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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 3054014" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Two, “Leadville, Here we come!”, Sunday, May 28th, 1882: </strong></p><p></p><p>The railroad does not venture near the town of Empire, a village of around seventy-five people with the main building being the Inn. It makes its money by being a layover place for road travelers (the equivalent of a modern day truck stop). It is a short distance off from the main road and the simple accommodations were not up to Mae’s usual standards which she expressing in the morning, stating “The things I must suffer for my work.” She gets little sympathy from here companions, with a very sarcastic “Poor thing,” from Joe being the only comment. </p><p></p><p>They get an early start and quickly head south through the mountains, traversing the mountain pass as best as they can. Towards late afternoon they are approaching the mining town of Dillon. This was the closest community to the mine where Mongo had spent the last nine weeks and also where Pamela bought the wagon, draft animals and supplies to change the stagecoach’s appearance. So they decide to bypass the town to be on the safe side. Mongo suggest that he wear a hat as a disguise. The others realize that the giant of a man would be recognized, hat or no hat, so as an added precaution they have both Pamela and Mongo stay inside the stage with the curtains drawn as they ride by. </p><p></p><p>The next town reached is Frisco, which they reach well after dark at around 9:00 P.M. They feel relatively safe as neither Mongo or Pamela had gone that far south, minimizing the chance of them being recognized. They anticipate they are now around a day-and-a-half from Leadville. The town is somewhat busy as it is also a train stop on the only railroad line running between Leadville and Denver, with the road continuing parallel the railroad tracks for the remainder of their planned journey. </p><p></p><p>The group has an active discussion about maybe robbing a train rather than going on to Leadville. Unfortunately they have no way of knowing which trains might contain silver and gold, or which might instead be loaded with just standard provisions such as food or grain. Even if it appeared to be an ore train, other minerals are minded from the region as well such as tin, zinc, tungsten and the ore that the upcoming town is named for, lead. </p><p></p><p>This hotel is much nicer than the one in Empire, with suites for the well to do. They discover from talking to people at the hotel that with all of the nouveau-rich from Leadville it has many things associated with fine cities back east, including an excellent opera house deemed the finest between Saint Louis and San Francisco. The richest multi-millionaire I the state made his fortune in Leadville and built the opera house. He often has rich friends visit, who while in Frisco on their way to or from Leadville stay in the Presidential Suite that Arthur and Mae then get for themselves. The others get normal rooms. </p><p></p><p>The main dining rooms as a framed autograph photograph of Buffalo Bill Cody on the wall. They have a very nice meal and since they arrived well past the dinner hour are the only ones dining. They retreat to their rooms. Arthur finds a newspaper which has a detailed story of the fire that swept through Tombstone, Arizona three days earlier, destroying the majority of the town. </p><p></p><p>Monday, May 29th, 1882: </p><p></p><p>They head off at a reasonable time in the morning. By mid-afternoon they reach the small mining town of Climax, Colorado. As it is the last stop before Leadville, which is now only thirteen miles away. However, treacherous mountain road lie ahead for the next ten miles which they have no desire to be riding on after sunset. So they stop for the day, this having been the shortest day on the trip thus far. </p><p></p><p>Flying Arrow gets information about how to best tend to the horses for the rough mountainous terrain that lies ahead. The road itself is said to be very sturdy, having been built by the railroad workers while they put down the adjacent train tracks. Mae inquires from the Innkeeper about the safety of the road ahead as far as robbers and bandits are concerned. She is told that it is fairly safe given how regularly the trains run by, with soldiers assigned to all shipments of precious metals. Coaches are said to be safe because most of the silver ships by train rather than coach. </p><p></p><p>Tuesday, May 30th, 1882: </p><p></p><p>They head off the next morning, having all gotten a rather poor night’s sleep due to the trains passing by the hotel every hour or so. They soon see Mount Elbert which is thirty miles ahead to the southwest. When they are two miles from the town they see it in the valley below: </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.rainfall.com/posters/mapspanoramic/6502.