The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-02-10
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Colorado,

DIR. Graves has been released on bail.
Two miners were killed in snow-slldc
near Aspen on the LIST.
A new coal town to be called Simpson Is
being established near Lafayette
Professor G. A. Woody principal Of the
schools ut Sallda has been dismissed.
The enterprise mine at Rico closed down on
the LIST, as the 200 miners refused ~ per day.
A wreck occurred on the Midland near
| llartzcll, Friday. No one was seriously hurt.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company has
| declared sem!-annual dividend of four per
cent.
The Denver, Lakewood 81 Golden railroad
is TO be extended to the coal mines at Ralston
| creek.
The business men Of Denver, headed by the
RtDubicda, are starting crusade against
high Insurance rates.
Governor Waite received an annual pass q
few dnys ngo from the Union Pacific Railway.
lie returned it with thanks.
Fortunate Pedro, an Italian working In the
coal mine ut King, was Killed on the 9th by
| falling clay, which broke his neck.
j. Warner Mills and Corydon F. Craig have
been commissioned MS organizers for the Ma
| tionnl Industrial Legion In Colorado.
Work on the Midland branch Into Cripple
Greek is confined to stone work Mt present, US
the ground is too hard for grading.
Philip s. Keith. chief OF the Lcadvillc fire
department, has been arrested charged with
being in conspiracy to rob and burn down
store In which he had become interested.
Governor Waite has appointed the follow
Ing: Warden of the reform school ut
Buena, Vista, ]. q. Berry; board OF
control OF the Golden reform school, Dr.
Henry Paul; Denver Fire and Police Board
d. j. Martin, c. -. Stone q. II. Phelps;
Denver Board OF Public Works--Arthur &.
Harris, I. b, Buchanan, l.. II. Flanders.
a steam pillow running gang OF six shares
Is doing good service in Yuma county this
winter, and has been at work every day with
but two or three exceptions. The gang mr.
rangement Is attached to n common traction
engine and the owner contracts 10 break land
| at Sl.2J an acre, which is cheaper than was
ever done In Colorado.
draft for sl5,47i has been received by
Governor Waite from the United States In
part payment on account OF sales OF public
and Ute lands In Colorado for the year end
Ing June 30, 1891. In the letter transmitting
the draft the governor was Informed that u
balance is yet due the state Of SIS, G5l -, and
that Congress would probably pass def
cheney appropriation for the amount.
-Four of the Santa Fe employees who have
been In jail Mt Trinidad were placed on trial
in the the Justices court Wednesday. They
were Brakemen Ageter, Willis, Brown and
Gossct. The prosecuting witnesses were Con-
duc,or Crotty and Brakeman Ives, who have
turned states evidence. and who told of the
robbery OF cars between Trinidad and La
Junta. The preliminary hearing is attracting
great deal OF attention, the court room be-
ing crowded with men, most railroad en-
ploycs. They were bound over 10 the District
court in the sum of $500 each.
An accident occurred at the mill OF the
French company in Squaw gulch, Cripple
Creek, which may result In the death of two
of the carpenters employed there The men.
whose names are A. l.. Lawrence and Bill
Ball, were standing on n scaiIold, when for
some reason II broke. prcclpltatng them
distance OF twenty-five feet into n pile Of
stone. Bill Ball fell on his head and sus-
tained double fracture OF the skull, had two
ribs broken and was hurt internally. Law
renee sustained n severe scalp wound and a
conclusion Of the spine aud the flesh on the
left forearm was badly lacerated.
T.. VI. Blggs will at once begin the con-
struction Of line of railroad ten miles up the
Navajo river from point two miles below
Amargo, TO n postollicc known rs Chrome,
where an immense saw mill will be located,
says the Durango Herald. With several others
he has made application In the local land Of
lee for number OF claims under the timber
law. The mills will contain modern machin-
cry and will be the largest In this section Of
the state The lumber business Is attracting
considerable capital this side Of the range
owing to the immense tracts OF timber which
can he taken up and purchased from the gov
crnmcnt.
Late development In the Mayieli coal mine
ten miles northeast OF ouray, demonstrates
beyond a reasonable doubt the ycscd question
Of whether the county can supply itself with
good coal or not. A point In the workings
has been reached, 200 feet from the surface,
where old, compact mass Of perfectly pure
coal was encountered, thirty feet thick and
practically unlimited IN extent In the
chamber where work Is being now pushed
Is nothing to he seen but one huge, black
mass, without break or flaw, or the least
trace Of an impurlty, as far as the eye can jis-
cover. This chamber Is twenty feet high and
sixty feet In area, and In the jet black mass Of
coal not u yestigc Of any foreign substance
the size Of dime can be found.