Gilpin observer., 1900-02-15
BLACK HAWK.

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pital, is visiting his father in Denver.
Thomas O'Meara, who has had severe
attack of typhoid fever, is up and around
his room. DR.. Richmond thinks he will
pull through all right.
Mrs. Charles A. Goyetto and little
son and daughter, of Des Moines, Iowa,
arrived Sunday, and will remain here
visiting Mrs. j. c. Martin, sister of Mrs,
Goyetto.
Peter McFarlane, of the Black Hawk
foundry, made flying trip to Idaho
Springs on Monday.
Mondays snow storm interfered with
the workmen employed on the new mill
of the Denver 81 Boston Mining and Mill
ing company.
The first pourishment that Mrs. Allen.
who was shot by her husband " ednes,
day morning of last week, received was
given her on Saturday. She is recover
ing from the slight stroke of palsy, the
effect of the pistol shot received near the
base of the spinal column. The chances
for her recovery are very hopeful.
Despite the recent storm and cold
weather, the Gilpin 50.stamp mill is kept
pounding away on custom ore. In many
instances the yield of gold is Hattering
10 the mine owners and operators. The
OBSERVER reporter dropped in at the mill
on Monday and found Mr.. keyes, the
foreman, full of business.
The S-year-old daughter of William
Rudolph, who resides at Gilpin, north of
this city, fell Sunday on the ice and
broke the left collar bone. She was
brought to this city, where Or. Rich.
mond set the fracture.
Mrs Wildernauer, this city, left for
Fort Logan Monday afternoon, return
ing Wednesday.
Alexander Cochrane died last Satur-
day afternoon at the Colorado house, this
city, after short illness of pneumonia,
aged 60 years. He came to Colorado in
1860, and for number of years was en-.
gineer at the Smith & Parmelee COM
pany's portion of the Gregory mine at
the time the late B. T. Wells was mana
ger of the Colorado Gold Mining and
Milling company, who succeeded the
Smith Il Parmelee company. or late
years he had resided in the southern
portion of the state. After his death his
body was taken to the undertaking par
lor OF r.. l.. Harris in Central, where it
was placed in a casaet, and his brother
in law residing in Missouri was tele-
graphed of his death. Upon receiving
an answer to bury him here, arrange.
ments were made by the Pioneers Asso.
citation of Gilpin County, of which he
was member, for the obsequies, which
occurred Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the undertaking parlor OF Mr..
Harris. Interment was made in the
burial plot of the Pioneers association
in the city cemetery, west of this city.
The many pioneer friends OF Frank
Dimmick, a former resident OF this city,
will be pleased to learn that he has won
his mining suit which has been pending
in the United States circuit court in
Denver. Mr.. Dimmick and his partner,
Charles j. Mattheson, in 1896 located the
Independent mine, on the Baca land
grant No 4, the claimants making the
location with the consent of the owners
OF the grant. In 1897, after the locators
had proven the property to be a valuable
one, they erected n stamp mill and com.
menced work of development. Quincy
A. Shaw, on the part of the owners,
brought suit in tine United States circuit
court to restrain them from working the
claim, the decision being in his favor. In
lS99 Shaw gave an option on the prop
erty pending negotiating for its sale, re-
ceiving $4,000 in part payment, Shaw
making n stipulation with the intending
purchasers allowing them to sink shaft
200 feet and do POO feet OF development
work. Upon final hearing Judge Hallett
entered decree that the license given
to the owner was void, and a perpetual
Injunction was issued restraining de.
PENDANTS from working the property.
Snow afterward repudiated his stipula.
tion with the purchasing parties, and in
October last began working the mine
with a large force OF men. On rehear-
ing Of the case February ., the court de-
cded in favor OF the locators, ordering
Shaw to surrender both mine and mill to
Dimmick and Mattheson within three
days.
Mrs. Ella Bostwick some time ago sent
in her resignation as postmaster of this
city, owing to i'll health. The announce
ment was made on Tuesday that Preston
Holbrook, present city treasurer, had
been appointed as her successor. Mrs.