Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-10
OUR CRIPPLE CREEK.
A Description Of Tho Noted HsrCur
Camp.
DRAWBACKS ASp otulR THINGS.
Good Water al Mines aud
Population nihu,iasllc
Prospi ciofs.

ny ltu ~ uuuA W ANlN lNN hAHeA ~
not thA, the movements Of the writer
hereof are Of auy special consequence
BY any means, but some things ssen
And heard are VI - much Importance
when sHpsrloucsd by him ~ by a
msmtof VI the Legislature OF other
sIslled rsfsonags.
Most descriptions Of a place, when
the writer wants to cay something
graceful about n, begin with ~ 10
plsa,antly situated ~" and then ~ on
with the description; but oaudor, Of
which nave limited supply Left,
c5mpels me To say that Mefcuf IL not
plea'suty situated anywhere, IL l.
located a1 the upper end OF long,
winding, rocky canyon (all Oi
which Was located AMI sIaksJ
cut long ago) which stretches
out toward and hnally smplies into
Suih Valley. which contains ~ many
tuthts a. tho ground surrounding our
celebrated "nuw iointp snd no more.
No one seems 10 know whste II got IT.
lame sud an Immense majinty really
d1n'i care; II hiss ct It aud couldn't
change u now eKcop. by act u The
Legislature, which body Al present 10
too uusily engaged passing resolutions
u cunsufc VI foreign ministers, de-
Tending our Republican Ssnalofs from
ccnsufu, aud tue like, 10 even think o
~ insiguincaut matter M the name
VI anything. RIsh Valley produces
tue regulation crop u sage, " which
II eau occastt nAlly be- talH
inst there II hen Op (1f|
under, some very goOu roads contain.
iug iU s.mo places LOO pGuBJr VI dust
70 the rod, aud three small towns, one
Of which IL the once renowned Stock.
ten, now ~ tut dcp0l u Aitd. G.us0
has some hne.luOk ranches whtf,
theme only dfiukAbie vHtsf on The
east eide IL 10 be- found; all othsf "a
trf,aud more particularly tuat obtained
from . distance ~ Mufcur, 10 40 strong.
~ impfognuted with arsebio that u 10
not only uutt but unsaio ~ drink.
Thoss who DO drink 10 do 20 10 mo Isf.
alton Of Couttr, but even then they
aru soon maize aware by kiiuUy
troubles thAt u 10 n very unWisr thluE
TO dri however, a. water Ia not much
used TOT drinking purposes In tue
average mining camp, II does not mat
tor greatly.
llweuld BE- about ~ difficult mat.
ter 10 estimate tue population Of Msf.
cur ~ this tune ~ 20 delsfmiue the
number u ants In = hill where they
ale abundant and busy. There are
certainly a thousand people, psihaps
more. You see thefe are large mum.
bsft coming along every day anu thess
of at least n maiofity OF them No not
come 10 stay; uesldss, come that did
come with tue detention OF remaining
change their minds aud leave,
not few - them by tue
old, familiar means introduced
by the nist biped OF our race ~ soon
Ne he got done cfawling-thAt 10, they
yak. Tnis disclosos the iAol-and
pficks = popular bubble At the same
tme-ihat ali who are there are not
mlliionaifes;thetf truth 10 that several arc |
not worm over 100000, And l Am puf.
sonally aequaiuted with = few who
wsuld give iuli title Ani immediate |
possession 10 all their property tor 81, 600 |
o. $4,000 ~ the most. These are toe |
Onvs previously referred 10 a. walking |
out Tue walking 10 not vsty good AnI |
II oiteuet tuAu otherwise aggravated |
by the accompaniment OF an empty |
stomach, 10 sounds qusefly euuuEu |
10 say that Ia place where, |
Opulsnee IA the rule aud native wealth |
10 It, manifold forms Ebsunlt..iu pisces
there Efs more men wanting fob, |
than Jobs wanting me-; but tuoh IL |
undoubtedly the case, THIS IL not the |
faNa nj hE ma. ali Ia. - L..
tesps cts II IL equal TO ils reputation. but |
whenever any camp, or other place for |
that matter, begiuB TO boom, u lin,
medislely becomes \ cyhosute aud |
trAnsients anu othefs aTo attracted 10 u |
ike ices 10 n diver, the result being |
that q ti9wsroi n dozen bee capacity IL |
bslsAgusfed by two OF three dtIen bees |
and . very great proportion OF them |
are disAppOinteI In tho matter OF oh. |
tanning Ihonsy; = very few got, all
they want, OF At least all they need, !
. larger number have 10 get
along with y modetAls supply, aud
several GET nothinE 1T all, unless get.
ting "lsl" fisuto a. . po,ssaion, ani
tbs Ia no tAuit VI the supply point at
ali but OF those who pefsiss In over.
do,ug things.
Tne central portion Of the town prtp'r
pf,io ils AH ms rlpuli ,AnAn APP eAraucs
~ any new miuing camp ever does.
The frame bulldogs are cJnruent fot
some distance on either side Of the
principal street and rambling S.Tl u
building up 10 evident almost every.
where, The great Mefcuf mine IL
biluAlsd due south Of this part and h
not ~ hard 10 get NJ NJ most big cIl-
Germs OF tho kind are, being less tnAn
n quarter Of u mile distant ana up a
fufty.hys degree hill. The ORC IL emp.
tied ff0m the mine Iisht into osrs
ready 10 receive u anu taken 10 the
mill, Olher properties Of less Tsnown
arc In eVidsnes whichever way you
lock ana II l. the expressed belief Of
many that the greatest ones have yet
10 DO discovered. Perhaps thi, IL true,
but II would no y reversal OF the TeeoTI
n II were Anyway, prospecting IL
going actively aheAd anu Will DO more
vigorously conducted than now when
tns snow shall have entirely disAp.
peATtd Tor the seSsOn. LUoatiOns rx-
tend DOWN tbs canyon when stretches
out stulheTly anu at right angles with
tue one IN which the town lice, thesr
reaching down gs far As Five Mile
Pass, whers the Uuion Pacific leaves
CrdRr Valley aud passes into tho one
hfsl spoken Of.
Ana how long will the boom Lac ?
Current history shows US that these
uulgIOwlha " tnIufpfiting commune