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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28
The rIuniciPal Election.

Present indications Justify the
sts tement that interest in Gunnison
county is reviving at every point.
With this advancement Crested
Butte should keep step; hence, it
should be the aim and object Of
every citizen of this city to do all
within his power to encourage and
assist mining enterprises that are
now, and soon will be, under way,
and which contribute largely to the
progress noted above. An active
interest in our town will rebound
to our material welfare, and in no
way can we better accomplish this
object than by the manifestation
of industry by ourselves. 1t
should not only be the duty, but
the desire, of our citizens to evince
a lively interest in local government.
Industrious and trustworthy men
should be selected as town officials.
OF course, we recognize the fact
that the positions to be filed, with
the exception of the marshalship,
are comparatively void of remuner-
alton and are fraught with much
trouble and responsibility, yet no
good citizen eligible for these posi-
tions should shirk the responsibility
devolving upon the incumbency
when summoned by his fellow
townsmen. Impartial, economical,
honest home government is what
we want, and the Advancement of
such enterprises as viii be of gen
eral benefit to the town should be
encouraged, and can be, if the men
who will take the proper interest
in the town are elected.
The PILoT's suggestion of James
McGraw for mayor, and v. E.
Metzler for treasurer, met with
hearty approval throughout the
town, and along with this approval
came words of commendGtion for
Marshal Harry Waters and wishes
for his reelection. Mr.. Waters,
during his several terms of Office,
has been painstaking and highly
efficient in the discharge of the
manifold and sometimes difficult
duties of his position; he has al
ways been consistently considerate
of the rights of all but at the same
time has impartially and rigidly
enforced the majesty of the law;
he is one of the most kind-hearted
men within the circle of our ac-
quaintance and no honest appeal
is made in vain to him. Every
public official makes enemies
cannot be helped in the fulfillment
of the oath he takes-but where he
makes one enemy he makes many
stanch friends who will stand by
him through thick and thin. Such
is the case with Mr.. Waters, but
he has the honor and respect of
the great majority of the citizens
who will take great pleasure in re-
tanning him in his present place.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28
Advertised Letter List.

Following is the list of letters
remaining uncalled for in the
Crested Butte postoflice for the
month ending February 2S, 1899:
DOMESTIC.
Thomas Mooney.
A. j. McDermott.
w. 7. Green.
James Davis.
FOREIGN.
Michel Tyrtta.
Raffach Caputo.
John Wellenskog,
Frank Zittler.
Joe Boss.
Persons calling for letters on
this list will please say 'advertised''
and oblige,
Wv. VAN OsTERN, P. NJ
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

VIM. Green, the popular fireman
on the Lake City branch for so
many years, has received a merited
promotion from the company, he
being advanced to engineer. He
is now running the switch engine
in the Crested Butte yards. Men
of Billy's make will always make
a success. Tribune.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

A number of the local business
houses are well pleased over the
experiment of Sup't, Thompson
with the arc light and will substi-
tute one arc for their small lights.
Crested Butte is becoming more
progressive every day.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

Fotografer Dean was up from
Gunnison yesterday and today
making arrangements for place
for his studio. He viii be up again
in few days fully prepared to do
all kinds of photography.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

Miss Jessie Ross went down to
Gunnison on Wednesday last to
visit with relatives for couple of
weeks.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

L. M. Kimball, the popular
salesman of the Hewitt Candy Co.,
of Denver, was in the city Saturday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

Wallie Mcdonald went over to
Gothic yesterday with pack of
supplies for Jerry Madden.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

Mrs. n. j. McWillians returned
Saturday from an extended visit to
Gunnison.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

Five days mail was received at
the postodice Saturday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

Jos. Clark departed the first of
last week for Florence. His family
followed on Monday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

Jas. M. Jameson left Monday
to seek a new location somewhere
in Fremont county.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

Ross & Son carry all kinds of
legal blanks.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

Spanish is language which
is easy to learn, and the intimation
from Washington that the govern
ment needs young men who under
stand Spanish to assist in the
administration of our colonial pol
icy should act as a stimulus in the
study of the language and the sale
of Spanish grammars.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28
Tuesday. Feb. rs, 1893.
Local Pointers.

Read the new ad Of Roth G. Click.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28
BAILY 6. M0NNIG, Managers.


