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Gilpin observer., 1909-12-30
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Ex-senator Clark, the Montana cop
per king. once worked the Kipp-Buell
and Bobtail mines.
Hon. Henry NJ Teller opened law
office in Central in 1861. Was first
elected to the United States Senate
in 1876, was Secretary Of the Inter
ior under President Arthur. Re-elect-
ed to the senate and served twenty
nine years.
Ex-senator Edward o. Wolcott
taught school in Black Hawk in 1870.
Was district attorney in 1876; elect
ed to the United States senate in
1889. Became very prominent in
national affairs. Lately deceased.
Hon. Jerome B. Chaffee operated
quartz mill in Lake gulch-from
1860 to 1868. Organized the First
National bank at Denver in 1865.
Elected United States senator in
1876. He died in 1889.
James b. Grant, the smelter-man,
graduate OF the Friebury school. Ger
many. worked the Clarissa mine in
Virginia canon. Was governor Of
Colorado in 1884.
James b. Belford was district
Judge. A very able jurist and orator.
Elected to congress in 1876.
Eben Smith was ]. b. Chaffee's as
sociate in most OF his mining enter
prises in this section, operating In
Lake gulch and on Bobtail hill. Later
being David H. Moffat's assistant in
many mining enterprises in various
parts Of the state.
DR.. Henry Paul was a noted mine
manager. Was a seer and Identified
with number OF the big mines In
this section.
Henry o. Wolcott. brother Of Ed
ward o. wolcott. managed the Bos-
ton & Colorado smelling works at
Black Hawk and Denver.
George Pullman, the Pullman Pal
ace care man. mined In this section.
Henry M. Stanley, the explorer. the
man who found Livington In Africa,
was resident Of this section.
Joseph A. Thatcher managed the
Warren Hussey & Co., bank at Cen.
tral City.
Samuel II. Ebert operated the Gold
Dirt mine in 1863. Was secretary Of
Colorado Territory. Appointed gov.
oruor In 1Q72 md n tudpe ~ tho
Supreme court.
Gilpin observer., 1909-12-30
NEWH0USE Tunnel A BIG
FACTOR IN MINE DRAINAGE
It's Completion Means More Properties in Opera
tion-Great Activity Already Shown Along
It's Course New Properties in Operation
Since Driving Was Resumed.

ducers along the line of the tunnel.
1t has record Of gross production
up to the present time Of more than
S7,00O,000, and the deepest workings
not to exceed 200 feet. The tapping
of the Gunnell will surely relieve the
mine of water and within the coming
year should be working very eAser-
sively.
The next vein that will be tapped
by the tunnel is known as the Gold
Collar. 1t will strike this property at
about 1000 feet in depth. The Gold
Collar has reached a depth of 700
feet and has produced a considerable
amount of ore of a grade better than
the general average of the camp, and
is now being worked steadily. When
the tunnel shall have reached the
Gold Collar 1t will add another TO the
long list of producers on its course.
In an article written for the Obser-
yer year ago, l went more into de-
tail and mentioned more Of the mines
l spoke of the possibilities, probabili-
ties and advantages that the driving
OF the tunnel would mean to the dis
trict. / have not been deceived either
in the values or the quantities of
ore opened up in the past year, but
owing to such a diversity Of interests
and ownerships it has been almost
impossible to get the owners of prop
critics together for the purpose of
working these various mines. From
the negotiations l know are pending
the next year should show the great
est production that the Quartz hill
mining district has ever had in its
history. The district through which
this tunnel has passed the last year,
including the Gunnell, Gold Collar
and Eureka, which have not yet been
cut by the tunnel, have produced
more than s6O.OOO,OOO since 1859.
Gilpin observer., 1909-12-30

