The Elk Mountain pilot., 1882-01-26

any money in the Treasury of the
United States not otherwise appropri.
ated, as may be necessary for the pur.
pose of this section.
THE FUTURE OUTLOOK.
Taking superficial view Of affair:
it might appear to some that oul
camp, instead Of progressing a:
should, one having its reputation both
at home and abroad, was rather retro.
grading and falling below the stand.
ard justly accorded it. While it i:
true our population is not as great,
and business not SO good as formerly
the cause of both is simply on account
of the departure of the migratory
miners, class of men who follow
every new excitement, and never stay
long at any one place be it ever 50
good.
The mining interest of Ruby Camp
and the business of Irwin is on a more
stable foundation to day than at any
previous time. That; we have many
first class paying mines is proved be-
yond doubt. The amount of ore
produced and milled during the last
six months has been at least double
that Of any former period of the same
length, and the steady production Of
high grade ore now going on under
all the adverse circumstances with
which we have to contend, such as
high frelghts, lack of machinery and
cost Of reduction, all of which will be
obviated in the near future, betokens
camp equalled by few and surpassed
by none.
The reservation question, has. had
the effect to deter::many from inves-
ting, fearing good titles could not be
acquired, although property owners
here have always felt perfectly secure
as well they might. Vet, we cannot
deny the damaging influence on
strangers and Especially capitalist.
That this difficulty will be removed
shortly is very evident. In another
column we print a communication
from Senator Hill, together with the
text of a bill introduced in Congress
by him, anabling partiesl to acquire
Government title and protecting orig
lnal locators as fully as though this
section had never belonged to the
Ute Reservation.
The mines producing ore at present
are the Forest Queen, Ruby Chief,
Lead Chief, Venango land ! Bullion
King, all working quite large force
of men with good results. There are
many other productive mines lying
comparatively idle during the winter,
some for lack of machinery to control
the water, and Others for want of shaft
houses. Among thesnumber the most
notable is the Ruby King. 1t is a
matter of great surprise that this mine
is not being worked on a;more extern
ve.scale with body of high grade
ore proved continuous for more than
five hundred feet. 1t could be made
source Of large revenue for..its' owner,
besides adding much to the genera!
welfare of the camp. When in addi-
tlon to our mineral wealth we take
into consideration the extent and
quality of our coal fields in this vicin-
lty, and which are attracting more
attention at present than is generally
supposed, our resources are beyond
computation. On the whole, we have
cause tol congratulate ourselves on
the extent and richness of the mineral
Of this district, and. have proof positive
that at no distant time our rank will
be second to none in the state.
The Denver and Rio Grande Rail-
way having adopted a new form of
Commercial Ticket Orders, all holders
of Trip or Time Commercial Permits
issued over the signature of S. w.
Eccles, General Freight Agent, should
be returned to that gentleman at
Denver Immediately for exchange. On
and after Feb. 1st all orders for re-
duced local rates over this Companv's