The daily sentinel., 1908-02-04

= nounce that the reports given =
. wide circulation in the Denver =
= and Colorado Springs papers =
= and referred to in The Sentinel =
= yesterday. to the effect that =
= John e. Phillips. formerly of =
= this city and largely interested =
= here. had been lost In a storm Z
= at sea. are untrue. =
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Yesterdays Denver Republican
has the following story. 1t will be
noticed that Mr.. Phillips speaks of
William G. Choate. for many years
tendent of this division of the Rio
Grande system.
"Bronzed by a tropical sun and
looking strong and we'll. John E.
Phillips. well known mining man
of Denver. stepped up to the regis
ter at the Metropole hotel yester-
day morning and set at rest the fears
expressed for his personal safety.
Many friends of Mr.. Phillips had
been disturbed by dispatches from
San Francisco telling of a severe
storm of the coast of Manaznilla,
Mexico, in which three men were
presumed to be drowned while seek
ing to raise some buried treasure
ed Golden Gate in 1862. Mr.. Phil
lips having gone to Manzanilla for
the purpose of investigating this
work, 1t was feared that he had been
lost.
..'No sir; I'm alive and well.' said
Mr.. Phillips yesterday. verifying his
words with a strong handshake. L
do not know anything about the
storm reported on the coast. as be-
fore starting on my journey home
had gone into the interior of the
state of Colima. in which ManEanil-
la Is located. It was this trip which
in part delayed my arrival home,
and have altogether been nine days
on the road. Two days of this was
In horseback riding, and then
missed connections with trains two
or three times
THE report had been spread
abroad among local friends of Mr..
Phillips that he had been lost In
the storm, and his belated arrival
gave substance to the fear. ]. B.
Andrews of the Denver & Rio Grande
received a postal card from him yes
terday morning, dated January 26.
which had been written at Colima;
but the later appearance of Mr.. Phil
lips himself was best proof of his
safety.
There have been many efforts to
raise the money lost on the Golden
Gate, which was altogether $1,200,-
900 in gold. This money was being
transported to Washington from the
mint at San Francisco during the
Civil war, but on Manzanilla the ship
took FIRE and was consumed after
being run ashore. The government
succeeded in raising about 100000
of the gold. but the rest still lies
upon the bed of the ocean.
The company l am interested in
Is the Gordon Construction Com
pany,' said Mr.. Phillips yesterday.
The headquarters of the company
actively engaged in the work my
self. In fact my trip was more in
the matter of an investigation than
anything else. The company has
constructed a big pier out to the
wreck. which projects above the wat
er. the vessel being one of the old
sIde-wheel crafts. Personally. ! think
it is very doubtful II the treasure
will be raised. The conditions are
very discouraging. owing to high
surf and extreme difficulty presented
by the natural surroundings. 1t ap-
pears almost impractical: but our
company mas nut cutifciy dpohoohc-A
the work We are working. of
course, with the government in the
matter
'Mr. Phillips reports considerable
activity in that part of Mexico. where
he met several former Coloradoans.
The narrow gauge road built 20
years ago 60 miles out of Manzanil-
la by Col. d. C. Dodge and General
Palmer OF Colorado Springs, has now
been taken over by the Mexican Cen
trail and is being converted into n
broad gauge road. 1t is also being
extended across the mountains to
Tuxpan, where direct connection
is to be made for the City of Mex
leo. This is a great piece of engi-
neering and was originally planned
by General Palmer and Colonel
Dodge. 1t requires the construction
of many tunnels and bridges.
w. G. Choate. former division su-
perintendent of the Denver & RI,
Grande railroad, is constructing a
timber road out of Colima. This cit,
contains about 10000 inhabitants
and is located at the base OF Mount
Colima. volcanic peak $4,000 feet
high. which is the only smoking peal
in North America.
Louis Kingman. who was former
ly connected with the Atchison, ~
peka G. Santa Fe railroad and locat
ed in Denver, is now chief engineer
of the Mexican Central road. Col
Joseph NJ. Hampson, a contractor
we'll known in Denver, Is also there
d. G. C. MacNeill. formerly of Colo
RADIO Springs. owns the mule stree
car system of Colima-"
This afternoon a meeting of som