A GIVE SOLICITORS WANTED EVERY
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commissioned by the Government as
Official Historian to the War Depart
nent The book was written in army
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wth General Merritt, IN the hospitals
at Honolulu, in Hong Kong, IN the
trenches at Manila, in the lnsurgent
camps with Aguinaldo, on the deck
of the Olympia with Dewey, and IN
'he roar of battle at the fall of Manila.
Bonanza for agents, Brimful of orig
NAL pictures taken by government
photographers on the spot. Large
book. Low prices. Big profits.
Freight paid. Credit given. Drop
all trashy unofficial war books. Outfit
free. Address F. T. Barber, Sec'y.,
Star Insurance Bldg. Chicago.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28

Saturday was pay day at the
mine
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-28
State Ore Samping Co,
Denver, Colo.

We buy Gold, Silver, Lead, Cop
per, Bismuth, Uranium, Wolfram,
Cobalt and Antimony ores. With
modern mills and machinery our iacil-
ities for sampling ores are the best.
Our long experience in the market
enables US TO pay the highest cash
prices for all marketable ores. Write
for our "Reference Book" Send
analysis Of your ore for prices and
information.
B4/L y g. MONNIG, MANAGERS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-15

resident of Silver City. They were as
follows: Sample No. l, coming from
the north end of drift on hanging wall,
l2l.40 ounces silver. .0f gold, 665 per
cent lead; sample No. 9. from the north
end of drift on footwall, 8 ounces of
silver, a trace of gold and l per cent
lead; sample No. 5, from south end of
drift, on footwall, 20 ounces silver.
trace of gold. 1 per cent lead and is
copper; sample No. 4, midway, on foot
wall, ounces silver, no gold, no lead,
2.7 copper.
While the vein at the point where
these samples We're obtained is, by ac-
tual measurement, thirty-eight feet
wide, the ore seam is very small. aver
aging less than three inches. The re-
suit of the assay tests is not given for
the purpose of infusing activity in the
lie OF the stock, but to correct sew
eral inaccurate statements recently
made by misleading reports. AS the
situation is understood by your CORE
spondent, the matter is of no conse-
quenee, since the directory of the
Bowers Extension has decided to put
aside all exploiting, and devote every
effort towards reaching a much needed
depth.
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AFTER THE CONFIDENCE.
Property Has Been Examined For
Colorado Parties.

Dr. George II. Fennemore came up
from the south yesterday, in company
with j. n. Balls, the Well-known eX-
pert and representative of Colorado
capitalists. Mr.. Balls has been down to
examine the Confidence mine at State
inc, with view to securing a bond
upon il for some of the Colorado in
vestors whom he represents. The mine
is owned by Mr. Fennemore, his son
and Ward Christian, and has been de-
veloped by shaft sunk on the ledge
TO depth of l45 feet. with good values
IN gold all the way down. Mr.. Femme
more's proposition to bond the prop
eI-ty Goes not call for a series Of cash
payments, but contemplates the pros
pecting of the ledge to greater depth.
Mr. Balls is said to be favorably i'm
pressed with his examination of the
property and the handling of the prop
osition Will more than likely be under
taken.
DR.. Fenneniore is also largely inter-
eSted in the South Granite properties
in Beaver county and contemplates the
formation of a company to develop
some splendid silver-lead-gold prop
9sitions in the vicinity of the Lincoln
mine.
Much interest is now being shown in
the Beaver districts, the doctor says.
ana he looks for a great influx of cap
ital during the next few months.
Mr.. Balls is in search of gold and
copper propositions and will likely
spend several days in the state before
returning TO Colorado
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freed of water by the end Of the COM
ing week, at the latest
BIG MINERAL ZONE.
Antelope Island Has One Six Hun
dred Feet Wide.

