Gilpin observer., 1901-08-08
BLACK HAWK.

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W. H. Cochrane, of Perigo, was
visitor here and in Central City yester-
day.
w. F. Flick and Ben Olsen left yester-
day for three weeks fishing trip in
Middle park.
Mrs. Chrs Kenerrin, Who was taken to
St. Josephs hospital in Denver for treat
ment, died last Wednesday.
Fred T. Gooch, postmaster at Rollins
vile, north of this city, was attending to
business matters here on Saturday.
J. B. Brown, of Apex, was visitor
here Saturday, coming in the morning
and returning via General City in the
evening,
W. R. Backus reports n scarcity OF
water aud that there is but Az feet OF
water 10 the new reservoir or top of
Swede hill.
DIR. j. \. Richmand and wife, this city,
are visiting friends in the East and are
accompanied by their brotherin- law,
Joseph Winniger.
Tony and Alfred Egger, of this city,
were entered in the drilling contest held
in Boulder last week, both in the double
and single hand contests.
The recent strike in the klondike adit
north of the Jennie Blanche lode claim,
continues to receive great deal of at
tention from local and outside mining
men.
The Central Office of the Colorado
Telephone company, this city, has been
removed from the Black Hawk Pharmacy
to the office at the Gilpin hotel on Main
street.
Very good headway is bsing made in
putting up the support for the aerial
tramway from the Randolph stamp mill
in this city, to the Carr mine in Lake
district.
A six-horse power gasolene engine was
at the depot in this city Saturday, ship
ped from the factory in Wisconsin ard
consigned to the Chicsgo-Carr Gold
Mining company.
John Sleep has been appointed police
indge of the city vice n. S. Allebaugh.
He has also been appointed as justice
of the peace in the third commissioners
district in place of Mr.. Allebaugh.
Humphrey Lynch, who has been
awarded a contract for constructing
1900 feet of new roadway on the west
side of Four-Mile gulch, this morning
put force of men at work on the road
way.
George Fertig, of the Golden Sheaf
mine, in Vermillion district, came in
yesterday. He has quantity of ore
at the Gipin mill awaiting treatment
and will send in another lot to the same
mill next week.
James II. Tierney on Monday con-
menced the erection of the new stone
building of S,roehle & Son, which will
be used by that firm as a boiler factory.
Their increasing business is such that
their present shop is not large enough.
F. G. Kelley, formerly surveyor for the
Boston and Denver Consolidated Gold
Mining and Milling company, this city,
left Thursday morning for Prescott,
Arizona, where he will take the superin-
tendency of the Blue Bell mine, near
/ that city.
George Scheer, Of the grocer firm of
| Robins & Scheer, after trying medical
treatment at the Pueblo springs for the
past two months and half, returned
last Thursday evening. While not fully
recovered from sciatic rheumatism, he
is much better.
Ed c. Hughes and wife, and Mr.. Krig-
baum and wife left Saturday morning
for trip through Grand and Routt
counties, their objective point being
Steamboat Springs, where they will
visit relatives. Mrs. j. Rsdon Powell
joined them at Empire.
Our friend P. d. Graham is a great
genius in the way of manufacturing
from iron ornaments of all kinds. His
latest trial is a rose bush, containing one
bud and two full bloom roses, mounted
on piece of hard wood, hand shaped
with tie thumb and index finger clasp
ing the bottom of the bush. His black.
smith shop contains many ornaments in
iron, all his handwork.
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HLACK uAMK Colo Aug. G. 1901