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our return. The. following intesosa-.
tons are only . few that will have to
be answered by or citizens who hap
pen % be east this winter: ]
Capitalization many mines have
you had working all winter:
RH1y.-Twenty-two, which are as
follows: Ruby Chief, Lead Chief,
Ruby King, Bullion King, Chiquita,
Old Mexico, Durango, Perhaps, Com
stock, Monte Christie, Little Nellie,
Allevou, Almeida, independence, Ger
mania, Sandwich, Tabor, Micawber,
Milwaukee, North Star, Kirkendall
and Garfield lodes. There may be
more, but I have no knowledge Of
them at present.
Cap.-How many Of these claims
are producing mineral3
R.-Nearly all of them are taking
out some mineral and will have quite
large dumps to work up this spring
when the mills start up; but the work
on the most of them is simply for
development, and is known as what
is called "dead work. Those mines
that are taking out and sacking mineral
in large quantities are the Lead Chief,
Ruby Chief, Bullion King, Durango,
Old Mexico, Micawber, North Star,
and perhaps two or three Others.
Cap.-Are there any mills or reduc-
ton works for the treatment of ores3
.R.-Yes. sir. Messrs. Rose, Reed
& Co., formerly of Georgetown, have
sampling works which were in opera
ton last fall, but owing to the winter
setting in early making it difficult to
get the ore down from the mines they
were compelled to shut down until
spring, when it is expected that they
will bring in their concentrator. The
Good Enough company's stamp mill,
which was under course of erection
all summer, was unfortunately involved
in litigation last fall, but it is now in
the hands Of Commodore Webb,
wealthy and enterprising citizen Of
New York, who will push it on to COM
pletion and be ready to treat ores in
early spring. There are also one OF
two smelters that will in all PROBABILITY
be erected here in the spring.
Cap.-What is the population Of
your district
R.-During last summer it was about
three thousand, but this winter it will
number only about six hundred, d..
vided as follows five hundred men,
sixty women and about forty children.
Out of the sixty females that are in
camp by actual count, there are only
two or three of them single ladies.
Oh, what a paradise there would be
here for fresh invoice of old maids
Cap.-How many places Of business
are there In Irwin?
R.-There are about forty, divided
as follows one bank, ten grocery
stores, two clothing stores, three drug
stores, two hardware stores, two sta
tionery stores, four restaurants, two
bakeries, two meat markets, two black
smith shops, two barber shops. and
eight drinking saloons. Business does
not seem to be at such standstill
IS one would suppose, as there is con-
siderable stir on the streets and in the
saloons of evenings.
Cap.-How is your camp fixed for
professional men7
Rive have SIX lawyers, who say
they all have enough to do to keep the
cob webs knocked of Of their statutes.
Two physicians are residing here, and
although they are graduates Of first
class institutions Of this country, they
have as yet failed in killing Of any Of
their patients. Reason why. have
none to kill, as nobody gets sict here.
Cat-How soon do you expect the