The state herald., 1899-03-17


the dellcacles of the season. This is
made possible by an eXpedient resort
ed to by the men on top who let down
stick of giant powder to the bottom
OF the ten-lnch stand pipe and blew a
hole In 1t near the bottom. Now
through this pipe everything needed by
the Imprisoned men can be supplied.
In the meantime work is being pushed
and 1t Is hoped that the men will be
reached In a few days through new
shaft.
Reports to Chief Putncy of the railway
mail service. show that the snowshoe
carriers In the mountains along the
blockaded South Park line are doing
good work, and no accidents have as
yet occurred. The work is considered
very hard and quite dangerous. Large
quantities of second and third class
matter ARE collected at Como and
Grant. the present end of the road, the
mail tnken over the summit being only
letters and current dallies. Mr.. Putney
says that the sled rond now being brok-
en- between Como and Breckenridge Is
nearing completion and the papers
and packages will soon be distributed.
For the furthest districts the prospect
for access by rail is considered remote
however.
Three men We're killed and one man
was probably fatally injured by pow
der explosion in the Commodore mine
mt Crcede on the 10th. The dead are:
Robert Watson. Frank Hess. John
Sarna. Il. q. Evlin was fatally in
Jurcd. The accident occurred In tunnel
No. 3 and the superintendent and 9TH
n - nj In, fnr IN In
says that every precautlon 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 np-
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 he heard
distinctly one-half mile away. The
bodies of the three men killed were
mangled beyond recognition. arm and
legs having been blown off and the
faces were frightfully distigured.
Engine No. 526 of the Denver X Rio
Grande railroad attached to freight
train pulling into Denver was wrecked
by an explosion of its boiler at the
crossing of the Denver X Rio Grande
and the Santa Fe tracks at 1850
o'clock Friday night. The following are
the names of the injured Ira Lowe.
engineer. 1113 South Eleventh street;
severely scalded about the head.
face. shoulders and hands: legs also
slightly scalded. Condition serious. but
not necessarily fatal. WILDER Hoklas.
fireman, q Lincoln Park terrace: badly
bruised and wrists sprained. Frank
Painter. head brakesman. residence Is
unknown: scalded about head. face
and hands: not serious. Both sub
boilers of the engine were blown up.
The engine itself was lifted clear of
the rails and thrown on its side or
the track. The front part of the en-
rlne was completely demolished, sever
al lengths of track torn up and a good
sized hole blown In the ground. The
tender and train of freight cars cs-
capped injury, owing TO the fact that
the train was barely moving at the
time of the explosion. According to
the fireman the explosion was due TO
some defect in the injector. The en-
gineer and fireman state that they
had considerable trouble during the
greater part of the run and this troub-
le became intensified just before the
explosion. The injectors. they explain,
instead Of forcing water into the boil
crs threw II back and forced pure
steam into the boiler.
The Indications are promising. saws
the Denver News. that at the close of
te present year Wyoming will not bc
clnssed rs an exclusively pastoral
state. The opening up of the great iron
range of the Ilartvlllc district by the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Is as-
surcd and the magnificent copper belt
In the southern part Of Carbon county
will he the scene OF wonderful develop
ments In that mineral. The oil inter.
ests of central Wyoming are attracting
new companies. which are cxpendlng
money In purchasing machinery and
preparing for extensive explorations
Of the oil feeds. \ large number of
wells Will be sunk. These operations
viii for year or two he confined to the
production of crude and lnbrlcating
oils, for which there is very large
market Arrangements are being made
by n strong eastern company to manu-.
facturc soda from the soda wells of
Green River. Another syndicate has
purchased the soda lakes with the AN
nOunccd Intention of establishing soda
aud glass works at Larimlc 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.
tion. requiring largely Increased fncill.
ties. The gold placer companies In the
-Four Mile. Douglas creek and Sweet
water districts. rs well as IN other see
tions OF the state win hnvc phcnome-
nnlly active and profitable season. on
account Of full supply of water assured
by the enormous body Of snow In the
mountains. This situation win also
make the coming season nm ideal one
for the prospector ana the gold hunter
to make his tests on many little noun.
tain streams that are practically dry In
ordinary seasons.
The land Office nj Glcnwood nnnoun.
ccs that the states selection OF $1,000
ncrcs Of land lying In Routt and Rio
Blanca counties. selected by the OIL
GERS OF the State Land IIonrd. hns been
rejected by the Washington officials
and the land N now subject To entry
under the existing United States laws.
The lnnds now In question were Select.
ed mostly In 1895. They ARE widely
scattered over Itou,t aud Rio IIlnnco
counties, mostly IN the former county.
Some Of III. lands nrc capable OF irrl.
gnilon. hut most Of them nrc upland.
aud only Of value for giazing. The set.
Tiers In the valleys feared that the
large cattle companies would lease or
buy the sinie lands. nnd thus control
the range. They claimed Tint the