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Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12
NEWS FROM lHE MINES AND MILLS
Prospeetors Are Returning.

From Colorado mining camps comes
the word that the prospectors who
left the state year and more ago for
the new fields to the west of us are
coming back in droves and busying
themselves hunting for the best way
to re-establish themselves in dear old
Colorado The news is all the more to
be believed because it was to be ex-
pected. 1t was foregone when they
went away that some day they would
return.
Your mine hunter is restless body.
He will chase away from gold bars at
the first word of new find, will sigh
ever for newer and richer fields, but
go where he will and do what he may,
Colorado is still home, and he is al
ways wanting to get back. Nevada
fields drew thousands from this state;
the finds made in Goldfeld, Search
light, Ely and other camps were Of a
kind to attract the prospector from
farthest north and farthest south and
for awhile Nevada held the call. The
streets of the new camps looked like
saw nothing more than the faces of
the people; the Colorado mining man
was everywhere in evidence.
Nevada had its boom and when the
bottom went out of copper and the
speculative fever was over there was
not much left to hold one who hac
Colorado experience to guide him.
They began coming back and are COM
ing faster right along. They want to
get where one can mine not only with
some chance of selling his product at
fair rates, but can live in comfort
meantime he is hunting his stake. 1t
is recognized all over the mining world
that Colorado is the first choice of all
who would live by mining. Wages are
better, living conditions and climate
the best, and there are the best pro-
visions for selling mines or marketing
their products. All miners and pros.
pectors are at home in this state and
only camping out for try at fortune
when away.
Prospectors realize that the next
best thing to having a mine of your
own is having lease in Cripple Creek,
and those who failed to catch on right
in tie districts that were fashionable
a few months ago are coming back
either to find themselves a Colorado
mine or go back to Cripple Creek and
have try at lease.
This is not in the way of killing the
fatted calf; the prodigals are welcome
back. but the fact that they always
come takes off the novelty. We have
seen them go and seen them come so
many times that now it is only neces-
sary to point out the fact of their re-
turn to understand that there will be
new things doing in a mining way just
as soon as they have said hello to the
folks and taken off their coats.-Den-
yer Republican.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12
Cripple Creek Looking Up.

The prediction by mining and mill
| men that at the closing Of December a
great increase in the output of gold
ore will be shown by the figures for the
thirty days of the last month OF the
present year, is coming true, and there
is every indication that December will
break all monthly records of produc-
ton made by the mines Of the Cripple
Creek district, writes a correspondent
under date OF December 7th The first
week of this month ends today with the
| railroad companies announcing at noon
1857 per cent heavier tonnage than
made from November 1st to the clos
ing of the seventh day of that month.
With the output steadily increasing the
,, record Of new developments for the
day is four big properties starting up
and two leases granted since O'Clock
this morning. The mines upon which
operation were resumed are the Noun
tain Beauty, Findley and Shurtloff on
Bull hill and the Ajax on Battle noun
tain.
This morning 165 men were lowered
through the Findley shaft to break ore
in the main workings of that property
and also to operate in the Shurtloff
while number of miners went down
The Findley company has a lease on
the lower workings of the Mountain
Beauty and will connect with the sew
enth level of that property by drift
from the 1.000-foot point of the Find
ley. Seven sets of lessees are now Cp-
Grating on the Ajax. 1t is given out
that each of the four mines will be
hoisting ore before Monday morning.
Prior to the suspension of the opera
tions several months ago the combined
production of these properties amount
ed to about 210 tons of ore a day. The
leases granted were for a period of two
years for fiat royalty of twenty five
per cent. One was given to John Price
on the Ingham Of the Doctor-Jack Pot
and the other to John Bauer on blocks
3 and on the Mountain Beauty or the
west half of that claim adjoining the
Specimen. Ore is opened in both
leases.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12
Golden Cycle Mill.

