Gilpin observer., 1899-11-02

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The Lamar postoffice was robbed Of
$275 the other night.
The State Sunday School Convention
met at Boulder on the 25th.
General Miles and Buffalo Bill are
on a hunting trip in the Big Horn
| mountains.
| A new reservoir holding 10000 gal
Ions is to be added to the Trinidad
water system.
The Cripple Greek Star wants home
mining company organized there to de-
| velop the veins under the town.
The second annual lion hunt was be-
| gun at Rifle on the 26th. Three hun
dred men are out after lions, bear, elk
and deer.
An iron foundry and blast furnaces
will shortly be placed in operation at
| Cheyenne in connection with the Union
Pacific shops
The Florence & Cripple Creek road
is trying to block the entrance Of the
new Colorado Springs electric line into
the gold camp.
A branch of the Y. NJ. c. A. will be
started at Leadville within a few
weeks. OF the 500 members needed,
300 have already been secured.
Jesus Maria Garcia, sometimes
spoken of as the king of Las Animas,
and prominent in the political and So
cial life of Las Animas county, died on
the oath
After eight days devoted to hearing
testimony, the case of James j. Doyle
ai,,ct hn
finished in the land office at Pueblo on
the oath. The testimony amounts to
over 100000 words and it. will be about
one month before the stenographer can
extend his notes. The register and re-
ceiver will then examine the testimony
and prepare n decision which will
doubtless not be rendered for two
months thereafter.
Colorado College will send a fine Sc
lection of specimens as samples to the
Paris exposition. The collection will
be quite large one and will include
very rare minerals. w. S. Ward, Unit
ed States commissioner. has been in
the city and examined the collection,
which he pronounced one of the best
he had ever seen. The cost of making
the collection has been necessarily
large and has been raised by subscrip-
tions and through the generosity of the.
railroads.
There is great indignation among
the miners in the Mogollon district on
account Of an order of the Department
of the Interior limiting the cutting of
timber on the Gila river forest reserve
to 500 worth for mining purposes.
Heretofore the miners were allowed to
cut all the timber necessary for the
development of the mines. The miners
will continue to cut timber freely for
that purpose and If arrested will make
a test case, which, If necessary, will
be carried to the United States Su-
preme Court.
Frank e. Tyler, n well-known mining
man, was burned 10 death in q fire
which destroyed his cabin at Alpine,
late Monday night. Two brothers,
Robert and James Caskie, who were in
the cabin with Tyler, say they owe
their lives to neighbor who was at
tracted by the fire and rescued them
after considerable difficulty. Tyler
had just returned from n three-weeks'
stay at his mine, situated on Chalk
creek, and it is commonly reported that
the three men had been drinking more
or less in the cabin prior to the break
ing out of the fire.
Work was begun Wednesday by
Clough & Anderson ON the new line
to connect Colorado Springs and Grip
pie Creek, and as many men as could
be employed were put to work. L. w.
Giddings, Irving Howbert and H.. L.
Woods signed bonds to the extent of
$25O,OOO that the work would be paid
for. This line is the electric road
which is to take in all the mines of
the camp and work in conjunction with
the big reduction works to be estab-
lished at Colorado City in addition
to the plant that is already in operation
at that point.
The Salado coal mines of Otero .coun-
ty, New Mexico. recently tapped by
the Ell Paso X Northeastern railway,
are now shipping coal regularly at the
rate of 200 tons per day. More orders
are on hand than can be filed, owing
to shortage of miners, but 100 more
miners are now on their way to Salado.
When they arrive the output will be
heavily increased. Another vein five
feet thick has been uncovered The
coal fields are thirty miles long and
eleven miles wide, and situated 100
miles north of Ell Paso.
Governor Murphy of Arizona, in his
annual report to the secretary of the
Interior, renews his plea for statehood,
saying 1t has been denied to Arizona
because of sectional prejudice, ignor-
ance, imaginary partisan policy and
selfishness." Other recommendations
are for the cession of all the public
lands within Arizona to the territory
or state. pending which the territory
should be authorized to lease them as
grazing lands; survey of all lands with
In the territory. especially the ralroad
grants, for taxing purposes, and the
establishment of n mint or assaying
office.
Plans are under consideration for the
construction of the largest smelter In
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