Show Leadville Noted Mining Camp Has Ha s Anniversary Y sY Coo Colo Sept 24 AP The prophecy made in n ism 1878 that It lead d would woud be dug out of the mine here for fifty years to come has ha come true a The town nw now Is golden celebrating Its 1 is anniversary with r when pageantry the reminiscent la late Senator of II the da day Y Ir A. A W W. Tabor swung his pIck into pay or ore e and The Tho I put Cloud City On th the e map We Well over a hat half billion dollars dot dol- Sara lars worth ot of minerals have sine since c boon been taken from the still prolific mines n Although millions ot of dollars worth wort h ot of J gold od had been extracted fro n California Gulch nearby sprawling amid COlorados COlorado's moue moun- mountain Lain tain tops nearly neary feet teet up did not come Int being until d other valuable metals were disco ered In 1878 TOWN CHRISTENED The christening ot of wa was was' 9 achieved that year amid holiday hilarity in which 60 ot of the towns town cItizen gathered from all classes claase into a a. gambling ha hall had a part an and d a voice After Arter reaching a quick decision to officially christen the camp Leadville Lead Lead- ville the meeting launched into a discussion ot of law and order and the vIgilante committee reported PUrchase par PUr- chase ot of a a. new coil ot of rope and th the e lynching shortly before of a claim jumper Upon due consideration the meeting meet meet- ing hg voted to allow a scaffold erected d In the street to remain aWhile e longer for advertising purposes and then prepared a a. list ot of names name s of undesirables who were ordered d to leave eave town The Tito bad men heeded the warn In log and began a prompt overlap d march to Denver ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT COMMANDMENTs The town meeting then turned it Its I attention to formulation of a set o ot laws for governing the conduct of o citizens and the ten commandments corn com were suggested as a basIs Great applause greeted lh the e chairman's reading of the commandments commandments command command- ments and it was promptly decided decide d to amend these with an h commandment Thou no not t jump thy neighbors neighbor's claim The resultant resolution whit which h carried read Be t It t resolved that the Lords Lord's Ten Commandments Com Cont plus one extra steal shall 1 constitute the laws s of Leadville until un un- ill til we find time to Improve o on n them I |