Gilpin observer., 1902-02-13
COLORADO BRIEFS.

A mountain lion recently appeared
In Platte canon near Bailey's.
Edward Irving, who escaped from
the Canon City penitentiary in 1900
has been recaptured at Salt Lake City.
William Radcliffe, whose property at
| Grand Mesa Lakes was burned last
/ year, has induced Great Britain to pre-
| sent his claim for damages to this gov
ern. He wants $4,000.
r. Inge and ]. f. Anderson, who
have been prospecting for coal about
thirty miles south of La Junta, have
found two veins, one five feet and the
other seven feet in thickness. This has
coused quite a stir here and other par
ties are organizing. 1t is thought the
belt extends for several miles.
The State Land Board will probably
hold special meeting for the purpose
of passing upon number of coal and
oil leases. Thirty-two applications are
now on file, calling fer 39,0 acres Of
land. They are distributed all over the
state, the majority Of the acreage be-
ing in Larimer, Douglas, Jefferson,
Park, Weld and Las Animal counties
Early next spring the Colorado &
Southern railroad will commence ex-
tensive improvements in its yards at
llONtldutl, SOlOEduO. lie TOdu Will tA-
pend thousands of dollars in altering
the track to facilitate the handling of
the beet sugar products of tile valley.
If the protective tariff is not reduced
by the present Congress the plans will
be put into execution.
Professor Rowe of the electrical de-
partment of the State University re-
Gently tried the efficacy of thawing
frozen water pipes by means of cleo
tricity. He applied the wires at points
at either end of the frozen places a cur
rent of 160 amperes and in twenty
five minutes had thawed out eighty
feet of frozen pipe, which was several
feet below the ground.
The trustees of the State School Of
Mines have issued the following no.
tice to the striking students: AT the
request of Governor Orman. and with
the consent of the faculty. the trustees
have temporarily suspended the rule
of October, 1897, and will hear evidence
and pass upon the occurrence of Janu-
ary 18th in the assay laboratory. the
students agreeing to furnish complete
information thereon"
Charles Reed. a negro, twenty-four
years old, knocked down and disarmed
two officers who attempted to arrest
uiLl lOT sldDDIIlS IL heNlCdH at Der
wind, and later turned upon the officer
who, mounted, followed him up the
mountain side, and shot the horse from
under his pursuer. The animal rolled
over on the officer, bruising him severe
ly, and Reed made good his escape.
Robert Saragher, who lives about
five miles north of Golden, brought
word to town Monday that parties who
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Stepp place for the Denver * North
western Railroad Company have dis
covered an eleven-foot fiat vein of coal.
The prospecting is being done with
a drill and four-foot vein was encoun-
tered about two weeks ago, the larger
vein being nearly 100 feet deeper
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany have not yet put a force of
railroad graders at work, but are Sc
curing right of way to Paonia by pur-
chase. Parties at Delta who are work
ing in the interest of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company have con-
tended from the start that that COM
pany would run the first train to Pao-
mia, while the Denver & Rio Grande
appear to be generally anxious to be
the first to complete its road.
l.
Thomas Fair. prisoners in the Weld
county jail, made an attempt to over
power Jailor Henry Williams and es-
cape from custody. In the struggle
which ensued. Jailor Williams. in order
to force the two prisoners back, was
obliged to shoot the shot unfortunately
entering the side of Peter Kane, a
harmless. demented old man, who has
been staying in the Jail in lieu of a
better home, producing fatal wound.
The second Pullman car built by the
Pullman company ut their Denver
shops was completed and. sent out on
Its first trip Monday. 1t is the Cali
fornia, and is companion to the
Mount Hood. which has been in SER
vice for several weeks. The Califor-
MIA is seventy-eight feet long, ten feet
three inches wide, fourteen feet seven
inches high and weighs 100. 900 pounds.
1t is a twelve section drawing room
car, the interior being finished with
marquetry and Santiago mahogany.
Work on the construction of a mon-
ster packing plant, to be erected by
Denver capital. near the Denver Union
Stock Yards will, II is now practically
settled. be commenced within the next
forty days. The company, which is
to include among its incorporators ID.
III. Moffat of the First National bank.
Charles Boettcher and ID. c. Dodge of
the National Bank of Commerce. and
other prominent Denver men. will prob
ably file its articles of incorpora-
ton within the next ten days, and
will begin on the plant.
Fort Logan barracks will be enlarged
so as to accommodate at least three
times the number of men which 1t
houses at present. This Is the state
ment made by General Arthur Mac
Arthur. The fort was originally built
IN house one of the old time regiments