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Updated: June 19, 2025
There were men who had won fame as Rocky Mountain stage-drivers, or who had spent endless days in guiding the slow wagon-trains across the grassy plains. There were miners who knew every camp from the Yukon to Leadville, and cow-punchers in whose memories were stored the brands carried by the herds from Chihuahua to Assiniboia.
In that case, in spite of our precaution in putting Munson off in this lonely place, word of the Red Cloud being in the vicinity of Leadville may reach the diamond makers, and put them on their guard. We want to take them unawares if we can." "That's so," agreed Mr. Jenks. "We had better get our gasoline at the first stopping place, then, and proceed with our search.
Other strikes occurred in 1896 and 1897 at Leadville, in 1899 in the Coeur d'Alène mining district, and in 1901 at Rossland and Fernie, British Columbia, and also in the San Juan district in California.
I thought this very strange, as, if he had ran away from Leadville, it would certainly be very unwise for him to return. However, I heard no more about him, but I have seen Bob King frequently. He comes in several times a week, and you can most likely find him about some of the boarding-houses around the Union Depot." This was all that could be gained from Mr.
Kit Carson, King of the Guides. Leadville Nick, the Boy Sport; or, The Mad Miner's Revenge. Lighthouse Lige; or, The Firebrand of the Everglades. The Desperate Dozen; or, The Fair Fiend. Nighthawk Kit; or, The Daughter of the Ranch. Joaquin, the Saddle King. Mustang Sam, the Wild Rider of the Plains. Adventures of Wild Bill, the Pistol Prince, from Youth to his Death by Assassination.
We know that she went as far west as Leadville, Colorado, because of the touching little story that is told of her visit there. In that town she had founded the Martha Washington Assembly of the Knights of Labor, and when she left she was given a small parcel with the request that she would not open it until she reached home. But, as she tells it herself,
There was no doubt but Myrtle had interested the man. "My girls found her on the train between Chicago and Denver," he began. "She was on her way to join her uncle in Leadville." "What is her uncle's name?" "Anson Jones. But the child was almost helpless, ill and without friends or money.
An old-time clothing man who traveled in Colorado once told me this incident: "I used to have a customer, several years ago, over in Leadville," said he, "that I had to warm up every time I called around. His family cost him a great deal of money.
She ran toward him. "Mr. Kinney!" "No, you don't! no, you don't!" "Why, don't you know me? Mrs. Hubbard?" "He he told me you was dead!" roared Kinney. "He told you I was dead?" "More'n a year ago! The last time I seen him! Before I went out to Leadville!" "He told you I was dead," repeated Marcia huskily. "He must have wished it!" she whispered. "Oh, mercy, mercy, mercy!"
He told me that he had got into some trouble about a game of poker in Leadville, and that he had shot and perhaps killed a notorious gambler in that city. He wished me to help him, as he was hiding from the officers who were after him, until the affair blew over. He seemed particularly anxious that I should help him to get away.
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