Gilpin observer., 1899-05-18
BLACK HAWK.

ness place.
E. S. Blake is fixing up his Office at the
Black Hawk Livery and Sale Stable in
fine shape.
City Marshal W. r. Backus has had
the city thoroughly cleaned of the ac-
cumulated filth and garbage.
Hon. J. Med. Livesay, of Denver, was
attending to legal business here and in
Central on Friday and Saturday.
Lewis c. Snyder, of Denver, was look
ing after his real estate and mining in
terests here Friday and Saturday.
Charley Klein is amusing himself these
days in cleaning up in and around the
old Buell. mill building in Central.
Clark & Rogers, the hardware mer-
chants, are having tie front of their
store rooms painted "business front
green.'
Hon. Lewis G. Snyder has purchased
the interest recently held by the late
Stewart Sanford in the Sanford Cattle
company.
3. F. Stewart of this city, contem-
plates visiting the mining states in Old
Mexico. His wife will remain in Denver
until he becomes located.
Harry Fox has returned with his
newly welded wife. They have gone to
housekeeping on Gregory street, in the
dwelling next to the NJ. e. church.
The ladies connected with the Metho-
dist Aid society held an ice cream and
strawberry social at that church We'd
nesday evening. They netted quite a
sum of money.
Mrs. Fl. L. Grenfell, state superin-
tendent OF schools, visited friends here
last Sunday, and was the guest of Prof
Matthews and wife. She returned on
the afternoon train.
A very pleasant time was had last
Saturday evening at United Modern hail.
occasion of a strawberry social and So
cial dance. Professor Lintz' orchestra
furnished the music for the latter.
Charley Stout, of the Colorado Il
Southern railroad, reports the shipment
OF seventy-six cars of ore and concen-
trates last week, making total of 167
cars for the first two weeks in May.
Mr.. McClelland of the Orc Reduction
company, has placed a Woodbury. I'm
perial concentrating table in the mill Of
that company. This week the new
Elspass roller quartz mill was started up
for the first time.
Stroehle & Son., at their boiler works
in this city, are kept busy these days in
turning out new work and attending to
the repairing of defective boilers. They
are also turning out n number OF ore and
water buckets for various mines.
George Fertig, OF the Golden Sheai
mine, Vermillion district, returned
Saturday. He states that the snow is
fast disappearing in that portion of the
county and that number Of mines are
being flooded with water from the melt.
ing snow.
McFarlane & Co. on Tuesday shipped
two iron ore cars to the Freeland mine,
at Freeland. Clear Creek county. Ore
Purchaser George FormAn has added a
fire and burglar proof safe to his office
on Gregory street. t.rat &
J.W. Holman, one Of the old original
owners of the Bobtail lode, and former
well-known mine and stamp mill opera
tor of this county, paid his former
stamping ground visit last Friday.
Mr.. Holman still retains miring interests
in this county.
j. w. Koons, Of Perigo, has put on
daily stage between that place and Black
Hawk and Central, leaving the former
place in the morning and returning in
the afternoon. Orders left with Clark &
Rogers in this city or with Jenkins,
Mckay & Co., in Central, will meet with
prompt attention.
Robert Bunney, for number of years
a resident Of this city, and in charge OF
the Cornish pump on No. shaft OF the
Gregory lode, returned to his home in
Jefferson county last Saturday, after
visit with friends here and in Central.
He was accompanied here by his friend,
Mr.. Trathen, business man at Mar
guerite, Michigan.
| Walter Il. Scott has sold the Black
Hawk bakery business in this city to
Messrs. Linsamier & Schefiler, Of Cen.
tral City, the latter taking possession on
Thursday, May II. The new purchasers
will run the bakery in this city, as also
the Union bakery in Central, which
they have been successfully conducting
since the retirement OF Mr.. G. c. Miller
from business in that city.