphere.
LEA11VI14T4E.

LEADv1LLE.
er.tinl Carrrsponfsntt ot The 7fi6unS.
LEApyiLLs, Colo, July 3o.-Tho great strikes
OF tic past month 1lnye been tho Robert Z. Lee
aud tic Highland Mary, in both Of which unusu-
ally large veins Of very high grade orc hare bcon
lcvcjopcd. Tile former was sold few weeks
aro to scuator Jones. OF Nuva1n, md Senator
Chatree, Of this 8tatc, for sum which Ia gcncr-
ally understood to DO $250,000 but some hitch
occurred In connection with the title, nnd 1t WAS
only last evening TINT tho 1uat payment was
made IN account OF tho purchase Tie High
lnnl Mary aud Highland Chief, which ara co'l-
soiii1atcd, had been bonded to Messrs. Fnsa and
associates before the discovery OF tic new Eeini
a{tcs the discovery, q flaw wns found In the
bond, and Tho original owners clalmed their
nropctty, Foss 8 Co. refuscd to surrender;
but their adyersarlcs took tho law Into teif owt,
hands, attacked the occupants at The dead Of
mint with strong force of riAemcn, recovered
the mtues, and now hold them as nn intrcnrlcl
camp. Properties 1iks thcsc, which may yield
wort., fighting fot.
Negotiations arc on foot for tho transfer Of
aome OF the.
VALUABLE MINES NOW OWNED IN CHICAGO
to the New York market. A party from Wall
street has been endeayorlng to obtnfu control Of
the Iron Mine antl tho Little Cliief, among
others; but lavo not yet heard that they hayo
secured q bond on either. Mr.. Letter Ia said to
ba aycrae, on conscientious grounds, to stocking
Ills property In Wall strcet,-thDugh ,o prob
ably would bo quite willing 10 sell cut to an it,
djyilual or syndicate, II he got his figure. Lis
partner, Mr.. Stevens, Notwithstanding lila atl-
ynnced ugc,-ho was d leading miner on Lake
Superior thirty years ago, and made fortune
thcre'-4z NJ ncttyo md ns eacer for mfnural as
ever, and Is pretty sure to dlo IN harness. lle
knoWs when t,e lias got good thing; and
venture to predict TINT, II he parts with tile Iron
Mine, 1o viii get It's value In dollars. After all,
however, u Ii pretty --.-.-..-..--.
DIFFICULT TO 8Ay WHAT is THE VALUE
of paylt,g mjne.-for tho chief 1actor IN tho
probleu-Its probable duraio,,-ts matter OF
M. -. -.
~" eo'1.' o 40" ,a'"v s''.s..
es =. W 49, ~ ~ -. ~, oo luao AZ 4oal
from ShoOV,uVu 10 e4o,Vuo,ooJ, ano 10 now again
less tf1an Sf,oo0 COO. II has been decided by the
highest authorities, judicial mud scientific, TINT
I'm lror M,uo bas n truc ycjn. ,1,nnInr ,nto tho
i,I n, ,,,.t u. o,rno.s mt, ro1ln,s i. ,v,,orevor
I "''' r..'' NO -" ne' .ru 'oo' ~
goes: Ihis u very u,tieic1t pFopetty rom
ths @ Littlo Flttsoure. when has moi, noihMs out t
pn p1Sscts p o. ts ore seasfsa ~ III all, ane
WASH, nnd ll1oloA 70 u'sapnGar nny oag: etHlt
Y "oniu seem aiinost ns ditI,euie 10 ucteftn'ne
INC sll'ralue ot the Que as OF Tic other
iretty nearly every loot OF GROUND on tho
east OF LeaaylIie; lor lwo or thrco miies dse.
tahec, nhd e1tcntt1hE from Cal'ioFh'a uuich On
t''c SOUTH 70 sortu Gfan6 nu tHe hortl' aas
now bren taken api aud almost every LOCATION
N INC 1avoFite spots
HAS At LEAST TWO CLAIMANTS,
II not more Thrco partics arc at work on the
Robert Esnmet }ole,-one nrnr tic surface,
The Robert Emmct jtsclf In tho middle
unother pnrty underneath. About 1yo persons
OF comp1ntca CHIN this Highland Chief. judge
Tcnilcry claims the Wnstburn: tho Wa.llhurn
elntnls tho Pcndery, md the lsouch and Rcaly
claims both. On tile s1opc of Stray. Horse Gulctl
tic Portland clnfms nn excellent location; hut
the Buckeye D.llo has got ono.half Of Il, a,,.l
tilr Fox Brothers tho other alf. and neither will
yncato or eoulpromEse. Altogether, there sccm
Lcadvilir
s.n!icpo''y oneo shiu tnat la'F E'!H1pee OF lno
a.vc5,age saMof's ln!na mlGnt os oofalneu Dy
iie htuuiy!ae !!st ol etins' nahisa ~ q iaaotlcai
REGISTER. .'t nomo auaSnI OF uao pAysloloey or
niners M,EnL PERHAPS IN INC sano Way
tnho cuFlous !utelGsS IN the nomcll-
sialurS ol m,ncs. ~ course !9fGe
prohort'o, nfo nasnea' psosaicaly, after their
locality, tnslr product, or their owners,[as TIC
rTfospcst, tIe l1rtop, ne Fa!r.Vle'7 1he Castlc~
vG", ti9 !aot, ahe Caf9nnate, tne GaFnohlter