The Holly chieftain., 1900-06-08
COLORADO NOTES.

house at Ouray was burned ON the
Bird and two locomotives were de-
stroyed.
L. A. Thompson. editor and publisher
of the Weld County Republican. has
received telegram from Washington
from A. w. Nachen. superintendent OF
the rural delivery system. stating that
he has been appointed, upon the recon-
mendation Of Senator Z. o. Wolcott,
special agent OF rural free delivery.
The complete program for Strawber-
~ Day exercises. June 10th, Mt Glen
wood il being published. 1t embraces
Entertainment for all classes OF people,
and an attractive feature Ia that every
thing will be free. The management
has decided to have mask carnival
from to Z o'clock p. M, during which
the mayor has proclaimed that all per.
sons must be merry. Two grand balls
Will be In progress all night, commenc-
ing At 8 O'Clock, one Mt the Opera house
and the other in the Public square and
under the starry sky. A free bath In
the mammoth pool and all the berries
and cream that one can eat will be
features, as In former years.
A fatal accident occurred at the
Dewdrop mine Friday morning, In
which Louis r. Slbbitt, a miner, lost
his life. Slbbitt and three other min
ers had a contract for driving the Dew
drop tunnel near Ward. The night shift
had gone home leaving some of the
shots unexploded. Sibbitt, it ID sup
posed, attempted to shoot one of the
charges with short fuse. When his
partner, T. B. Atteberry, went to work
in the tunnel he found Slbbitt lying on
his face a 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 a
neighboring house. and died at 1870
p. m.
Joseph Decoyi an Italian miner, had
horrible experience at Ouray the other
day. DecOvi is employed at the Reve-
nue. mine, and, while Mt work near the
shaft. stumbled and fell headlong into
the opening. The rope cable, attached
to the windlass above, was swaying In
the shaft, and Decovt, in falling, by
the merest chance, caught hold Of II.
But 1t only partially impeded his fall.
The rope. rapidly passing through his
hands. tore and burned the flesh In n
shocking manner. But Decovi madly
hung on, and In few seconds reached
the bottom of the shaft, more dead
than alive. having slid down the cable
a distance Of 800 feet Decovi was un-
conscious when found. The flesh OF
his hands was nearly torn on, and
what was left was burned to a crisp,
exposing the bones.
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 n 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, 1t Is fact that the de-
velopment work done has been very
slight. When it's resources are de-
velOped and n sufficient amount Of
tonnage thus guaranteed to a 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 in
quality 1t compares favorably with
the best Pennsylvania product. There
are three separate veins already dis
covered and the diamond drill may re-
veal the presence of others. About
GOO acres of this land is patented and
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 & Cripple Greek railway a little
after II o'clock Monday night. Three
cars of high-grade ore, averaging In
the neighborhood of $1,000 per ton,
left the Last Dollar mine on Bull hill
Monday, enroute to the Eilers' smelter
Mt 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 not
made public but the secret was not so
closely kept as 1t might have been and
several people besides the miners and
railroad men were cognizant of 1t. Ac-
cording to their usual custom the mine
officials had employed guards to accom-
pany the mineral to its destination, and
while the cars were lying quietly in
the dark yards, three men armed with
rifles were 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
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