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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
Bold Robbery at Florence.

Florence, Colo.-Robbers dynamitee
che safe in the Williamsburg postothce,
which is located in the same building
as the A. P. Easton grocery and gen
eral merchandise store. Two hundred
dollars in cash and a number of valu-
able papers were taken, together with
a quantity of postage stamps.
T. w. Morgan, the postmaster. who
sleeps in an adjoining house, heard a
rumbling noise and was thrown from
bed by the explosion. Before he could
get to the scene the burglars had es-
capped by the rear door. The door OF
the safe was blown from its hinges and
thrown six feet, striking the door of
a booth used in the store in the cloth
ing department. entirely demolish!ns
the booth and also a stove which stood
ten feet from the safe. No clew OF the
perpetrators of the act have been
found, but Sheriff Esser has been
called upon to furnish bloodhounds to
take the trail Of the criminals.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
Operations at Cripple Greek.

Cripple Creek, Colo. W. Smith.
superintendent OF the Pay Rock Mine
company, reports the cutting OF new
east and west cross vein on the ORC
on Ironclad hill. while drifting in the
l00-foot level. Assays from the main
vein have been ranging between one
and two ounces gold. At the junction
values have advanced to as high as
5000 to the ton. The company is also
mining low grade milling ore in the
discovery shaft on this claim. The
Is owned by the Colorado Springs Gold
Mining Company.
Machine drills were used in sinking
the shaft on the Dante for the first
time to-day and more rapid progress
will now be made. Air is supplied from
the Trilby plant adjoining.
A location certificate for the Little
Regina lode claim, this district, has
been recorded by S. A. Mcclure and A.
II. Gross. A deed has been recorded
transferring from Ollie Fischer TO Pat
rick O'Connor the Cape May lode
claim.
Application for a patent for the La
fayette and Maitland lodes IN the VIII
bur mining district, Fremont county.
has been made by Ernest and Esther
Whiles and William and Mary Rich
ards. The claims contain twenty and
one-half acres and are situated just
across the Teller county line.
Shipments have been made by team
from the Silver Tip Of the U. G. NJ
pany, Pinto and Bison OF the Free
Coinage company and Specimen of the
Stratton estate, all on Bull hill; the
Peggy and Bonanza King mines on
Gold hill and the Abe Lincoln IL Pow
erty Gulch.
Ore running as high as $500 ton
has been encountered in the ore claim
on Ironclad HILL controlled ny the
Pay Rock Mine Company, Superin-
tendent J. w. Smith reports cutting
an east and west cross vein while
drifting in the 100-foot level.
The main vein assays between one
aud two ounces Of gold. At the juno
tion the values advanced to as high
as $500 a ton.
A low grade milling ore Is also being
| mined in the discovery snalt OF the
claim. The cross vein will be devel-
oped and judging from the assays, 1t
may prove to be a bonanza.
Reiton and company, who recently
made a strike on the Brooklyn claim
| on Bull hill, belonging to the Stratton
| estate, find the ore improving rapidly
as development progresses. The drift
| has been extended distance of eighty
| feet southwest of the shaft. About one
| year ago Sheriff Edward Bell and asso-
| ciates took out good pocket of ore
| from this claim, but it is believed that
Reiton has struck the true fssure vein.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
Ranch Sold for $126, 900.

The great Charles B. Rhodes ranch
at Deer Trail was sold by Colorado
Land Headquarters, through the Co
lonial Securities Company TO Knee
land Dockstaeder OF Lenox, Iowa. The
ranch comprises 10000 acres CT lanu
and is one of the largest and finest
in Eastern Colorado. The price paid
for it was sl26,00o.
The ranch was bought many years
ago by Mr.. Rhodes and it has been one
of the largest cattle ranches in the
state II was sold to Mr. Rhodes,
through Colorado Land Headquarters.
about two months ago to Omaha and
Kansas City capitalists. They IN turn
gave it over to the Seventeenth street
land people for resales. The advance
over the price OF the Kansas City and
Omaha capitalists paid for ii and the
price they sold for was marked, being
another striking example of the ad-
vance in the price Of lands in eastern
Colorado.
1t is Mr. Dockstaeders intention to
raise hogs on a large scale. The low
lands on the property will be utilized
to raise alfalfa. while the high lands
will be devoted to peas and barley II
has been the theory of most Ameri-
can farmers that the corn-ied pork was
the best, but in Holland. whence comes
the best bacon in the world. the hogs
have been fed on peas and barley ex-
clusiyely for years.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
AL PARTS OF COLORADO eENE
FITTED.
The Movement on Foot to Boost Colo
Colorado Will BE General.

