| Show AFTER DARK IH A MINING CAMP iic Quoor SlglitH lsrI Night Lire in tilt Gold llogloiif A Leak dI CHIII Ottiaxil II tteldtit Slrtelt ltfUllit Tamil ltttg Ke titfH lll Queer Citlitm owl til Oirloin lhintt nt fltlgliltr anJ Hi I I Uitktr AlJti fit GamMiHg M11 and lA > leare Ihllt A OiHant I CltdlldN f IIltlt The Mad ofjtnatltm ti a KtuMh Miltllara I IhItadelhian Niit duoei4 ttlllillit Will CitiLJtil etc I = CCOnlbtd1I11 rrstiUOapestes Ppvlai car ud51i attn ions LmrriA Canoe September ill 18G 1 IIP GOU till filons ere tlie 1 VLoflZ only live part of < tZl1 Jif ihc United States today Iluilnets I I dull In the cities Tlie lie Jtory Tires In many parts ol tlie country arc dead The fanners are grumbling tt hard times and the laborers I labor-ers are either out of work or almost ready lo strike for more wages This Is not so In Ihe Kockiei New prospects are being opened and the output ol cold from the Cripple Creek district Is I iversglng about a million dollars a month There ate 30 coo men now living liv-ing nil working within a radius of six miles ol this town and what five tears ago was a cattle ranch has become one ol the busiest parts ol the United Slates 4 Miners now receive fromfj lojo a dsy and Ihe mines are worked by day and by night ItO 11111 heARt OF 1111 10CKIE You hear little talk of politics and lit lie growling about the business depression I de-pression Everyone It I any for gold and the chief subjects ol I conversation are the outputs of the mines or the new strikes which are promised on the hills all about you I wish t I could show you this Cripple Creek region It lies you know Just back of rike Teak and as the crow llle within lets than one hundred miles ol IJenter It Is I two miles straight up In the air above the people who live 011 Die edge ol theses and Its great gold treasures AS It Merc on the very root If the United Stale You are very Joie lo the sky The air Is so clear that you can see many miles Ills dry ti and pure and lull ol ozone You seem tube breathing champagne and you goon go-on and on climbing the Villls hour afire hour until the night comes when IOU find all at once that tIle stimulating atmosphere cue worked your system lu more than III full and you are ready lo drop Cripple Creek ttsell lies Ins nest In these cilia The country surrounding tie in some place not much wilder than I parts ol 1ennsylvania New York and cute and In others it Is composed of nokculasuhldi rise gradually upward until Ihennotty cap ol the lurlherrnoit peaks almost reach the clear blue sky TIIUOOUIIV UTIIHT Or CAILI CKKlk The whole region surrounding the lowna > nt > liu gold Irom H In 1891 was shipped fxwooo north ul ore In tIps the shipments jumped lo 6onun In I 193 lu 1500000 and Iqer l lo Imo than fHooouvo The output thin tear promlies to be at lead tnelhlrd larger Ihiu that ol hoOt and now the hills on curry side ala honecumbed with hole You could not chase A fox over any annul the old grazing fields without biraklng your norna legs Here and there you see great altars standing cut ag nil the blue shy with piles ol rock beside them Trine are working mines and those big frame liulli Ings which frown down upon you fromihe hum are more productive of gold than woe Aladdin4 palace when It contained the wonderful lamp The lulls are covered with rocks neatly all of which contain a small prupoillon ol gold 1 and the very streets ol the town are underlaid with low grade ore Cripple Crip-ple Creek Is I built upon the rocks and the stony streets over whlrh IOU walk Ae1 I am told worth Irani f J to fro per cubic > ard lithe procciiei ol I reducing reduc-ing low grade gold continue lo Impiove the town may some lime have lu be moved for the gold upon which It stands A Irlcnd ol mine look me behind be-hind a building In the heart of the city the other day and In the volt of the ex cavallon showed me a strata of light color running through the darker rock IidlhluF cog sild lie contains I gold and It would pay lo mine It You can follow fol-low the vein and see how II crops out here In the alley lnyond Thai same allernoon I met Mr Trances the editor