Independent of any sentiment en-
tertained by the Observer. as CLEANED
from reading this issue. the follow
:rg interview fully expresses the gen.
eral opinion of men prominent in
the affairs Of this section. There is
not the least particle of exaggeration
or fighty airness in what is said,
but the basis of all is. apparent on
every hand. to him that runs may
read. 1t is good reading, in fact, its
acquisition is something that clinches
all the arguments which the Observer
may have wished to express.
THE outlook Of Gilpin county for
the year 1910 is far greater and
larger for continuous development
work and heavy production than it
has been in the past twenty years.
In fact. have visited. during the
past year. most Of the mining camps
throughout the state, and in none
have l seen so great an activity and
as many old properties resuming oper-
ton. with as many more new prop
critics starting up and the erecting
of new shaft houses; the installing
Of new machinery, for thorough. sys-
tematic development work. And why
should this not be? With the New
house tunnel cutting through the CEN
ter OF the county, through the very
heart OF the mining center, at ver-
tical depth OF 1900 feet. proving the
continuity Of the veins at depth
OF from 1900 to $500 feet to be Of
had been previously found in the
work from 300 to 500 feet in depth,
and in a few cases to depth OF
1000 feet. In each case during the
past year where connection has been
made to the tunnel level by any of
the properties cut and unwatered,
these properties are today the heav-
lest producers Of the district.
THE milling ore OF the county is
equal to or above the average value
OF the milling ore in the various
camps throughout the state but up to
now the mine-owners Of Gilpin coun.
ty have been content with the small
amount of free gold that has been
saved on the plates Of the old anal.
gamating mills that were erected 40
or 80 years ago, to treat the free
milling oxidized surface ore that was
Gilpin observer., 1909-12-30
MEMORABLE DATES

The Russell brothers were the first
to discover gold in Gilpin county Colo
RADIO, in 1859.
On May 9Th, 1859 the Gregory lode
was discovered. the first pan of dirt
yielding 81.
The Bates was located on the 18th,
the Smith on the Goth, the Dean and
Casio on the 22d, the Gunnell, Kan
sas and Burroughs on the 25th of
May. 1859.
Work on the Gregory commenced
May 18th. 1859. In a few days five
men cleaned up 1914 by sluices.
More than 100 sluices were run
ming in 1859 in Gregory gulch and
vicinity returning $40 to the man per
day
Nine hundred men were in the
Gregory district before September
1859. who produced 5000 weekly, 1t
Is asserted. -.
In eight months, Of 1859, it is
SieihuSu' el,VVV,oVO was PiOuuSSN
from its placers.
BY the 1st of July. 1860, sixty mills
and thirty arastras were in operation
in the district.
The population OF the mining sec.
tion by July, 1850 numbered $1,000.
Some OF the mills in operation
in the district in 1860 returned as
high as $50 to 800 in gold per ton.
Operations were of the most primi
tive sort.
Eastern spectators secured most
Of the desirable ground in 1864.
In 1866 more conservative mining
methods were adopted.
Claims located in $3.50, and other:
are still producers.
The first successful smelter for the
reduction Of refractory ores was es
tablished in 1867 by the late Prof
Hill, at Black Hawk.
"Gilpin county mines never play
out"
Gilpin observer., 1909-12-30
>09>ALOOK Al HEAD 'l0|

The year 1909 has been tten future here and now and
others will s
of
that has
others deeper This purely mining community depend
mining There
roous conduct Of staId
hope OF It's citizens tnae So e IN the view taken OF the
something the air
vince that 1910 will the camp more active than for forty
little "shown."
convincing still is the nnerabe shaft houses mills The
better results have not been accomplished and why The aonh
lure until the
handle economically
quest for wealth quickly That stage mas passed. The conditions
will
but results The
abundance like conditions sut meant waste de-
the methods primitive compared with the Of
but not elsewhere. These give
a the eiIpin built
mining Well, all Of the
supplied the coming,
third will be the new road
prove working
forgetting aequision cyanide
process % be In this section.
improved
t m k hu. h.e.u. Al. th.s. tbinos ar. NOR. ann.no to
Of seeming
the would be
make deIusion
mean or ten dollars to the tor" Tor that matter mine producing
dythey figures e-~e the
by leaps and bounds Then the ore here not too much it,
butso might nature
nnumerabe shaft houses With their plants and equip
lease of activity for
and the coming will see many reap what others have
so~n
Gilpin observer., 1909-12-30