Denver.-If the 800, 900 adyertlsfn fns
fund now being raised to boom Colo
rado is used wisely to secure settlers
for the agricultural lands Of the state.
1t will bring results that will benefit
every part OF the state and will build
Denver as nothing else would.
This is the opinion OF John CLAY Of
Chicago. who Is in Denver for a few
days on business. Mr.. Clay il one Of
the successful business men of the
country. He has been identified with
the live stock business in the West for
about thirty-three years and is the
head Of the firm Of Clay. Robinson Co.
which has branch houses all over the
country. Mt. Clay has financial inter
ests in Colorado, being interested in
banks and live stock, and is the head
of the Western Ranches Company, one
Of the few remaining great cattle cor
porations OF the Northwest. He is an
authority on live stock and financial
matters and predicts that Denver will
some day be one OF the greatest live
stock and packing centers In the
country.
1T Is time Colorado was awakening g
70 the opportunities that surround this
state" said Mr.. Clay "lt has taken a
long time to overcome the idea that all
the prosperity of the state Is based
upon the mineral resources Of the
state. As great as they are, agricul-
ture Is many. many times greater.
Develop your agricultural resources to
their fullest extent and you have laid
the foundation that will bring every
thing else that goes to make q pros per-
Gus community. Your people talk OF
needing more population, and manu-
featuring is suggested as the means
to bring that end. tell you that il
you will bring in the farmers all the
rest follows as matter OF course.
Mining development will always con-
tinue as a matter OF course and should
be encouraged along legitimate lines,
but the farmer is the steady. legiti-
mate producer
Let the farmers upon the high
priced land in the middle western
states know OF the wonderful fertility
OF your soil, and you will have food
OF immigration OF the kind that counts.
These men have the training required
to secure from your soil the very best
results. They also have a thorough
knowledge of live stock farming, and
that Is the kind that will bring the
greatest profits for the reason that
you can grow here the best root and
forage crops, and stock feeding.
coupled with sugar beet growing.
yield enormous profits to the farmer.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
Say What Crop viii BE Short.

Omaha special train. with COM
mittee Of nifty members OF the Omaha
Grain Exchange, which has been max
ing a tour Of Investigation OF the Ne
braska and Kansas wheat fields, has
returned.
Wheat. especially in the southeast
ern portion OF Nebraska. has suffered
about ten per cent. from green bugs
and continued drought Sumner
county. Kansas, will not make over
forty per cent. The bugs have done
great damage to the fields which were
e~nrnined Some members declare the
eatire crop ruined between Caldwell.
n.sas. and the Oklahoma line, and
Wichita, a distance of fifty miles. The
party agrees that the yield OF wheat
'h's ~ea- will be very light as COM
pared with former years. We find
~..at In mighty bad condition.
The party covered the districts OF
Kansas and Nebraska which have in
the past always raised bumper crops,
going as far south as the Oklahoma
state line.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
NEWS FROM THE MINES AND MILLS,
Mammoti, Smelter for Rico.

Montrose, Colo, May G-ConhrmaJiot
OF the report to the effect that man
moth zinc and lead smelter was TO
be built at Rico. has just beeureeeived
A site viii be selected in 4 lew days
and work Will begin soon. The con
struction Will be pushed with al pos
sible yisor
The plant, which will cost nearly
81 600, 900, will be arranged on what IL
known as the unit system, and will
eject a saving of ninety per cent. OF
zinc and lead ores, contrasted with a
saving of about sixty per cent. in other
smelters. 1t Will operate under new
process, which has been patented and
will be owned by the United Mines
company, of which Charles Rodder is
the manager.
IL the party which went to Rico
yesterday in d private car were Otto
Stallman OF Germer Bros. of Pennsyl
yania, A. p. S. McQueston OF Glasgow
who is a brother-in-law of j. F. Coates
of J. p. Coates, threadmakers. and
Richard Linthicum. the latter having
bought the Rico News.
They will select site and begin
work at once. The smelter will have
a capacity of $50 tons per day. Thi.
same company formerly shipped whole
trainloads of zinc TO Antwerp, Belgium.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
Active at LeadViile.

