The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-06-27


The daughter of Mr.. Sol Weinberger |
was the recipient of fine piano this
week from her father
Attorney E. L. Regennitter went to
the state capital the middle of the
week on legal business.
Jesse J. May came in Wednesday
morning and remained until after the
funeral of ex-mayor Riley.
Chas. Slaymaker, of the Seemann
tunnel, drove down to the city We'd
nesdav and transacted business.
John Owen went to Golden and Den
yer Wednesday on business connected
with his mining and smelter interests.
Miss Elsie Zoeckler, of Davenport,
Iowa, and Walter and Helen Hunting
ton, of Denver, are this week guests OF
Mr.. Fred Stroehle
Misses Flora and Verna Anderson, of
Joliet, Illinois, are in the city for the
summer, the guests of the family of
John Larson on Colorado street.
DIR. J. NJ Shaller, secretary-tr -treasur-
er of the Burns Moore tunnel, has been
inspecting the work at the tunnel dur
ing a part of the present week.
An old fashioned taffy pulling, such as
we used to enjoy in the good old slow
times, was given by Miss Hilda Anderson
to party of her young friends last Sat
urday night.
Andrew Norton has taken & lease
and bond on a mining property near
the Gold Dirt in Boulder county and
will begin work the first of July He
states that he has very promising
property.
M. c. Gaarn, special representative
of the Daily Mining Record, and d.
E. Searle, soliciting agent of the
same, have been spending several days
in and around Idaho Springs in the
interest of the paper.
Bobby McClelland has sloughed off
his job as watchman at the McClelland
tunnel, and Wednesday morning went
to work for the Roberts Bros. Mer-
camille company and is taking and de-
hvering wagon orders.
| Richard Staley, of the Ontario Hum
ming Bird mine, returned Tuesday
from q few days trip in Grand county
where he -'swapped yarns with
some of his old friends. He did not
calch many aish but succeeded in
catching first class cold.
| c. A. Strahie, of Sargent, Nebraska,
arrived here Monday evening and will
spend week looking over this section
and enjoying therefreshing climate He
reports the weather as being very warm
in Nebraska. He is the guest of Web
Der who formerly resided in Sargent
| David Hill, one of the old time and
highly esteemed, ,citizns of this section
arrived in the city "Wednesday morning
from near Silverton where he has been
holding lucrative position in the min
ing line. He will remain here for
some time visiting his family and
friends.
Ray Kimhall, an employee at the
Seemann tunnel, lost the little finger of
his left hand on Tuesday night. He
was pushing an ore car when
| large rock fell down and caught the
1 finger between the rim of the car and
the rock, seuering it with the exception
of small piece Of skin to which it
was hanging.
The men driving the Burns- NJ oore
tunnel are laboring under some diff
Guilty in drilling and mucking owing to
the large stream of water that is rush.
ing out from the breast This is about
the size of large arm and is Supposed
to be from the Black Lion as the breast
is nearing it. If SO it will be some
time in draining this claim.
Miss Adelina Norton will conclude
her nine months term of school at
Woodruff's business college in Dem
yer where she has been studying
shorthand, bookkeeping and kindred
studies. She has good position Of
fered her in Denver. She has attend
ed the business college for such term
of months as to insure competency and