, 1879-02-20
LEADVILLE.
-, :, This BUSTING Camp
A"0 Town.
=. o,,r,,, tht Churches, Tho Hotels, and
~ lbs lodgiRg-Ilauses.
. ..,,on In Town-Lots-Holding for a
Ri,o.-Titles to Property.
-. four f,ttn fsnsrf3p1nttsnt.

ltap l,'aa Al ,hIs newest and atrangest Ut
ttsnPs.n,n.t Tile attempt has been madc
nfolns nfs.. h is true, hut not With tic most
teto1D.,s ,..s results. Besides, Lcaayillc ts COIL
s,'s,as.ss,,o .s.,ootur, 1t is Kaleidoscope III Tho
'.a'., a.,st., Of Its transformations, though It's
pas.4 .rc of the simplest kind, as'd OF the most
so'o's I'M, Ea.lre streets open tip, aro built
f'u" .,d ,et.lcd III 4 week. Stores, lIouscs,
r9o't .,a. .s mi hotels aprlng up sido By side.
IN Opera-Ilousc, constructed out Of
'hs IN, boarIs, looking for all tho world
Feasu p pnnaotl,cd tlvcry-stab1c, which has heeu
Hs ~ ,bIt week by tic Forester Company,
eSpsa e.,. ,bete Is q d1ese-circlo and a gallery.
ssu J, also a Theatre Comlouc, whcro tho
las's lIs,r,t. drama Aourishes to tho delight Ut
te*l .nnl, miners Religion Ia not furnished to
~. ~ itssk.u,ountati, population In chunks. But
w.. ,s.r h church and school-housc. Consider
.tt.t ,here nro 10000 adults III tho camp, 1t Is
u. y. .n,,i.tng that tho congregation often swcla
- =, uspy as forty or fifty hearers.
1nH PRINCIPAL HOTEL,
,u.,,u,a the t,rand, Is atwo-storY frame hutld-
~ .,,h neat gables an,i an imitation Alansartl
Ny; w. II /. actually covered with coat OF white
wv. w., ma office Is about six feet Wide by six-
~. s Ionr, and WAS evidently not planned for
~. H. ,tsnnmo1ation Of loafcrs. Thnt largc
.,,., n the population aro given room 10 tho
-, md billiard halt opening from the office.
.o,p,ry barber plies Lis occupation at one end
a ths came apartment. charging 25 cents
+, ,h,ye and go for a haircut. The Grand
I'm, ,gay from fifty to 100 pconlo day who
.,,,, there for lodgings. Of course there arc
snr hotels with equally imposing titles, but
~, ,re llttlo clao than boardlng-houscs, ind
t,,e]os tho Grand In their appointments. All
=, mnttautty filled, and new arrivals are COM
lid ia tcek shelter In 1odEing.houses, Of
Ftsh there nrc gycat number. Thu ono in
,sSh our party YenlaifIcd on the first nights OF
iii siri7aI Ia l.calvllle may be taken as fair
maple 1t mas q onastory loE.cabln, witt,
nj addition, constructed OF green pino
Ssas. i RuIo bunks were placed around
il ixo back rooms tu tiers ns in sfccp[ng-cnr.
~ burks had cacli set Of WOODEN blankets.
ftthoo were bare. For this accommodation
N travellers were charged hatt-a-doliar zach.
1.-THE more pretentlous lodgtng-houscs, wltcre
iro people are assigned to u room with u bed In
/, The phco Is double.
Bot after all these details Afford tho reader
Eale idea Of ...........,
L1ADy1LLE AS IT Is.
Ut he worthy person who Is sufficiently inter.
tsted ID tbls subject to pcritsr these linus i'm
Esus hmsclf penncd up III thc widest fast
Eases d the Rocky Mountains at atl altitude
d 1850 feas above the sea. Ile Ia literally ot,
tb muuntaf1-iops. Yet far above LcadYillc ull
l1tr hand rise tl,e bald crowns OF Tie snowy
nrse-defolate, bleak. md absolutely without
tt:etatson VI my kind. Here In the gulehcs
ariore.ts Of p1ne and evergreen, wl,tcl, exleud
tHnp The sides Of the adlAcc,lt peaks. But tho
thinker lIns Is as strongly marked and rs clearly
nj % eycry stdo as ii human hands had been
tiFoIk clearing away every tracu Of t:cc or
t5rub along the line OF n survey, nnti as II the
nue hands had plnucd Oft tho mountain sum-
nit io tue smootsncss mil barrcnness oi conn-
Try tshoolyard.
