Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-27

one subscriber says II believe every bit of it
will come true We don't.
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Something ought to be done next year in the
direction of attracting the attention of the people
the need for improvement for Idaho Springs. 1t
is shame to think that forty years have passed
with all the resources the city and district pos
sesses and yet we have so little. Hot Sulphur
Springs will have a fine hotel and a fine sani-
tarium before the railroad reaches that point and
that place will become of the most dangerous.
competitors for this city if don't watch out
Let awaken and get down to business.
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They tell me that Mr.. Knowles is having a.
remarkable demand for properties in Rollinsville
and that the city is already founded upon
solid and substantial basis. All these improve
ments good for us if we progress as we should
and help to become greater while they accord us
the same favor. Mr. Knowles is a hustler and de-
serves success. He is backed by some of the most
prominent in Denver and every man is a live
wire. This will guarantee success.
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Basket ball is having an excellent run all over
the state and it is claimed that it is heathful
ercise and excellent physical culture.
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There will apparently be difference of opin-
ion regarding the output of the district. Siftngs
figures this year have been challenged as incorrect
and the claim is made that they little too
high for the present year. We insist, did
last year, that the only method for arriving at the
tonnage is to take the number of cars shipped out
as shown by the railroad records These cars av-
erage about twenty tons to the In this
ner the total tonnage be obtained. The next
question is to arrive at the value III msnner.
Last year we took general average of SIS ton,
including concentrates and crude they came
in the shipments. Then it stated that
too low. This year it is admitted that the values
have been better and employed the way
arrive at the tonnage for the year but gave the
average value 500 per ton instead of SIS as we
did the year before. One thing certain and that
is that Siftings will follow the method of
computation each year. The railroad records are
the best obtanable proof of the amount of
shipped out because there is but one line of rail-
road and no ore is taken out by wagons. If
any one knows of better method for arriving at
the tonnage, would be pleased to have them
suggest 1t. We believe the value of 500 per ton
placed upon the it shipped out is a con-
servatve one. Over one-third of the number of
cars included in this list represented concentrates
and they reduced in the mills from four to one
to ten to one If the ore is worth S2 or SIS to the
ton it ought to bring the general average TO 500
when it is taken into consideration that the aver
age of the smelling is $50 to the ton Last
year the Denver papers overtopped Siftings in the
production figures and claimed we ultra-con-
servatve. This year the same method has been
employed and we understand that they claim the
figures too high. Siftings believes it can prove
its statements and will be the exact produc-
ton figures than any other estimate made
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We would like to begin the new year with a
good bunch of correspondence coming in regularly