The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-23
GLEANINGS FROM THE ROCKIES.


the new mines is completed for l., miles,
with 10 miles yet to build.
The San Francisco Examiner saws: "1he
Mormon lobby at Wasiinsto ton is said to
have bank account of $ls,ooo,ooo'
A car load Of horses and mules have ar
rived at Belknap to be used on tn. stage
and express lines into the new mines.
Wells, Fargo Il Co., and the Northern
Pacific express have already opened offices
for the regular transaction oi business at
Belknap.
Our Dakota neighbors are quarrelling
over division and unless they agree upon
some plan, are likely to defeat their ad-
mission AS State.
The company that ownes Shoshone
Falls, Idaho, will erect a hotel and several
cottages there in the spring, put in ferry
and make other improvements.
A conference Of Anti Monopolists has
been held at Salem, Oregon. A State En-
ecutive Committee was appointed and an
address issued to the people Of the State.
Cheyenne San: The Converse Cattle
Company has increased its capital stock
from $5So,ooo to 1000 ooo-an indication
OF an enlarged business as we'll as of past
prosperity.
The brethren and sisters Of the NJ. f
church have built, for the accommodation
of the people Of Salmon City, Idaho, i.
good, substantial church. The building is
Of pressed brick manufactured in Salmon.
The New Mexico legislators are nearly
unanimous in their expression regarding
the proposed bill to COMPEL the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, to reduce
the freight charges on low grade ores in the
Territory.
The United States Government filed a
bill in equity at Lincoln, Neb, recently
against the Brighton Ranch company for
the possession Of 5000 acres in Custer
county, Nebraska, which the corporation
has unlawtully fenced in.
The young woman who lately died at
Belknap, on the n. p, from the effects of
morphine, did not take it with suicidal in
tent. She took it with the idea that it
would enable her to sleep, notwithstanding
the uproar OF an adjoining b:.r.room.
The Northern Pacific railr Dad company
has had thousands of maps made, show iny
the C@ur d. Aiene mining country, with
the several routes to the same. These will
be scattered broadcast throughout the land
and will doubtless catch many victim.
Reno (Nev.) Gazette: Aluminium has
been discovered in Tuscarora. Prof Price
of San Francisco returned certificate Civ
ing in 100 parts OF the ore assayed, 1913
parts of aluminium, or nearly 80 per cent
metallic aluminium, OF the value of 5000
per ton.
The Commissioner of the General Land
office recently cancelled forty.six traudu-
lent land entries in Colorado, torty-one in
Dakota, seven in New Mexico, two in
Michigan and one in Minnesota. Montana
shows clean hand, by not having a single
entry.
The $1,000 raised for the erection of an
Episcopal church at Silver City, New, has
been found. 1t was at first thought that
the money had been deposited in one OF
the broken banks, but it seems that some
long headed brother invested the amount
in city warrants.
Just now the leading question is regard
ing the most feasible route 20 Eagle City,
the central camp of the CGur d A!enc
mines and the to-be mining metropolis OF
Eastern Idaho. Belknap appears to hold
the top hand at present and indications
point towards its remaining the gateway OF
the mines.
The Gunnison (Colo) Ne7rs- Democrat
says: Genuine anthracite coal has been
Iound in Ouray county, only eighteen miles
from the town OF Ouray. Ii this coal shall
prove to be all that is claimed for it, it will
De bigger thing for Ouray county than
half dozen OF its best silver mines.
The Fresno (Colo.) Rcf~5lio"m: a re.
matrimonial compact was made
It the United States Hotel in this city on
Monday evening, in which Noah llickok
md Elizabeth Hickok were married for the
hird time. They have been divorced
vice. The bride and groom have reached
he mature ages OF q and 81 respectively.
The grazing lands oi Colorado, Nebraska,
Montana, Eastern Oregon and
IDAHO arc estimated at over ooooouD
lcres. The Oregon Short Line is now
opening region capable OF supporting s..
100000 cattle and 1o,ooo,ooo sheep, which,
when it shall be fully occupied, can export
early 6oo,ooo cattle ard l,5oo,"o sheep,
'esides 1o,oo,,ooo pounds OF wool.
The Carson (Nev) Attnm says: Per.
laps the most toriorn and uninviting vii.
age in Nevada to-day is Grantville- in Nve
ounty. The mines tor which the town
'as built are all idle, and many Of them
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