Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-08
COLORADO NOTES.

Til. Denver \ Rio Grandc round
house at Ouray was burned an the
:;rd and two locomotives We're lie.
stroyed.
l.. \. Thompson. editor an,i publisher
OF the Weld County Republican. hns
received u telegram from Washington
from \. w. Nachen. superintendent ~.
the rural delivery system. stating iliuI
he has been appointed. upon the recon
mendntion OF Senator l.. .. Wolcott
special agent OF rural free delivery.
The complete program for Strnwb"r.
ry bay exercises. June 10th, M Glen.
wood IN being published. II embraces
entertainment for all classes OF people,
and an attractive feature il that every.
thing Will bc free. The management
has decided To have mask carnival
from : to : o'clock y. M, during which
the mayor ha- proclaimed that NIL per.
sons must bc merry. Two grand balls
Will Ia In progress all night. commcnc-
Ing nj y o'clock. one NJ the Opera house
nnd the other In the Public slunrc AMI
under the starry sky. \ free bath III
the mammoth pool and NIL the berries
aud cream that one can eat Will hc
features. ms In former years.
\ fatal accident occurred ni I'll.
Dcwdrop mine Friday morning. in
which Louis II. Slbbitt. u miner. lost
his life. Sibbitt and three other min,
crs Ind contract for driving the Dew.
drop tunnel near Ward. The night shift
had gone home lcavin. some Of the
shots uncxplodcd. Sibbiu. Il Is sup.
posed. attempted TO shoot one OF the
charges with 70 short fuse. When his
partner. Y. II. Aitcbcrry. went To work
In the tunnel lie found Sibbiit lying on
his face few feet from the breast oi
the tunnel. badly mangicd and uncon.
sciou-. Some pieces Of rock hat
struck him In the back. on the back OF
the head and had penetrated the lunEs
The unfortunate man was carried TO u
ncighboring house. and died NJ 81
y. m.
Joseph Dccovi. mn Italian miner. iig,.
u horrible experience at Ouriy the other
day. Dccovi IL employed nj the tcvc'
nic mine. and. while Mt work near the
shaft. stumbled and fell hcadiong into
the opening. The roj. cable. attaches,
to the windinss above. was swaying IN
the shaft. and Dccovi. In falling Il.
the mcrcsi chance. caught hold Of 70
Hut II only partially impcicd his fall.
The rope. rapidly passin. through hi,
1
shocking manner. hut Dccovi madiy
hung ON. aud In n few seconds reached
! the bottom of the shaft. morc dead
I than alive. having slid down the cabi.
] % distance OF :s.U feet. Dccovi was un
conscious when found. The flesh of
his hands was nearly torn on. ami
what WIS left was burned to u crisp,
| exposing the bones.
Tn. Ei.hcnd Anthracite Coal Com.
pany. owning 1000 acre. OF nnthrn'
elite coal land on Elkhcad creek. have
l,cg,in the work Of developing their
property with ten men. This forrc
will In employed all summer In op,n.
ing up the different coal veins ON this
property. surveying Is also being
done for deep workings and dia'
mond driii will bc employed nj no dis.
tant day In determining the depth and
thickness Of the hidden veins. This
work. coming Mt this time. VIII have
tho effect Of inducing owners OF other
properties OF different kinds to dcvrl.
on the same. While much has been
said md written on the resources Of
Routt county. II u % fact that the de-
vclopmcnt work ionc has been very
slight. when Its resources nrr de-
vclopcd and a sufficient amount of
tonnage thus guaranteed to u railroad.
one will not L. long In coming. The
property Of the Elkhcnd Coal Company
is one OF the most valuable deposits Of
anthracite coal In the West. and In
quality IL compares fnrornbly with
the best Pennsylvania product. Thcrr
are three separate veins already dis.
covered and the diamond drill may re-
veal the presence OF others. About
coo ncrcs Of this land IL patented and
tl,. rcmniu,tcr will undoubtedly be-
patented this year.
A dispatch from Victor to the Rcpub-
Jicnn SAYS: one man IN dead. Michael
Shields. and another. Bert knoblcs. IL
In jnil ms the result OF an attempted
robbery in the Victor yards OF the Flor
cucc \ Cripple Creek railway little
after II o'clock Monday night. Three
cars OF high-gr ore. averaging In
the ncirhborhood OF $1,000 per ton.
left the Last Dollar mine on Bull hill
Monday. cnroutc to the Eilrrs' smrItcr
Mt Pueblo. In Victor the cars We're
placed on the siding about 100 yards
east Of the depot and near the strong
mine TO await the through freight. The
Icparturc Of this consignment was not
mn,Ir public hut the secret was not 80
closely kept ms II might have been AMI
several people besides the miners and
rnilrood men were cogniznnt OF II. Ac-
cor,,iur TO their usual custom the mine
officials had employed guards to accom-.
pany the mineral to Its destination. and
wbilr the cars were lying quietly III
the dark yards. three men armed with
rifles were concealed in n cabin. Abou,
: o'clock the guards saw four forms
Green to the door of one of the loaded
box cars. a sharp sound Informed the
watchers that the seal had been broken
and n moment later they heard the
door pushed back ana the stunning OF
,hn mons bodies ns they climbed iu-
aide. Very quietly three sacks contain
Ing eighty pounds each were throw
M, uron the cindcrs beside the traces
Tb, ore thieves LEFT the ear ana wcrt
shouldcriug their plunder when the
-, III, ,n,nrurd from their conCcalmcnf