, 1896-08-20
Who are your" she inquired.

Who are you?" she inquired.
u am Old Nose, the trapper," was
me reply. Il make my living by trap
ping along this stream and selling the
skins in Laramie. Won't you have
to eat, lady?' And Ira Of
fered her some of the vilest hard bread
that a man yer saw baked, together
a chunk of the meat he had been
roasting in the fire. In order not to
offend him she actually ate the vile
stuff without even making a wry face.
From Birmingham our party went to
Whitechapel, passing by the cabins of
Messrs. Greenfield, McFadden and 9TH
ers. AT W~hitechapel we met Louis Mil
Ter. David Hickey, Charlie Walline.
Thomas Hale. Ed .Bussard and the
Morgans.
At this place Mr.. Sarver pointed out
a cabin over on the west side of the
creek and said, That is the Watkins
cabin; that hill is he famous locality
from which John S. Watkins gets his
platinum rock"
Along the west s!cne CT Cooper
mountain numerous prospect holes
were pointed out in the digging OF
which spirits. under the direction OF
Bernard Holtum, played an important
part. 1t is needless to add that the de-
luaed miners got no, ching for theiI
trouble.
ALBION AND SMUGGLER.
Af,er leaving Whitechapel it was no
long till the party arrived at the TUNE
of the Albion, which has more ore OF
the dump thar any mine in the district
The tunnel follows the vein right int
the mountain and shows up mineral O.
excellent quality all the way. a distance
of l75 feet. 1t is here That the Carbon
County company proposes to locate
mill, or rather below on the creek
Just a few feet from the Albion i!
the mouth of the Smuggler tunnel
which is also into the mountain a deptl
of 175 feet. making an excellent show
ing all the way. This mine is owned
by Messrs. Hickey. Naismith, Fleck
Burke and others. They have also fol
lowed the ore vein directly into tn
mountain.
Leaving the Smuggler. the next min
encountered to the north is the Rich
mond. owned by C. W. Bramel. NJ. A
Hance. w. H. Lovett and others. Thi
is one of the most promising prospect
on the hill. and a contract has JUS
been let to w. J. Huselton to do 10
feet of development work. A new shat
will be sunk and properly timbered. i
being deemed more profitable to do thi
than to attempt to continue in the oil
workings, which are caving and con
sidered dangerous.
From the Richmond it was but
short distance to the point where tn
start was made, the party having mad
the complete circuit of the mountain
every FOO OF which is located. Upol
our return to Dutton, at the Hotel D
Holcomlb, a dinner was provided tina
would have done credit to the Waldorf
the browning feature Of which wa
brook trout caught the day previous a
Rockdale.
OTHER PROPERTIES.
Cooper hill canot lay claim to tn
only valuable prospects in this section
To the north of the Fox & Mckee cam,
perhaps a mile and a half, situated II
the main range, is the Yankee Boy, for
merly the Big Injun. which shows or
in the tunnel for 40 feet which is re
markedly rich in gold, silver and cop
per. This property is owned by W. A
Williams of Rockdale, who is nov
pushing the development work RICH
along.
Prospect holes are seen in every di
rection and sturdy miners are search
ing for gold for a distance OF NOR
than ten miles along the range. 1t i
estimated that more than 100 peopl
now reside in the district, and Carlo,
county is being urged to establish a!
election precinct for the accommoda
ton of the voters. but the commission
ers Of that county are slow to act in tn
matter. AS a matter Of fact, there i
no reason under the sur why this min
ing district should not be attached t
Albany county. 1t is tributary to Lar
annie and all the trade comes to thi
point: it can go to 10 other place. TIL
next legislature should act in the mat
ter.
WORKS OF DR.. GRAVES.
Now Being Used in Many Seats O