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rainfall.com/posters/mapspanoramic/6502.htm</a> </p><p>or </p><p><a href="http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?...p/~ammem_Thoe::" target="_blank">http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?...p/~ammem_Thoe::</a> </p><p></p><p>They are impressed by the vast size of the community with Mae adding “We could disappear into that easily”. They ride into the town known by the nickname of “The Silver Capital of the United States”. The smelters and mining operations comprise much of the surrounding parts of town, from which emanate the loud pounding sounds from the stamping mills, which essentially employ hydraulic hammers to pound the ore. Much of the mining operation is powered by coal, further adding to the dirtiness of the place. Mae comment that it is an “Ugly and noisy place”. “But also rich,” Deadeye adds. </p><p></p><p>As they approach the town Deadeye says, “Okay, where should be start?” Pamela says, “Well, we can’t exactly walk up to somebody and ask where the best place to rob the town would be.” Deadeye suggests, “Well, we could hit the banks and indicate that we have money to deposit and need to ascertain who secure it would be.” Pinto says, “Maybe you could say you own a silver mine and arrange a tour of where they take the silver.” Pamela suggests, “Or say that you might be interested in investing in the mine.” </p><p></p><p>Pinto adds, “You need to see how much they keep on hand to decide it this is worth it or not.” Deadeye says, “Them being millionaires isn’t worth all that much to us if it is all invested in the mines.” Mae says, “If they’re pulling what they claim out of the ground there should be plenty for us.” Mae like the idea of a bank job. Deadeye says to consider the a train robbery as well, waiting until the train is between towns and then uncoupling the relevant train cars. Pamela indicates her reluctance to taking on large numbers of soldiers. Pinto points out that trains have to remain on the tracks, which can be used to their advantage given their better mobility with horses. Deadeye also suggests the possibility of hitting a payroll for one of the larger mines. </p><p></p><p>Mae suggests trying to get currency rather than silver due to the weight of the ore. Deadeye says that with the coach it wouldn’t be that difficult to transport a fair sized amount of silver bars or ingots. </p><p></p><p>They pass a large sign near the entrance of town that reads “Leadville, The Source of Silver”. Mae suggests that they find a good hotel but not necessarily the best. The fanciest one in town is the Tabor House, which Deadeye likes the look of. Other nice hotels that they ride by are the Windsor, the Stratham, and the Colorado Arms. Pamela suggests that they might run into financial difficulties trying to live the part of visitors to the best hotel. Pinto says, “Well, it’s not like we’re really planning to pay our bill before checking out.” </p><p></p><p>The decide on the Rische Inn which is a multi-story brick building with a nice carriage house out back and appears to have good sized rooms. The bring the carriage to the carriage house, explaining Flying Arrow to the workers there as being their stable hand. </p><p></p><p>They enter the main foyer which has red plush carpeting and fine oak furniture. The main lobby has a sitting room off from it and a large fireplace with a roaring fire in it not far from a long oak desk. A large painting is above the fireplace . The painting is of a man in contemporary clothing with a fat face, brushy mustache and muttonchops that has an engraved sign that reads “August Rische”. Deadeye concludes it is a painting of a man who got rich in this town rather than being ‘old money’. Mae mutters, “Maybe we should find him and relieve him of that money.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 3054014, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Two, “Leadville, Here we come!”, Sunday, May 28th, 1882: [/B] The railroad does not venture near the town of Empire, a village of around seventy-five people with the main building being the Inn. It makes its money by being a layover place for road travelers (the equivalent of a modern day truck stop). It is a short distance off from the main road and the simple accommodations were not up to Mae’s usual standards which she expressing in the morning, stating “The things I must suffer for my work.” She gets little sympathy from here companions, with a very sarcastic “Poor thing,” from Joe being the only comment. They get an early start and quickly head south through the mountains, traversing the mountain pass as best as they can. Towards late afternoon they are approaching the mining town of Dillon. This was the closest community to the mine where Mongo had spent the last nine weeks and also where Pamela bought the wagon, draft animals and supplies to change the stagecoach’s appearance. So they decide to bypass the town to be on the safe side. Mongo suggest that he wear a hat as a disguise. The others realize that the giant of a man would be recognized, hat or no hat, so as an added precaution they have both Pamela and Mongo stay inside the stage with the curtains drawn as they ride by. The next town reached is Frisco, which they reach well after dark at around 9:00 P.M. They feel relatively safe as neither Mongo or Pamela had gone that far south, minimizing the chance of them being recognized. They anticipate they are now around a day-and-a-half from Leadville. The town is somewhat busy as it is also a train stop on the only railroad line running between Leadville and Denver, with the road continuing parallel the railroad tracks for the remainder of their planned journey. The group has an active discussion about maybe robbing a train rather than going on to Leadville. Unfortunately they have no way of knowing which trains might contain silver and gold, or which might instead be loaded with just standard provisions such as food or grain. Even if it appeared to be an ore train, other minerals are minded from the region as well such as tin, zinc, tungsten and the ore that the upcoming town is named for, lead. This hotel is much nicer than the one in Empire, with suites for the well to do. They discover from talking to people at the hotel that with all of the nouveau-rich from Leadville it has many things associated with fine cities back east, including an excellent