Leadville, Colo. - The Hidschl,
shaft at the head OF East Seven r
street, the downtown section, is quick
ly coming to the front as u-.= u. 1le
large producers of the district. A few
years ago the property was worked foI
the iron in the upper contact.
When the ore bodies became eN
hausted it was closed down, but few
months ago W. H. Covey obtained \
lease on the property, sunk the shafV
$50 feet deeper and then orifted south
through the Elk fault, and on the
other side of il opened up good body
of ore carrying iron and lead. He is
now shipping eighty tons daily.
Reports from the Gypsum district
on the Eagle river show much activity
in mining on the north side of the
river. The Iron Mask, owned by
Frank Kramer, has opened ore that
runs two and onehalf ounces N golo
and with a heavy extract in iron
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
Colorado Wins Water Suit.

Washington.-The somewhat famous
case OF the state of Kansas against
the state of Colorado. by which the for
mer sought to have the latter enjoined
from diyerting the waters of the Ar
kansas river for irrigation purposes. or
permitting its citizens to do so,. was
dismissed by tie Supreme Court of
the United States today
The announcement of the courts de-
cision was made by Justice Brewer,
who said that the dismissal was with
out prejudice to the right of Kansas to
serve its petition whenever it can be
shown that the state is being substan-
tally injured.
The intervening petition of the
United States also was dismissed,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
German Soldiers Are Coming.

Denver-Five thousand dollars wer.
collected by the committee in charge
of the arrangements for the annual re-
union of the Federation of Former
German Soldiers, which will be held in
this city during the latter part of Au-
gust. The committee has decided TO
raise fund of $4,000 for the enter
tainment OF the thousands OF visitors
who will come to Denver during re-
union week. and, judging from the sue
cess last week. 1t will have no traable
to raise the entire amount before the
middle OF June. Everywhere the mem
bers of the committee met with the
greatest enthusiasm. and responses to
requests for contributions were both
liberal and prompt.
Godfrey Schirmer, president OF the
German American Trust Company. has
been elected honorary president OF the
committee in charge of the reunion
fund. Few Germans in Denver are
better known than Mr.. Schirmcr. He
has been a resident of Denver for a
number of years and is one of Denver 8
leading business men.
In active charge of the preparations
for the reunion is John Hecker presi-
dent OF the reunion committee and
chairman of the finance committee.
Mr.. Hecker. the Denver representative
of the Golden Brewery, is not only a
former German soldier, but he fought
with great distinction during the Civil
War. He. like Mr. Schirmer, is well
known among Denver's business men.
and he is considered one Of the leaders
Of the city's German-American ropula-
ton.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
Open UP Big Vein on Big Five.

Idaho Springs. Colo.-One of The
biggest strikes ever made in the Edgar
mines is reported by Manager Roller
OF the Metallic Exploitation Company
which is operating the property under
lease from the Big Five company.
For the last week machine drills have
been penetrating a streak averaging
over two feet in thickness whicl runs
better than twentysix dollars pei
ton. 1t is already apparent that the
ore body is OF large extent and un
doubtedly extends to surface, a dis
tance of GOO feet. 1t lies east of the
line of the Central tunnel, in virgin
ground All the old workings of the
mine are several hundred feet ives,
of the tunnel. The new ore body viii.
be worked wholly through the tunnel
and with power drills, etc. so that its
net value will be proportionately
greater than any other ever WORKED
in the palmy days OF superficial min
ing
fhe Metallic company has been op
Grating the mine Succe ssfuily 1or The
past year and still has large reserves
IN the territory previously opened, Sc
that the new strike is, in popular par
lance, all velvet
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
LINDSEY TAKES NO cAANcrs.
The Little Juvenile Judge Of Denver
VIII Not Give Up His Job Until
Another 10 Certain.

