The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1884-05-24
GLEANINGS FROM THE ROCKIES.

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buildings. Howard Sebree lost a cottage
and contents, valued at ST. 200.
1t is estimated that the amount of coin
coming over the n. P R. R.. in the hands
OF Immigrants, cannot fall far short of S. 5oo,-
600 month.
Laramie Boomerang: The bar mill rolls
and the two spike machines at the Union
Pacific rolling mills have shut down. Other
departments are running.
At Logan, Utah, last week, the Nor
mons drank twenty kegs of beer at a church
dedicating ceremony. An old Mormon
said tive had HI Of a good time''
The Pueblo (Colo) Steel works bring
iron ore from the famous iron mine, of Lead
vile. 1t contains considerable quantity
OF silver, but not enough to pay for smelt-
ing.
Rents are on the down grade ,. Seattle,
w. I. Last year they went up with rush,
reaching figures far too high for persons of
moderate means. The present decline is a
healthy sign.
We see by late Boise paper that Bishop
Tuttle has announced through its columns
that he will preach in various parts OF Idaho
| Territory at stated times in the months Of
June and July.
"Chipeta," Chief Ouray''s widow, has g.
600 sheep located on Douglass creek, near
the line of Utah Wyoming, that have no;
| been shorn for three years, and is willing
| to give half to some one who will shear
them
Tucson STAR 1t is said that over 900
Mormon families are now enroute from
Utah bound for Arizona Also that a con-
siderable portion Of the whole number are
destined for the Gila valley in Graham
county.
The Ogden Pilot Of the 18TH inst. says:
Travel by the various railway lines is un-
usually heavy. Abc.t one hundred pas
sengers departed thi, morninz BY the "scen
ic route" The L. p and L. & n. took out
full trains.
The Laramie Boomerang Of May 18th
says: "Dr. Mckenzie left tor the East this
morning. He is making tour of Colorado,
Wyoming, Montana and Idaho organizing
a circuit for theatrical companies, and has
made Laramie one of the regular points"
Owing to the scarcity Of goats in this
part of the country, the Masons of Eagle
Rock have for the present abandoned the
idea of starting a lodge. Some suggest
that bucking cayuse might answer, but
the committee on goats say "neigh.
Register.
The stage was robbed on Burnt river in
Oregon, near Wetherby's on Tuesday.
The robbers got $1,000 from the passen-
gers, and also took Wells, Fargo u Co.'S
treasure box. There were two men; one
was of light complexion and slim build the
other dark skinned man OF heavier build.
An Eagle City item reads: Last week.
clean. up of the Widow claim was ST., loo,
that is, for six days, $24 per man per day.
The total is already over $2oooo The Sec
ond claim above this is the Batte, on which
a drain of 400 feet has been run, and on this
and the third claim-the Last Chance-the
yield is good with many nuggets worth
from fifty cents to S. apiece.
Threre is an excitement over the new
placer gold mines, known as the Elizabeth
near Elbsrt, Colorado, and it is reported
that over I 900 prospectors are encampcd
along Clear creek, beginning about two
miles from Elizabeth and extending ten or
twelve miles. Tents, brush houses and
dug-outs can be seen running along the
three creeks. The sand taken from Clear
creek bottom, shows several colors.
The Virginia EnferPr,Se says OF oweet- |
water: The mineral belt in this district
extends from seven to eight miles north !
and south, and is about two miles wide. 1t
is in porphyry, mixed with feldspar over
living syenite on the west. tits a somewhat
curious fact that all the lodes on the east
dip to the west, while those on the west dip
to the east. Porphyry and syenite are con-
sidered the best for nation for permanence
as we'll as value.