The first step in the reopening of
the reconstructed Golden Cycle mill
in West Colorado Springs was taken
on the 5th inst. when two of the roast
ers We're blown in. By the first of the
year the mill will be running at its
full capacity of 900 tons day.
With it's eight furnaces, each with
a capacity of lis tons, it is one Of the
largest and most complete mills of its
kind in the world. In South Africa
there are mills of greater capacity, but
they do not calcine their ores. The
cost complete has been S1.250.000 An
idea of the size Of the mill Is gained
by the fact that 1t covers nine acres.
The steel building covering the roaster
is the largest structure of its kind In
the West. There is not an elevator In
the entire mill, all ore being hoisted
by means of automatic conveyor belts.
From the time the ore leaves the cars
until the gold bricks are turned out
it is not touched by human hands.
In the reconstruction of the mill
which burned on August 7th. all of the
ideas utilized in the old Telluride mill
by Phillip Argyll have been discarded
although 1t cost the Golden Cycle
Company 100000 to do it. In the new
mill there are 20 per cent. less bear
ings and II per cent. less motors than
in the old. yet its daily capacity is 200
tons more.
1T was announced that we would
complete the rebuilding OF the mill
within 100 days." said President John
T. Milliken tonight, after having com.
pleted an inspection Of the mill and
witnessed the blowing in Of the two
roasters.
I'VE missed It by few days, but
are more than satisfied with the work.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12

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Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12
Newhouse Tunnel Connection.

Manager Kimball of the Old Town
Consolidated Mining Company, and
the Hot Time Transportation Drainage
4 Tunnel Company, reports that con-
nection was made on the Sth inst at
the bottom of the Old Town shaft in
Russell gulch with the Hot Time lat
eral from the Newhouse tunnel at d
depth of $3.50 feet. The connection
was made with the lateral 4,326 feet
from the Newhouse tunnel, total dis
tance of 1926 feet. or more than SO
miles from the mouth of the tunnel at
Idaho Springs.
A bulkhead is being put in which
precludes an examination being made
for day or so, but the miners at work
in the shaft reported streak of Is
inches of good looking ore showing
the continuity of the Old Town vein.
The Old Town shaft is now next to
the deepest shaft in Gilpin county, the
California being 2,231 feet vertical and
the deepest gold mine shaft in the
state. The Old Town is an incline
The connection between the Old Town
and the lateral means future econ
omic handling of the greater portion
of the tonnage from the property in
the Russell district through the New
house tunnel to Idaho Springs as well
as the drainage of the water in the
property, thus eliminating another
heavy item of expense
While the Old Town has been a
heavy producer during 1907 the pro-
duction for 1908 will probably be
doubled and is expected to run above
s5Oo,OOO. 1t is owned and operated by
close corporation and during the
sinking of the shaft an additional
depth of 700 feet during the last year
to make connection with the lateral
large ore bodies have been opened. as
suring heavy production for years
to come.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12

sensation the gosling had then. He
seemed born for padding, and as he
padded he kept bobbing his head
down into the white substance and
fetching up the most appetizing
things. Evidently the world had been
made for nothing except gobbling and
padding.
BY and by he began to feel tired.
He determined to jump out on the
steps again, but strange to say all his
jumps turned to paddles. He couldn't
seem to get over a hard, brown object
next to the steps. He decided to try
no more but just to sit still, so he dou-
bled his short legs up under him and
floated. After a while he felt himself
sinking. but he padded twice or thrice
and got up again. Still 1t was pleas
anter to drift, so he rested once more.
Lower and lower he sank. Strange
odors floated up around him. Drowsi-
ness besieged him. Not much except
his head was now above surface, but
somehow, as he rested his bill on that
cool substance the gosling didn't care.
Just then Mary Ann came out with a
pan of peelings and dashed them in.
Peep! peep!" murmured the gos-
ling. bobbing up and down.
"La!" calculated Mary Ann, and ran
for the shovel.
When she had shoveled him out on
the grass she finished her exclamation
La! aint that fool goose got no
more sense that to go swimmin' in the
sloD bucket"
"Peep!" replied the gosling, placidly
turning over on the grass in the warm
sun with deliciously filled feeling.
Lazily the summer months drifted
by. One day and another that fool
goose" as every one came to designate
him. figured continually before the
public eye. So entirely devoid Of
sense did his escapades seem that the
hired man named him Simple 81.
mon." for short.
With the coming Of the snappy De-
cember days people began to think OF
Christmas feasts. and the farmers to
look over their poultry with an eye
to the markets. One frosty day when
Mrs. Martins kitchen breathed spicy
odors her husband slouched in.
I've just been looking over the
poultry" he drawled. Turkeys are
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12
Important Strike at Rico.