A mineral zone 600 feet wide may
seem large to some people, but that is
the magnitude of the one which crosses
Antelope island, through the properties
owned by c. NJ. Freed and others All
this is between a formation of granite
on one side and quartzite on another.
Parties who have visited Mr. Freed's
property lately say he has mammoth
proposition before him, and he is go
ing ahead with its development at a
lively rate A shaft has been put down
on the vein to a depth of sixty-five
feet; the whole shaft is in ore, and
drifts have been started to determine
the width of the pay chutes. The ore
extracted from the present workings
mas been saved. 1t carries very en-
couraging values and will undoubted-
ly net handsome returns.
Mr.. Freed is preparing for transport
tatlon facilities to bring the ore across
the lake. He has partially completed
arrangements for a naphtha launch,
capable OF conveying from twenty-five
TO thirty people and towing barges
loaded with thirty to sixty tons of ore.
The promoters of the Kenyon group
are also figuring on putting in SINH
lar craft, SO it looks as if the island is
to become an active camp, with all
these preparations going on to facili-
tate the handling of ores. 1t is believed
that little more development will be
required to Justify the erection of "a
reduction works on the island This
mas already been discussed. The plan
is very feasible one, from the fact
that all the necessary requirements are
close at hand, with the possible excep-
ton of fuel, which could be transport
ed across the lake with much less ex-
pense than shipping the ores over to
the shelters for treatment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-15
LII OF THE WEST STRIKE.
High-grade Lead Ore East of the
Humbug
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Eureka, June 14.-One of the most
important and extensive ore finds of.
the season has just been made by
Messrs. Barlow and Hindmarsh in the
Lily of the West, which lies about a
mile and a half east of the Humbug,
on the old Goshen trail. The Lily is an
old property, but has not been worked
at all for fifteen years, and never until
it passed into the present hands, who
are leasing, has ii showed a pound of
ore. Resuming work at the bottom of
the old shaft, which is 200 feet deep, a
drift was started, and before a distance
of ten feet had been made a body of
lead ore was cut that has since devel-
oped into a tremendous chute. Some
little exploiting work has since been
done on the 100 level, just enough to
determine the existence of the ore
body, which will enable the leasers to
upraise from the 200.
At present the ore channel discloseS
more than 100 feet of vertical stopping
ground, measuring perhaps six feet in
thickness by as much or more in
length They have broken and raised
at least four ears of ore, and have COM
pleted arrangements with Messrs. Tay-
lor & Brunton to ship a car every other
day.
The mineral is a lead carbonate.
showing small silver values, but going
as high as IS per cent in lead. The
strike has much significance, because
it demonstrates fully the eastern con-
tinuity of the ore zone. Ezra Thomp-
son of Salt Lake has a bond on the
Lily. Preparations are being made for
a steam plant.
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ANOTHER BINGHAM DEAL.
Daniel Eyre Gives a Lease and Bond
On Two Claims.

By the terms of a lease and bond
filed Cor record with the county re-
corder yesterday, the owners of the
patented mining claims, situated In
West Mountain mining district, have
obligated themselves to transfer title
to their property 10 a syndicate, upon
payment Of the sum of $4,000. Dating
from May l last, the Frisco Mining q
Milling company came into possession
OF the Frisco and True Fissure claims,
adjoining the companys group and
owned by Daniel Eyre and Nancy \.
Eyre, his wife. the company, as lessee.
oblif ating itself TO pay 20 per cent of
the net proceeds Of ore mined from the
two claims as royalty, and also the sum
of $3.50 per month to the owners for the
privilege Of working the claims contin-
NouSly for the period of five years. The
,oyaitjes and the fixed monthly rental
are TO be credited upon the agreed pur-
chase price of $40. 900 for the Frisco and
True Fissure claims, and the company,
as lessee, may at any time within the
iiVe-year period, elect to pay any bal
ance due for an absolute conveyance Of
the property from Mr.. and Mrs. Eyre.
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LA RENE STRIKE.
Indications of the Humbug Chute
Eagle and Blue Bell Returns.

Especial CorrespondenceO
Eureka, June 14.-Your correspond
ent spent a portion of this morning in
company with A. S. Day inspecting the
workings of the La RENE tunnel. AT a
point 600 feet from the opening the
main ledge has been cut, and in a drift,
run east about twelve feet from the
tunnel, a body of low grade mineral.
at present measuring not less than
seven feet i'm width, has been opened.
The character is of brown quartz.
showing plenty of spar and what APP
pears to be crystalization of lead. Mr..
Day informed the writer that Superin-
tendent Romney of the Humbug, after
having examined the conditions pre-
vailing, said that, in his judgment, it
was the forerunner of the Humbug ore
chute 1t would appear to be so be-
yond question.
The shipment of ore made by the
Eagle & Blue Bell folks last week gave
most gratifying results. The car con-
tanned twenty-five tons and netted the
owners a trifie over $4,000 or, $40 per
ton. Certainly it would appear as if
this mine had ceased to be a prospect
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Owners Say They Would Refuse a
Million.
GOLD MOUNTAIN BONANZA
SHIPMENTS OF ORE CARRYING
$400 PER TON.
One of the Owners Says No Option
Would Be Given On the Property
at Any Price-Bingham Property
Bonded For $4,000 - Mining
Notes.

