Gilpin observer., 1900-06-07
COLORADO NOTES.


term had nearly expired but he was
wanted on the charge of committing
u murder in New Mexico.
l.. a. Thompson, editor and publisher
of the Weld County RepHblican, has
received telegram from Washington
from A. w. Nachen, superintendent OF
the rural delivery system, stating tha,
he has been appointed, upon the recon-
mendation of Senator Il. o. Wolcott.
special agent of rural free delivery
a fatal accident occurred at the
Dewdrop mine Friday morning. IL
which Louis Il. Sibbitt. miner, losl
his life. Sibbitt and three other min
ers had contract for driving the Dew
1rop tunnel near Ward. The night shift
had gone home leaving some of the
shots unexplOded. Sibbitt, it is sup
posed, attempted to shoot one of the
charges with a short fuse. When his
partner, L. B. Atteberry, went to work
in the tunnel he found Sibbitt lying oil
his face few feet from the breast OF
the tunnel, badly mangled and uncon,
scious. Some pieces of rock had
| struck him in the back, on the back OF
| the head and had penetrated the lungs
The unfortunate man was carried to II
neighboring house. and died at &c
| p. m.
The Elkhead Anthracite Coal Com.
pany, owning 1000 acres of anthra.
cite coal land on Elkhead creek. have
begun the work of developing their
property with ten men This force
will be employed all summer in open
ing up the different coal veins on this
property. Surveying is also being
done for deep workings and a dia
mond drill will be employed at no dis
tant day in determining the depth and
thickness of the hidden veins. This
work, coming at this time, will have
the effect of inducing owners of other
properties Of different kinds to devel
op the same. While much has been
said and written ON the resources OF
Routt county, it is fact that the de
velOpment work done has been very
slight. When its resources are de.
veloped and sufficient amount of
tonnage thus guaranteed to n railroad
one will not be long in coming. The
property Of the Elkhead Coal Company
is one of the most valuable deposits OF
anthracite coal in the West. and IL
quality it compares favorably Will
the best Pennsylvania product. There
are three separate veins already dis
covered and the diamond drill may re.
veal the presence of others. About
600 acres of this land is patented anc
the remainder will undoubtedly be
patented this year.
A dispatch from Victor to the Repub
lican says: One man is dead, Michael
Shields. and another. Bert Knobles. is
in Jail as the result of an attempted
robbery in the Victor yards of the Flor.
ence X Cripple Creek railway a little
nj,
cars of high-grade ore. averaging IL
the neighborhood of $1,000 per ton
left the Last Dollar mine on Bull hill
Monday, enroute to the Eilers smelter
at Pueblo. In Victor the cars were
placed on the siding about 100 yards
east of the depot and near the Strong
mine to await the through freight. The
departure of this consignment was moi
made public but the secret was not sc
closely kept as 1t might have been and
several people besides the miners and
f'niiroad men We're cognfzant of it. Ac,
cording to their usual custom the mine
officials had employed guards to accom-
pany the mineral to its destination. and
while the cars We're lying quietly IN
the dark yards, three men armed with
rifles We're concealed in cabin. About
O'Clock the guards saw four forms
creep to the door of one of the loaded
box cars. A sharp sound informed the
watchers that the seal had been broken
and moment later they heard the
door pushed back and the shufiiing of
the mems bodies as they climbed in.
side. Very quietly three sacks contain.
ing eighty pounds each were thrown
out upon the cinders beside the track
The ore thieves left the car and were
shoulderlng their plumber when tn.
guards emerged from their concealmen,
and commanded them to halt Both
robbers dropped their burdens and ran
eastward along the track A second
order to stop being disrcgardcd, the
guards fired three shots. One OF the
fugitives surrendered, the other was
killed. and two escaped. The captured
man is well known ms n miner. His
name is Bert Knoblcs. He was taken
to the county Jail at Cripple Creek.
a dispatch to the Republican from
Sterling says: The news OF robbery
and hold-np and subsequent killing
near Crook, thirty miles down the riv.
or, in this county, reached here to-day
when dispatch for the sheriff and cor.
oner startled the community. King
and South Gale, prominent sheepmen
residing several miles north OF Crook
and two hired men. Baker and Kearns
were in their camp last night about o
o'clock. when two men with revolvcrs
ordered them to throw up their hands
One of the deperadocs kept the sheep.
men under his guns, while the other
bound and gagged them. Then the
shecpmen We're searched and robbed
and the ranch pillagcd. When the
slccpmen released themselves, Kearns
got on his horse and went in hot pursuit
of the men. He traced them 10 the rail
way and then back to The hills. About
o'clock this morning he met n
ncighbor James Lynch. Lynch had II
li-cal. Marlin rifle and took up the
trail with Kearns. They came upon
the two men and called on them to sur.