Sierra County advocate., 1885-06-13

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to the most uttermost and distan
parts of the earth. Other mine
in this camp, Of which there are
number, will be mentioned mex
visit The next best thing that
found about this camp was tn
boarding house kept by Mrs. 8. ]
Miller and her am;abls and enter
tanning niece, Miss, but l can
think of her name, and was going t.
suggest to the miners that 1t woull
he nothing but right and proper
that they give the camp thil
young lady's given name. The,
! were the pioneer women of thu
camp, and the only ladies that have
ever paid the place so high trib.
ute OF respect bv their presence
Mrs. Miller owns good boarding
house up in town, where she kept
bearders for long time. but al.
most knowing that this was Ia
make big camp, she took time by
the forelock, rented her house in
Hermosa out, and came down here
and had house built that would
be a credit to any town or mining
camp. Mrs. Miller and her niece
sets Il table, too, that would be an
honor to many a place and make
the heart OF many man run wild
with joy. Every thing on the table
is cooked right, put ON the table
right and everything about the
house and premises looks right and
everybody who stops here feel like
they were right at home and they
are right in thinking 80.
bid alieu to Mira Miller, her
niece and the miners, and went
back up to Hermosa and visited the
mines about a half a mile east of
town, around a big point and
ran right in to the mines before l
saw them. This is sequel of the
camp which I just spoke of having
left. New and paying discoveries
have been made in several pros
pect holes, shafts and tunnels, this
week, and some fine ole are being
shipped to various smelters in var
ious parts OF the country. About
one mile and a half northeast of
this camp are group OF prospects
owned and worked lv one man, G.
W. Wolford. This is silver out
put, also, and number Ave locations
IN the group. Mr.. Wolford struck
a body Of fine hcrn silver this week,
and is making preparations to be-
gin shipping to Argo. A great
drawback to the miners here is in
the matter of extortionate freight
rates by rail to Denver and other
points for the treatment of ores.
The rates from here to Engle, the
nearest point to the railroad, is $l2
per ton. After that the souless
corporations owning the railroads
gets whirl at it, and unless the
ore is of unusual richness, against
the miner gets his return, there is
scarcely anything left him but
paid and unpaid freight bills. The |
people here are we'll pleased with |
the making Of good wagon road
from Chloride to Hermosa and
Hillsboro. They will make Lake |
Valley their railroad shipping point
as soon as it is completed, and
have already been assured that
hey will get special and more rea-
rates of transportation.
The proj ect of building this road
S meeting with the hearty endorse
nent of almost the whole of this
md of the county. In the matter
# mail facilities in this part of the
.ounty is also in deplorable and
eally distressing condition for
BUSINESS men and others Of less
to commercial circles.
Here at Hermosa the people can
'nly receive or forward mail twice
week, and then 1t is compelled TO
% by the way OF Engle and Lake
1alley to reach Hillsboro and
Kingston.
Hermosa is a beautiful town and
Inhabited by some Of Sierra coun-
US best citizens. The town does
ot contain at present more than
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