The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-05-14
LEARvlLLE.
A Characteristic Letter from Bob How
land.

following letter from Bob Rowland,
well known in this county, where he
was engaged in the mining business for
while:
LEADvILLE (CoL.), May 10, 1880.
This is "way up place" regarding
altitude; all kinds of weather. Yester-
day forenoon the thermometer stood y
in the shade, and in the afternoon the
street sprinkler, in full blast, was
caught out in snow storm ere he
could get to his stable. From twelve
to fifteen stages, and as many private
conveyvnces, arrive here daily from the
railroad, all crowded with ''tender
feet" Occasionally few on the dri-
ver's seat, known as ''Other Siders.
A tender foot is from the East, ''Other
Siders" are western men from the other
side of the Rocky Mountains. One of
the other siders arrived here yesterday
from Eureka with large valise, which
was nearly empty. He round the near
est restaurant and set his valise on a
chair near him at the table. The pro-
prietor told him If his valise occupied
chair he would charge him an extra dol
lar. "All right" said Eureka. When
the proprietor went into the kitchen
the fellow commenced to put everything
in reach on the table in said valise, say
ing at the same time to the valise, Feat
you son of gun, have to pay for
you"
BY the way, Dan DeQuill's old land
lord from Meadow Laks is here keeping
hotel. He fires off one barrel from
double barrel shotgun to call his board
ers to meals. A tender foot asked him
why he didn't "bang off both barrels.
ooh, no, said the landlord, VI keep
the other to collect with"
There are great crowds of idlers here.
About $1,000 waiting to give their
scalps to the Indians when the snow
leaves the Gunnison country. All, of
course, are going to find Richmond
and Eureka. Leadville has about 35,-
600 people, with one physician lin his
own mind he is The one). No rule of
custom here-a few out Of the whole
number who ever lived in city, and
never turn out to the right. The streets
are blockaded with lookers-on.
A few days since Black Crook pic
lures were posted on the corners lleg
dramal. and there were at least fifteen
hundred "countrymen" climbing over
each other to get "look at the pic
lures" The devil only knows what
there would have been done had they
been real legs ~.
1t was great mistake in naming
this place Leadville. 1t should have
been Joplin; there are more nice men
here from Joplin than are left there.
They are lost, though, when they leave
their wagons and are on the sidewalk,
and wonder why people run against
them. One says, "You bet yer life I'm
from Joplin, Missouri, l am; come in;
boys, all on we, and take somethin';
my friend from Nevadee is settin' 'em
up"
All would have quite city outlook
here were it not that the majority of
the people never saw city only by
looking out of car window as the train
stopped while passing through one.
There are five daily papers here, and
good ones. One first-class brick opera
house and ten other theaters all in full
blast; five of them have brass bands
playing in front every evening. City
water and gas companies; fire alarm
telegraph, and No. Fire Depart
ment; several fine churches and public
school buildings; one very fine brick
structure, the new Catholic Church.
Charley Knight and wife are here
from Eureka, running lodging house
and making currency. There are also
people here from the State of Maine; all
come with letters of introduction from
Professor Frank Stewart. The Maine
boys are all solid on the let her
"be."