Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-22


week not far out of the way. We are advised
that a road from Yankee and Alice to Central City
could run nothing but snow pows during the win
ter and III time it would be obliged to
observation cars for exercise. No matter how
pretty place Yankee Hill might be, and it is
of the finest in the state, the people would not de-
sire to sacrifice their pleasure by going to Central
City first. The contrast might make the Yankee
country look whole lot nicer but the idea is bad.
We told that it costs about $4,000 mile to
build and equip railroad line and that the Central
Cty-Yankee Hill line has $T6 900 subscribed This
would build it pretty nearly mile. We would
say to our belcose friend that he ought read up
a little get to speak for him who knows
something about the subject under discussion.
When successful railroad is in operation it will
be between Idaho Springs and Alice and Yankee
up the Fall River route. The Fall River country
and the Yankee and Alice country could keep a
road in business. There is whole lot of doubt
to whether Alice and Yankee could do this These
the cold hard facts and the people of the pretty
little places above might just well realize the
facts first as last Idaho Springs will finally wake
up the necessity of such a road and then it will
be built.
1t is pretty safe to say that Empire leads in
new enterprises in the county this winter and that
mineral resources and opportunities being de-
veloped to greater extent than any other section.
The little camp has bunch of generous people,
and hard workers. This coupled with the real
facts concerning its wonderful possibilities does
the business Empire will come to the front be-
cause it has every essential to that end,
.*ysJs
Last week pretty good week ror the dis
trict The big strike in the Saratoga and the one
on the spot where gold was first discovered showed
the world that even the oldest places contained
plenty of stuff yet. Dr. Carpenter estimates that
the Saratoga has fully $4,000, 900 in sight and it
would be difficult to determine what the Roberts.
lode, on Jackson's Bar, might contain. 1t is four
feet in width and contains that assays from FIVE
nine As long as the real metal con-
tinues expose itself there be no question re-
garding the future of the city or district.
.sI&Js
Opportunity is the name of a neat publica-
ton received at this office this week. 1t stands
for all the new ideas extant and ought to furnish
especially interesting reading to thousands. While
one cannot always agree with these ideas yet it is
always well to read and keep posted. Very often,
as matter OF fact all great reforms have sounded
dreamy when they originated. People must be
educated to conditions. To inhict them
upon the people too sometimes causes revo-
luton but let the people become educated to them
and they become parts of the organic law and
nothing is thought of the evolution. Opportunity
is good paper. 1t contains much good reading
While we do not agree with everything it saws vet
do not present this as an argument against the
logic of its contentious. There are people who do
not believe in the ten commandments and people
who did not believe that the chief executive of the
nation could disturb coal strike. This is an age
of new things. New forces are being discovered
Sound is becoming force in wireless telepraphy
Liquid air is talked of as of the coming explosive
force and also as a great motor power 1t is
world of new ideas. The great people will select
the good and destroy the bad-ths is history with
possible exceptions 1 hope Opportunity will
accomplish some good. would like to see every
newspaper and periodical in the country without
bias and without prejudice, conducted for the COM
mon good of the people and upon a basis as free
the air breathe But such time and sucb
a condition can hardly be contemplated The
newspaper man must have bromoselzer he must
have storm windows for his pants and he must
have luxuries which other people would term nee
essities. Good luck to Opportunity"
.s.s.S
81 begin to have more faith in this district
than any other in Colorado" remarked capitalist
who has many investments in the district and who,
has been resident here for nearly year. "The
closing of the Newhouse made no difference to
the district and you getting so big that the
closing of any one or half dozen propositions
would not shake Idaho Springs in the least.
This is the way talk.
.s.G.S
One of our respected citizens is writing SONG
Unless he desists his will be published next
week.
The Gold Dirt district, where the famous old