, 1901-06-13
WYOMING NOTES.

The p~ostofice at Hargreaves, Wyom-
ing. has been discontinued and mail
for that point is TO be sent to Patrick.
Adelbert d. Chamberlain of Wyom-
ing has been appointed forest super
visor in Wyoming. although not yet
assigned to a reserve.
Cosgrif Bros. shipped from Fort
Steele the largest clip of wool sheareu
in Carbon county this year. The clip
weighed over 100000 pounds and net
ted the owners over $4,000.
Filings were made a short time since
on 5,120 acres of oil land in the Cher
okee Springs basin. near Rawlins. Ne
gotiations are now pending with east
ern parties to sink n well In that as
trict, and n drilling outfit will arrive IN
a few weeks.
The Union Pacific has sold a large
amoun of land in Wyoming II Ne
braska during the month of May. me
largest single sale made was to Crom-
berg Bros. of Medicine Bow, who
bought ~, o acres. The largest sales
for n day aggregated 35,3o9 acres.
Thirty employees of the Union Pacific
shops at Cheyenne We're discharged
June list. The men are from the ma
hin shop. blacksmith shop and round
houses. 1t is stated that the reduction
is only temporary m that later in the
summe the force will be increased.
Laramie advices state that work Is to
be commenced shortly on the construc-
ton of the Laramie, Hahn's Peak "
Western railroad from Laramie to
Grand Encampment and Gold Hin.
The enterprise is backed by the Van
Horn-Miller company of Boston and
Laramie.
A local company has been formed at
Basin to build a canal and tunnel and
divert water from the Shoshone river,
bringing IL across the divide TO Dry
Creek and Grey Bull valleys. The
land to be irrigated is situated north of
Burlington, and is known as the Ger
mania fat.
John Wilson. wanted at Rawlins as
principal witness in the case of George
Moore. charged with the murder of
Jim Edmunds at Hanna, was arrested
at Laramie on the 9th instant while
trying to avoid 1t is alleged
Wilson saw Moor strike the blow that
killed Edmunds, also that Moore told
him earlier in the day that he intended
to fix" Edmunds.
The cornerstone of the Masonic tenn
Ih' az 4 'ii' "a ihi'A a u .
fitting ceremonies. in the presence of
n large crowd. 1t was originally in
tended to have President Mckinley
lay the stone, but the abandonment OF
his trip caused a change in the pro-
gram. Colonel +. NJ. Foote of Evans
ton, Thirty-third degree Mason and in
spector general of the Wyoming and
Utah communicates. vas chief of cere-
monies and laid the stone in place.
The following statement of the con
dition of the thirteen national banks
of Wyoming. April 9th, as compared
with the condition of the fourteen
banks as reported February 9Th last is
somewhat interesting. Loans and dis.
counts increased from S3,349,571 to
So, 1.515; gold coin decreased from
S250,520 TO $232.5SO: money reserve in
bank from S36S. 100 to S346. 152: indi-
vidual deposits increased from S4.OS9..
9ST TO S4,14T,IT5; average reserve held,
20 per cent.
A letter has been received at Casper
from II. c.. Nesmith of S%mithville,
Tennessee, asking for the addresses of
several men who can be engaged to
prosecute n unit for pearls in the
Platte river below Casper. He states
that he found n number of valuable
pearls in the Platte n year ago and
that he will engage in the pearl fish
ing business on an extensive scale
this summerif a sufficient number of
good men n be secured. The pearls
We're found in the vicinity of the Wyo-
ming-Nebraska line.
Coal mining at Sheridan is on the in
crease. The Diet coal mines in West
Sheridan are preparing to work addi-
tional forces of mines at once. The
company Is completing a large num-
Der of cottages for the men; also a
hospital II other buildings. and n new
mine is being opened up near the old
workings. The coal Is in demand for
commercial purposes throughout the
Mississippi and Missouri river valleys.
and the Burlington recently purchased
a number of locomotives adapted to
burning Sheridan coal. BY winter it
is expected that the mines will be get
ting out from LOO TO 1000 tons of
cOal daily. About 500 tons a day are
now being produced.
The Laramie correspondent of the
Denver News says: The Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company. which is now opcr-
ating the Laramie Iron and Steel Com
pany's mills at this point. has sent an
expert to investigate the character of
the immense iron deposits near Lara
mic. The most important of these. in
Albany county and within thirty-fiye
miles of Laramie, is n mountain 800
feet high, n mile and n half long and
a half-mile wide, of almost pure iron.
Professor Allen OF Yale University
made an analysis of his ore and re-
ported the result as sos per cent. me-
tallic iron, combined with 23.3 per cent.
of titanic acid: no sulphur or phos-
phorus. This mountain far exceeds
in size the deposits of Negaunee. Mich
igan, and Pilot Knob, Missouri. Only
the presence Of the titanic acid pre-
vented the development and utilization
of this vast deposit long ago. but this
difficulty having now been overcome
II is undoubtedly the intention of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company to
ascertain exactly what can be lone to-
ward developing the wealth contained
IN this mountain. as it is the titanic
IRON sands of Nellore, India, which fur
nish the celebrated Wootz steel.
Senator q II rIarly stat,, ,bo, G..