The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-15
Our Colorado Ecfter-From AN
Old T1IaeF.

HANANl hNNtl lp-ift W Lll' ihtlallllt "a
Of Lcadyiile, which contains from 9
TO 10 thousand inhabitants from ever
nation on the globe. You will meet
Representative o..,gll FROM he tlpN
cry Kingdom. The iicatncH th.arr
being prescribed, dare not risk h.s prc
clOus head aud more historic pigiai
within The corporate limits Of the city
The mcst imaginative mind can moi
conceive the magnitude Of the famou,
city among the clouds, it being stu.
atcd at the foot of tie Mosquito
range Of Mountains, at an elevation
something near twelve thousand feet
above Ike sea, surrounding on all
sides by the ever snow capped Peaks
of the various mountains, her church
es, with their tall spires pointing up
ward seemingly to the clouds, remin-
ding the weary pilgrim that he is
nea er that land above than at any
former period Of his or her existance.
She a proudly boast without the
least equivocation of the richest
mines the world ever saw, in eithCr
ancient or modern times. Her smel-
ters are wonderful, in which thous-
ands of men are employed in the re-
ductlon Of her carbonate ores, into
silver bullion Hundreds Of tons of
which she is daily shipping East, it
being worth all the wav from 500
to $1,000 per ton. Her mines appear
to be almost inexhaustable, and now
discoveries are being made almost
daily. Thousands of men from every
nation ard cline wend their way TO
this famous city, believing they Can
Discovers bonanza. many of whom
with downcast heads and sader
hearts, ~retrace their steps %homeward,
poorer hut wiser nler. While the
few moIe fortunate, some Of whom
did not know where to obtain a meal
yesterday, will be seen to-day staiv-
ing OH the sheets with a cigar in their
mouth dressed in the latest style,
sporting Il gold headed cane and
counting their money by the hundred
thousand, and in some few instances
even by the million. l think a man
could safely make the assertion with
out fear of contradiction, that there
is to-day in this city of mines, 100
men hat made their way in there
last April and May not worth
so dollars that can not be bought out
for 800, 900 to-day. She has a eli
mate so intensely cold, that many
poor miners find a grave in her ceme-
try instead Of mine, from Nov. so, to
Dec. 10, it showed each day without
.ntcrmission, TIE ground being cover
ID TO a depth Of from 80 to Sc inches
IN a level. She has some of the fin
ost buildings in the west, both pub
ic and private, among which is the
Tabor Opera House, which is said
o be the finest building west of St.
She does not claim her pre-
,minence as criminal city, but there
s not q doubt but what there is more
Gambling bells, houses Of prostitu-
ion and dance halls than in any city
n the Union of five times its popula.
ion. Her corruption, vice, murder
rs aud robberics if bound in one vol
line, woull make a large book and
'et where the city stands it is not
over two years, since it was a
,ast mountain covered with trees and
Inhabited by wild beasts. You would
naturally ask how they get their sup
lies into this snowbound region. 1t
IS miles from the nearest railroad ,
o-wit the D. S. p. r r., unless you ]
over the range through the '
Pass, which is 1880 feet I
sea, the thermometer often
landing So degrees below zero up on
he sumit, the route across being on 9
y 80 miles, but man or beast can not s
ndure the cold; it being two miles s
.bove timber line, and not one sprig $
f vegetation to be seen, except now /
nd then in the summer a small tuft
f the more hardy kinds Of grass. 1t
equires 5000 6 and 8 mule teams to t
orwald supplies, machinery etc, to :.
Ieadville, and yet strange to say a
Our is only worth $3.50 per hundred
BIS, bacon y! Ter h., where the mer- 7
liant pays from p to 81 cents per
b. freight from the end of the Rail y
Dad to the city and glad to get his
upplies at that price, more anon. A.,
W. L. L. f
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