Gilpin observer., 1909-05-20
ROAD WILL BENEFIT

1t is with the greatest pleasure
note the Joy among the boosting ele
ment over the building of the Pacto
lus branch of the Motfat railroad.
Had this spirit prevailed four years
ago, Gilpin county would now have
ten thousand more inhabitants than
it has.
Some Of our citizens take great
pride in telling of the millions that
have been produced. The new rail-
road promoters don't care a damn
about what has been done, they want
to know what Golden Gilpin intends
doing in the future as regards ore
production. The new road will be
the making of the northern sections
of the county. 1t will pass through
the great silver-lead district of Fair
field, where in early days fortunes
were made within few weeks. With
the advent of the railroad, at least
500 men will find employment in this
rich zone.
Silver creek section is a net work
Of veins, nearly all which can be
worked through tunnels and will give
the Moffat road large tonnage. The
recent strike in Sherman tunnel is
an indication of what this district
can do as regards ore production. TIL
gold of this part of the county brings
$4,000 per ounce.
Vermilion, Twelve Mile, Elk Park
| and Pine Creek districts, known as
Apex section, will send out an enor-
nous lot of ore when the new road
penetrates it. The Evergreen mine
ore, is a sample of what is in the
Apex country awaiting cheap coal
and transportation. These new dis
tricts can furnish such an enormous
quantity of ore that it will deluge the
Moffat rolling stock with business.
A conservative estimate places 5000
people in the outer districts within a
few years, this Of course will build
up large town at Apex and two
villages elsewhere on the new road
The coming of the railroad and the
new pipe line, with cheap coal, Ne
\ vadaville and Russell -Gulch will be. a
beehive of industry; mills will be
built by dozens; thousands of tons
of ore can be handled daily. In thesa
two districts there are hundreds OF
huge dumps of medium grade ore
that rear their serrated tops on
high till they resemble the broken
walls of mighty Babylon. These con-
tain millions of tons that will be treat
ed on the ground or shipped over the
new railroad to reduction plants sit
uated elsewhere.
| There is diversity of opinions in
regard to the drainage of Quartz hill
by certain tunnel. Some claim
that a central pumping plant would
have been cheaper and that we have
lost millions within the years that
have passed waiting for this tunnel.
One expert on pumping declared that
we didn't have enough water in all
our mines to prime one of their Mich.
igan copper mine pumps. While the
writer isn't in for an argument, still,
| believe IL our operators could have
formed a combination on pumping
years ago, Gilpin couhty would be
ahead millions Of dollars, while each
mine would have so little water that
it could be coped with successfully.
It's our opinion there is a large in
flow Of water in the mines of Quartz
handled successfully with a whirling
spray syringe.
II the new railroad only brings in
one thousand new miners, and each
buys $500 worth OF victuals month
it would be $4,000 a month, or a
total Of $1S0,000 per year. A pair
Of S5c overalls for each would be
$3.50. II each bought a pair of $500
shoes, would be a total of $4,000
for shoes. A $4,000 suit of clothes
apiece would total $4,000; a 25c
necktie for each Of the thous.
and would be s250.00 for neckties.
II this thousand men spent $500
per month each for tobacco and
whiskey. it would total $4,000 a
year. With the strong democratic
tendencies Of our people here in Col.
den Gilpin. 1t will aggregate five
times as much.
Now let us all get busy. Let the
slogan be. 1000 new people in our
county before the years out. and q