Among a party of mining men who
came up from the Gold Mountain dis
trict yesterday was II. L. Mills, who is
one of the principal owners of the big
Wedge mine Mr. Mills says the Wedge
property has never been offered for sale
10 anyone, no experts have been en-
ployed 20 make an examination OF ii,
and, so far as himself and associates
are concerned, they don't care whether
anybody examines the mine or not.
They are satisfied with the showing,
and not any of the larger holders of the
stock would sell out if they were Of
fered SIS a share.
Harry Joseph was at the mine not
long ago, and through the courtesy of
one OF the owners. he was shown
through the property. MIR. Joseph was
SO faVorably impressed with it, so Mr..
Mills states that he made an offer for
the stock in behalf of Salt Lake par
ties, and went further by saying he
would put up 4 certified check for u
part of the purchase price. The offer
was refused, and Mr.. Mills stated at the
time that himself and his associates
would not part with their bonanza if
they had an offer of 81 200, 900 in cash,
nor would they be willing to tie it up
for sixty days at any price.
Development is in progress in the
drift and Wine, and in the bottom OF
the winze the vein has been explored
FOR a width of eleven feet. Ore is be-
ing extracted from these places and
sacked ready for shipment.
There is considerable ore ready TO
come to market, the snow being the
only drawback, but it as disappearing
very fast, and within the next fifteen
days the roads will be in shape to start
the ore down the mountain The ore to
come down, Mr.. Mills says, will run
over $500 to the ton.
The drift is within thirty feet of the
Treasure Vault property, and as work
progresses the ore bodies seem to i'm
prove. The same vein crosses the
Treasure Vault. 1t is also owned by
practically the same parties interested
in the Wedge. The Treasure Vault is
being developed from the Comstocll
claim, and has a very promising show
ing.
The Out of Sight, located half mile
to the northeast from the Wedge, IS
and ore is being extracted car
rying high values in gold.
Milo Packard has made a strike in
the Chattanooga group. He has only
started development, and, ac-
cording to Mr.. Mills, he struck some
pretty good gold rock the very first
shot fired.
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,nwood to inspect mining property to-

tonwoOd to inspect a mining property to-
day.
a carload of ore is expected in from
the Silver Summit before the end of the
week
NJ. \. Buck will go to Bingham today.
to take a look at the West Mountain
placer ground.
Manager A. Van Patten is down from
the Carbonate HILL in Morgan county,
with an ore shipment.
A. l.. Morris. secretary of the Utah
Stock Exchange. will look after mining
interests in Bingham today.
Manager A S. Day is at the La Refine,
in Tintic. making an inspection of the
new ore body Just opened up.
II. +. Carey has taken his departure for
Joplin. Mo- 10 inspect mining propositions
in the lead-producing regions.
Five cars of ore from Tintic and two
from Stockton were reported at the Tay-
lor & Brunton sampler yesterday.
w; w ODDS will make an inspection of
the Silver Summit mine next Friday. He
is largely interested in the property.
Colonel Dorsey is back from his trip To
Bingham, and speaks in glowing terms of
the outlook for the future of the ''old
reliable" camp.
The South Swansea reported on the
local market with five cars of second
class ores yesterday. Four loads of first
class ore will come up today.
Manager J. W. Neill went out to Bling
ham Yesterday to inspect a drift in the
United States company's property, in
which some good-looking copper ore had
been encountered.
A telegram was received yesterday from
Gill 5. Peyton, who was called east sud
denly on account of the illness of his Child
at Fremont, Neb., stating that the bov
was very much improved in health.
Word comes from Snyder City, at Gold
Mountain. that the surveying and plat
.1.~a
and thirty-three lots have already been
sold at prices ranging from 500 to $50
each.
S. S. Smith of Ogden came up from the
south yesterday, where he had been to
make an inspection of the Wedge Exten-
sion. in the Gold Mountain district. He
was so favorably impressed with the
proposition that he has declared his in
tention of going east at once to float some
of the stock.
Frank Dalton. who is largely interested
in the Acorn and Wedge Extension at
Narysvale. has returned from a trip to
the camp. He has let contract for the
erection of necessary buildings on the
properties named. preparatory to start
ing up active development work.
Thomas Weir and Hartwig A. Cohen
have communications in the last issue of
the Engineering and Mining Journal. in
which they take issue with that paper in
it's effort to belittle the Boston Consol-
idated properties ut Bingham. Mr.. Weir
very clearly explains where the Journal
was wrong in its declaration that the
Boston Consolidated was "a doubtful
copper prospect"
G. G. Hall, the well-known mining man,
has returned from a weeks prospecting
tour in the Beaver Creek country. Sum-
nit county where he was accompanied
by DR.. c. w. Num-. Mr.. Hall says there
may be some good propositions up there,
but he is of the opinion that there are
more favorable localities in the state.
work has been in progress.
however, since the first of the year, and
some mineral Of a low grade has been
'ound
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-15
ANTELOPE ISLAND CLAIMS.
Notices of Location Are Filed In
Pennington.
Especial Correspondence,

