Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-02-08
LEADVILLE LETTER.
LEApvILLE, Col, Jan. 5, Is


Is on the Chrysolite. IL is ruinOus to any
camp to have a mine run by stock Jobbers
- these mines have been run. When the
stock was high they uulOaded; then they
soon after il went up to nearly $500 and
Of course they unloaded again making 100
per cent and all this time taking out only
lust mineral enough 10 pay expenses.
Thi, has been done twice since the IRE,
aud the iobberS are at this very time doing
it astia, and It l am not very much mis-
Chrysoljte a few days since, viii get bitten
bIl'y II i the mines that are run by IN
d,ijual> that make Leadville mines that
are worked for the mineral that is ia them
and not for the purpose Of gambling in
stock Whoever lives long will see plenty
mineral taken out Of the Pittsburg and the
Little Chief also, but al present everybody
saws they are played and there are plenty
fools who think the ChrySolite is exhausted
too Il i queer that man OF sense can't
see through a ladder with half the rounds
out LAST July and the first OF August
every expert q said that the Chrysolite
was done. The stock was then at $500;
.n ,le next seventy i've days she produced
500 con. and the stock went down TO
$50 while she was doing this. Now see
what she did Afterwards. Oct. 4th the
nine got on fire and il was certainly
threatened with destruction, the fire is
>tl, burning and from that day, oct. ~
t.u Nov. 18th, the mines never produced
aar pound Of ore and the stock went to
SIS You will see that il pays 20 have
mine burn up. We are not surprised n
all that the managers did not put the fire
out first. because he did not know how
any more than my two year old boy, and
secondly. because he did not want II
gueuched for the reason that 1t paved 10
hundred men were out OF work; dill not
;ley make loo per cent on their money
Invested and have az re miRsrIl lefC
stock i0bbers should be claSsed with high
waymen, tho we admit they are 4 worse
element The bullion shipments for $50
were about SIS .Ocu. 900, an increase over
$50 Of S6.or0.00O. Probably had it not
been for the strike and the stock gam
h.,vS the amount would have reached 500
r. We have no doubt but that for this
wear the amount Will reach nearly SIS, COO
u-U- there is good prospect for IT, There
are iu the camp to-day. mines that last
June did not produce o-c 10 all, that are
now shipping from 30 90 iop tons per day.
The MatchlcSS. which j. owned by Gov.
Tabor. nets him Sl.oo0o0 per day; he
paid $1,000 for it. and afterwards had
other claims TO pay, 50 it cost him Sl51,-
oo1. Everybody said he was fool for it
would never pay; but that was another in
stance where the croakerS made a mistake
Two years ago Gov. Tabor was only
grocery man today he Is worth from ten
@. t-H'y a.Hii.Hs. Governor elect Geo.
y Robinson. who was killed recently AZ
Robinson camp. was also a millionaire.
AM le too. like Gov. Tabor. made his
money .u mines Not all who invest In
mines get 20 DE worth millions. but men
are quite plenty 10 this town who have
made one. two aud five hundred thousand
dollars iu a few months. Bill Lowell, or
Chicken Bill. a. ne i called. sold the
Chry>o,ite 20 Borden aud Tabor for about
10000 and 10 was then thought TO be a
fair price. For * claims on Fryer Hin
Lowe, only GOT about three thousand dol
Lars. There has already been taken out OF
the CArySo,ite f.ar mUl'oR. The Chryso-
lite. consolidated as IL is claims, 20
acres-the mineral cannot De taken out OF
her by 1000 men In ten years. That Is how
nearly played out think she IS.
The Railroads, OF which there are two
running 20 LesdviIe, DO a heavy business.
The Denver and south Park uetted in one
month SlS2,00O There are four trains
daily 90 and from Leadviue; two on the
;. 7. aud two on the Rio Grande; both
roads come in on the same track from
B-eua Vista. The road Is Just completed 20
k0komo. sixteen miles beyond here. lis
going through TO the Pacific coast.
The PoStotice OF this town does more
bushes, than any other in the State ex-
crpt perhaps Denver and II exceeds that
10 some departments. The sale OF stamps
a: this Office FOR the year ending Oct. lst,
l>>l. was So. 394.O-. Box rent IS 81
Per quarter, or s. 90 per year. rented
box and found no fault, but in some towns
in oxford County the good people kicked
a. paying sixteen cents per year, cents
quarter. The money order business for
Tie year was 5000. S4S.ll This was in
domestic orders; on international money
orders S4l .650.72. This is pretty good
showing for an Office so young.
The employees Of the Scooper and Den
Yer City mines got present OF ten dollars
and holiday Christmas. These two mines
have made rich strikes Of mineral quite
recently, hence their hberality.
The winter thus far has been very ike
wiuter in Maine. The thermometer regis
tiers zero nearly every morning and fire.
Quently goes 20 10 below. Last summer
I had an idea that il would be more
healthy in Leadville during the winter
months than the summer, and / am quite
Sura now I WAS right IL aDDears from