The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-04
LEADEILLE.
Tho Carbonate Camp n s-seen by Wye
ming Eyes.

The legislative excursion party ar
rived in Leadville early Tuesday rel
ing and were assigned rooms by the
Clarendon. We may say "by" instead
of lat" because the crowd was too
numerous for the one building and
neighboring accommodations were
called into play.
After supper, tired as they were,
quite a number Of the ladies and gentle
men took a stroll about the streets and
a peep into the various brilliantly
lighted stores. In course of the ramble
the numerous saloons and gambling
halls revived wildly the traditions Of
the ~''wickedest city, in the world, a
vision which was made more promi-
nent by meeting a party of officers with
h%andcuffed prisoners en- route to the
jail. Out side this there was little to
be seen on the streets more than the
usual characteristics of city life,
Some Of the ex~curtionists further
satisfied themselves upon the dark side
of Leadville life by visiting the gamb-
ling dens and variety theaters, and two
Of the crowd perpetrated a joke which
proved quite practical, by passing them
selves off for professionals in affairs
spiritual other than their luml-
Gus faces would indicate, and as a re-
suit Of the %jocular tendencies of these
pseudo-chaplains the papers of Lead
vile and Denver had two of Cheyenne's
noted divines doing the gallant to the
variety actresses and going to bed with
their boots on; a joke severely practical
upon the divines in question.
After passing a comfortable night at
the Clarendon, only broken by q false
alarm Of fire which switched off slum-
berous visions of rocks and gorges on
the track Of wide awake pictures Of fire
escapes and burning houses, for a few
minutes.
Early the following morning most of
the party embarked in hacks and drove
about town and off on Frye and Car
Donate hills to inspect the mines.
The shaft houses of the Crysolite,
Little Chief, Little Pittsburgh and
others we're visited, but with the excep-
tion of one party none went down into
the shafts because of the hour being too
early. The hosting machinery, pump
ing works and immense ore dumps
were objects Of comment and curiosity,
however; until the Grant smelling
works were reached, where the process
of converting the ground ore into bars
of bullion and cakes of Stag was
watched with interest, and the party
resumed their Carriages bearing away
bits of Stag and bullion and soiled cloth
ing as mementos Of the visit.
A drive about the town shows many
of the fact that Leadville's
palmy days have gone by. On some
store after store lies vacant and
Of the principal street the marks of
the receding fever are apparent, There
are a few fine buildings. Notably 30,
are two public schools built of brick and
and large and ornamental. There
are several fine business blocks and
churches, but on the whole there is a
very transient air about the town.
] his of course will be outgrown as the
mining camp gives way to the business
town; but is very evident that the min
ing camp has done more than the town
will ever experience.
The day was a beautiful one, warm
and pleasant ven on the mountains,
10, 200 feet above the sea level; and the
absence of snow and presence of mud
made this first day of spring a genuine
day; lending its charms to the
pleasant but short visit of the Wyo-
mingites.
AT n O'Clock in the afternoon, after
dinner at the Clarendon, the excursion
lists again filled their special train and
rolled off down the mountains at a
lively rate; and left to themselves again
the old program of games, songs and
fun served to keep the time spinning in
unison with the speed Of the train.
Supper vas had at Como, and as be-
the meal was more than good.
The South Park spoken of before as
the Middle Park by mistake) was viewed
by the fading light Of a closing day,
and the scanty light Of night added by
vagueness to the grandeur and awe of
the mountain scenes from Kenosha
Hill homewards. In the dim light the
of the Platte canon glided by a
continual surprise at every sharp curve
IN the road, and they were continual.
II possible, the scene was grander and
more awful in its indistinct outlines in
the night than it was during the day
rip, and those who were able to over
the demands of WEAKNESS, en-
Dyed the downward ride hugely.
At between one and two O'Clock on
Thursday morning the party drew into
Denver, the position Of which had been
shown for some time by the electric
beacon on the spire of the Union depot,
from whence we have already brought
,he excursionists home.
n New Plan.
Yesterday afternoon the first Pullman
run under the new program
rom Kansas City passed west from this
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