The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06
COLORADO NOTES.

The Alpine pass line is again
blockaded by snow slides that have
carried away the tracks.
President Baker of the University of
Colorado has raised the $4,000 re-
quired to run the institution until the
Legislature meets.
The Denver Trades and Labor As
sembly has declined to send delegates
to the state political convention called
by the unions making up the State
Federation of Labor.
Considering that the month just end
ed has only twenty eight days, the pro
duction record of the Cripple Creek dis
trict was n good one. While not rec
ord breaker, it by no means scored a
backward step. The figures show that
46, 800 tons were treated, the gross bul-
lion value of which was S2.o99,95O.
l. b. Gale, agent for the Maxwell
Land Grant Company at Trinidad
says many of the settlers have leased
ranches they have been living on, from
the land grant company. and others
will do so. This action is in accord
ance with the agreement between the
company and the settlers made last
fall.
Another large lot of Fort Collins
lambs We're sold OH the Chicago mar
ket Wednesday at SI.35 per hundred
weight. being the highest price on rec
ord. Charles f. Blunck, Drake & Mors-
man and Scott x Strnchan on Monday
sold four ear loads at 500 to S725 per
hundred weight The lambs weighed
from seventy-seven to eighty-one
pounds each. Feeders are much elated
over the prospects Of continued high
prices.
4 war is one among the hardware
merchants of the Cripple Creek dis
trict. For over two years an agree
ment on prices has existed between
all dealers. Recently it was ascer-
tained that n large firm there was
quoting prices to several of the large
mines, and in retaliation one house an
nounced n reduction of ten per cent.
on the price of powder, caps, fuse and
candles. All of the dealers have met
and cut and n merry war is now on.
The United Oil Company has struck
oil in its well No. 21S. The well is To-
Gated in the suburbs in the northwest
ern part of the city, locality in
which the company has not operated
heretofore. This well is much deeper
than others which have been sunk,
and it is thought ii Will be good
producer. A number of other wells
at Florence which are down in the
neighborhood of 1000 feet are expected
to strike oil at any time.
The American Beet Sugar Company.
otherwise known as the ONnard com
pany, because its president and prin
cipal owner bears that name, is con
templating Rocky Ford addition.
something on the order of Pullman
before 1t was declared to he an Illegal
ly-conducted institution. But the OK
nard company will avoid such proceed
ings as will give its enemies any
ground for making the same complaint
against it. The addition Will be on the
$40 acres of land secured from the
state board at its recent meeting.
A petition has been forwarded by
members of ii Company. c. \. &. of
Boulder, to infantry headquarters in
Denver, asking for the resignation of
Captain Walsh. 1t is stated by non-
commissioned officer that the petition
has thirty slgners out Of forty active
members of the company. The officer
further states that the action is not
prompted by malice or personal dislike,
but on account of the inetficiency of
the captain. He said that the petition
was started because Captain Walsh
was lacking in tactics and executive
ability.
The Florence oil field is taking on
new life. Not that work has at any
time been suspended, but in 1899 drill
ing operations We're not productive of
wells commensurate with the number
of holes drilled. Drilling on the first of
the present year turned southward.
and new wells have been coming in
frequently of late. About three weeks
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we'll A few days since the United Oil
Company struck good well near WILL
iamsburg. and now Philip Griffith of
Coal Creek reports another well on his
tract. These wells are all south of
Florence, further evidence that the
Florence oil field is south and south
east of the city. The Independent Oil
Company, recently formed, having
leases on more than 1000 acres of land,
which is considered by well posted oil
men to be unquestioned oil territory. is
getting ready as fast Us it can to begin
drilling. The company expects to sink
Il number of holes at different points
during this year.
The Spring Gulch coal mine of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company near
Glenwood is on fire, and it is feared
the property will be wholly destroyed.
Fortunately no lives We're lost. The
fire originated at the pump house at
the very bottom of the mine and rapid
ly followed the air courses to the sur
face, burning both coal and timbers.
AT midnight the flames were still
raging and there is small hope that
any portion of the mine Will escape
damage. The origin of the fire is n
mystery. All the surface openings
have been sealed for the purpose of
ment says ii will be at least three
months before work can be resumed.
The entire force OF 200 men are laid
off rhe sunerintenlenI has been in