Gilpin observer., 1899-03-16

there will be no special allot-
| ments of space for state exhibits, Colo
RADIO will make its exhibit with that OF
the general government, thus giving
| opportunities for comparison that Will
4 revert to the benefit of the state.
The general government has seen tit
to make an appropriation sufficient to
cover all expenses. Two OF the
national committeeman, Messrs.
Sllim and Ferdinand w. Peck,
will visit Denver in the near
future to present the matter to the
people and stir up enthusiasm in favor
of the exposition.
| Three men were killed and one man
was probably fatally injured by pow
| der explosion in the Commodore mine
at Creede on the 10th. The dead are:
Robert Watson. Frank Hess, John
Sarna. X. G. Evlin was fatally in
| jured. The accident occurred in tunnel
No. and the superintendent and 9th
ers are at Il loss to account for 1t. He
says that every precauton was taken
to protect the lives of the employees in
the mine. Sarna had charge of the
| powder and was entrusted with the
| distribution of the explosives, and ap-
| portioned them out to the miners, who
in turn carried the explosives to the
| different workings. The explosion oc-
CURED at the distributing station, and
the shock Jared the mountains. The
dull rumbling sound could be heard
distinctly one-half mile away. The
bodies of the three men killed We're
mangled beyond recognition. arm and
| legs having been blown off and the
faces We're frightfully disfgured.
Referring to the dispatch from Glen
wood Springs stating that the land
office there had received notice of the
failure of the general land office to
confirm the selection of some $4,000
acres of indemnity land in Routt and
Rio Blanco counties. l.. c. Paddock,
state appraiser and former register of
land, says: 1.-The land selected was
checked off at the Glenwood office and
the state has paid its fees of ~ cents
an acre. The Isis sent to Washington
were identically the same in form as
the lists sent before by other regis
trars. Under Il new ruling. made by
some new bureau chief, the general
land office at Washington now re-
Qures n specific base to be set up
| against Il specific selection. This new
rule involves considerable office work,
as 1t requires us to go into the ques-
tion of fractional acres lost. setting up
fractional acre lest against the claim
for a fractional acre selected The
new land board has employed J. T.
Joyce to formulate the lis.s according
to the general land office rule, and the
work is now going on. The state has
checked off the lands at the Glenwood
office and has paid lis fee, and will
insist on a reasonable time to conform
to the unreasonable requirements of
the general land office"
The indications are promising, saws
the Denver News. that at the close OF
te present year Wyoming will not be
classed as an exclusively pastoral
state. The opening up of the great iron
range of the Hartville district by the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company is as
sured and the magnificent copper belt
in the southern part of Carbon county
will be the scene of wonderful develop
ments in that mineral. The oil in, err
ests of central Wyoming are attracting
new companies. which are expending
money in purchasing machinery and
preparing for extensive explorations
of the oil fields. a large number of
wells will be sunk. These operations
will for year or two be confined to the
production of crude and lubricating
oils, for which there is very large
market. Arrangements are being made
by a strong eastern company to manu-
facture soda from the soda wells of
Green River. Another syndicate has
purchased the soda lakes with the an
nounced intention of establishing soda
and glass works at Larimie City. In
the northwestern part of the state, es-
pecially in the Atlantic district new
gold strikes have been made and the
old mines are increasing their produc-
ton, requiring largely increased facili-
ties The gold placer companies In the
-Four Mile, Douglas creek and Sweet
water districts. as well as In other sec
tions of the state will have phenome-
nally active and profitable season, on
account Of full supply of water assured
by the enormous body of snow In the
mountains. This situation will also
make the coming season an ideal one
for the prospcctor and the gold hunter
to make his tests on many little noun
tain streams that are practically dry in
ordinary seasons.
The land Office at Glenwood announ-
ces that the states selection of $4,000
acres of land lying In Routt and Rio
Blanca counties, selected by the ofli-
GERS of the State Land Board. has been
rejected by the Washington officials
and the land Is now subject to entry
under the existing United States laws.
The lands now in question were select
ed mostly in 1893. They nre widely
scattered over Routt and Rio Blnnco
counties. mostly In the former county.
Some of the lands are capable of irri-
CATION. but most of them are upland.
and only of value for grazing. The set
tiers in the valleys feared that the
large cattle companies would lease or
buy the state lands, and thus control
the range. They claimed that the
lands had been so selected with regard