CHAPTER LI.
Lot and Mine Jumping Tragic Occurrences Two
Men Jibbeted Mines Fortified .... 229
CHAPTER LII.
Riot of Corruption in Public Office Frightful Crimes
and Accidents 236
CHAPTER LIII.
Visited by Gen'l Grant, President Harrison, Vanderbilt
and the Goulds 239
CHAPTER LIV.
Era of Legitimate Acting Theatre in a Tent Strong
Stock Combinations ...... 246
CHAPTER LV.
A Gigantic Conspiracy to Depress Stocks Eight Thou-
sand Miners Strike ...... 248
CHAPTER LVI.
Numerous Incidents of Thrilling and Tragic Interest
in Banking History ...... 262
CHAPTER LVII.
A Stormy Political Battle as an Aftermath of the City
National Bank Row 283
CHAPTER LVIII.
The State Treasury Ring Beaten to a Frazzle and
Driven from Power 289
CHAPTER LIX.
Excessive Wickedness Redeemed by Unexampled Char-
ity The Fighting Parson 294
CHAPTER LX.
Summit to the Sea Efforts Far Afield How a Deep
Water Port Was Secured 305
CHAPTER LXI.
Strange Facts, at Once Thrilling, Pathetic, Grotesque
and Humorous 310
CHAPTER LXII.
With the Collapse of Silver Leadville Again Turns to
its Gold Deposits 332
CHAPTER LXIII.
Crystal Carnival and Ice Palace A Most Gorgeous
Architectural Spectacle 337
CHAPTER LXIV.
Heart-Rending Cablegrams that Sent the Author Upon
a Very Sad Mission 352
CHAPTER LXV.
The Influence of the Press Essay in "Political Por-
traits," by Fitz Mac 372
CHAPTER LXVL
My Relations with the Press Gang 'Gene Field and
His Eccentricities 386
CHAPTER LXVII.
Surrender to Nature's Exactions Life in the Palaces
of the Afflicted 400
CHAPTER LXVIII.
Boarding the Oregon On to Zion A Nemesis Shel-
tered in Home for Veterans .... 405
CHAPTER LXIX.
Again in Harness Second Collapse Proposal by Wire
Shirt-Waist Wedding . 410
CHAPTER LXX.
Again with Angels Creating Fiction and Dealing in
Junk Farmer Once More 419
CHAPTER LXXI.
The Case Submitted to a Jury of My Peers What
Shall the Verdict Be? . 430
APPENDIX
Summary of More Recent Developments in the Lead-
ville Mining District, by Henry C. Butler, Editor
Herald-Democrat . . . . . . 435
A Few Excerpts from the Contemporary Press . . 436