, 1891-03-03
THE TOWN OF CARBON.
Some Facts About Its Population
and Prospects.
Energetic Citizens MILO Are Rus
tiers For Trade.
They Are in the Swim For Gold
Hill Business.

Sixty per cent of the people are Finland
ers- Only 10 per cent can read the EnR
hsh language and not more thar one-half
speak it. 1t was these Fins. it will be re-
membered, that were taken TO Rawlins in
carload lots, got nAturalized and came
back and voted the Republican ticket,
solid.
Carbon has ar antique appearance, sim
liar to that of many other coal mining
towns. But even 10 this Antiquated place
there are a number of men who still have
the liberal, energetic, wide-awake Ameri-
can way about them. Such are J. G.
Minta, manager OF the Beckworth com
mercial c%ompauy's store; DR.. Ricketts,,
James A. haunou. the drug
Gist and n~ewsdealer; Professor r.. L.
McCArty, F. NJ. Baker, the photographer,
j.. A. Shannon, the popular postmaster
and THE LEADER correspondent at this
point, and Lewis & Anderson. propuetors
Of the Scranton house-a very good ho-
tel, BY the way, where the gold seeker
can rest his weary bones on a frst-class
bed and get a square meal. DIR. Rick
etts, 1t will be remembered, is the physi-
clan who made such a close race with DR..
Crimes in THE LEADER popular physl-
clan contest. The doctor Is very popular.
His professional services are in demand
as far west as Rawlins and as far east as
Rock Creek-and sometimes Laramie
on either side Of the railroad for a dis
lance Of fifty miles. One who talks with
DIR. Ricketts, can easily understand how
he came to get so many votes in the con
test. 1t is a pity that Carbon has not q
few more such men, for upon those men
toned and a few others, must fall the
burden of building the new road to Gold
Hill. Only about ten miles has to be
built, however, and these gentlemen are
equal to the occasion aud they say the
road will be pushed through in the early
spring. From here to Coe & Carter's
camp, ten or twelve miles this side of
Gold Hill, the road has been travelled for
years. A Laramie man whom the writer
knows well and believes to be perfectly re-
liable says he has travelled it, aud that a
better road cannot be found anywhere in
INC
Hon. j. S. Jones. w. L. Evans, Hon.
LOUIS Johnson, and County Commission
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trip to the new mines where they went for
the purpose of looking over that part of
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sAS q soOu 'ou'e was iou"-' anu 'na' tue
roAd a,Oer II leaves the Tie camp "lh run
along lhe Top Oh rioge' so tnete "hl De
say 'hA' uoiu nm eau DC reached oy TINS
route IN 'nif'y seven miles or not over
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nsp WIN con'ince tne most scepticai oil
'u% I Auu 'nA' Oaioou 'he nearest
rArIoau po'n''
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'nis point eau 10 so as oneao as anywhere
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are se'erAi s'oreS anu tn"t owned Oy tue
Deck"ith ompa uoeS a cry large
ou0 ihe'r SS'eS iSS' year amouu'eu
" Siio,oVu'
ihe |aFDon eoa' MINES sfe very extern
SI'e anu cover many tnousauuS OF acres
Only one mine Is Working now anu Mr.
priKHs' the mine DosS, says it'S 80 wet IN
the mine a. 70 make " somewhat nasty
anu uSaH'eeAOie lns time last year
'hefe WE'RE 'oo miners IN Ca[pon ana the
average wages per mau each month was
90 'Anua'y d 'nlS year the average
per mau was s4i anu 5oS men were on
.ne pay ro"' ine reason ior the iali OH
."A 'ASl 'eAf '"o "'nes were "oiAins
'"sAa vi que us now. Du' even no"
II pay ron vi Sil''%' !. seems s'rAoRe
.na' 50 h'ue money Is In circulation ana
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inns Inc ioio"inR nRureS thro" some
nKh' on 'he suoleo'' Univ one pos.omoe
u uoeS "tEr
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