A body OF ore of unusual thickness
and richness has been disclosed on
the Ute vein of the United Rico Mines
Company, says the Rico correspondent
OF the Denver Republican. The assays
have run as high as one ounce Of gold,
514 ounces silver, two and one.half
per cent. copper and ten per cent lead
The contact was cut by u raise
thirty to forty feet north of large
vein where the Ute flssure has been
faulted and the stratifcation forms a
huge trough into which the mineral has
been deposited. At the point where it
was intersected by the raise the ore
body is three feet thick and estimated
thickness OF five feet near the cioss
cein.
similar discovery years ago on
the Enterprise vein developed into u
horizontal ore body 1900 feet long with
varying width fifteen to forty-fve feet.
and made Rico the largest producer of
high grade shipping ore In the San
Juan country.
The stratification south OF the Ute
vein has also been faulted, creating an.
other large trough In which the man
agement expects to encounter a simi.
lar body of rich ore. The Ute fissure
south Of the cross vein carries higher
values than are found north OF the vein
on the same level.
Rico mining men pronounce this
strike the greatest and most important
made in this district since the original
Enterprise discovery. Assistant Gen.
eral Manager Sheard Is preparing for
immediate shipments.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12
The Thief Threw Himself Over.

wee striped bantams, two long legged
peevish turkeys. and two perpetually
hungry ducks. But when 1t came to
the twin goslings there was only one
Of them. OF course. the different twins
associated together and told each 9TH
or their trials and Joys. their fears
and hopes; but the gosling was the
yellow sheep of the family. He knew
no troubles but his own, he wanted
little. and when he found a happy
hunting ground OF bugs he had 1t all to
himself. He had also little habit
Of wabbling in while two chickens
fought over a bug. quietly gobbling up
the insect and calmly turning his back
without even SO much as q reminder
that there no longer existed a cause
:or Quarrelling. Others might have
sharp bills to dig and fight, but he
had a broad one to grasp and retain.
In his Independent. happy-go-lucky
way he waddled through the world,
making strange friends. and having
leather-breadth escapes known only to
himself and the Martin family.
May Day dawned warm and sunny.
Worms had fairly wriggled themselves
Into the goslings mouth that morning.
and he felt more than content as he
squatted in the sun on the back kitch.
en- step. Suddenly. In turning his head
to the left. he spied tempting red
object peeping up from great, round.
whitish looking surface. The gosling
made dash. and splash! he went
under the shining white surface. He
had that red bit. however, and a. he
swallowed It he instinctively struck
cut with his legs. What = delightful
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12
Continental Mines Company.

The second annual report of the
stockholders of the Continental Mines.
Power a. Reduction Company has been
issued by President Seemann of Den
yer. This company is driving the big
Seemann tunnel through the famous
Yankee hill section toward James
peak.
The report shows cash on hand OF
$1S.641.01; due the company. $G0,276.27
for stock subscriptions. and 1000. 900
shares Of stock in the treasury. with
no outstanding Indebtedness.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12
His Advice.

well, Uncle JOSH" said the fond
mother after her daughter had trilled
few times for the purpose of i'm
pressing their relative from the coun-
try, what do you think of it? Would
you advise me to have Daisy's voice
cultivated?"
"Yes, 1 guess I would. Git it culti-
vated while and then have it seeded
down. Gosh. but you people seem to
be warm-blooded here. I'd freeze If I
had to depend on them steam pipes
for heat
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12
sSesakrSssak< <S>seses&a &as&<&s&+
Simple SimOn'S Part i'm
a Christmas Dinner

&(F ANY of old Speckles queerly
!. assorted brood we're stepchil-
dren or only adopted she never
betrayed 1t by even SO much
as an upward roll of her eye. Truth
to tell, old Speckle knew as we'll as
any one that her inclination ito set"
had come at a slack egg season but
the maternal instincts thrilled her.
and with touching trust in human
providence she submissively turned
every egg in her nest each day, and
sat a week longer than any other hen
would have thought compatible with
her dignity.
Most of Speckle's offspring came in
twins. There were two fluffy white
chickens. two pert black ones. two
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12
heiskeII's Ointment
Cures Skin Diseases

For half o century Heiskelps Ointment has
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Being purely vegetable preparation. Hsis-
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There are many varieties OF skin diseases
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liver with Heia kells Blood and Liver Pills.
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Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12
When to Moralize.

