Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-11-13
LEADYILLE.
What Former Resident Of Pittsburgh,
Pa, Thinks Of This Colorado Min ing

What Former Resident of Pittsburgh,
Pa. Thinks Of This Colorado Mining
city.
T. Il. Wilcus, who emigrated from
Pittsburgh, Pa, 10 Lendvillc last
March, and who WAS commemorative one
Of the earliest settlers of the great car
Donate camp, and who recently sold his
interest in the Matchlcgs mine 10 Gov.
crnOr Tabor, thus writes in response 10
"a series Of questions from "a friend: Now
~ tO your quc-tion8-Qucstion How
arc yOu'" "Well. I'm troubled some
with the rheumatism. Sometime lis
located IN one place. and in au hour il
flies 20 another. This is an excellent
country for rheumatism Question
" What am doingP' " am mining:
have interests in about dozen claims,
IN different localities; indications are
Hoou. There Is not man of.m ac-
JualnEtnce but thinks he is within ten
i"tt oi pay mincr"i. The business re-
MINDS mo very much Of boring for oil,
IN TINS respect. That you are on the
lookout for certain strata OF rock. AS
indication, etc, ard YOU watch Inc
changes IN formation ~ carefully as
doctor will for changes in n patient"
Question: Are sou satisfied with so
cieiy, business prospects. etc. sufficiently
10 make Colorado your home?' Not
II the court fctaiug it, balance. Tie
society consists Of sic hoodlums. 10
pug-uglics, and nn infinitessimal frac-
ton of decent folk. There are reprr-
s'nicd - be about ! 300 women here.
classcd ~ follows. One hundred wise.
200 uHwise and 200 otherwise. The
country Is principally straight up and
down. Persons that have lived here
over sI1 months are invariably top
sided from walking on the hillside 80
much. Business prospects are not first
class, The place being, generally speak
ing, oycrdouc." Question What ef
feet has the rariiicd atmosphere on your
rcspiraiIons' Clear days / have no
difficulty In breathing when no: work
ing. but on cloudy days lis about all one
wants TO do 20 wTostlc for his oxygen"
Question. " hat has been the general
health Of the people?' well. not good
by any means. Too much cxpogur' and
privntlun. added 30 cold winds aud thin
airs, brings Us 90 your next question.
Tia" prevailing diseases arc pneumonia.
quin-cy. rheumatism and hcTnorrhage
al the iung-.' Question; How would
the almo-p -phcrc affect consumpiiyc or
ease Of pulmonary hemorrhaccg' 1T
would Kill ia m a good deal quicker
than IN Eastern doctor. and not half
try There is an excellent crop Of sage
bush here. and lis about the only thing
that seems 10 stand the climate. This
l. nice place 10 live il man could
only train himself 10 think no. hut /
would not live hcrc for 500 a day the
year round, and know ! wouldn't Ike
10 be found dead here" Question
Have YOU made anything yct2" I've
made $4,000 of my mine. and other
shares look favorable. But It's AL luck.
and ] know oi scycra dozen persons
who hav" lost q n they had. An up. and
down .ifc. fraught with much care and
anxiety. ranging from ahiest poverty
to aiilucnce in few hours One day
you may be Head broke and the next
not have cent; one day you lose. and
the next can't win. In fact. I've known
persons here TO have q dislrcssingly bad
streak Of luck for months-and then It
would get worse Such j. life"