Cañon City record., 1906-08-09
The Colorado Light &
Power Company
Phone Canon 48 Office i3 North Fifth


of the men who have gone into the
territory have had more or less expert
ence in mining and know a good min
eral country when they see IT, Last
week Clement Brothers. well known in
the Cripple Greek district as practical
mining men of good Judgment, visited
, the Spauiding camp and We're so well
pleased with the outlook tina; they
bought the Queen of the Hills property
for $1,000. agreeing to pay 81 1000. the
first installment OF the purchase price.
at the end of six months on a Is per
cent royalty. They agreed 10 work
fifty shifts a month. beginning August
I, and the proposition is being devei-
which is very inconvenient
The camp is very quiet one and
nothing of sensational character has
occurred to recall the early days of
mining in the West A better class OF
prospectors have never organized than
those who have gone into the new ter
ritory and Spaulding starts out on a
career absolutely unique in the history
OF communities of its kind in this
country. Honest. industrious. skiiiful
and enterprising. they are men who
will develop the resources of the dis
trict and will give stability and char
acter TO the camp.
In the heart OF heavily mineral
lied territory. extending for several
miles In every direction. Spaulding has
a future which it's citizens can look
forward to with equanimity and salts
faction"
One of the objects of Mr.. Van Fleet $
visit here was to point out to the Can
on City Merchants Association the ad-
visibility of establishing a hack line
from here to the new camp. Canon
City," asserted Mr.. Van Fleet. '1s the
natural outfitting point for prospectors
trict direct communication with Canon
City. Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver
and other points reached by the lines
of the Colorado Telephone Company
An effort is also being made TO get a
postofiice at Spaulding and II will. no
doubt. succeed as all of the mail in
tended for the camp now goes to Ilse.
oped on that basis. Several other
claims have changed hands the last
few days and the camp is taking on an
air of hustle and activity that augurs
well for the future.
Despite the fact that Spauidng has
been laid out less than week we have
sold seventeen town lots up TO last
Thursday night at a uniform price Of
twenty-five dollars. and the demand
for them is setadily increasing right
along. AS we have not yet had time
to comply with the provisions of the
law we are unable at present to con-
vey clear title to these lots, but give
the purchaser a contract for a deed.
the provisions OF which viii be carried
out as soon as the plat has been re-
corded in the Office OF the county clerk
at Silver Cliff.
grocery and general supply store
was opened a few days ago and II is
expected that boarding and lodging
hpubt VIII uG SicCttu III tue COURSE OI
another week. The first load of lum-
ber will go into camp today and will
be the nucleus OF lumber yard to
be drawn upon for building purposes.
Steps have been taken to get tele-
phone line into camp from Querida,
which will afford the people OF the dis
going into the country. and II II grasps
the situation, may derive a big advant-
age from the trade which 1t will get In
that way. Many of the men operating
In the territory about spaulding will
leave their familieu here and. II the
camp becomes an important one. a.
there II every reason to believe II will,
there will be = considerable secretion
to the population OF Canon City q 1
recult."
Mr.. van Fleets surgestion n 90.