Denyer.-The appointment Of
dummy judge of the Juvenile Court,
the same 10 hold his position until the
Juvenile Court law enacted by the Six
teenth General Assembly has been
tested by the courts, and then to re-
sign his position in favor OF Judge Ben
B. Lindsey in case the law is declared
valid, is the unusual expedient which
has been determined upon by those in
terested in the new law. A part of the
plan is to secure the resignation of
the dummy" judge before he is ap-
pointed, or at least secure from him a
definite agreement that he will resign
In favor OF Judge Lindsey. Like the
famous Peabody resignation, this will
be placed In the hands OF a reliable
third party. who can be depended
upon to see that its terms are carried
out
This plan has been decided upon to
meet the emergency caused by the dis
covery that the Juvenile Court bill has
been doctored in its passage from the
Senate to the House, and the Irregular
tiles are such as to create a doubt as
to the validity Of the law. While the
bill was being considered IN the Sen
ate an attempt was made on the part
Of Judge Lindsey's friends to secure
the adoption Of an amendment making
the Jurisdiction Of the Juvenile Court
coordinate with that of the District
Court, thus providing for appeals di
rect to the Supreme Court.
II was understood that when the
Juvenile Court was established as q
separate institution under the law.
that Judge Lindsey was to preside
over 1t, and that another Judge would
be appointed for the County Court.
Under the present conditions Judge
Lindsey does not wish to relinQuish
his ONCE for an uncertainty.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
Gun Il 5unltgl1t Jnr
nf Gun1a1t Rarr
By MAJ. CHAs. e. WOODRUFF.
Army SURGEON.

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shade
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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
Ouray Concentrates.

Ouray, COlo.-On the Carbon Lake
property. at Red mountain, an ore
body Ave to seven feet wide has been
opened in the twenty-foot level, and
runs from twenty to fortysix per cent.
copper, with an average of twenty
ounces silver and small gold values.
Ample prospecting has proven the ore
body to be huge chimney. A shaft
has been sunk, from which two drifts
have been run to the ore. At the 100
foot level, three to five feet vas the
width of the streak and the average
values were thirty per cent, copper,
with silver and gold values. The
drift has just been finished at the
200-foot level. This is considered one
of the richest copper finds in the his
tory OF the camp. The property is
owned by NJ. T. 'Chesuut and asso-
ciates.
The management of the San Pedro,
in the Sneffels district is pushing the
main tunnel to its completion. The
tunnel is in 5000 feet and an addi-
tional 1.500 feet, it is anticipated, will
be driven before the end of the year.
Eight veins have been cut and three
of them developed to the extent of
showing a good grade of milling ore.
and one vein shows a thick streak of
high srade silver. Other veins inter
sected by the tunnel have noL been
prospected, but all will receive atten-
tion when the main tunnel is finished,
At the Chipeta tunnel the raise into
the quartzite has been completed and
d station at the upper terminus is
being cut. In a few days the work
of prospecting for ore in the quartzite
will lx In, ,lI,3 IT,,
ing in the quartzite, there are Two
VEINS intersecting the property which
will be followed.
the Neosha Mining. Milling and Re
duction companys property on the
east side of Mount Hayden, for the
purpose of driving development tun-
nel Two veins will be cut by this tun-
mel. the Neosha and the Daniel Bonan-
"a. The Neosha is a large lead-zinc
vein, showing six to seven feet OF ore
on the surface. The Daniel Bonanza
Is lead silver vein, from which
$4,000 to $4,000 worth of ore has been
shipped from the upper workings.
The tunnel is being driven in the hill
between Bear creek falls and the Red
bridge, and is in 100 feet, and another
100 feet is to be driven by hand under
contract, pending the erection of the
power plant, which is to be completed
within the next sixty days.
At the Newsboy, just north of the
town, work is being pushed to locate
the vein in the second level
Eastern parties are negotiating for
the Speedwell and Golden Eagle, on
the west side of the Gold Belt, with
a view to developing the properties in
a systematic manner.
o. p. Lion, an old timer of the Iron
ton district, has just encountered a
large body of sulphide ore on the Leon,
west Of Ironton. The ore will run
twenty to thirty dollars 4 ton. and ap-
pearaUces are that it will be oontin-
uous-
The Bins Mining Company at Iron
ton, which has been driving 200
foot crosscut to the main vein on their
property, has struck a two-foot streak
of black copper ore, running twenty
five per cent. copper with gold and sill
yer values. Drifting on the vein from
the point where it was intersected by
the crosscut shows the s.reak 10 con
tinue steadily.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
Mineral Farm Reopens.

