The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14


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Mrs. DIR. Aberg has been visiting
friends in this city for several days.
Mrs. Robert Sherman was an ear.
ly morning passenger for Denver last
Monday.
A strike Of sl0o ore is reported by
manager Jim Humphrey in the Amazon
mine on Seaton mountain.
Andrew Norton and an assistant are
working in the Treasure Vault and have
sacked good quantity of the excellent
ore for which this property is noted.
They have good lease.
A treat is in store for all who attend
the entertainment to be given this even
ing at the Methodist church. for the
Williams Jubilee Singers are rated as
topnotchers in the entertainment line.
A splendid programme of negro melo-
dies has been arranged and the seating
capacity of the church should be re-
quired to accommodate the audience.
The Clear Creek democratic commit
tee will meet tomorrow afternoon in
Idaho Springs. While rejoicing over
their success ut the polls, they viii alsd
have to contend with the spoils ques.
tion. 1t is often stated in politics that
where there are several applicants, the
disappointed ones go on the war-patf
while the successful one is often an in
crate.
The catching up of grips and run.
ming down to Denver" has received s
temporary halt on the part Of our dem
ocratic Office seekers owing to the alb
sence of the chief pie distributor, Gov
ernor elect Shafroth. One of the ap
plicants going down Seventeenth stree
/ Denver met another and remarked
ut beats h - how one has to hans
around to see what he can get anc
under expense"
The American House in Denver !.
now being conducted by our former
townsman, M. v. Came, and is now be
ing run both on the American anc
European plan. He is taking specia
pleasure in setting table on the
American plan that meets the best ex
pressions from his numerous patrons
MIR. Came gives most courteous atten
tion to the guests and has clerks in the
Office who know what to do and ex.
actly how to do it. They are affable
and obliging and if people who patron.
ize this hostelry, one of the oldest ir
Denver, don't be satisfied it will be
because they lack proper apprecia
ton.
Captain Henry l. Seeman. was in
terviewed at the depot recently as he
was en- route to Denver He reports
the Seemann tunnel breast had ad
vanced about one hundred and fifty feet
during October. The Lombard mill ha.
made some very successful runs but
will close down for awhile on account
of the cold weather. Work however
will continue right along in the tunnel
The company has one unit of the
electric power installed which will be
increased next spring. Power for al
demands is gotten from their watel
power. The work is advancing very
satisfactorily in all the ramifications OF
this extensive property.
Wes. Cannady is feeling pretty good
in these days of national repub.
lican success for hardly had the
echo of the election faded away
before he cut the Parnell vein in
the Burns NJ oore tunnel. As hustler
Wes has few equals, no super1ors.
This vein was cut on the eighth inst,
distance in of 3443 feet from the por.
tai. While the apex in perpindicular
direction is only 626 feet above the
tunnel level, the tunnel was driven
over twelve hundred feet beyond it be-
fore reaching the vein. This makes il
have dip Of about 1850 feet. 1t will
be necessary to do considerable timber
ing in order to protect the workmen
from the danger of cave-ins.