The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-05
Personal.
Gen. Curtis returned to Gunniso1

yesterday.
"Tex." Sinclair, and Remington
are down on the Anthracite hunting
carbonates.
W. c. Mallory, after spending a
week in Colorado Springs, returned to
camp the other day.
James Kyle and G. B. Spratt, city
officials of Petersburg, were among
last Sundays arrivals.
DR.. c. w. Cornell, of Chicago,
interested in valuable mining property
here, is again in camp.
Smith Cullom left for Denver, yester-
day, on rusticating trip. He will
be absent about two weeks.
Prof. Jacobs, superintendent Of the
Enterprise mill, is in camp with his
headquarters at the mill.
Thos. Short, cAe of the old miners
of our camp, has been spending a few
weeks in Central City. He came into
camp one day last week.
Mr.. D. B. Powers, of Kansas, vice
president of the Treasure Mountain
& Ruby Mining company, is here
looking after the interests of his COM
pany.
John Mccormick, Esq, our late
city clerk, after taking in Chicago,
New York, Philadelphia and Wash
ington, during the winter, returned to
the camp last Monday.
"Pick " Howell, pioneer, who
has been wintering at Colorado
Springs, reported at the P,Lor head
quarters last Thursday. His family
will follow in a few weeks.
Mr. |. Q. Sanborn, one of our cid
timers, returned from Illinois last Sun
day, where he has been spending the
winter with his family. He goes to
Petersburg to work his property there.
Our late postmaster, E. P. Stevens
and wife, departed for the north last
Saturday. spending two weeks in
Denver Mr.. Stevens will return to this
camp, leaving his family at Colorado
Springs.
MIR. Gordon, Medina, New York, a
friend of Mr.. H. B. Poler, is in town
on an inspection tour. He is hotel
man, and the good Lord knows that
we need good hotel here as bad as
any place, if Mr.. Gordon don't.
H. J. Parker has been over to
Spring Creek and back to look after
the property belonging to the Ruby
and Treasure Mountain MINING. Com
pany Of which he is the: superinten-
dent. He seems to have the utmost
confidence IN that locality as carbo-
nate camp.
NJ. G. Mullowney and Steve Serb
ner went over to Cloud City few
days ago to pick out a site to build an
opera house. While crossing a tribu
tary of the Slate river on log they
fell in and bottle rolled out of Bro.
Mullowney's pocket, and strange to
say that 1t was SO near empty that it
floated. Steve says he is Baptist
from this on. -.~s-.
Henry S. DeVries has again returned
to camp. He has been as far east as
Bloomington and Peoria, Illinois, and
says he has returned this time to stay,
with the intention of whooping up the
Beeswax mine. He has got fine pros
poets for making a rich paying mine
out of this one, and the chances are
Mr.. DeVrles will be one of our
bonanza kings next fall.
H. A. Decker, of North Adams,
Massachusetts,, called at the PILoT
Office on Tuesday. He is member
of the firm of F. F. Wood & Co., ,
,propristors Of the Eastern Hay and
Dairy Ranch in Washington Gulch,
near Crested Butte. These gentlemen
were very successful last year in selling
hay, etc, and this summer they pro.
pose to run milk wagons to Crested
Butte and also keep fresh butter and
cheese always on hand. This is a
new enterprise in this section and
1t will be a success. and we must con-
gratulate these gentlemen on their
"bonanza.