ATDDTA(10) Disco Fever [283]

[Keith]

So what do you make of the name "Ellmore Disco?" I haven't a clue.  
Two nasty rascals on this page, a hard of hearing gunfighter who  
feels through his snakeskin, and a Telluride Disco Boy who wears his  
snakeskin on his beaver.

[283:11] "Time he got Joe Lambert up at Tomboy"

Can't find reference to Joe, but here's Tomboy:

One mile from Smuggler up Imogene Pass road is the Tomboy ghost town.  
Tomboy once had over 900 residents and sent its ore down to Pandora  
which is next to Telluride. The town closed in 1927 when the ore at  
the Tomboy mine ran out.
   http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/co/tomboy.html

The Tomboy Road, accessed directly from North Fir Street at the edge  
of town, leads to one of the country's most interesting mining  
districts. It went down in history in 1901 when the Western  
Federation of Miners organized a strike at Tomboy Mine. The state  
militia was eventually called in to put an end to the strike.
   http://tinyurl.com/yoxq9w

Tomboy mine. It must always be remembered that the Tomboy mine  
produced ore from four veins over its life. Therefore, specimen  
material labeled Tomboy mine does not necessarily mean Tomboy vein.  
Purington (1898) described Tomboy-vein gold ore as being  
characterized by spheroidal growths composed of a core of sugary  
quartz in which gold was finely disseminated and from which quartz  
crystals (up to 2 inches in length) radiated. The radiating quartz  
crystals typically met those from adjacent spheroidal growths, and  
the whole width of the vein sometimes consisted of these interlocking  
spheroidal growths. Extraordinarily complex, fine, spongy, wire gold  
intergrowths have been observed by the author. The author has also  
seen a complete vein section from the Tomboy in which exactly the  
same habit was developed as an intergranular growth between quartz  
grains. It is possible that this gold is residual after dissolution  
of a granular quartz matrix, around which it had formed. Such a  
dissolution may, or may not, have been natural.
   http://tinyurl.com/2hykga


Excellent photo:
   http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/images/P001/P00150115Page.htm

Virtual Tour:
   http://ts.rtvpix.com/tour/SC/tour.view.php?utl=SC-2596-LTDCEC-01

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           "in the stamp mill?"

"A Stamp mill is a type of mill that crushes material by pounding  
rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction  
of metallic ores. Breaking material down is a type of unit operation."
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_mill

Illustrations of Stamp Mills:
  http://booksgeology.com/mining_history_illustrations.htm

[283:12] "stamps all going like the hammers of Hell"

Everything's going to Hell. Smells like Hell, sounds like Hell, crazy  
as Hell.

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[283:27] "black beavers with snakeskin bands"

This is tan beaver.....couldn't find it in black:
  http://tinyurl.com/2m7qtc

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[283:31] "C. Hall & Co."

CHARLES L. HALL
"In the winter of 1878, he came to Leadville, and engaged in quite a  
number of business enterprises, among which was contracting for  
grading streets. He organized a stock company, consisting of Messrs.  
Tabor, Bush, Hall and others, to light the city of Leadville with  
gas. Mr. Hall gave his personal attention to the constructing of the  
works, laying the main pipes, and had entire charge, and the success  
can be mainly attributed to his personal efforts. Mr. Hall has spent  
a large amount of money prospecting and in mining, with but little  
success, until the spring of 1881, when, together with Dennis  
Sullivan, and two other parties; they bought the well-known Mylo  
Group of mines, in the Ten Mile district, which bids fair to be as  
valuable as any in the State. Mr. Hall spends his time in looking  
after the many varied enterprises in which he is interested, and has  
but little time for outside matters; he derives comfortable revenue  
from them. He was one of the well-known firm of Bush, Tabor & Hall,  
who opened the Windsor Hotel, in Denver, in June, 1880, but  
subsequently sold his interest to Mr. Tabor. He owns stock in several  
railroads to a very considerable amount, and has some very valuable  
real estate in Leadville. Mr. Hall is a man of resolute will and  
strong character; the foregoing imperfect sketch can serve but as a  
hint to a life full to overflowing of shrewd and bold enterprises,  
with startling events—more, perhaps, than have befallen to any other  
one man, and which deserve mention in the pioneer annals of Colorado.  
He was married in Colorado, and has three children, all born in the  
State."
   http://co-files.biofiles.us/Lake.309-350.html


Interior of unnamed saloons in Leadville (ca. 1880):
  http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?10000297%2BX-297
  http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?10000295%2BX-295
  http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?10000293%2BX-293

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[283:33] "Seven-Toed Pete"

Seven-Card Stud
Each player receives two cards face down and one card face up, and  
there is a betting interval. On each subsequent round of dealing,  
each active player receives a face-up card until he has four face-up  
cards (and, of course, two facedown cards) with a betting interval  
following the dealing of each face-up card all around card is dealt  
to each player, there is a final belting interval, and each player  
who has at least called the final bet turns his three hole cards face  
up, selects any five of his cards to be a poker hand, and there is a  
showdown.

This game is often called DOWN-THE-RIVER, SEVEN-TOED PETE, and by  
other names.
  http://www.play-poker-information.com/stud_poker.html

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[283:38-39] "Chestnut Street"

Scroll down to several vintage photos of Chestnut Street in Leadville:
  http://www.narrowgauge.org/ncmap/ted/dspp2_leadville.html

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http://tinyurl.com/2y5hct