, 1885-09-26
STARTING NEW.
A Pen Picture of the Present Ap-
pearance Of Rock Springs.
The Output of the Mines and Other
Matters of Interest.

The Laramie Boomerang Of Thursday
has the following vivid description of the
appearance Of things in the neighbor-
hood of the Rock Springs coal mines:
AT Rock Springs yesterday, rs in fact
ever since the late trouble, everything
was as quiet as if it was Sabbath. On
the south side of the track, where the
depot stores and white residences are all
located, scarcely a soul was to be seen on
the streets. The stores were doing moth
ing, and the general appearance is that
of a deserted village. On the north side,
however, across the sinuous windings of
Bitter creek, and between it and the hill,
at the base Of which is mine No. 3, there
is something doing on top of the ground,
and down underneath the ground half a
mile or so, several hundred Cinnamon are
delving for coal. On top of the ground
and facing the railroad is a sort of semi
circle, within which all that there is of
life or activity about the place seems to be
concentrated. Lying upon one of the
side tracks leading to the mines and form
ing an arc, are to be seen nearly all the
time a train Of special cars for the railway
magnates and for quarters for the army
officers who have no tents for themselves.
On another track, back of this and a little
to the cast, is the long train in which the
Chinese have been lodged and fed. In
front oil the special cars are pitched the
rows Of white tent occupied by the
troops, and to the east of this upon the
site of the Chinatown which was de-
stroyed, a new town is going up as fast as
skilled workmen can put the timbers
together. The unsightly cellars are being
filled up, and the whole space to be used
will be made as level as a floor. There
will be in all erected in this new China
town about seventy houses, with a street
between each row and a wider space be-
tween houses than the Chinese like to
have. -Four rows of these houses are
already completed, and thirty houses are
ready to be occupied, while frames are up
for ten more. Each house is about l2x2O
feet in size, with an ell about Ten feet
square for kitchen. These houses will
accommodate ten men to each and will be
cleaner than the old quarters. One thing
noticeable about the Chinaman is his rat
like propensity to burrow holes in the
ground. Nearly every house had a cellar
to it, and when the fire left these exposed
it was seen that off from each cellar. in
the side walls, small apertures about three
feet long and perhaps two feet square or
larger, had been dug, for what pur-
pose no one knows, but the old
site was literally honeycombed.
Those in charge had tried to stop
tins, but in vain, and many 4 Mongol
roasted to death in these ovens of his
W construction. Hereafter no cellars
nor holes of any kind will be allowed I'M
der the houses. The Chinese are moving
into the houses from the cars as fast as
possible.
The output has been. for Monday five
cars, Tuesday nineteen cars, Wednesday
fifteen ears. Much more coal is mined,
but owing to the lack OF men to work the
machinery and boss the business, it can
mt he brought to the surface. For this
reason only No. 3 mine was running YES
terday. 1t was expected that twenty-five
pit bosses and sixty white miners would
arrive tonight from Utah, having been
telegraphed for. They are brought to
Ogden on half rates and passed the rest
of the way. As soon as they get to Rock
Springs and tools come for the Cinnamon
10Y idle, the whole force will be put to
work.