Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-11-09
w onderful Leadville.
FURTHER FACTS or INTEREST ABOUT THE
FAMOUS SILVER CITY OF COLORADO.

FURTHER FACTS or INTEREST ABOUT THE
FAMOUS SILVER CITY OF COLORADO.
Colonel Elisha w. Davis, n member of
the Pennsylvania Legislature, said to n
Philadelphia Times reporter, on return
ing from trip to Lcadville, COL:
"rwo years ago II little tumble-down
shanty or two stood on the site now oc-
cupled by Lcadville, city containing
to-day nearly forty thousand inhabi-
tants, and which | do not hesitate to
predict will have enc hundred thousand
people before the end Of another year."
"Ialk about the wonderful rise Of
San Francisco and other places" con-
tinucd Col. Davis, "but think Of Lead
willie in comparison with any Of them
and you'll acknowledge that it must get
the palm. With its fine banking con-
Germs occupying elegant buildings and
doing very large business; four daily
ncwspapers-thrcc Republican and one
DcmOcwt--not eXcellcd In enterprise
and general features by any other pa
pcrs outside of Philadelphia and New
York; several tlourishing weekly jour-
nails; three iirs,-ClaSs theatres; numcr-
our fine churches, including Episcopal,
Methodist, aud Roman CatcoliC; whole
streets full Of business structures that
are the architectural equals Of those of
many Of the large Eastern cities, and a
fine pos,-oillcc building now being
erected of brick and stonc--it Is already
city Of no little importance. Except
In the outskirts, II Is not scattered like
,,t MI An i1
pactly built up--mOrc so than Harrison
burg, of which, | think, II is the equal,
If it does not 20 beyond that city In pop
ulaton. Nearly all the temporary
wooden structures have already given
place to substantial buildings Of stone
and brick. Any quantity of good bricks
can be made there, suitable clay being
found In the immediate vicinity. Lead
willie looks just rs much like an Eastern
city rs does Harrisburg
The city Is $4,000 feet above the level
of the sea, and all around IL In The dis
tance loom up snow-cappcd peaks
During my stay Of three weeks there,
however, have perceived little, II any,
difference between Its climate and chat
of Philadelphia. Nevertheless, the soil
thcrcabouls Is not suitable for farming
TO any considerable extent, and the per-
mancncy Of the settlement must depend
upon the supply Of the surrounding sill
yer mincs, which for many generations
will be incXhaustiblc. The location Of
the city on n gradually sloplng mountain
II such TINT during n Thunderstorm the
people can see the lightning Hash below
them. Snow remains all the year on
the surrounding peaks. II is amu5lng
TO see how strangers In The city are de-
celvcd by the apparent distance of these
mountains. | started one morning TO
take stroll to the base Of one of them,
supposlng that It was about two or not
more than three miles or Judge ormy
astonlshment upon being told that 10
was not lCss than twenty miles away
The Journey wns postponed. Another
day, ns n wagglsh friend and myself
were out walking, we came upon a little
spring, run or brook, less than yard
wide. My friend stopped ut It's edge,
and, after appearing TO measure 10 with
his eye, proceeded to dlyest himself Of
his garments.
"What are you dolng2' asked, In
surprise. ..
"Going to swim across, Of course. !"
was the reply. I've been fooled enough
on 1.cadvilc distances; but after this
I'll try to make due allowance In my
calculations" .
Take II all In ull, the cost Of living In
Icndyille is no more than In Phlladcl-
pbla, while the remuneration for labor
ID from two 10 three times ~ large Hs II
ls there Beef l. cheaper aud better
there than here. The only supplies that
command higher price there are veg
etnbles. Day inborcrs earn from " TO ~
day; carpenters, ~ miners, from ~
TO Al 80, and other worklncn IN Ike pro-
portion. Any plucky man going there
with little capital ought TO get rich II
be minds his business. The entire SUR
rounding country abounds In mineral
wealth, chiefly silver and iron. The
fact that lead ua found In large qllantl-
tics, combined with these ores, gave the
city lts name. Silver, however, II the
most abundant aud, Of course, the chief
treasure sought for. Anthracite coal
was recently struck, nnd the supply
PROMISES TO be very great Every trade
and profession foutlshcs. Undoubtcd-
ly Leadville will be the center Of The sill
Yer mining business for the next twcn-
iy.fve years II IA now by FAR the larg-
cat town In the state.
The population Is not 40 Heterogeneous
ma philadelphans might suppose. The
majority Of the people nrc of American
birth, recruited largely from New York
state and the oil regions of Pcnhrylva.
mia. New Workers are getting hold Of
all the big mines. Several nlncs, IN
,irding Tho Robert 4 Leo. pilirhurg