Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-06
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.

OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
COLORADO.
Twenty-six new buildings have
been added to Georgetown since
New Year.
There is some talk of organizing
a company to prospect for precious
stones in Colorado.
Old Cachise, the Apache chief, is
living dangerously I'LL in the Ira
COON mountains, and there are
some fears that he may recover.
The Chinese in Central City, who
originated the great fire, were cele-
brating the first birth of a Celes-
tial in Colorado.
In Colorado Springs they have a
"Rocky Mountain Museum Com
pany," and branches will be estao-
lished in the East.
A band of whisky traders N
ho~rse-thieves are roaming through
the country occupied by the Chey-
ennes and Arapahoes, especially
along the line of the Texas cattle
trail. Their presence there
their dealings with the Indians had
given rise to considerable rOuole
and annoyance.
One of the reasons why there was
30 little insurance on the property
burned at Central, vas on account
of the high rates. Owing to II
danger of just such a fire as has
now taken place, the Denver under
writers had altogether refused a
large proportion of the risks, which
might have been obtained there.
The risks taken cost the insured
from q to Is per cent.
A large force of men are employ
ed upon the smelling works build
ing. 1t is confidently expected that
by August LIST the precious ores of
BOULDER county will find a ready
market at this point. The building
will be 6Ox9O feet, and when COM
pleted will cost $4,000. The capa-
city of the works will be twenty
tons per day, but are constructed on
a plan that will allow indefinite adj
ditions.
A pardOned convict, Is supposed
to have furnished the tools with
which the prisoners made theii
escape from the Colorado peniten'
tiary, Those escaping took with
them six carbines, four Colts re
volvers, one Derringer and about
two thousand rounds of ammunition
1t is pretty generally believed tina
the escape of these prisoners wa!
entirely due to the carelessness o
those in charge. An investigation i
now taking place, and it is probable
that q complete change In the man
agement Of that institution viii
shortly take place.
The country between Denver ant
! Golden, particularly the valley por
ton along Clear Creek, was visite'
Sunday afternoon by a hail storm
, of uncommon violence, which last
ed fully twenty minutes. TIL
; storm had its rise in the foothills
, passed eastward over Apex AM
Golden, swept down the valley O
: Clear Creek, and spread away near
ly to Boulder. Along the old stag
L road east of Mount Vernon tn
3 stones covered the ground to tn
s depth of four inches. Damage to tn
6 amount of $1,000 was done In an
around Golden. Several irrigatinl
bitches, and the mill-racein Golden
were partially destroyed, while cul
verts and bridges were swept ava,
like cobwebs. In some localitie
near the foothills, the garden true
has been almost totally ruined. Tn
hail carried destruction to NOR
than one-half the crop of gardeI
fruits in Clear Creek valley.
, UTAH,
: The Utah Northern Railroad ha
{ reached Franklin, two and a haI
o miles into Idaho Territory.
. Twenty-six miners are reporte
killed by Navajo Indians on Sevie
river, Utah.
Il Another lode of cinnabar ha
. been discovered in Camp FlOy,
@ District, Utah. 1t is claimed +
: assay from 20 to IS per cent.
Fifty Saints were cut off from th
Mormon Church recently and turn
ed over to the buffetings of SataI
for refusing to turn over to EnOc
Y and the "Profit."
Z OF the thousands of mines il
Utah, but one is owned and cor
J trolled exclusively by Mormon.
= and of all the smelters and mills i
! the Territory, only one is owned b
= the MOrmons.
Bullion from the Tintic mills
arriving daily in Salt Lake CITY
d and business in the mines is said t
e be booming. Last season this dis
s trict produced $3.50 900 of bullion
and this year the product will b
|, more than doubled.
=, NEVADA.
v Citizens of Carson propose to sin
~artesian wells in cooperation.
: There are six furnaces workin
> ores i'm Eureka now, and three MOI
: sOOn to start,
Six miles of track has been lai
l. on the Eureka and Palisade Raj
4 road.
=, Nearly the whole of Empire Cit,
. Nevada, is under water from III
y overflow of Carson river.
Prospecting OH the hill imm,
n diately around Phoebe and ii
> neighborhood is being resumed to
considerable extent.
Z The road was opened to Lal
E Tahoe May 23d, and teams an
> carriages go though on wheel
: The mails run regularly and dali,
It There will be more lumber mad
t on Lake Tahoe this year than ev,
s before. The three mills (GleI
e brooks, Bliss & Yerington's an
: Pray's) will aggregate loo, 900 fe,
t per day for the season.