In July Of this year it was announ-
ced that experiments relative to the
feasibility of treating Gilpin county
ore by cyanidation had demonstrated
the large possible additional profits
to be gained by cyanidation as a
part of the treatment of the ores of
the county. Since that time, working
along these lines, Messrs. Marshal d.
Draper. John Gross, Floyd Weed, P.
R. Alsdorf. Fred Mel. Strout and
other gentlemen continued and elab-
GRATED upon the work already done,
thereby discovering many other fea-
extraction.
At the present time local and out
side capital, having been enlisted in
support of the enterprise, it may be
positively stated that the installation
of a large custom plant during the
coming year is an assured fact, and
while the projectors of the enter
prise are naturally averse to making
their plans known, it has been as
certained that some of our most prom
inent men will be associated in the
project. The installation of this plant
will mark the greatest step in the
history of the camp since its discov-
cry, for there is absolutely no doubt,
now that the plan has been passed
upon by so many of the prominent
engineers of the state, that its sue
cess, from every possible standpoint,
is assured. Its Importance to the
county as whole, will be shown by
the fact that it will be the largest
investment which has ever been
made in the county in an enterprise
Of the kind. The projectors of the en-
terprise expect to make known their
Intentions in detail at a very early
date.
With the end in view Of the COM
plete treatment on the ground, of
Gilpin observer., 1909-12-30

coming to Denver; cheap fuel. II
steam is used and an electric power
line to supply electric equipment for
both mines and mills at minimum
cost; these are the reasons the mine
owners Of Gilpin county are starting
up their properties and are glad they
did not sell out, but kept them, dur.
ing the years of inactivity Just pass
ed"
Gilpin observer., 1909-12-30
SUCCESSFUL CYAN|DAT|0N Of
G|LP|N ORES IS ASSURED

The System Expected to Revoutionize the Treat
ment of the Low Grade Ores Of this Section
A Long Felt Want Realized in this New
Process-A Boon to the County
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-03
NnW YoRlx COTTON.

New York, Feb. 2.--The cotton mar, ket was quet today with fiuetuations somewhat Irregular and ths close quiet. i've points lower. Sales were estin;at- ed at 125,000 bales.
 The market opened steady at an ad- eraliy unchanged to two points lower. owing to lower cables than expected. nostRs scssisaea f liaSidation ns ana oss ioos bear pressure. After showing a. net loss of about four to six points, how sas spoe o ana puyg Sftsy the close of Liverpool offerings were lighter. suggested that much of the e. ssrlisT, i:s, selling @ had been on account of cover found very little cotton for sale during the early afternoon, and while there was apparently nothing in the markets. prices gradually worked up. led by the near positions, until they showed Q net gain of one to five points der realizing. southern spot markets oineially reported early were generally
 Private advices from Memphis claim for March shipment and private ca bles from Liyerpoel say that lines ap- pear to have been laid for a squeeze of July-August in that market. The boil weevtl situation is attracting in- creased attention in local circleB. and Is expected by many to have a de- Receipts at the ports today. 4s.oss bales against 67.se7 last week and ts.oss last year; For the week. 2so.oeo si7, ,oso iase Year. R Poday's. % receipts S and at New Orleans. ls,07s bales against ii .es4 last year, and at Houston, 22.S19
 Futures opened steady and closed QuAdLs ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-03
HE STOCK MARKET

