Gilpin observer., 1899-02-23
BLACK HAWK.

day, to visit friends.
The State Ore Sampling Works man.
nges TO keep jogging along, although not
compelled to run at night.
The last payment to D. Mitchell, who
built tho new water works system here,
has been made by the city.
b. j. Smith of Central, has been ar
pointed superintendent O. the Running
Lode group OF mines in this city.
Mrs. Helen L. Grenfell, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, visited
friends here Saturday. She returned to
Denver Sunday afternoon.
Fred r. Hughes of the Little Market
is carrying his right hand tied up and
bound round with wooden string,
caused by knife slipping and striking
his hand while he was cutting up meat.
The Rathbone Sisters, Central City
lodge, paid the knights of Black Hawk
lodge No. a visit last Thursday night,
and gave tea, 1t was well attended by
the Knights of Pythias, their wives and
friends.
Mr.. Coffin informs THE OBSERVER that
the New York Mill company during the
recent cold, stormy weather, kept 80
slow drop stamps dropping, and part of
the time 20 rapid-drop stamps.
During that time the mill did not lose
As hours.
Lou Slingerland, formerly ofthe Black
Hawk Star, has returned to Golden from
Omaha, and last Monday assumed his
duties as foreman of the Golden Globe.
He takes the place of j. A. Garrison, who
has left Golden with his family, for Mus
catine, Iowa.
The Gilpin Coal and Feed Co. has
managed SO far to secure all the coal
that could possibly be furnished them
from the valley coal banks. Mr.. Man
son. the manager, says ohat hereafter he
expects to have Il sufficient supply on
hand to furnish all the companys Gus
toners.
The recent spell of warm weather
proved a boon to the millmen who were
compelled to hang up number of
stamps for want of ore. The tramway
company is now running its trains quite
regularly, and there is larger number
of wagons engaged in hauling ore than
during the late stormy weather.
A petition has been circulated for the
removal of the postoflice from its present
location to the Crook building on Greg
ory street, where it was formerly located
for number of years. 1t is much
better room, well lighted and has the
advantage of having large sized burg
lar and fire-proof safe. The Office will
be removed as soon as permission is OBJ
tanned from Washington.
On February 16, Mr. w. w. Sullivan,
| who has been the business manager OF
the Fort Collins Courier for the past
twelve years, severed his connection
with that journal. He is succeeded by
MIR. Carl Anderson. The former gentle
man will be pleasantly remembered by
citizens here as one of the founders of
the Black Hawk Post, published i'll the
Quartz Mill City in 1876.
Golden Transcript Wealthy mine
owners from up the canon are negotiat-
ing for land in Golden on which to erect
a stamp mill for treating ores, while ar
rangements are under way for the re
moval of a concentra Yor here from Black
Hawk, owing to the insufficient water
supply at that place. With several other
promising projects looming up before us,
it seems that we are on the road to pros
perity.
The Salida, Colo, Record of recent
date says that John Brown died at tho
poor farm in that place ON January ~.
He was born in 1922. He served through
the Mexican war, and, in the Civil war.
was member of either the First or
Second regimen. OF Ohio Volunteers He
came to Colorado in 1859, and lived at
Black Hawk and Central City. The re-
mains were taken in charge 10y the
Woman's Relief Corps OF Salida and
given decent burial in the Grand Army
burial plot in Fairvew cemetery.