ol the Cripple Creek Mining Journal He tcox me through the little pine building in which his paper li I gulltn out and then shooed me In his back yard shaft about iIch there woes into of dirt That shall said he marks a pnxpecl which our newspaper company owns Some ol the rock has aua > ed Jjoa ton and It maybe very rich lower down CKlrrLB CKLEk AXI THE HUH The town ol Cripple Creek Un wonder won-der It in l less than five years old but It contain 12000 lople llwaslmrned down three months ngo but It Is I now last being rebuilt Some parts 1 of It are being suottanllally constructed and the people are evidently here lu stay Today To-day It ten hodgepodge uf loan It has all kinds ol buildings made ol all sorts materials thrown together In all sorts cl shapes The lawn lies on the sides of the hills 111 is laid out along wide streets which arc filled with dust In the summer and stliii It In the winter become olmuit of mud home of come mm vnismc I the hoM In Us honors section l uro more like lore tioucu ihuon louses I I uu caiiitmil on the i sidewalk and almost i al-most reach otcr the roof uheu ore substantial hid shors bncK tmlldlngr and an cannon is now being made hoe I A hotel which will cart Jioo uuo to build The cellar lu lu I Ix < uj tiut with blasting powder ant every loot ol I the rock Is I drilled and b own out wi h dntimti Thee H gold HI thin pr inte thit 11 thrown out tin Hue Inn ills ol too low grade 10 pay smelling II A little further on rock has been blaslcil out hors mining exchange and good huildines are fnXI up In r every parrot tie tduatc All of the main streets have wide board walks which arc filled with men from daylight until midnight And along which you may see many people moving during the wee small houis of the morning What a coirnopohtan crowd It It I tint walks these utreeut There are Henchmen Gtrmani Hoglish i and American rovbojs tram the west urcl lenderfcct from the east moving along la and fro trying tu keep out ol the I dust There are men In vet vrletiu with laced boots coming up lo their knees and there are men m homo spun who tramp pst you In cowhides 1 here Is the plug hat ll mite Wall Street broker the bicycle cap of tie clult antI the sombrero of tie bid man Irons Texas mlied flnd out uuitht Ihemtis livery one moves last There usome pushing and shoving but > ou are age wised al the good order everywhere kept Now and then you hoar man mtir but there Is I no shouting nu jelling jell-ing and abundant good nature This Is the mining camp ul 19 6 and not that oft of-t ° 49 Tao 1I0llSo 01 CRirrlC CRCHK Hack tram the builness streets you nee the homes I ol Cripple f Creek The hills about the Hotel fur a radius of lull A mile on each side are doled with huts cabins and franiv homes ol ot I descriptions descrip-tions Some are reipectable collages coiling Hundred of dollars Others are nitre store taxes covered wllli ml rooting panel tacked on to keep out the rain The mesh of the homes are still unpilnled and Ihe mesh yellow pine shines out amid the shack which me covered with this rooting cloth ol red or pink There cars mat y log cabins I line are Hat rooted and this eanlt Is Tilled up around their walls tu keep out the rain There Is I so little dampness here you can sleep on the ground and the only clanger is Irani the cold wlids ol the winter borne of the frame houses arc of the shape and size of a street rra without siberia I and others are mere sheds knocked up for the time Tnire hundrcas ol people 1 leJ = J hue sr living In trots and there are boarding lent and lodging Icnts In which from fifty to lusty hoes al itOl from aj to 50 cents a night for a cut units coins Kent are hUh in Cripple Creek There are no vacant stoics or toccata though building It I going on everywhere Some stores which are not more than eight heel aquame reul fur 11011I fho 10 Ion a moohlt sod any kind of n shecpiuug 1 titans would colt you rum 310 IOu week ticat cable l vry active anu Ihe lwlI h l now Icing built with the best ol public Improvements About three I thousand uollais a month are spent in Improving the streets by blasting away the