Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-07-19
LEADvILLE LETTER.
LEApyILLE, Coz, July 8,

zoe and 75e above nearly every day.
Last summer It hardly reached 700 above.
But we do not find fault with the heat
here on the contrary we think ourselves
quite lucky In being In such cool climate.
There Is never any trouble from the heat
here at night, one can sleep as nicely as
though 1t were mid winter for the nights
are always cool. Last year there wasn't
q mosquito to be seen in camp. This year
they have been quite plenty down town.
but we never see them on Fryer Hill.
Dust is the great bother here. The morn
ings are usually lovely till about 10 O'Clock
when the wind starts UP and blows like
hurricane till O'Clock, r. N. Dust spouts,
| call them, are quite frequent. Dozens OF
them are seen every day. They AL move
! in the same directior-from southwest 10
northeast. They travel quite fast, ana
dust, tin cans, blocks of wood and all
manner of things are taken mp into the air
TO the height OF two or even three thou
sand feet. Last year a child, some two
years old, was caught mp in one of these,
forty feet from the ground and carried
some distance from the house where he
was at play without injury. Standing on
"Fairyiew" west end OF Fryer HID look
ing towards town In the day, the air is so
full of dust that the buildings on Harrison
| Avenue can hardly be seen.
l. de I'm IN vtsiuitV nf IpaHEllle.
have been raging for three weeks past,and
many thousand acres Of timber have been
burned over Men who are in the timber
business have undoubtedly set many OF
these fire for two reasons. The mines do
not buy any tlmbers only when dry, and
the fire kills them and they soon become
dry. Then they have have an idea that
all timber that is dead they have right TO
cut and haul. They think that the L. >.
law In regard TO cutting timber relates on
| IN TO live timber. There Is but one mine
in camp that buys any green logs. The
! Iron and Silver mine will have nothing but
green timber. They think IL Is stronger
and lasts longer. The Iron and Silver
mine ships more pounds of ore than any
other mine in camp. | think 1t has
shipped since April LIST TO July lst some
5000 tons. The ore Is not of very high
grade, however, 40 onces ore being above
the average, think.
The Chrysoite Is now working about
Jpn ,,,., pb.v cnrunaur.I ~ .hfn nrg
Tuesday. June -, and are shipping from
30 10 20 tons per day. How long this rate
will be kept up no one knows. There was
about 200 tons In the ore house To CON-
meuce on. We have been raising from 80
to 80 tons per day. the past week or
cou rse they can't ship any more than Is
smeiters FOR he three months endir 4
June 80, was So, iO3 .993, and for the six
months Of lssl, 81, 50l ,sl3. This dos
not include the hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars worth OF ore shipped TO Denver |
and other smelters. The Robinson mine |
alone produced and shipped ore and bull |
non 10 va S-NNsHN' VIZ |
hrst quarter OF ISL; and for this last
quarter over 800, 600 worth OF ore has |
been shipped through TO Denver, besides
there has been produced at the Robinson |
smelter sl0i 600 worth OF bullion. The |
smelters are all now running ut full blast;
are crowded with ore-more than they |
can possibly treat unless they increase |
their capacity. The FL Captain group OF
mines was sold yesterday for a good price, |
and the ore shipments will comence Tues
day, the 9Th. Sample assays show 10 ozs. |
OF gold 10 the ton. Mr.. James Langhorn |
of the Hibernia, has resigned the manage
meut Of that mine because the directors |
declared dividend when they had no
money 10 pay such dividend.
Coles Circus was In town yesterday and |
was well patronzed, there being about six |
thousand people present In the evening, |
and the tent was we'll filed during the az
ternoon performance.
There Is TO be no celebration in Lead
Vile tomorrow. There are TO be excursions
TO Denver and Twin Lakes. Mayor Dou- |
gan has prohibited the firing of crackers
and other fourth OF July combustibles, all
of which is not very gratifying to the boys.
Work NJ most OF the mines will be sus-
pended the 4th. There will be no work at
the Chrysolite during the day, but our
shift will 20 on at 8 : 80, p. NJ, the 4th, so
we loose no time. The other shit will
loose day. Many OF the men want to be
paid before the 4th, but pay day is the 9Th,
and in all probability the miners will have
many dollars more from the fact Of the
mines not paying of till the 9th; but some
of them will be terribly short.
Mr.. George Y. Clement of Kenduskeag,
Maine, who has been miner at the Pitts
burg for two years, was taken Sunday, the
] 10th, with pneumonia and died Wednes-
day, the Goth, at noon. Mr.. Walter Bemis.
friend from the same town, had his body
enbalmed and accompanied IL home, taking
the 4: 20, p. NJ, train Friday from Lead
vile. Mr.. Clement was a young man 23
years old and was q very industrious as
well as moral young man. He leaves a
widowed mother In Kenduskeag. That
both Mr. Bemis and Mr.. Clement were OF
steady habits is shown from the fact that
in less than the three years they have been
in this State, the two had saved from their
earnings about So, 400. They were both
boarders at the same house with myself,
and were very much liked by all who knew