Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-22

corrugated. isie by Frank G. carpeu,orj
..s,i Correspondence Of the NrwS
IlnpuLLE. Colo, August i9ih,rs96
| .(,SJ EADVi1LE IS ONE OF
| ~ the great treasure vaults Of
| eil1IQh the United States. Within
I-NNN ~ the past seventeen years
/ ~ Uncle sam has drawn upon
I.gcY5gl il to the extent OF more
'tly~O than $500. ooo, 600, but II has
Loday more than one hundred producing
Infnes and its undeveloped riches are in.
IL,leulable. 1t contains some OF the
Irehes, gold and some Of the most won.
I5,nul silver mines OF the world. The
I,,ui,ory surrounding Il is being repros'
I,,e,ed. new mines are being opened
,rd some OF the old mines are so won
It,hul in their production that their
,wnefs do not want them mentioned IN
Be newspapers. Such a one Is the
little tommy" which now has an out
"a, Of sio 600 worth Of gold day, and
I,bieb, am told, could be made to pro-
tsee, Il the owners wished Il, $4,000 in
,old daily Ter years to come. | met the
resident OF this mine the other day and
I,,ked II I might visit It. lie offered to
rant the permission, bu, only on con-
don tina, would say nothing about
Nv trip in the newspapers. | replied
bal was in Leadyille to get the news
I'D not to suppress il, The result was
I'D not visit the mine. There is no
loabi, however, but that II Is one OF the
ros, wonderful mines Of the world. In
&c Of the banks here there is about a
p,ek Of specimens OF the pure gold
shch has been taken from II, The
tod In the vein is in the shape OF or
Gary gold ore, but in places there are
hkes and scales OF pure metal, and
tsD now and then q rich pocket IS
struck In which II lies In Jumps. The
talyuiput Of the Little Johnny''is now
about 200 tons, and the average value OF
he ore is nearly $50. There are now
Vi shafts on the property, the two deep
at Of which are $50 feet. Gold Is
struck about 200 feet below the ground.
srdit Is said that the whole area OF
rofe than 100 acres is mineralized.
MILLIONS IN SILVER.
Leadyile is one Of the greatest silver
umps Of the United States. Millions
sp0n millions have been taken out OF the
ith back Of the city and scattered
broadcast over the world. Much OF the
noney which Levi 4. Letter is now
pending in entertaining in Washington
I'D gallayanting over Europe came from
silver mine here, which he bought ior
l iioooo. aud which PANIED out more
han a million. A great part OF James
l G. Blaine's political expenses were paid
ogi Of his silver mine In Lcadyille, aud
6 Is only a i've minutes walk rom the
lear, OF this city to the spot where
S,nalof Tabor, by grub stalking a couple
q miners, Jumped at once from the
POSITION OF poor grocer TO that OF a
-nng millionaire. think that Tabor
uade something like seven or eight mil.
lon dollars out OF his mines here, and
nough he is practically bankrupt today,
Aefe are others who have done almost
we'll and kept their money. Millions
l)on millions OF dollars worth Of silver
las been taken out OF the hills back OF
he town, and there are vast quantities
Z dump and waste rock walled up al
sos, on the edge OF the houses. The
oy itself Is underlald with precious
nnefals. About year ago Major a.
v, Bohn struck silver mine on the
tcge OF the town, the ore OF which
Nefaged 100 ounces OF silver, with now
md then jump TO as high as from 300 to
90 ounces. It has been found that
MS vein extends right under Leadville,
and Il Sa question now as to whether
Lsadyllle can hold It's silver or whether
us 10 60 To others. II Leadvile gets II
RHill be the richest city Ia the world,
and single pockets oi ore under the
Streets will probably pay more than the
tly debt and leave a big surplus in the
ueisuty. l.eadyi,le claims that the
Heels were dedicated to the
municipality, and that all that is under
Aem belongs TO the city. The original
esnefs OF the land are now trying to
Felend that they gave the ground only
night OF way, and so the question
llngs in the courts.
Many OF the silver mines OF i.eadville
ue SO rich that they can be worked at a
piohl, notwithstanding the low price OF
aVsr' In the Moilat and Smith aiines
esie ATE $50 men on the pay roll as
llnels, ana II takes about three men to
u4nule aud care Tor the ore TO each
amer There are 5000 men al work In
We Leadyllle mining district, aud labor.
No. gel nom So to 81 per day. The
"ollon mine has recently sttu * an I'M
slshse body OF ore, neither end Of which
~ YET been found, but in which los, coo
Gs Of silver.hearing rock have been
soetel out. THIS, II is estimated, will
AZ least IS a ton above all expenses
handling and smelling, making the
~ ms mine alone worth at least
1900. Mr.. Moila, told me In my in
TWsw that his best mine had been
w Maid OF Erin" for which he had
a.u aoou1 100000, and out OF which
Ln1pN ana ms partners had made
$4,000. This mine Is still being
sglGed, and there are other great silver
-'ueS here which are shipping ore.
AWsIT TO THE "MAIp or ERIN"
paid a visit the other day to this
IS,mllllon-dolnr maiden. The Maid
,Ad I'm SILVER mine lies on the hills Just
80 80 Leadville. 1t is surrounded by
ns sauIalhs OF waste rock, and 1t has i'm
vase frame buildings, something like