The Elbert County tribune., 1899-12-07
co,oaApoIrEMs.

IL Is rufnored that tne tosi s"o
Southern and the company when pro.
poses to build a reservoir In the Sou'n
Platte canon may come to an ami
abIe apreemeut TO avoid further llti-
CATION. -
A. II. Petit and w. II. Chenlrs OF
Sterling engnged in n shooting nnrny
the other day which may result fhtniiy
as both were severely wounueu.
Cbeairs WIS the aggressor, charging
Petit with Insulting his wife.
Up. Kiefer has returned home from
Alaska. after an absence OF two years
He has been at Cape Nome Tor sew
eral months and has acquired vaiu-
able mining property In that country,
besides brining considerable dust anu
nuggets out. He will return In tne
spring
Colorado College won the intercoi-
legiate championship OF Colornuo ae
football Thanksgiving afternoon py
defeating the State School OF Mines on
Washburn field. The score was J., too
This, on top OF the defeat OF Boulder y
week ago Wednesday by score OF IL
10 5.. makes the record OF the college
decisive. For the first time in the MS.
tory Of Colorado College Its footoaii
team has won the state championship
Il never before having defeated the
team from Golden. Excitement Is run
ming high and the students OF Coiornuo
College are most enthusiastic. Inc
townspeople are rejoicing with them
In their victory.
The production of the great gold
camp for the month just closed WIS
over s.. 100000. The actual figures are
iG.sO0 tons. the gross bullion value OF
which Is S2,5i5.5O0. This Is IN increase
OF more than % per cent. over ast
month. and represents an Increase OF
more than S1.0O0,000 over the produc-
tion being maintained during the carry
months OF the year. The record Is
remarkable one. 1t is up to the full-
est capacity of the reduction plants
treating Cripple Creek district ores,
and astounding ms 1t may seem, the
record could easily have been Increased
n the capacity of these plants had been
greater.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
Is making preparations for track lay
ing next yenr Last year the work OF
replacing the 7j-pound rails on the hrst
division hy SJ-pound rails was begun
and will be continued next year until
the entire first division IL equipped
with new rails. An order was placed
several days ago with the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company for 3O-Ooo tons
OF s5-pound rails. TO be delivered In the
spring of 1900. This viii be laid be-
tween Pueblo and Salidn and south OF
Pueblo. The purpose Of the company
IL TO lay heavy rails on lis whole line
from Denver to Grand Junction.
A dispatch from Canon City says;
Warden Hoyt on Wednesday had his
first man returned to the penitentlary
r a. II 1f.-..t N ta
accepting n parole. John Condor. No.
444O. would have completed his term
at the penitentiary on the 18th OF Feb
ruary next, and was granted parole
last Monday. He enjoyed his liberty
just two days. He wns found in Il
drunken condition yesterday and re-
turned to the warden. By this act
Condor loses all the good time that
stood to his credit, and will be COM
PEELED TO serve the limit of his SEN
tence. which expires on May %, 1900.
Condor was sentenced TO two and one
hnlf years from FL Paso county for
burglary.
The two gangs of workmen who are
boring the Strickler tunnel have only
twenty eight more feet between them,
and 1t Is expected that within fifty or
sixty hours they will have drilled
through this Intervening ground. 1t will
require several days after the tunnel
Is broken through to get the big bore
in perfect condition throughout. The
contract time expires December Sth,
and there seems no doubt that the tun-
mel will he entirely finished by that
time. The detour IN the tunnel, which
was made to avoid streak Of soft
mud. has never been Strengthened.
and City Engineer Sawyer has given
Wilson & Jackson. the contractors. no.
tice that II must be Strengthened before
lie will accept the work on behalf of
the city. The tunnel Is being bored
by the city of Colorado Springs to
make an outlet for certain water res
ervoirs ON the western slope Of Pixies
Peak through which the water may be
brought down to Lake Moraine, now
the head of the water system. The
boring of this tunnel has been produc-
tive of considerable litigation Mt times,
and the work has met with delays
through trouble over the warrants
which We're issued on the contract.
On the 21st of last month deal was
consummated by which all interests
of the American Zlnc-Lead Company
west of Chicago passed into the hands
of III. l.. HOLSTER of Boston and Dr. +.
cludes valuable patents and considera-
BILE mining property in New Mexico.
and the American Zinc-Lead Smelter at
Canon City. The amount involved in
the purchase Is $25O.OOO These inter-
csts We're formerly controlled by n
company of Boston capitalists, In con-
junction with large Eastern holdings
DIR. Bartlett had the management of
the Colorado and New Mexico inter
ests and has made an eminent success
of the business. During recent trip
East he made arrangements for suf-
ficient amount of capital to enlarge
the plant at Canon City to three times
Its present capacity, and the purchase
of the Western interests Is n part of
this plan. When all additions contem-
plated are complete this smelter will
have capacity of 300 tons of zine ore
per diem. and n force of 22J men will
be required to handle the product,
Among the new buildings planned are
n smelling building. n flume building,
six bag rooms. an enlargement of the
boiler. engine and sampling rooms. n
drying house and cooper shop. The
smelter building viii duplicate the
present building and VIII parallel II on
the east. Workmen are now engaged
in cxcavating for the foundations,
which will be so feet wide by 300 feet
At the instance of Attorney General
ID. Nj. Campbell, and on the advice of
Governor Thomas. temporary injunc-
tions against eight parties were Sc
cured Wednesday morning in Cripple
Greek 10 prevent the consolidation of
what Is known as the Moffat interests
into the Denver * Southwestern Rail
way. The injunctions were secured
from Judge Stimson at Cripple Creek,
Judge Harris asserting. They are
against Secretary of State Elmer Il.
Bcclkwith TO prevent him from accept
ing the local articles of Incorporation