opera house deemed the finest between Saint Louis and San Francisco. The richest multi-millionaire I the state made his fortune in Leadville and built the opera house. He often has rich friends visit, who while in Frisco on their way to or from Leadville stay in the Presidential Suite that Arthur and Mae then get for themselves. The others get normal rooms. The main dining rooms as a framed autograph photograph of Buffalo Bill Cody on the wall. They have a very nice meal and since they arrived well past the dinner hour are the only ones dining. They retreat to their rooms. Arthur finds a newspaper which has a detailed story of the fire that swept through Tombstone, Arizona three days earlier, destroying the majority of the town. Monday, May 29th, 1882: They head off at a reasonable time in the morning. By mid-afternoon they reach the small mining town of Climax, Colorado. As it is the last stop before Leadville, which is now only thirteen miles away. However, treacherous mountain road lie ahead for the next ten miles which they have no desire to be riding on after sunset. So they stop for the day, this having been the shortest day on the trip thus far. Flying Arrow gets information about how to best tend to the horses for the rough mountainous terrain that lies ahead. The road itself is said to be very sturdy, having been built by the railroad workers while they put down the adjacent train tracks. Mae inquires from the Innkeeper about the safety of the road ahead as far as robbers and bandits are concerned. She is told that it is fairly safe given how regularly the trains run by, with soldiers assigned to all shipments of precious metals. Coaches are said to be safe because most of the silver ships by train rather than coach. Tuesday, May 30th, 1882: They head off the next morning, having all gotten a rather poor night’s sleep due to the trains passing by the hotel every hour or so. They soon see Mount Elbert which is thirty miles ahead to the southwest. When they are two miles from the town they see it in the valley below: [url]http://www.rainfall.com/posters/mapspanoramic/6502.htm[/url] or [url]http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?...p/~ammem_Thoe::[/url] They are impressed by the vast size of the community with Mae adding “We could disappear into that easily”. They ride into the town known by the nickname of “The Silver Capital of the United States”. The smelters and mining operations comprise much of the surrounding parts of town, from which emanate the loud pounding sounds from the stamping mills, which essentially employ hydraulic hammers to pound the ore. Much of the mining operation is powered by coal, further adding to the dirtiness of the place. Mae comment that it is an “Ugly and noisy place”. “But also rich,” Deadeye adds. As they approach the town Deadeye says, “Okay, where should be start?” Pamela says, “Well, we can’t exactly walk up to somebody and ask where the best place to rob the town would be.” Deadeye suggests, “Well, we could hit the banks and indicate that we have money to deposit and need to ascertain who secure it would be.” Pinto says, “Maybe you could say you own a silver mine and arrange a tour of where they take the silver.” Pamela suggests, “Or say that you might be interested in investing in the mine.” Pinto adds, “You need to see how much they keep on hand to decide it this is worth it or not.” Deadeye says, “Them being millionaires isn’t worth all that much to us if it is all invested in the mines.” Mae says, “If they’re pulling what they claim out of the ground there should be plenty for us.” Mae like the idea of a bank job. Deadeye says to consider the a train robbery as well, waiting until the train is between towns and then uncoupling the relevant train cars. Pamela indicates her reluctance to taking on large numbers of soldiers. Pinto points out that trains have to remain on the tracks, which can be used to their advantage given their better mobility with horses. Deadeye also suggests the possibility of hitting a payroll for one of the larger mines. Mae suggests trying to get currency rather than silver due to the weight of the ore. Deadeye says that with the coach it wouldn’t be that difficult to transport a fair sized amount of silver bars or ingots. They pass a large sign near the entrance of town that reads “Leadville, The Source of Silver”. Mae suggests that they find a good hotel but not necessarily the best. The fanciest one in town is the Tabor House, which Deadeye likes the look of. Other nice hotels that they ride by are the Windsor, the Stratham, and the Colorado Arms. Pamela suggests that they might run into financial difficulties trying to live the part of visitors to the best hotel. Pinto says, “Well, it’s not like we’re really planning to pay our bill before checking out.” The decide on the Rische Inn which is a multi-story brick building with a nice carriage house out back and appears to have good sized rooms. The bring the carriage to the carriage house, explaining Flying Arrow to the workers there as being their stable hand. They enter the main foyer which has red plush carpeting and fine oak furniture. The main lobby has a sitting room off from it and a large fireplace with a roaring fire in it not far from a long oak desk. A large painting is above the fireplace . The painting is of a man in contemporary clothing with a fat face, brushy mustache and muttonchops that has an engraved sign that reads “August Rische”. Deadeye concludes it is a painting of a man who got rich in this town rather than being ‘old money’. Mae mutters, “Maybe we should find him and relieve him of that money.” [/QUOTE]
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