Gunnison news-champion., 1903-07-24
uEFeR OGao 0AK.
Tx Psenanan4 hanruneah 49,
-. Casb~

was -yau atlttsd with Ranches. asA<a
a. an eve witness 81 Industrial pro
gre~s al,nC the upper Ohio cFessk
valley and araand Alt Carbon tise
NEw-CnANF4sN r,pprter shIs wessk
invites affentiun from its rapsdly
growing list af readers
Al Mt Carbon things we're bssss-
ing aud the camp has a prosperous
air. The Continental fuel company
is emploving abogi no men. Jos.
Watson u superintendent q the
company property the Alpine mine.
The main shaft IL down ID, feet
and the main entry runs ~ l~s'
feet The cross entries are from
l2pD % 3OFm feet in length and
have prodHced heavily The coal
vein is feet IN thickness and Is ei
a superi1r fuel quality 4 day
shift produces nearly iOo tons ii
caal per day bat could produce ltskl
tons per DAY If there were cars
available to haul il o. market
An Otumwa box car loader the
FIRST narrow gaaEe machine Il It's
kind ana ie was installed week before
last. a new electric haisi has
recently been placed in the mime. to
haul c1aL instead ol mules Two
sullivan caal cutting machines aud
one Jciiery cutler have Recently been
placed ou The property. The mine
Is producing quite heavily a. this
time of the wear and ID furnishes the
.C. as. with much traffic making
Mt. Carbon one d thc busiest sec
tions Of GunnisYn county. With
Mt Carbon, Crested Battle and
Somerset, producing IN the aggre-
gale 1900 toms oi coal day few
counties can show better record.
The well known Black Diamond
mine operated by Albert Iweilel is q
fayoritc with those who team from
Gunnis1n and the Baldwin Star
mine now managed by Carey Partch
is loading nearly car day besldes
supplying wagons.
T. Sllka is operating the ID. ,.
McC,lashan ranch Of 12O acres near
Castleton. He has 300 acres under
cultivation and cuts about 81 toms
Of hay annually He has in over Z
acres of grain which is doing nicely.
David Wallace is operating a
splendid ranch ON Ohio creek of
6O5 acres. He will cut this fall
about 800 tons Of hay besides having
in = acres of grain Mr.. Wallace
makes 20 pounds of butter per week
for the market. A new road has
recently been built to Mt Carbon
by Mr.. Wallace's place.
David l.. La Plant has splendid
ranch of 2S0 acres near Mt. Carbon
which he is improving gradually
He has 2uU acres under cultivation
and will cut 200 tons of hay. Mr..
I.aPlant has in 10 acres of timothy
which is doing fine. He is now
erecting a cosy brick residence OF
six rooms. Mr.. La Plant is pleased
with his home
SEVERN Peel owns a pretty ranch
west Of Mt. Carbon which he is i'm
proving annually His tract EN-
braces 2>O acres, 40 acres Of which
is under cultivation, acres in oats
and 20 acres in timothy. He expects
about 60 tons of hay besides a good
crop Of potatoes. Mr.. Peel will put
in three reservoirs to hold water for
irrigation purposes during the sea
| son.
A. J. and Mary Allison haveu
ranch of 22O acres, 60 acres Of
which is under cultivation. The
crop this fall will be 60 tens of hay
and GOO bushels of oats. The Ali
son ranch is a pretty place.
John kunze has leased the Hope
Poos ranch of l60 acres. He will
cut this fall 60 tons of hay besides
alfalfa.
b. l.. Dollard who recently pur-
chased the Allen ranch near Castle
ton, has selendid place OF 320
acres. He has it mostly in hay and
will have a crop of l2J tons this fall
besides 800 bushels of grain. This
ranch has the reputation of cutting
a large tonnage OF fine hay To the
acre. 1t was originally owned by
j. W. Wilson.
Mitchell Nelson has a lGO acre
tract of mesa land of which probably
40 have been improved and are in
Timothy and native hay Mr.. Nelson
works in the mine but is making
improvements ON his ranch as rapidly
as possible.
Nm. Webber's ranch Of 32O acres
above Alpine is being improved
gradually lie has in 80 acres ot
timothy. acres OF grain and a gar
Il