Gilpin observer., 1899-03-02

took too many chances before using
his gun. The court discharged the de-
fendant with Recommendation that
he use his gun more promptly on fu-
ture occasions in such cases.
Application will be renewed before
the State Land Board at its next meet
ing by the Great Plains Storage and
Water Company, for about 10000 acres
of land in Prowers and other counties.
Attorney Platt Rogers has notified the
board that he would appear. The ap-
plication, if granted, will cause to be
advertised for sale vast tract of land
which the company claims is now prac-
tically valuless, but which it proposes
to put under ditch. The sale must be
conducted publicly and sold in tracts
no greater than 160 acres to the highest
bidder.
A natural oil well exists near Steam
boat Springs. The oil spring. as it is
called, is located in gulch in the
coal regions and large quantities of
crude petroleum are constantly issu-
ing from the earth and flowing away
down the little gulch much as water
would do. only that the earth absorbs
the oil before it flows far. The stuff
is about the consistency of heavy ma
chine oil, and is used by ranchmen
adjacent for lubricating wagons and
other farm machinery, where it gives
excellent results. The oil has n great
reputation as wonderful remedial
agent in curing sore shoulders or 9TH
er bruises or cuts in horses and other
animals. People send great distances,
in some cases from other states, for
bottles of it to use in the stable.
Specimens of free gold ore were
shown in Canon City last week that
will readily assay $4,000 per ton. The
ore was taken from the Jack Warner
mine, owned by Messrs. Louther and
Sallee. The claim is located three
quarters of n mile south of the Cop
per King. As might be expected, the
news created intense excitement. and
by ten o'clock the read leading to the
Dawson camp was alive with teams
Hundreds of men visited the mine The
claim is located on the metamorphic
ridges. extending from Grape creek in
northeasterly direction. That the
strike is genuine. no one in Canon City
doubts. The values are obtained from
rock lying between the sandstone and
granite. The extent of the lead is I'M
known. for. as yet the work consists of
nothing more than Il twelve-foot tunnel
face. The owners of the mine are resi-
dents of Cimarron, Kansas.
Game Commissioner Swan has re-
ceived letter from W. r. Wilcox,
game warden in the northwestern
part of Colorado. who writes that the
situation is critical and that unless
the weather moderates the number of
elk on the range will be hardly large
enough TO attract an eastern hunter to
Colorado, even though the Legislature
should decide upon short open sea-
son upon this class of game. He
states that the snow is over three feet
deep on level throughout Routt and
Rio Blanco counties. Only the jut-
ting ridges and promontories are clear
of the white coating. Thus the elk
find it practically impossible to
browse. for the shrubs upon which
they feed do not flourish upon the
ridges and mountain tops. They are
swarming in immense bands into the
valley close to Steamboat Springs, but
even there they find little relief, for
the snow is as deep in the valley as in
the gulches of the mountains. An at
tempt will be made to spread out
few tons of hay. in the hope that the
animals may be saved from starvation.
William Wayne Belvin was arrested
Saturday night at the Waldorf-Asto-
ria hotel, on the charge that he was
unable to pay Il board bill of SLAB.
which he owed the hotel. He told
Magistrate Meade that his arrest was
the result of n conspiracy. He said
that he was able to pay. and asked to
be paroled. but the magistrate held
him in $500 bail for examination.
Though the charge against Belvin is
violation of the hotel law the real rea-
son for his arrest was that David II.
Moffat, the well-kuown Denver mil
lionaire. guest of the hotel. had com
planned that Belvin had threatened to
kill him. Belvin declares that Mr..
Moffat owes him large sum of
money, and that when he requested
payment he was arrested on the
charge. which he says was trumped
up for the purpose of getting rid of
him, at time when he could not OBJ
tain ready money to free himself.
Belvin is well known as n promoter
in Wall street. and for years has been
n familiar figure in the hotels of the
city. Belvin's bill against Moffat is
based on n claim for commission on the
sale of the Victor mine. When ar
raigned Belvins bill was paid by
friend and he was discharged.
A dispatch from silver Plume to the
Denver Republican on the oath SAYS:
In the hope that the instinct Of animals
might succeed where the efforts of 200
men failed. two ST. Bernard dogs were
to-day brought over from Canon City
and taken to the scene of the fatal
snowslde in Brown gulch. The res
cuers. who had been unable to lind the
remains of Benjamin Nelson and John
Anderson thought that the dogs might
be able to get scent Of the bodies but
after working some time without sue
cess the dogs were taken away. II Is
thought the bodies are so deeply buried
in the snow and Ice that 1t may he ne
ccssary to wait until spring before the
remains are uncovered. To-day the
large force of rescuors, which com
priscs the miners in the Scven-Thirty
and Pelican mines. besides many others