The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-13


|MR c. gluNNNs
MRfTEs SHELTER OF INTEREST 10
Al GREAT MANY PEOPLE OF
THIS CITY.
The following letter3wasS hanqeu IS
1.-THE West Yirgtn4an to-day and we
publish &C With pleasure:
Durango, coios Jan. 8, 1906.
Nj. 7 ". Boydston
Fairmont ". Va
My dear Mr. Boydston:
am in receipt Of your letter Of pc.
cSnaber 2Sth and was glad to hear
Iron you. / have nothing new to
write about unless it should be that
we have been having very cold wealth.
er here fcr the past four weeks, any.
where from zero to 20 degrees below.
They say here that this Is unusual but
this don't help a fellow who likes
warm weather.
/ have been very well and am feel
ing fine but Mrs. j. has suffered with
colds almost continually since coming
here. Lam afraid Of pneumonia in this
high altitude and will leave here abour
the 10th fot some point in Arizona, II
nothing happens to, prevent. ! am
not certain at this writing as to just
where / will end up but have very
favorable reports of Prescott and will
probably go there first. If find the
climate down there agreeable and the
place looks good 1 will proceed to get
busy. While there seems to be moth.
ing here in my particular line, I GER
tainly like this western country, and
feel sure that can make good out
here somewhere. l would like to spend
two or three months here in Just look.
ing through the mountains, but on &C
count Of The snow and extreme colo
the points | want 10 reach in this sec.
ton are inaccessible to me, and will
be until about May LIST. This is too
long to wait.
[ sent Sam Hite some newspaper
notices about his gold mine PROPOSE
ton but have not heard from him.
The contractor has a hard job on his
hands. The rock they are in now Is
SO hard they can only put in one set o.
drill holes, (about A ft.) every q
hours and it is estimated that thl;
same kind Of material extends 1000
fl. l talked to a man who ran the en-
CINE and air compressor up there and
he tells nc that there is no question
about the value Of this property, the
only question being a sufficient amount
of money . develop it. He describe;
it as a "ALountain OF Cold but say!
it will take a great deal Of money Il
carry out the plans Of the company
AS to It's development, he says they
already Lave enough r in sight Il
make It a good paying mine II the!
never go eny further, but It the prop
erty is developed on the lines laid ou'
there is no question but 1t will be ont
of the biggest paying mines in thu
West. l think this fellows name i
Moran and he claimed to run the en-
CINE at the tunnel and left there OF
December LIST. l know nothing abou
him but happened to ~overhear som,
Remarks la made In the store one da!
about the Frisco Tunnel. SO callet
him in the office and had quite a tall
with him. He Is an intelligent fellow
and from his conversation no certainl.
knows this property and he Impressed
me as being sincere in what he said
l have written you at some length ii
regard to this property knowing tina
yvu are interested in 1t,
/ will advise you as to my address
little later but hope to hear from yol
again before leaving this place.
Hoping that yourself and family ar
all very we'll and with best wishes t
you all, 1 remain
Yours veryttrnly,
G. D.JUNKTNs.