Delta chief., 1883-05-09
The state ut Large.

Denver has 200 miles of bitches and sew
ers.
Trinidad ships large quantities OF. coal to
Arizona.
The rush for Red Mountain continues with
out interinission.
Changers on the West Dolores have begun
their spring farming.
Animas Forks is preparing to build a two
thousand dollar hall.
Jimtown miners have driven the celestial
inhabitants out of their camp.
Colorado Odd Fellows generally observed
their sixty-fourth anniversary.
Durango is to have n new 100000 hotel, to
be erected by citizens stock company.
The Grandvew smelter, at Rico, has raised
the price of reducing to $50 per ton.
Ieadville has a baseball club, and they
propose to challenge the State this season.
Durango is beginning to recognize its valu-
able position as Il point for the production of
iron.
II is claimed that the Denver smelters will
turn out Sl0,oO0,ooO worth of bullion this
year.
The new carbonate camp of Bowen, on the
Dolores, is just now enjoying substantial
boom.
The Lewis, Gunnison's new and massive
hotel, will be thrown open to the public on
July /.
A scheme is now on foot by the people of
Ouray for building wire rope tramway from
Mt. Sneiiels.
Guunisons street railway company will
begin laying it, track on July /. Its capital
stock is 100000
People all over the State are preparing eS-
tensiyely for the Denver Mining Exposition,
beginning July IL.
The people of the Dolores region are high
" elatcd over the prospects OF their surround
ing mining country.
The new county Of San Miguel has recently
elected officers, and are preparing to build n
S3O,0oo county building.
A large number of Mormons nre immigrat.
ing into the Grand River valley on the line
between this State and Utah.
Mrs. Ellen Gentry, of Pueblo. wants to
know the whereabouts of her nephew,
Charles McClearn, is years old.
Trinidad boasts that the number of prison
pF> III county lili - i''H 'iA'h hhiih MY
time in the history Of the country.
A large number of people from all over the
San Juan will visit the execution of Alfred
Packer at Lake City, on the 10Th of May.
The carbonate boom in Garfield county is
attracting large numbers of prosPectors from
Denver and the northern part Of the State.
People over on the Rio Grandc, near Ante.
L.. s,r;n,,a az. b,Nius uurs thnu their
share of trouble with the famous mountain
lion.
A tramway from Colorado Springs to Pixies
Peak is now being considered and stock
company has been organized with capital Of
$780, 900.
The marvellous cave recently discovered in
the Silent Friend mine, near Pitkin, Is prov
ing to be rs valuable and cxtcnsiYc a. when
first opened.
The Rio Grandc Sentind, formerly pub
lishcd at Del Nortc, has been moved to the
Summit District, and will appear as the sum
mityille Nngga.
mining contractor of Lendyilic, named
Hampton, was held mp the other day and
robbed of $50 In cash, besides other yaluablcs.
No arrests have been made.
Denver is making great and impartial prep
arations for the Raymond trans-contincn,al
excursionsts, of which there will be seven
different parties this season.
The Albuquerque Coal Oil company have
struck flowing well Of excellent oil near TT.
Wingate bu, the Savajoe Indians are cndcay-
oring to drive the sniners off.
The Rio Grande gold fields are just now
having a substantial boom. Tom Bowen is
preparing for large Developments of the San
Juan Consolidated company.
Among the attractions on the San Juan di-
vision of the Denver & Rio Grande road, the
company has lately erected u monument to
General Garfield at Totec Gorge.
j. Clark Cline, once upon time Baptist
preacher with an unsavbry reputation in
Boulder, then editor of paper In Lcadvillc,
which position got him into trouble, is now
publishing a paper in Clyde, Kansas.