Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-04
NEWS OF THE WEST.


River, Etc.
A Mexican Bheephsrder claims L
have heeu shot In the thigh by u bAud
OF five mounted Indians few days age
near tho old tanning stage station,
between Bisbou and Tombstone, All.
zOna.
Christopher Charles Whelan has
commenced suit IN n Justices court Ol
San FfanciscJ agaiu8t the MADEIRA
county division COMMITTEES fOr s5-
which he elaine IL still owing him ior
services rendered In his capacity "a.
chief botlle-opcner and cork collector
at the committees headquarters al
SRofAment0.
A passenger fell OIL the east.bound
train Tuesday huy miles west OF
Laramie, WyO., aud was PICKED up by
q passing freight aud tnktn 10 Laramie.
lie died In a few hOurs, his head being
terribly cut and one arm torn of. lie
never recovered consciousness. No
name was found, but ticket from San
Francisco h New York ami London
were Ia the clothes.
VIII liam Hrllor,h miner IN The Carrie
ton shalt OF the Morning Star property
at Luadvlllu, Colo, war seriously bat
not fatally Injured on New Years
Jay ~ the result Of an explosion. Sew.
ofal drill holes bal heed charged and
fred aud Heller returned to work. lie
began digging tho loose rock cut when
another hole went on. Ills hands aud
lace were terribly lacerated, "a quantity
OF puvefiAud rock entered his right eye
ana he will probably Loose the eight Of
that member
At meeting Of Colorado Springs
citizens, held TO consider the adylsa.
bility Of boring tor oil and gas, u COM
mittee Of nine was appointed 10 iuves.
tignto the matter j.. &. Juslus, an
lnuiana oil man, anu Superintendent
MCNey Of the Colorado City Oh uOm.
Iany, were prosont and presented tho
Teuu lte Of observations gained while
drilling wells now flowing Ia Colorado
CITY, The Indications are said 20 DO
that company will be formed in Colo.
fauo Springs 10 prospect the region
south and west OF Colorado Springs.
Grangeville Idaho frss Hrou. Mr..
Glaugny informs us VI the drowning
OtHn unknown man In Snake river,
just ABOVE the mouth " the lmnaha,
on December 22nd. The man had
Just purchased his winters supplies In
Gfuugevllle, and was proceeding up
the river TO spend the winter trapping,
hunting ana prospecting, when the
boat capslzed aud the man was
drowned. No trace Of tue body, boat
Ur tupplies has been found, and there
seems ~ DO no eluo 10 Identify the
man.
A gas well, said 10 DO the wonder o.
the Florence oil Geld, was struck on
"Wednesday by tho Unitei OH com.
company three milea south Of Flor
cree, Colo. Oh men say IL IL not a
Colorado well, or like those heretofore
obtained here, but more like an east.
cru gas well, as TIE quantity aud pres-
sure aTeso great. IL IL claimed this
we'll Ia producing sufficient gas TO heat
a city the size OF Pueblo. The roaring
u the gas wnen confined TO three.
inch pipe may be heard quarter Of q
mile from the well.
There 10 n good deal Of local interest
aroused In tue proposed extension Of
the Cheyenne d Northern h Casper In
the spring, says the Cheyenne Sun.
hesxtenslon would be OF great benefit
10 this city ~ we'll ~ TO Casper. AZ II
IL now oommu uicatiOn with the region
about Casper must DO made over two
railroads and 10 have the mmunica-
ton opened direct will be OF material
benefit. This would naturally be- fol-.
lowed by the rebuilding OF the old
Colorado Central, which would Elsn be
Of great bent tlt ~ this city.
A. Charles Scales was climbing up
tho lonely trail that leads from the
Morgan mines to Hot Springs, about
iorty miles north Of Phm Iix, says tn q
Pumnix Gazette, he found In the trail
the body OF ono Of his oldest friends,
Jake Ralph. With the corpse, care.
fully watching 10 drive away the vul-
lures aud coyotes, was the faithful dog
OF the dead man, the animal aim ~
iamished from what must have boon a
vigil VI days. Ralph was lying At
length, a small pool VI blood nj the
head, giving reason for the belief thst
ho had been toully dealt with. The
temperature upon the hills 10 very
low, 30 the body was not la tue least
drcumpOBed.
A nice body OF ore has been met
with IN the SambO shsf, claim
located west OF the Little johnny near
Loadville, Colo. The assay shows
ounces gold anu 8 ounces silver. The
hnd was made az depth OF l75 ieet.
The shalt has gone through four feet OF
ore ami no bottom In sight This looR.
ton was made In 1859 10y L.. q. SieDbins
and shalt sunk 100 feet ana then
abandoned. Mr.. btebblua then directed
his attention TO the mining industry In
Nevada, Utah aud Idaho. Hearing Of
tho Immense discoveries In the gold
belt, he FASTENED back 10 the camp. lie
Interested J. q. Boyd aud Sam McMll.
Ian Ia the bambO and they immediate
ly began work. They haI only put the
ehAit down twenty-five ieol from the
old workings when tho ore chute was
encountered.