rocks by dynamite A number nl new school buildings me going up and there are live uiUcrent icllglous or ganliitions which propose to erect new churches The town has a Y M Co A a balvillou Atmy and Its police or ganKatlon Is I such that a lady might walk alone Ihrougli It builne streets at ann hour ol th night ami not br in I ulird There are many niro fain lies hiving herr and some neighborhoods ores goad as you will Imd In any part ol llhc country THE PAKKIR S1UK III KltTIR CRRIK So much Inc the bright tide Cripple I Creek The ramp hs ammo Its thither ride tarn I told 1 lhal H is not wortethan tiat of other rich mining tamps but It It I I brut tiKUgh evil to say the least It is a II J III r sr Ya r dligrsce lu Colorado anil the United Sutia Along the main butlnem rlreet nniriy every oilier house k I a ulouii and In these saloons gambling goes on Irom daylight until dirk and Irom dark until dayiUnt Irieie are all kinds of game to catch Ihe Corey ul the miners min-ers oil cm play attn kind of a stake from five cents to a Ihomnnd dollars anil In addition to faro roulette and poker there are wheel uf fonnne pol ten kaines and K antcsatcrabt he miners work snIp eight bourn unit as the work goo on day and night In each r mine thins corps ol miner being employed em-ployed throughout twrntyfour hours nl eighthour shifts there are sluova growth upon the street and lice saloons are aUaya full Eabi I tnloon It Is I vube lu say has at Iran iluee gumblhiK games going on within It and as the saloons number bout eighty there mutt tie at lean 149 games at bIds cu can tree jour mauy In Ihe rose All loris of lceuru licensed 1 I he saloons I am laid nay 600 a year lot Ihe privilege ol selling liquor and every game pays his licence ol I 10 a month so you see the loan lime an income ol about f Souo a tear irons its saloons and of many 13oJWCJ a year from gambling IN TilE UAM HAULS lois I on Iiccsy I street lhat you find the most of the dance halls ol Cripple Creek Them are doiens ol them In the loan and they would baa disgrace tu nuy Christian community You cuter saloon at the km ol lh which i Is a big room In wlileh a screeching band pltys 1 be saloon Is filled wild men and want en some tuber some hall drunk others tottering with intoxication 11m women are young and not a few are pretty borne wear long Mother llukbardf some aro even more ccantlly did lice lien ol I all are lluilitd wltn drink anil some of the women almost stagger ns they puth their way In and out union tide men becilng I them lu djrco and drink with incm In mast edict the men refuse far many are here only to see There Is I nu ctiarge for the dace Ingbut the man who dances Is expected lo treat his partner and the girls are held out ass ban to sell Ihe liquor and 10 get rIte diunken miners to gamble Stoma moment and watch lie dance There ate quadrilles and wallace and cowboys with their bats on arc hopping g tO rl f 5 about In heavy boots over the Ixurd floors and swinging their drunken partners part-ners Listen a moment and IOU can hear their conversation this I not lit to print and oaths and slang are mixed with the vilest of language I hive seen some uf the famous wicked dances ol the world I have been in the I Moulin Kouge In bath nrrj hate seen the can cm but Ibis Is worse The raritlans I I vice into I a certain extent refined nnd hidden Here ill It open and dligutllng In the entente Tim cnuru CRIEK CnltITA QUA Gambling goes on every where There Is a Ions game now being plated In the r1 InUm back r the Cripple 1 Creek Motel Dills scattered around the streets adter minI Ieu keno roll and there are clubrooms club-rooms lo enter which IOU must know Ihe pssuvntd aou III u I UI are plied One SIM h 1 club li i known 5C lIce Cnaumuqua I hate lectured at llwlinp tncents gient t nautauqiu I Hummer school at chauiauqua jke NIt Y N-It Is one of Itir thirl Cnrlstlan Inill lotIons ol lime world and it IMS Its branch did s In almost every county ol the United Slates walking down the street Ihe other day with A newiptper friend 1 saw the sign Chaulauqua above a floor across the stteet and I said that I