, 1902-03-04

Diamond Peak. March Especial
Correspondence of The Republican,
AS everyone knows. Diamond peak is
the home OF the winds. They play up
on a harp of a thousand strings and
have eve been known to miss a cord.
key, note or string.
Stockmen report cattle and horses
doing well. and attribute the fact to
the wind carrying off the snow, leav-
ing the grass bare. Blessed be the
winds" sayeth the stockmen.
Our old time friend Charley Neal re-
turned home with his family a few
days ago. They have been rusticating
in the mountains for some months and
report having had a good time.
Ed Warner, the young Fish creek
ranchman who Juno" reported took
his life in his hand and went to the Tie
Siding ball" has sold his horses and
cattle and leased his ranch for a term
Of years to our young and enterpris-
ing friend, Robert Pennock. Bob. to
you we extend our best wishes for your
success. But Warner; where is he?
Where, Oh. where is our young Ed
ward? Where has he gomez" Ask
the winds Is they howl his requiem
They say he silently folded his tent
and entering a bottomless boat. sailed
away to the unknown shores of a
shoreless ocean Many and bitter are
the silent tears that have been shed
over his untimely departure, by one
at least, and. then. there are others.
Edward dear, with grief we cry:
Come back: come back to lis again:
For we love you. Edward; yes we do.
And We want you, Edward; sure We do.
And our prayers for your return are
to the winds as follows:
Blow, gentle winds; blow, blow. blow!
Ore that dark and shoreless sea
And bring our Ed back again,
For we want him: sure we do"
The mining fever is raging here, and
the man you meet who does not own
one or more claims is either a ten
derfoot" or a "mossback." Prospect
ing has been laid on the table, to be
taken up again when the warm wealth.
er comes again.
A Denver company is working the
King Solomon mine, situated on War
ner hill. This property is the extern
sion OF the famous Copper King mine,
situated near Tie Siding. The owners
Of the King Solomon say they are only
doing development work; but they
make regular shipments. They have
a novel way Of conveying their ore to
the station at Tie Siding; they haul 1t
III their pockets.
For two years past a '~web-footed
prospector from Rackensack." who
says he was born and raised In the
swamps Of Arkansaw, which accounts
for his being "web-footed." has been
"scrathin' around here" trying. he
says. ter find some mineral" His
claim is on section IA. which is the
lowest. swampiest piece of land for
miles, and his shaft is down to a depth
OF 40 or SO feet and his product is wa
ter and muck. We feel sorry for the
poor man. for he is nearly blind and
being webfooted, natural instinct
causes him to seek low marshy ground.
The old Cariboo mine, situated near
the peak, has been standing idle for
over a year. This property has the
charm of having the deepest shaft in
the district, and considerable ore has
been shipped from it. During the time
it has been idle vandals have shorn 1t
of all its ~appenda&es, even to its ant
lers; but they are expected to come
again with warm weather, and we
learn that as soon as they do. the own.
er intends to again work it extensive
ly and systematically. II he does this
we predict for it . great future.
The greatest activity in this district
is on Mica hill. There are companies
that are doing quiet work in that vicin-
ity. One is composed Of Denver CAPT.
~talists, with Mr.. Three Mile" johnson
as superintendent and general man
ager. They own quite a large group Of
claims-some eight or ten In number,
with shafts all the way from 10 to 40
feet deep. We learn that assays and
mill tests on are taken out Of these
workings have been very satisfactory
to the owners, and Superintendent
johnson is at the present time in Den
e and Madam Rumor say he is ar
ranging for machinery and other ap
planes with which to do extensive
development work during the coming
season.
The other company Is q local con-
Germ, composed Of q quartette Of our
best known and most highly respected
citizens, Major Blodsett. Judge PEN
mock and the Hons. VIM. Broadhurst
and Lewis coleman. These gentlemen
cali themselves THE Big Four" Tho
Big -Four company is q close corpora
Hon and no outsider need apply for
therein. He will meet
With refusal II he docs. These gentle
men own . very extensive group a
claims and are, 70 to speak, "monarchs
If all they survey" We have No an