, 1900-02-08
WYOMING NOTES.

have been staked off. The discovery
was made by Peter Donnelly. who has
already bonded and leased the properly
for $1,000. 1t is claimed there is an
eight-foot vein of ore, rich in copper.
The power and shaft houses ut the
Glenrock coal mines, destroyed by fire
a month ago, throwing 200 men out of
employment. have been rebuilt, and the
mines will resume extensive operations
in n few days. Tit mines have been
taking out about two carloads OF coal
per day since the fire, but the output
will be increased. Miners are In de-
mand here.
The largest train eve handled over
n railroad left Cheyenne Saturday
for Sidney. Nebraska, 100 miles east.
There We're lightweight cars in the
train. representing 3.G33 tons, or I,266,-
600 pounds. Thu train was hauled by
one engine by doubling Archer hill and
made the trip without incident, and in
n remarkable short space of time, con
sidering the magnitude of the load.
The fate of Emil Pressler of Brook
Ign, who disappeared mysteriously
while making a journey west over the
Union Pacific n year Z last month,
is no longer n mystery. A silver watch
case. found neal the scene of the Sunol
rain wreck, east of Cheyenne. has the
name Pressler engraved on the inside,
while outside is the name, "Harriette
Donneusc." The charred body lies in
the Sidney. Nebraska, cemetery, await-
ing word from relatives in Brooklyn.
The condition of live stock through
out the state was eve better. The
weather thus far this winter has been
perfect. Cattle have been fed little If
any hay. and are fattening on the open
range. No losses of any consequence
have been reported. one ranchrnan as
serts thai out of n bunch Of 1000 head
OF cattle he lost only i've calves, and
these were from backlog. Most Of the
ranchrlen are well prepared for an
emergency, having plenty of hay and
other feed on hand.
Luke Wheeler of Saratoga exhibited
n remarkably fine specimen of Indian
pottery. 1t is u jar or kettle carved
out of solid rock. The rock is said to
be asbestos granite, and Wheeler say
il is absolutely in~deStructible by heat.
II is two feet nine inches in circumfer-
nee ut the bulge and Two feet six
inches nj he rim: fourteen inches
deep ard abOut three-fourths of al
inch thick. 1t was found on the bank
of North Platte river about ten miles
south of Saratoga. Mr.. Wheeler has
n collection of fine specimens of indian
relics. consisting of weapons of war
fare. industrial implements, beads. or
naments. etc. He is also authority on
Indian dialect. tradition, superstition,
customs and worship.
A protracted conference between of
ficials of he Union Pacific Railway
and the boards of adjustment of the
Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen
has jus closed. Chairman NroOman
of the engineers board said the result
of the conference was satisfactory.
For engineers and firemen between
Laramie and Cheyenne, now eighty
five miles for a single and 100 miles
for a double run will. under the
new scale, he 100 miles for Il
single and $50 miles for a double
run. Also. between Evanston and
Ogden. 100 miles zach way. an in
crease OF twenty per cent. On the big
new engines wages of firemen are in
creased from $3.50 TO $50 per hundred
miles. Engineers get no increase.
1t is that the Union Pa
citic management has made a contract
for the construction Of the big tunnel
through Sherman hill and the accom-
panying grade operations and bridg-
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is estimated hat the work will occupy
from two TO three years. This. to-
gether with the contract awarded Kill
patrick brothers for building the cutoff
from III ton To Rawlins. u distance of
forty miles. and the expensive rock
grades Oh Green river by the Union Pa
ciic. aLl the burlington plans for
pushing its continental line from
Guernsey through the Laramie range
TO Salt Lake, and their extensions in
the Big Horn country. viii make n re-
markable era of railroad building in
Wyoming during 1900.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany's spur from the Cheyenne "
Northern to Hartville is making rapid
strides toward completion. The track
is laid as far as the bridge and the
s%urfacinG is being completed as rapidly
as II crew of 100 men can accomplish
il. The railroad over the Platte is al
most completed, and in a couple OF
weeks the steel gang will he on the
other side. When once the bridge is
built the work will progress more rap
idly. as tEr grading has been done
right up to i!nrtyille. At present the
ore from the mines is being hauled to
the bridge aHd there loaded on the car
by an army Of ~ShoVelerS, about eleven
cars n DAY OtinS the output at present.
The big steam shovel for use at the
Sunrise mine is nj the bridge awaiting
the laying of The steel. to be taken to
the mine, when the output will be
such AS to tax the capacity of the spur,
and Ii e 1000 tons a day will be near
er the actual output.
handling these enormous shipments.
The annual report Of the State Board
of Charities and Reform. which has
Just been completed. shows that during
1899 there Were IA prisoners confined
in the state penitcntlary. There was
not n single death and only one escape,
that convict being captured IA few days
after getting away There has not
been II death al the penitentiary for
many years. The cost of maintenance
was about S24 900. OF the prisoners
during the year 1899. 30 were Cathu.
lies, IFS Professionals. u Mormon, 9
pagan, ! Jewish, l Quaker and - with
no religion. Thirty were moderate
drinkers, "A Incorporate and 80 tenn
perate. There were only 3 females.
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