The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-12
"a TfsUE STORY.
What LeadvilIe Mines Did for
One Poor Man. I.

Two years or mol e ago, zen Lead
willie was in its infancy and the fame
Of It's rich carbonate deposits had
extended Eastward only so far ~
Kansas, an enterprising young mar
RED man who had listened to the re-
ciial in ehyious wonderment. deci-
ded toiemigrate at once to this new
El Dorado Packing up his slim
stocked household goods, he, in COM
pany with his wife, began. the tedi.
Gus journey up She grand valley :of
the Arkansas with the motto Lead
|sille.or busta Inscribed upon his
banners When within a fewsmiles
|of Pueblo, his journey was interraft
teiEby tho arrival II a stranger but
after tafrying d few days at a farm
house to zee the wife and baby COM
fortably cared for, he pushed forward
alone 10 the wild struggling town of
Leadyille. His purse was very light,
but his.neFve and muscle were in
plethoric condition, and he found I'M
mediate mployment upon wind
lass over the Little Eva shaft on Fry
er Hill. He knew as little about
practical mining as he did about the
delicate machinery on the finest
watch, yet he turned the crank of the
windlasswith All energy and deter.
minationwhich rated him as a full
hand in the estimation Of his "pard"
who was doing the mining work
downin the sand and powders be-
meath the surface. The wife in due
time joined the husband in the com
Portable log cabin his industry had
provided for her. This cabin, built
near where Grants smelter now
stands, contained the first full-sized
window ever placed in position in
Leadvillc. The wife was atrue help.
meet for her lord, and by her cheer
full labor at the washtub she suppl.
cd her husband and the "pard" for
months with the funds necessary to
continue their mining operations
until finally mineral began to ap-
pear in the bottom Of the shaft.
The news of the strike spread
abroad and created a ripple Of ex-
element, until it reached the ears
Of Licutenant-Governor H. A. w.
Tabor, who, having property close by
demanded what price had been fixed
upon the mine, and the answer came,
100000" "I will give you $780,
000," responded Mr.. Tabor, and the
sale was effected. The money was
paid over in currency, wrapped up
in copy of the Reveille, taken by
the overjoyed husband into the pres
ence of his wife and tossed into a
chair, as though it was a package of
clothes for the wash.
"Did you make the sale?" inquired
the wife.
"Yes."
"Did you get the money!
"Yes."
"Where is it2'
"In that bundle there on the chair"
"Do you mean it?"
"Yes, do"
"Fifty thousand dollars in that old
paper?"
"Yes, Insisted on bringing it that
way to you, who have SO faithfully
worked to give me the means to con.
tinue mining, might rest your eyes
ON the entire sum which is our joint
property
With trembling hands the devoted
wife united the bundle and for the
first time in her life gazed upon fifty
thousand dollars, and then this
plucky woman, who through all
hardships of poverty and labor had
been strong and resolute, now like
true daughter of Eve, sank upon the
floor and wept over fortune.
This is about all of the story, ex-
cept that instead Of leaving Lead
vile to spend their wealth in some
locality where in a lifetime they
could hardly have amassed such u
competency, the couple now reside
here, and the husband is a member
Of the city ouncil.-Leadvlle Rereillc.
BE Short.
Long visits, long stories, long es-
savs. lOnp exhortations. and lonp