, 1892-02-14
A PRETTY TOWN. Z
GIenrock, Its Pleasant Location
and Attractive Surroundings.
Fine Building Stone Which 1t
Ships to Chicago.
The Recently Flooded Coal Mine
ReOpened and Working.
Good Ranches and Opportunities
for Investment.

GLENRocK, Wyo., Feb. 2.-lt is hard
to find a town in any country so beauti
fully situated as this Prosperous little vii
lage which. though vet small and very
young, evidently has a very bright future
before it. Built on a prominent eleva
ton, half a mile or more south OF the
Platte river and on the west side of eleal
running Deer creek, which is not frozen
even now, Glenrock commands a fine
view of the valley as well as the romantic
rock ribbed hills to the south where a
world of wealth, the most beautiful
building stone, has already been uncov-
cred. Excellent indeed must be the pro.
duct of
THE vERNoN STONE Q~UARR1Es
When it can be shipped from Central
Wyomiug aud exchanged for the East
%erner's cash. The Vernon Brown Stone
companv's q%uarries are located about
seven miles east of Gleurock On a spur
from the main tracks of the Northwest
err. Men are now at work IN the quar-
ries and thousands OF feet of the stone
are piled up ready for shipment which
will begin next month. The first cou-
tract of the season is for $4,000 worth of
this stone TO be delivered IN st. Louis.
By some it may be considered a misfor-
tune thai so many Of the good things OF
Wyoming should be owned by non-resi-
dents. but 1t is nevertheless a source Of
pride to know that at so early u date the
iilimitable aud most common resources OF
this state. coal and stone, are being de-
veloped. The owners OF these great
q%uarries are eastern men OF wealth.
Horace g. Chase OF Chicago is presi-
dent, Samuel NJ. Chase of Chicago is
secretary and treasurer, Sylvester Mar
shall is general manager and j. Is.
Adams is, or has been, the quarry sup
erintendent and resident manager. j. f..
Berg, foreman, is in charge Of the quarry
now. Last summer from fifty to seventy
five men worked in the quarry and ship
ments were made to Omaha and Chicago.
There are two kinds of stone, buff and
reddish brown. 1t has been used for
tomhsiones. and Mrs. Rhoades of Casper
is now having a nine foot monument
made of il at a cost of $3.50. Six large
derricks have been placed at the quarries,
steam drills aud the latest machinery are
used. Slabs can be taken from these i'm
mcnse %quarrics any size desired. Some
dressed samples OF this most excellent
stone we're secured bv the writer aud will
be kept at THE LEADER Office. Your
correspondent is informed that A. NJ.
Craft OF Douglas also owns immense
quarries adjoining those mentioned. but
MS Mr. Craft was not seen no particulars
were learned.
TEE nFEp rRrER GOAL rONIpANX-
Owns and operates the Glenrock mine.
From this mine. is derived Glenrock's
chief source of support at the present
time. The mine is situated just across
Deer creek to the cast Of the town, and
is now working sixty-two men. The out
put is about 200 tons per day, Miners
get seventy. five cents a ton and make go
to SO SO a day. The cause of so small q
force being worked is that last summer
the mine caught on fire, was flooded for 9
long time and WAS not reOpenod until De
cemDer, when of course most dealers had
placed their orders. A good spring trade
is looked for and 1t is expected that the
output will continually grow larger. The
vein row being worked averages about
seven feet thick and in quality is a first
class domestic coal. AS a steam producer
the Gleurock coal does very well in sta
tionarp engines. 1t is marketed mostly
in Nebraska, but some of 1t is shipped
TO Cheyenne. Fremont, Neb., parties
own this mine. f. b. Harrison is the
gentlemanly manager.
THE MINE VISITED.
The LEADER correspondent had the
pleasure of u trip through the mine &C.
companied by Noah Young, the foreman.
Once in the cars aud whirlinr through
the darkness. the trip to the bowels o.
the earth was made IN a jiffy. Reaching
the face of the slope, lap feet in and a
a perpendicular depth of about los feet
we alighted from the cars and began al
inspection OF the entire room and place.
where last summers fire lett its destruc
tive maEk and came so near being tn,
= death of eleven miners. This mine is s,
well ventilated. As. 900 cubic feet of al
per minute being furnished by the twelv,
foot fans. hat no oppression whateve
was noticed even by one unused to beint
underground.
RESCUED FROM DEATH.
Readers OF THE LEADER will remembe
the account of Jim Payton's trip into tn
burning niue last summer when he risket
his own life to warn the miners of thei
impending danger. The mine had caugh
fire near the air passage. which is only
few hundred feet from the opening
Famed by the downward current tn,
greedy flames sucked up the powder-lik,
coal and dry tlmbers as the incoming tide
overrolls the sands. The iutervenins
space between the point where the ali
passage crosses the track and the opening
ofthe nine was last becoming filed with
smoke and dangerous gas, thus cutting
OF the only avenu OF escape to tn,
miners. who, innocent OF danger, wer,
working away a thousand feet further in
This was the situation when discovered b,
Mr.. Harrison, the manager, jim Pay
ton, the blacksmith, and Examiner Toll
yer. There was no time to be lost an,
after a TASTY consultation Payton rushe,
down the long incline. "As we reaches
this point on our way out" said Foreman
Young as the air passage was reached
I'VE stopped and | said to the men. 'Pu
ant vaur ligbtc. Won tnnw tho uay ant 4,