The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-07-25
EXCURSION aftermath.

AL Ute WOEio iOFCo a lONCA, nhA
such was on the day first saw the
Rockies. And l am sure the world
loved me then, as it does the tiny in
FAINT making grab for the milk bottle.
am not given much to quoting the
Bible, but when first saw earth's
pimples from the car window on the
Georgetown Loop, wanted to shout,
God is great. Let all mankind do
homage" Since / left the spot, am
sure missed some thing, though l was
all eyes at the time, as the youngster
who has attended his first three ring
circus is sure he did not see it all, and
after he gets out of the tent, stops to
- at the bill boards and wonder if he
saw that. How large the world really
is; how mighty is the Supreme Being
who created it all; and how like flies we
are in comparison was brought home
strongly by the trip on the Georgetown
Loop, and previously in the Newhouse
tunnel. AS we wormed our way along
the sides of those mountains, had
feeling akin to fear. If we had gone to
the top in the shaft, don't know but
what might have wanted to stay so
close to Heaven, or at least, if had to
come down, to slide down the DEVILS
Pathway which thought could see in
the distance.
After seeing the wonderful display of
color each mountain showed, and the
way that of the gigantic rocks blended
with it all SO perfectly, l can realize
how Hawthorne was inspired to write
1.-THE Great Stone Face.
Under the influence of the ranges l
felt myself as great an author as Lew
Wallace; as great an artist as Raphael;
as great musician as Beethoven; as
great poet as Longfellow; as great
playwright as Shakespeare; and then
when my pipe went out began to re-
alize how Insignificant l was.
have heard the stage william shout
Into the tunnel with her!" l have
also heard stump speakers rehearse the
work of the miners in different man
ner from that used by Y. NJ. C.. A. lee
tuRlrs; and until had partaken of the
treat extended the other correspond
ents by the owners of the Newhouse
tunnel, had yet to learn whether the
stage artist had given me correct i'm
itation, or whether the politician, or
the kid gloves man was correct in his
views.
If fellow thinks he is being ''held
up'' when he prices locket for his
best girl at the village jewelry shop, he
begins to sit up and take notice after
trip through the Newhouse tunnel of
the fact that gold really is ''the prec-
ious metal'' after all, especially after
all the details were explained so minute
ly as they were to the correspondents
in the Newhouse tunnel and the Gem
mine. feel sure that the others will
Join me when l say that's off to the
Newhouse tunnel, the greatest mining
tunnel in the world. And here's sue
cess to every undertaking Of Idaho
Springs and the Denver Press Club. .
Mahlon T. Dolman in st. Joseph, Mo-,
Gazette, July IA, 1908.
1.-The Chamber of Commerce of
Idaho Springs extended to the press
eang an invitation to visit their city.
providing for the same by an appropri-
alton Of $500, chartered train, which
was properly provisioned' with plenty
to eat and drink, the train Arriving at
IdaA Springs from Denver with over
100 correspondents from all parts of
the United States on Saturday, the 11th
inst. The party was placed in new ore
cars and transported through the
famous Newhouse tunnel over trolley
line four miles from the mouth of the
tunnel, where more provisions, both
wet and dry, were dispensed with law
ishness only equaled by the royalty. An
additional treat was then offered and
accepted by everyone. A large ore
bucket carried all to the bottom of the
shaft $50 feet below, where mining
operations we're in progress by the
most modern methods. This shaft is a
part of the Gem Consolidated which
contains IT'S rcres and from which gold,
silver and lead ore has been taken to
the amount of 81, 600, 600, and they have
only started to work their property.
This tunnel serves to carry out the ore
for six or eight different mines, all of
which are owned independent of the
tunnel company. The Gem mine is the
sole property Of w. E. Renshaw who
accompanied the party through the
mine and after returning to the en-
trance of the tunnel he explained the
workings of crushing and concentrating
+ho or. Ne;lxy A. ri auaaa Deuocrat