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White Pine News Weekly Mining Review
East Ely, Ely, White Pine County, Nevada
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Description of historical landmarks in Leadville, Colorado, pointed out by pioneers: Josh Billings' writing table, Texas Jack's death hotel, a millionaire miner's roulette loss gambling house, and Variety theater where Charles Vivian, Elks founder, entertained miners before dying and being buried there.
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The table where Josh Billings wrote his stories of mining camp life, the hotel where Texas Jack died, and the gambling house where a millionaire miner lost his fortune on the roulette wheel, are some of the places the pioneers of Leadville, Colo., delight to point out to visitors.
One of these landmarks is the Variety theater, where Charles Vivian, founder of the Elks, entertained the gold miners of early days. Vivian went to Leadville for the benefit of his health and was always surrounded by a congenial crowd of the camp's elite. When he died there, he was buried in the shadow of Mt. Mammoth, among the pines, and the funeral was said to be the largest in the history of Leadville.
His body was later removed to the East
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Pioneers point out landmarks in Leadville: table where Josh Billings wrote mining stories, hotel of Texas Jack's death, gambling house of a millionaire miner's roulette fortune loss, and Variety theater where Charles Vivian entertained miners, died, and was buried with largest funeral before body removal to East.