Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-07-12
LEADvILLE LETTER.
LEADvuLk, Coz, June 2s, 1881.

were PROBABLY HcNVA 81 tai sc u tncy are
At present, and yet several OF the largest
and heretofore greatest producing mines
are shipping little or no ore at all. The
Chrysoite has shipped bat very little
ss matter OF course, for she has very
small force at work. The little Pittsbgrg is
producing small amount from No. shan
On the Dives and from No. . on the Pitts
burg. They are not working the New
Discovery claim at all on account OF the
FIRE in the Chrysolite. The mines named
shove ought TO ship three hundred tons
Of ore daily, they don't ship thirty at pre-
sent. Is it any wonder that eastern cap
nslists are so 10th TO invest in Leadvllle
mines When a man gets biz once by a
dos he gets shy OF the house that keeps
the dog, and not only he himself bat all
his ueighbors travel another street Cap
ital Is however coming into Lesdville
slowly aud there have been many sales
OF property this season. but it will be 4
lons time before men OF money forget the
Little P,ttSburg break Such bad breaks
are not calculated 10 enhance the prosper
i,y Of any mining camp aud that OF the
ChrySOliJc j. not whit more healthy.
The chrySolite has now been shut down
or nearly So since June 81. lt was
thought then that the 18th OF June she
would be running again but they are not
rea Is vet aud no one knows when she will
start. II i rumorcd that they do not
care C they 10 not get ready 10 start be.
foe July l0;h. We are OF the opinion
that when all i ready they viii put on Il
large force OF men, aud ship some ore.
Some Of the dividends paid by Leadyille
mines during the last 80 days are Iron and
silver S!o0,O0O; Robinson 10000; Even-
ius Star SlO0. 900; La Plata Sl5,OoO; K.
L. Lee So. 600; Tae H,bernia declared =
dividend or $50, 600 but {; seems they did
not ship ore enough 70 pay her expenses,
much more to pay any dividend.
Mr.. :. V. White. president OF the New
York mining board says that he thought II
d. high time that any set OF directors who
were foolish enough TO declare dividends
on tue mere conjecture Of the value OF ore
We; unmined, should retire from the man
Asement Of mining company. | forgot
= mention the ''Duukin" declared a diyi-
i,nd Of $1,000. The amount earned aud
sent to New York in May at the Little
Chief was $4,000. That Is a very small
smOunt when We remember that year
$40 she was shipping from one hundred 70
,ae hundred end .ffiy tons OF ore per day.
The present ont put at the Morning Star Is
40 tons daily at the Evening Star 80 tons
per day. These two mines are run for
mineral and you can't buy at any price a
share OF ;heir stock.
To give you an idea OF the railroad buSi-
ness AT Leadyille Tor the month OF May,
will simply give YOU The figures in dol
lars OF the ID. \ X. c., one of the two
railroads Centrius in Leadville. Freight,
S3il,5S5.90; passenger, Sl7s, 6@S 50; mis-
cellaneouS, 500 co; total receipts, sjl4,-
.JG -. This we call neat little business
Tor Que month.
The hanging OF Rozencrans and Gilbert,
which was TO have taken place June Is.
was postponed. from the fact OF their
beng respited FOR II days by the Governor.
Il the Supreme Court does not otherwise
order" they will be hanged July 20. j
presume more people violated the til
commandment Il DO not give the number
FOR fear OF making the same mistake that
brother Seitz did on the 18th, than was
ever before known in the history OF this
camp. Without doubt several thousand
people from adjoining camps were in town
Ihat lag 70 see the hanging, and they were
not In the best OF spirits when they read
in the papers that both men had been
repr.eyed Ii was surmised that twelve
people would witness the eNece-
ton had il taken place as advertised.
The papers announced some weeks since
that the Leadville horse railroad would be
bulk and in running order July 4th, but AT
pre-sut il looks as though that was mis-
Take, for ground has not been broken, and
The only thing that looks ike having
railroad is the ties that are piled up in
Harrison Avenue. New York parties are
lSnishing the money TO build the road. we
.earh, snd there is little doubt that one will
* Guided his season, but l hardly think
i will be begun by the 4th.
At one O'Clock this morning there occur
red a cave at the Dunkia mine that luckily
did not result fatally. The men who were
al work 10 the mine a. the time were given
warning by the iimbers cracking, just In
tine 70 run and save themselves. Where
the cave occurred the works were over
one hundred feet below tho surface, AMI
mineral had been stopped out at distance
OF forty feet high-siK sets Of timoers.
You may have some idea Of the amount Of
earth which fell IN when l tell you that on
the surface IL Is one hundred feet across,
and the ground has settled more than
twenty feet. The sir was forced through
the drifts with such GoFce that the men
were blown many feet out Of the driirs-
Some OF the men were driven completely
over The heads OF others. Only two men
were injured in any way. and those were
not fatal. though one IS quite serious.
II IS rumored that Col. Bob" Ingersoll
IS 70 visit Leadyllie. We hope 70 see
him.
One Mrs Lord, = great Spiritual med.am