would l lik lu go aver and call and pay my reti ectt to Ibo members i if lime circle A queer smile came over the mess aeritbaut 5 fealiuel as he said t iI i All i light I am a member ol Dial Chaintuqun and I will introduce IOU UV eiiteitd a narrow hall through ale door of which I rauld see Into a saloon where at leatl sco men were gambling Wc hmcuoruh this and went upitalis anil slipped bclore a duor which Mat closed I nave a key said my ne spipcr fntnd as he opened hIts door wllli a night Icy and let me Into a large imr lor 01 the tables ol which were pipeis Irom all nans ol I the world I saw a copy ol the Cosmopolitan Magazine a llatiers Weekly And the hauiauqua Mjgstlnc and next lo them lay u count of lIme Police Goethe Ilelote I could realize hot such an ungidly paper as the latter came to Ito I taken by ncbau lauqua drum a tail thin genllcminly young man with u brown mouniachc and cold blue eyca came In I was In troducrd to him as thv mnagcr of the Chtulauqua lie gave me words ol welcome in a voice like oil and ashet I me to ilep into the next loom I dill sosnd I incrn saw the blggoi I soil neil rl II fIt f popular social circle In I Cripple CrciK It was a literary circle 10 tome ixlenf and Its mentbers were hard al worl riley aol about liblIe lublvo I eactcl with never at AI heallets IIII Iiiatuastd at5 iC hooke I Il1w I that the leaflets were Illustrated Tliey were Covered ulth red and black spols mid wllli pictures ol kings queent anil knaves It was a poker cnauuuqui and the chips on the table reprcsen ed many dollars In another part I ol the room was whit thought I al my first entrance en-trance an otjtct Uuon chats standing around what seemed to me lo be a model 01 Jerusalem or some ancient city Die professor sat down as he lectured I drew nearer The professor reld r I son was a crcupler and Ihe wheel lie was turning was not n model ol leiutalcm but Hut which has lost so many gieen horns 10 much money In the game of roulette The scholars woe Ihe pa > er and the money on the table showed me that the game was a high one A joung fellow from Philadelphia came into this Chautauqna one night Its I hail but a few dollai but he began 10 bet on the red and black Luck was In hit lunar and he doubled his stakes lie tell the money an lIme table dhiangio ih 11am on color I to lhn ucthmvt I 00w and f 11mm dr7 was doubled gain and again until lie Imad an loon won 116000 Thl was All the cash the bank bad on hand The croupier stopped the csme and went Ilwl out and J ltO f 10000 He 1 brought this In and dared the young gambler lu put up his 16030 1 on a single turn of the wheel und to double It or lose The rhlladelphUn however replied chat lie bad got enough and tint lib did not cute 10 play any longer lie took his money 011 with him to lose 1tIn all probability In some loIre game The majority ol the gamblers lone In the end the tier ccutigc In every game played here U In I later ol the bank and the mostol the games swindles out and out IN I THE csirnK CAKII JAIL And still Cripple Creek In some reo peels li an orderly town You can y u tll 11 all W ur II you cultivate It too much It may postibly land you In I lj jail Their ale 1 belter I j jails II I than hal oh Cripple Creek The lilt I paid tu thin pilion was Jut befote the lire Ike I marihnl look me to Ihe police station a building which looked rot all tIme wod like me lower ol a windmill boarded up Ue pasted through Hilt and at Its back In a little 3trf found the jail 1 There were at least a dozen piitoneis who were caged up like so many whit animals boa whole Iw clvo were kept UKlde an Iron framework made of twoInch bars crossed like n tattles work aud bound together 10 as tufoimUo Hers ol cage and lao that > OU could look through all ol lIme cages stance lacll tagu was just about high enough for a man lu I stand upright wild In II and each contained from two lo Ihreo mea There was no chance furor nectinlon fur-or privacy fur any one All were limned lugether And a burglar and a murdettr slept side by sIde with II two foollih drunken bays who bid I raised a row at a dance hall the other nlglil t |
