The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
NOT An ARCADIA


leadNilie about week ago, and who in
teuds returning shorlly, was feeD yesterday
fJr snort time, by TINES representative
in regard 10 .hings At LealyiIle, the pros
poets for getting wealthy when you ge,
| there, etc. The Governor said il was nc
| pi4;e for poor man, and that if anyone
| z e. there with empty pockets, under the
| ~ pr ssion that be has struck an Arcadia
or d Utopia, where men pay you for sccept-
ing claims, aud where a millionaire i. as
| common - 4 member OF Congress, he i.
very apt 10 find gu his mistake, and that
10 a very short tine, too. There is no
doubt about il, hosever, ;hat
THE FORTUEATE FEW ARE MAKING MoNRY
there notably Lieut. Gov. Tabor, Of Colo
rsdo, who Is in partnership with -enaror
CnsB7e, the Two being osuers Of the Con-
oiii It'd mines.
A short lime ago Tabor was worth nothing
- -!etk Of, ling the proprie OF OF small
| grocery store; but by fortunate move he
became the owner, for a snail a1d trifiing
sun, Of q paying mine. and now hi- wealth
l. e-tiuated a. from - coo 600 to $1,000,
oUJ; be og magnificent mansion in
Denver, aUd il in r,c,ipt Of an Income of
~=Seril thousand doll Ira 4 week When
he railroads reach Leadgille il will be
GREAT THING FOR THE MINE OWNERS
a. ere or d TT which cannot be smelr.d 10
the city can I've shipped 10 other pl aces AT a
Comparatively tr,t ny II, where's now
.he c,-t of transportation Is worth h aif the
profit on the silver Irseif The famous
COm-'ock l. de in it, pslmisst d sys Welded
a5D Dut ~lJOOOO per day, but IL IL estIm sted
thst wh-n the Lesdviile mines are worked
short time longer AMI get in good run
n,ug ord r their yield viii be much great
IT. mere afe nov !Our Smelling works at
Leadsille, while
THERE Is ORE OR DIRT ENOUGH
taken out every day TO K, ep fDrty busy all
Jhe une, bat - a dgz n or more of large
capacity aTe 10 BE- erected IA soon as the
gea!her il favorable for building
operations this inconvenience will be in a
great measure Obyialed. 1he Governor
said the rich st mines only average f-om
forty to one hundre! and twenty feet 10
realh, alt"cugh Of course ,here are mines
hat have been 5u-k much deeper than the
latter figure.
ONE PECULIAEITY OF THE LEADvILLE
MINES
Is that the silver is not found in quartz or
ore, bat in the dirt itseif, and that insle ID
# goiag several hundred feet into the
-ar,h Al er the precious metal with a drill
AMI blasting powder, a shovel and pick is
III that Is needed the dirt Itself Contains
what the miner IL after, which il very rich,
and The dirt Il put into the furnace and
easily separated from the silver.
RENTs IN LTADyILLE
are enormously high, and 500 per month
eau bs Oh. aimed readily Tor building OF
not much more than the ordin ~ siz.
bdilaing lots bring "A 600 TO 3, 600 each,
,Gd lumber il very De ,r; the C Fl Of living,
however, IL moderate, hut it costs some
tbi3g to get house, either for a residence
or for bUsIB. az purposes. Three daily pa
p r make a good living there, gas works
and water works are projecting, and Que Of
ne largest hotels Ia be louud IN the cOun-
Try IL nOw in process Of erection. Ii Is a
paradise f,r the gambler, md the feslive
OHh ienCe mSn has Iu.l room wherein TO
spread himself
SOME OF THE MINEs.
The ex.-GoyeFnor, during his stay in
LeaGvIlle, hiss been a close observer and is
y sied in regard 10 the mi es in and around
here. Hetursi-hed the interviewer with
partial list OF The M Is, together with their
present capacity, which, however, does not
represent their capabIiIty, as there are a;
prs Mt none Of The shafts which have
steam hoistlng apparatus, (the hosting be- |
lug done entirely by hand although one |
r TWO mines have suspended operations to |
1aye steam apparatus put In A.; and spart
from that the capacity OF the four sDIelt |
i,g works in the town b5iBg comparative |
.y small there are thousands Of tons OF
iirt lying piled up resdy for the furnace,
o that many Cf the mines, IN fact, il may !
~ said none Of them, are being worked a.
they en- be
The following is the list Of mines ss fur
uished by the * Governor, tog -ther with |
the number # tons taken out dailg:
Little PIJisburg, 40 tons per day, al. |
yhough 100 tons per day could be taken out
ii the capacity for smelling was equal to
shat c1uli he taken out from the min;
MinniDuck, 20 ton; New discovery 40, |
aud Carbouiferous, 10. These five compose |
the CONSOLIDATED, owned BY Lieutenant |
q vernon Tabort and Senator Cnsfse |
Ap ri from these, which are RANKED as
,mpog the richest, are Little Chief, 40 tons |
psrd V; Carbonate, 10; Crescent. 20; Morn |
ing ar, 10; Camp Bird 10; Adelaide, 10;
Iron. 50. from viii h, however, so tons |
yer day could be taken; Long & Desrv, 90; |
Agsss'z, Is; Pine, 10; k.yslon., 5; Terri |
,ie, 5; cube Decker 10; Chieflain, ) !; |
Result, 5; Rancsero, ): Wolf t ,ne, 5;
Evening Star, ); CaI4Ipa, 5; Yluk-e |
Doodle, ); shamrock, 5; Dune IN, ): eli
max, 5; Aimee, 3; Vultur-, ); Eaton, );
Litlle Evs, 3; Union. B; Gsmbstts, );
Done ); Sfons, ); Lime, 3 J. ID. Dsvey, |
); Fair Hope D; Ready Cash, B; Stray |
Bsse, 3; Fletcher. s.; Mstch'ess, ); Fair |
view, 5; Davis 5; Little, ); Tiger, ) |
Grsndview, 5; William ReddicS, ); Luells, |
,; this latter was recently sold for so, o 90, |
having been in litigation for quite time,
aud sold as a compro mi-e.
The following mines rank as good with |
Weld not stated: Silver Wave, Ben Frank |
lin, Denver City, Pnilad-lphia, Caiwaila- |
der, and Cvclop-, which latter WAS recently |
sold for Sl00,O00.
THE ORE AND ITS YIELD.
The ore or dirt row being taken out daily |
is about $50 tons, 100 tons Of which aver
sge 200 ounces of silver per ton; l50 tons |
which average 100 ounces; 100 tons which 1
average 50 ounces, and loo tons which |
average 70 ounces 10 the ton, the daily /
yield Of the mines being about S45, 200. As
n Instance of how the mines Weld, note IL |
m ade Of the Little Chief, which is q shaft |
iour by eight feet, and wnen it had reach d |
a dep,h of >iNty feet, It's original proprietor
took pnt 81 UlD and from xhich fnur rnep