Especial Correspondence.)
Pennington, June thinning loca-
tons on Antelope island have been filed
with the county recorder as follows:
BY Frank r. Daniels and others, the
Pasha, Pasha Nos. l, ., 8, 4 and >.
By Anton Hartman and n. w. Whip
pie, Royal Flush Nos. l, and 5.
BY NJ. j. Kelly. Lake View.
There are reasons TO believe that val
liable copper deposits may yet be I'M
covered on the mountains east of Cen
terville. Considerable work has been
done in that locality recently, and it
has borne fruit in the filing of claims
by some Salt Lake, Provo and Center
Vile parties.
Joseph Kimball of Salt Lake and S.
F. Wolsley of Centerville have located
the Sidney, Alice, Lathilla and Kimball
claims.
S. w. .Wolsley of Centerville and V.
l.. Halliday of Provo have filed lOca-
tions on the Red Wolf, Sunbeam and
Lucky Boy claims.
The Garbaldi claim has been located
by ]. w. Kimball.
Mr.. Wolsley expressed himself as be-
ing confident. that the claims they had
located would prove valuable, and he
some specimens that would
seem TO justify his confidence.
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EAST T|NT|C RAILWAY
Line to Be Extended to Many Pro-
ducing Mines.
TO BE BUILT AT ONCE
PROJECT OF IMPORTANCE TO
TINTIC DISTRICT.
Strike of High-grade Lead Ore In the
Lily of the West = Main Ledge
Cut In the La Reine-Eagle and
Blue Bell Returns = Shipments
From the Sunbeam.
Especial Correspondence

Mammoth, June H.-There is no lon
ger any surmise or conjecture as to
what ]. A. Cunningham contemplates
doing in the way of building the East
Tintic railway to other mining proper
ties than the Mammoth. Lafayette CT.
Burton, civil engineer, informed your
correspondent that Mr.. Cunningham
requested him to report at this point
at once. where he would join him and
confer as to the most feasible and prac
ticable route to various mines.
The plan in view is to continue
around the easy grade to the Star Con-
solidated, incidentally taking in the
Boss Tweed and Red Rose, continuing
to the Dragon Iron mine, and possibly
to the Sunbeam by way of the Martha
Washington and Undine. Mr.. Burton
says that there will be no long delays,
as Mr.. Cunningham has resolved to
complete the additional trackage at
once, and is now letting contracts. 1t
will prove to be the most important
event of the year for this end of Tintic.
The Star Consolidated alone can fur
nish more than enough mill ore to keep
the Sioux mill running continuously.
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TITLE TO KANGAROO.
Mr.. Bemis Employed Prospector to
Locate Ground

A rather curious case. which will in
terest mining prospectCrs and persons
who ''gri 10 stake" them, has been COM
menced in the district court.
A. H. Bemis wants an order from the
court forcing Jacob Enders to give him
title to the Kangaroo claim in the West
Mountain mining district. Enders can
not be found, so that it is likely that
title Will have to be secured in some
other way. Mr.. Bcmis states in his
complaint that he and Mary F. Klopen-
slime employed Jacob Enders and
George w. Kingsley to prospect 1t
was understood that title to any prop
critics of value discovered should re-
main with them till request was made
for transfer.
Kingsley lived up to his end of the
bargain, for when called upon to do so
he decided the one-half of the property,
known as the Kangaroo claim. to Mary
F. Klopenstine. Enders didn't: in
stead, he cannot be found. Bemis de-
clares that he has been in actual pos
session of the property and has done
required assessment work