We will not expatiate upon the evi
and folly of over-indulgence In Christ
mas giftmaking until after Christmas
Such moralizing follows the "darl
brown taste Of the morning AFTER
Atlanta Constitution.
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12

With smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist Just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish. there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be a positive pleasure to
use Starch that does not stick to the
iron
Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12

Insomnia is one of the infant all
ments that is contagious.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-05
NARROW ESCAPE
BY k|RKMAN
WHILE ENJOYING VACATION is
TRAILED BY COUGER AND
SHOT At BY MINER

Wflbert Kirkman of The Kellough
company returned last night from 4
vacation of three weeks spent on Lake
Chelan and on the Stehekin river. The
party of which Mr.. Kirkman was a
member had several exciting adven-
lures while in the mountains on a
prospecting trip. One night a cougar
trailed them into camp and on another
occasion, while prospecting they ac-
cidently commenced work on a claim
owned by another party. The owner
resented the encroachment by taking
a shot at Mr.. Kirkman and his COM
panions with a rifle. The bullet
whizzed over the heads of the party
and they hastily decamped from the
vicinity.
While coming out of that section Mr..
Kirkman met Attorney Frank Grove.
who is taking in supplies and material
to work the Mary Green, owned by
Walla Walla parties. Mr.. Kirkman
says the Holdman mine, in close proX-
unity to the Mary Green has already
produced over 100000 for the owner
and is being developed into a bonanza.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-05
SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNITED
DIRECTORS WILL SELECT SITE
FOR NEW Guiding AFTER
BOARD APPROVES.

Approval Of the petition for the con-
solidation of school districts Nos. 10
and So was granted by County School
Superintendent Bond at a meeting of
the directors of the districts con-
cerned and the superintendent Sat-
urday afternoon.
These districts are located about six
miles southeast of Dixie in the Dry
Creek country.
An order for the consolidation Of the
districts was made by Superintendent
Bond this morning and mailed to the
county commissioners. 1t will be acted
upon at the September session of the
commissioners. Upon it's passing the
board, the districts will vote upon
new site for the school house in order
to give it more convenient location
and one Of the present schoolhouses
will be moved to the site selected.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-05
PERSONAL MENTION

A. T. Gibbs is in the city for few
days.
I'D Wilson of Pasco is in the city
on business.
s. C. Steen was down from Prescott
over Sunday.
Will Moore of Pendleton, is a guest
in the city today.
Mrs G. L. Grigsby of Waitsburg is
visiting friends and relatives in the
city.
w. S. Paddock of Union, Ore, is in
the city for a few days visit with rel
atives here.
Miss Edith Taylor has returned from
her vacation at her home in Weiser,
Idaho and has resumed her duties as
secretary at Whitman college.
D. w. Dobbins is down from Pres
colt looking after business interests.
Paul Johnson of Touchet, was in tho
city over Sunday. with friends and
relatives.
Prof and Mrs. Ruby have returned
from Pullman where the professor
has had charge Of the Latin and
French departments of the summer
school at the Washington State coll
lege.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-05
NOTES FROM HOSPITALS.
+ + + + $50 - + + + I.

Howard Gwynne of Portland, is at
st. Mary's hospital for surgical treat
ment.
Gustave Gunther of Walla Walla, is
a patient at st. Mary's hospital for
surgical treatment.
Frederick Monk, who halls from
Montana, is at ST Mary's hospital for
medical treatment
George X. odgard of Walla Walla,
was received yesterday at st. Mary's
hospital for medical attention.
w. E. Giddings of Almota, was re-
ceived yesterday at st. Mary's hospital
where he will receive surgical treat
ment.
A. Jinks of this city is at ST. Mary's
hospital for surgical treatment.
Archie Burke of Walla Walla is a
patient at st. Mary's hospital where
he is receiving medical treatment.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-05
Double Tragedy.

DAYTON, O., Aug. 5.-Anna MUIR
kowitz, daughter of pawnbroker, was
assassinated last light near the old
soldiers home, and Abe Cohen, a trav-
ching salesman, is suffering from a
bullet wound as the result of an at
tack supposed to have been made by a
degenerate. Bertha Murkowitz. sister of
the dead girl, escaped and gave the
alarm. After Cohen had been shot,
Anna MurkowitZ was dragged away
and strangled. Mary tragedies have
been committed on the same scene.
Jacob, James and Bertha Markowitz
brothers and sister of the murdered
girl are under arrest. The police are
under the impression that they were
following Cohen and Anna.