, 1900-05-31
WYOMING NOTES.

Chalk creek canon.
The copper camp near Tie Siding a
attracted mining men from all over the
country and a rush for claims Is now
in progress. Yesterday the owners OF
the Swigart-Baker mine struck hne-
looking ore which will run rich In cop
per. The find created great excitement.
The owners of the Anaconda mine are
loading n car of ore for shipment to the
Denver smelters.
Senator Warren has received a tel
egram from Washington stating that
the Appropriation Committee OF the
Senate had adopted Senator Warren's
amendment to appropriate SIo'Ooo Tor
continuing the building of Fort ID. A.
Russell. This means that all old rame
buildings at the post, which have peeh
used for officers quarters. VIII DE re.
placed with good substantial brick ana
stone houses.
The Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Pow
err Company filed articles of incorpo-
ration with the secretary of state TO-
day. Capital stock 100000. lncor-
porntors are A. b. Browne, j.. w. La
cey. William Sturgis, Charles Nj.
Smith and Francis f. Warren. Chey-
enne. This company is the Cheyenne
Electric Light Company and the Chey,
enne City Gas Company combined, anu
will make extensive improvements.
A Japanese section hand met death
in a peculiar manner near Echo Il re"
day ago. He was standing near the
track to await the passing of n fast
mail train. When within n few feet OF
the Jap the train struck a large log.
The animal was hurled through the air
,,.l .,,,,aI ,ln lam Ia thn stomach rpIi-
deriug him unconscious. After linger-
ing for several hours without regaining
consciousness the Jap died.
The wool clip for Carbon county is
about off and the work of selling and
storing is now in progress. During the
past week a number of large sales Were
made, while an equal amount was con
signed. Cosgriff Bros. disposed of their
clip of 10000 pounds for 10 cents. The
Carbon County Sheep n Cattle Com
pany's clip of 10000 pounds brought III
cents. A number of big sales were con
summatcd. the wool bringing from 10 to
IL cents per pound.
The federal and state officers have
been reliably Informed that there is n
gang of despcradoes in hiding in the
Hartvillc hills. and 1t is surmised that
it is the intention Of the bandits to hold
up the paymastcr of the Burlington
track-laying gangs or the bank of
Guernsey. Sheriff Shaver and other of
ffcers have gone to the scene. The gang
is being closely watched and prepara-
tons have beer made to Illustrate an5
attempt they may make to commit any
In wlpSSneSS.
The Union Pacific management is
considering building n cutoff between
Kemmereran and Aspen. The proposedlin
runs along the valley of Little Muddy
and passes eel immense coal deposits
and forms the basis of large coal min
ing operations. Such n line would al
so, il is claimed. save forty miles in
distance. Should the proposed road
be built the terminus of the Short Line
will be changed from Granger to As
pen. The Union Pacific is erecting n
Few railroad depot at Evanston. 40X90
feet. with Il handsome tower and other
attractive features.
The case of Robert White and Tim
othy G. Higgins against County Clerk
McGlbbon at Laramie to compel him
to issue n liquor license was on trial
i'll Judge Bramel's court yesterday.
The plaintiffs applied for Il license
some time z but were refused. They
at once applied for u writ of manda-
mus. Testimony was introduced by
both sides yesterday and Judge Bra
mel took the case under advisement
until tomorrow. 1t makes little differ
ence how the case Is decided here. as
the matter will be taken TO the Su-
preme Court and will probably be in
litigation some time. White and Hig-
gins AVE already opened II saloon mt
Tie Siding and have been arrested for
selling liquor without II license.
DIR. y. W. Burger. superintendent of
the Great Lakes Mining Company, has
come in from Battle Lake and exhibit
ed a specimen of copper ore from a new
strike in one of the claims belonging
10 his company that outranks anything
yet discovered in Carbon county. THIS
ore is principally red oxide. hut is as.
sOciated with glance. pyrites, gray cop
per, aZurite. etc. all in the embrace of
the finest crystalliZed quartz. The
lead lies between n heavy diorite
dyke and quartZite. and is fully five
feed wide, assaying from twenty per
cent. 10 sixty per cent. copper. and
about the usual quantity of gold. Dir.
Burger says that a twO-compartmeut
shaft is beink sunk upon this property
ana lle entire pfOunct OF ne vein Is
being carefully stored. As soon us the
roads are sufficiently settled so that
machinery can be hauled in Il smelter
will be erected on this property.
The trial of Bob" Lee. at Chey-
enne on the 2Jth, for alleged train rob
berry at Wilcox. this state. proved in
tensely interesting. The evidence for
the prosecution tended to show that
certain bills of the unsigned currency
of tile First National Bank of Port
land, Oregon. had been forwarded to
that bank in December last for re-
demption by the defendant. The letter
was finally introduced in evidence,
purporting to have been signed by the
defendant and which enclosed five 800
bllis of the money proved to have been
taken from he express car at the time
of the hold-up. Witnesses from Har-
lem, Montana, also testified that, short
ly after the arrival Of n Pinkerton de
tectlVe at that point in January, 1900,
the defendant and Lonny Curry, who
was Killed at Kansas City. March LIST.
left hurriedly, the defendant making
statements TO the effect that il was
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