Ouray, Colo.-The work of overhaul.
ing and remodeling Mineral Farm
mill has begun. The mill. which con
sists OF twenty stamps, has lain idle
for several years The management
expects to have it running within the
next sixty days. At the mine where
level is being driven below the
blanket vein an immense tonnage OF
ore Is being blocked out.
Aa a depth OF 200 feet the Carbon
Lake mine on Red mountain reports
five to seven feet of black copper ore
running twenty-five per cent. To forty.
six per cent. with good values IN gold
and silver. In the level above three
~ Ave feet of the same character of
ore was found to continue for dis
tance of seyenty-nye feet along the
vein.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
Al Least One Busy Day.

Springfield, Ill.-A wild orgy marked
the closing session of the Illinois Leg
islature.
Wine and beer were guZzled by the
lawmakerS from tin dippers and cups.
The allnight session of the Legisla
ture is likely to create one of the big
gest scandals in the history of llli-
nois.
During the twenty hours the House
was in session Saturday and Sunday
morning Ill bills were passed. Beer
and whisky flowed like water in the
cloak and committee rooms.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18
Mine News From Idaho Springs.

For some time the owners of the
Blue Bord claim, about a mile up Soda
creek from here, have been working
Oh three-foot vein that averages
twenty-one dollars a ton and is free
milling. A sample assayed o. 80 ounce
gold, 543 ounces silver and $50 pei
cent copper; gross value 1892 2e7 ton
The streak has been opened severa
feet and enough ore Of this grade
stripped to make a shipment.
Work has been resumed on the Lit
tie Flat mine on Cascade creek and
a fine streak of solid lead ore opened
sample of which assayed .06 ounce
gold. "A ounces silver and 4l.5 per
cent. lead gross value s43.42 i ton.
The pay streak is eight to ten inches
wide and there is much milling ore
alongside of it.
The Gold Leaf company with large
holdings on the mountain between
Chicago an d Soda creeks about mile
from town, has just installed new
machinery in the mill at Denmark
tunnel, ore from which is being
treated with excellent results
The Lombard mine and mill. which
were closed down about a year age
on account OF difficulty in obtaining
fuel, will be started this week. The
production will probably be sixty to
seventy tons daily. The Lombard is
owned by the Continental Mines,
Power and Reduction company. Capt.
Henry /. Seeman of Denver is manager
and principal owner. The Lombard
vein is three to six inches wide and
at places has attained a width OF
twelve feet. The main shoot has been
opened for over 1000 feet and after the
level from the bottom of the shaft
has been driven the company will have
block of ground over lis feet high
ready for stopping. The shaft is
equipped with plant and building
costing $4,000.
The Seeman tunnel on Fall river is
rapidly gaining depth and the breast
is now in 100 feet A contract will
soon be let to drive it $500 feet far
ther. The tunnel will penetrate the
Yankee and Alice districts, where ore
bodies exist in dykes instead of veins.
An excellent strike is reported in
the Golden Rod claim on Seaton noun
tam, 1 he ore is probably the east ex-
tension of the Edgardine-T Treasurer
vault vein. In short adit a three
inch streak of white tale with finely
disseminated particles of yellow iron
came into the breast, and a good sized
sample yielded assay results of 1.s0
ounces gold and S13420 ounces silver,
or gross value of S12457 a ton.
The find was made while doing the
location work and at depth less than
twenty-five feet below the surface.
But little prospecting has been doRn
IN this section of Seaton mountain
and as the result of this strike and
a previous one nearby, every foot OF
open ground in that portion of the dis
trict has been located.