To.he stranger, coming from tho luxurics
aaa confoItsot civilization, Leat1vi'le prescnts
Il aspect Of uijutterable desolatio,s. Valley
nd mountain afo alike covered with stiow.
through tAe spectral pinc-trecs tho storhl-wind
lslats IN the daytime nnI in tic ntgtt-tinle,
.s1 often ono hrars The llysicrical shrick 0t
sJa cut tilat has come sws oplnS down from
u monntatn'tops through gorge mud clsasm It,
n,gouy of rage aINl despair. Tic camp, Or
Hl'igtt stan1s
IN 4 rINE-cLEAR1SG,
nd al about arc trest1y.cut stunps mud logs,
l9ne split into rude boards, ainl others chopped
q u the ends Preparatory TO being lifted into
.te RtI's Of Projected gabfn. Through iliu
littss which still remain III lurgo numbers uu-
sslefped, ote catches gtlmpses of imprinted
1nne sttlc'uscs md cabins built hero and tlierp
Els,salattg, according to tie fancY Of tho orig
sfasf i being evoked from tl.u arrIli.
Hetaisl ehapa. Streets ato being laid out ulld
ias surveyed. But tAera Is .ot roll of fence
~ ule toWn, aud uficn the pedcstrian ia At d
~ ~ 70 tel! whether hr IL walking on tho public
I%gass} %} Or through u citlzeM's back yurd.
tseN atlccts IN the construction OF the town,
,ssesei wv ase being rapidly rencdcd. al,d lut,
'''' y 'he sutest Aatural nEeney-speculation
rh1cEs OF REAL ESTATE
~ ~, .M,9ensbly high. On the main street $3.50 a
.'vu! loot Is considered All averuge valuation,
;, ,ts Y lof lear that they may not mako u Iuish
- - Isy ~! mAy few months huace by holding Oh
T. 10 tas!s properly. Tile editors of lie Daiiu
.arpmes .nn hougbt a lot fur t,ctr Office two
Maosa' s,asS :, ago o for $115, md las. week r.
,usea .,ss. H.oo5 for 1t. Tn Harrison avenue,
suSa,ng ~.aag a. right angles with tile n,ain street,
Tsisnse lots arc held ut from $500 to 81 GOO,
,saaaslle ~ vas originally occupied by souatless,
,n.a ru tGs 'apg tlnc these were allowed to jivo
mv'es.eu nin.. But nftcr the ya1uu ol thu siiyry
taa4;' Ia,es wa demonstrated Hnl neop!c bcent,
tttsM mo E1 tle vIllage Bpnee hcgan to be MIR
isz%ls,! s !aeh farlous ctf0rts were made by
tdu.i9rs ,nt TI 70 obtain legal possession ut the
oN.s pAtcIlL LlIQ6 Jhf 18HuEu by fIlt
EE,ssu'neRt Ee1sa.' llas buen TO Stevens & Letter,
H. sss t! u ono ot tic original prnprtctprs Of
ill., s@9ut saa y Iron slIne, Which Is now owned by
sanlhs a'u Or, L. 4. Letter, nf Chicago. Some
t,.1aa stas aeo he went 10 Washington, u,,tl suc-
r. ETY. ~ u SECURING patents to lasge portion VI
grrt1'3r 1 ~ she Sillagu Of LeadyElle. hut IL Is
ID HWY reported TINT this Land wus mt grnlt-
i, sbisb bGss 1hs regular Agricultural Land lava,
II II. 1llhllag claims Ut tcu acrcs arc allowed
ltS,'tu'efhl'lcnt mi, ~ fnr strictly mtnllt. PURPOSES
Lii. ,,i.so' = 70 Tue tito Of Aicssra. Stevens 81
IN l. n lan'c TO be disputed, as the land l,ns
d tSs ,e no WY used for mining PURPOSES, but
,ui IL 4 s1ltaty, l'as been purceleJ iii in lots.
Nb. ~ h.aln oelnE sold as Residence property.
r,,rti II, I, peen said Of Leauvile tl!at Us maju
,A,, MORE LIFE AND ACTIVITY
tr1ia rhes rai1est Of any city III the State of Col.
lid Il, ,a.s ins = very ncar tllu truth. All day
H. t,s,a asas INC broken sidewalks resuut,i with
ttIs" ~ o.a,e " teet. During tllu div biUckadcs
bBm,S,aet! IL tug street which wulitl do crrt]it
he t1n,insat,, antl, Us for the atslrwalks. they
,M Msu,'naaa!ly ssmna!ly crowded At uicht tlla sa,n,t;s
ltron vi toutca asc brilliantly jiohtci ami
ssamme %Mn ~ the roughcst class oi miners,
nh s H. 1fons their cabins up The gu,ehes to
psft1 'ea,sseises rea,sses according to thu most ap-
fhs iIeht. t.a9ae amo,,g mining Communities.
E.torc1s' Wy aliu TIC shadows OF mining liic aru
Ieppa IN, ,'"lnsled, and 1urm an Interesting
"'' 4'"aYs eom'nendnble picture.