The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-11

The Airheart two-story pressed br1ck
and stone building, which is 50x120 feet,
on Myers avenue, and adjoining the Ma
sonic temple, is being pushed to compile
ton with all possible speed. The ground
floor store rooms are already occupied
and about all Of the Olive rooms on the
seconod floor have been spoken for.
J. w. Eisenhart has removed his old
frame building on his lot on Bennett
avenue which was occupied by the
Blue Bell saloon and La Beta restaurant
and the work of excavating for a three
story brick building has been COM
menced. The annex to the Wolfe hotel
will be completed in about five weeks.
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The new Midland Terminal depot,
which is being constructed of red sand
stone and pressed brick, will be finished
and ready for occupancy about April 10
It will be one of the handsomest railway
depots in the state outside of Denver
and Pueblo.
A party of local and New York capt.
talists is organizing an electric power
company for the purpose of supplying
light and motive power to the different
towns and mines in the district. They
have secured water at Parkdale station,
in Arkansas canon, on the Denver and
Rio Grande railway, some twenty-five
miles distant from Cripple Creek They
will erect an electric plant here of 4,5Oo
horse power. The plant will consist or
three dynamos of 1850 arc light power
each. The company claims that it will
be able to furnish power for hosting
ore, running compressors and electric
drills at one-third the present cost. One
great advantage the company will have
in regard to cost Of operation is in the
price of fuel. Instead Of paying for the
hauling of coal up the steep mountain
roads they will be able to obtain it at
slight advance over mine prices.
DR.. J. H. Lanterman, president OF the
Wilson Greek Consolidated Mining COM
pany, will apply tomorrow at Colorado
Springs in the district court for a tenn
porary injunction restraining the direc-
tors from consumating the sale Lucky
Guss mine. A few months ago the Grip
pie Creek Exploration syndicate Of
London secured a transfer of the Estey
& Mudd bond by the payment of $4O,-
900 in advance. The bond fell due on
the oath of February. On the 18th $780,
0000 was wired from London to apply
on the purchase and a request was made
that thirty days be given for the pay
ment of the balance of $4,000. DR.. Lam
terman refused to accept are money, but
the directors, by majority vote at
Buena Vista few days ago agreed to
the terms contrary to the wishes of the
president. He is going to test the legal
ity Of the sale. He controls about 80 per
GEN. OF the capital stock of the COM
pany.
The Matte L., located on Gold Hill, is
showing up in a remarkable manner
at present. From the Grant lease about
400 tons of high grade smelter ore aver
aging about five ounces will be shipped
to the smelters this month. On the
south end of the property a cross vein
has been found with six inches of ore
that runs about fifty ounces.
The King of Diamonds, located on
Lincoln hill, shipped a carload Of ore to
the Cripple Creek sampler yesterday.
The output of this mine now averages
a carload daily that runs from three to
five ounces.
In the Orpha May shaft, one of the
Union company's properties, very rich
ore chute has been found. One sack
was recently taken out which is esti-
mated to contain $500 in gold. Free gold
is found in the tale frequently in good
sized nuggets.