The state herald., 1900-06-08
COLORADO NOTES.


"Biackie" escaped last Friday. His
term had nearly expired but he was
wanted on the charge Of committing
. murder In New Mexico.
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 u. 0. Wolcott,
special agent of rural free delivery.
The complete program for Strawber.
ry Day exercises, June 10Th, at Glen
wood is being published. 1t embraces
entertainment for NIL classes Of people
and an attractive feature Is that every.
thing Will be free. The management,
has decided to have mask carnival
from to o'clock p. m., during which
the mayor has proclaimed that all per,
sons must be merry. Two grand balls
VIII be In progress all night, commenc'
Ing at o'clock, one ut 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
ana cream that one can cat will be
features, as In former years.
fatal accident occurred at the
Dewdrop mine Friday morning, II
which Louis X. Sibbitt, n miner, losi
his life. Slbbitt and three other min,
ers had contract for driving the Dew.
drop tunnel near Ward. The night shift
had gone home leaving some of the
shots unexploded. Slbbitt, 1t is sup.
posed, attempted to shoot one OF tn,
charges with short fuse. When hi,
partner. L. Il. Atteberry, went to worL
In the tunnel he found Sibbitt lying OF
his face few feet from the breast OF
the tunnel, badly mnngled and uncon
scious. Some pieces of rock hat
struck him in the back. on the back of
the head and had penetrated the lungs
The unfortunate man was carried to Il
neighboring house. and died nt 1 :3(
p. IN.
The Elkhead Anthracite Coal Com
pany, owning 1000 acres of anthia.
cite coal land ON Elkhead creek. have
begun the work of developing theiI
property with ten men. This force
Will be employed all summer in open
Ing up the different coal veins Oh this
property. Surveying is also being
done for deep workings and n dia
mond drill will be employed ut no dis
tant day in determining the depth and
thickness of the hidden veins. This
work, coming at this time. will hav.
the effect OF Inducing owners of othel
properties of different kinds to devcl
op the same. While much has beer
said and written on the resources OF
Routt county, II is II fact that the de
velopment work done has been very
slight. When Its resources are de,
veloped and n sufficient amount of
tonnage thus guaranteed to 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 iT
quality 1t compares favorably with
the best Pennsylvania product. Ther,
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 b,
patented this year.
\ dispatch from Victor to the Repub
lican says: One man IL dead, Michae
Shields. and another. Bert Knobles, IL
In jail AS the result of an attempted
robbery In the Victor yards of the Flor
cnce Il Cripple Greek railway littl,
after IL o'clock Monday night. Thrc,
ears OF high-grnde ore. averaging II
the neighborhood of $1,000 per ton
left the Last Dollar mine on Bull hill
Monday, enroute to the Eilcrs' smcltci
nt Pueblo. In Victor the cars wer,
placed ON the siding about 100 yard,
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 &c
closely kept as II might have been and
several people besides the miners and
railroad men Were cOgnizant of II. Ac
cording to their usual custom the min,
officials had employed guards to accom-
pany the mineral to Its destination, and
while the cnrs were 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
ana n 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 cindcrs beside the track
The ore thieves left the car and wer,
shouldering their plunder when tn,
guards emerged from their concealmeni
and commanded them to hnlt. Both
robbers dropped their burdens and rnn
eastward nlong the track. A second
order 10 stop being disrcgnrded. the
guards fired three shots. One OF tn,
fugitives surrendered. the other was
killed. and two escaped. The captured
man Is well known M n miner His
name IL Bert Knoblcs. lie was tnkcu
TO the county jail nt Cripple Creek.
A dispatch to the Republican from
Sterling says: The news OF n robbery
and hold.up and n subsequcn, killing
near Crook. thirty miles down the riv,
or. IN this county, reached here to.,lny
when n dispatch for the sheriff and cor.
oncr startled the community. kinr
and South Gale, prominent shccpmcn
residing several miles north of Crook.
and two hired men. Baker aud krnrns
were In their camp last night about (.
o'clock. when two men with rrvolvers
ordered them 10 throw up their hands.
One OF the dcpcrndocs kept the sheep
men under his guns. while the other
bound and gagged them. Then The
sbccpmen were scnrchcd nnd robbed
and the ranch pilingcd. when tn
shccpmcn released themselves. Kcariis
got On his horse nnd went IN hot pursuit
Of the men, lie traced them IN the rnil.
way and then back 10 the hills. About
o'clock this morning he met
nrlghbor. James Lynch. Lynch hnd 4
JJ.,ul Marlin Rifle uul tuok un ,i,.