New York. Feb. z.--The stock market eeday Nas largely a professionat anair and it was ruled technical concerns: rislsine short sales in view of yester- days demonstration Of the small liqui- dation Induced by the conslderable de- cline of last week. That decline that
 terest of oonsidsrssis propportions p and
 the room traders worked, therefore on
 the long side Of the market There
 was nothing to show that thse opera.
 ons wsss suPPsnsnsss ey b. sarKst
 was dull more during the day than at any time since the beginning of the year News developments were not Important and such as there were show s. on Speculative values. some import ance was attached to a sharp advance in the price of Copper Warrants in
 the London market the first that has ss the price of the metal went inter
 mittenly downward. Copper mine
 shares also felt the advantage of this
 showing and the effect was refiected
 From the iron trade came intimations Of q shading of foundry Iron prices which were dwelt on rather as symp-
 toms rather than fro many importance were smail as reported. The iron and steel industrials however, were higher In the market. A feature of inooming
 monthly reports of railroad earnings operating cost in which is shown an lncrease over the similar outlay in
 December. 1907. These increases are IEignihcaut because although gross earnings In December. 1907. showed the depression on railroad traffic of the panic of the preceding October. there
 has been no adeduats- economies et- fected in oprating cost A policy of
 something like starvation of the ex-
 sdoptea Sy the UM raiIroad 'o w6riS niy during ring the petiod of greatest depression. Whether the present change in policy is of necessity from the long postpon- ment of proper outlay or whether tf dence in future earnings. the effect Is good on the demand for the equipment and material. More serious attention
 was given in current financial discus sion in the Supreme Court decision trust" for collection of debt which
 seems to outlaw claims of such or- Iganization against their debtors. A cut in freight rates out of Baltimore to
 meet the abandonment of the Boston differential was not liked in its impli. cation of friction. The California at. titude on the. Japanese question and the resumption of the hearings on the Tepnessee Copper and Iron mrger in. Quiry in Washington were cited as dis tasteful to the speculative view. but without tangible effect On prices. The acceptance of the terms for settlement Of Turkeys claims against Bulgaria had a cheering effect on foreign mar
 kets and conduced to the casing of the discount markets here.
 Bonds were firm. Total sales par value. $5.9s4.e00 United States bonds
 were unchanged on call.
 cTosTNC 1sTOCw raEr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-03

two 0ernans to every Frenchman. To have the fact of racial decay published to the world must be Q hundred fold more gaiIing warfare. and the true significance Of this monatrogs cnrbing of natures law Is that the cruelsst enemies of glorious France are sons and daughters, -
 Alias. proud Francel She who has bIazon- ed history with envied achievements in civilization and culture, and signal triumphs h science and art, is now the first in the family of nations to show death rate in years ago the average number of births per marriage was three. now it is scarcely two. And while the vigorous Teutonic blood has increased the German race until the fathers land averages 2se souls to the square mile. the average for France is but Iss.
 having better sembiance of concrete law than that of Thomas Robert dalthus. whose essay 2 hundred years ago on the Princess hle attention This divines insistance that the tendency of population to increase in d
 hsS iS tSs Maahsns inS @ssas of nc q not the starvation of their people: S aaIst b1t ing Into consideration the ability of the British to levy upon the food supply of the os'sas ;hsir wo5ls in sxchenss for ths pfodets when adopted. made the nation rich and powerful. What remained of the scholarly stroyed by the lessening birth rate oe France coincidently with the augmentatton of the soils productivity through scfentIfc tillage and the employment of lmachinery. Unpopular as 1t Is for a Frenchman to herald national calamity. M. de Fovflle. President of the Academic des Sciences Morales ct Politiaues. has recently aecen- tuated the gravity of his country's position in . style 90 plain that the Latin countrfea are discussing what students of internation. al effairs have long known-that the French race Is eiowly. but surely. dying. For twenty years the birth rate has been waning; two | a wit fass7fq kY. rate. and last year 1t fell 1000 behind lr . hundred years 1t has decrease from aa per thousand to 19.Ts and in the twentieth cen- tury the decline has followed this alarm tug pace; Excess of births over deaths 1902. s4oo0: 1908. 73.000; 1904. 57.O0O: IsOk s7.oo0; 1906. 2T.0Q0. In 1907 zero was reached and passed for there were 2oO0a more deaths htan births, as has been stat- cd. The official returns are 794,0O0 and 174.000, under these respective heads The word "depopulation,' Mir. de FoviIie points out is therefore. no exaggeratiou. ''Is it." he asks with pardonable apprehension, ''the beginning of the end ?"
 At this rate the Gallic republic may sooH be ripe for invasion. for this will be dan- ger frankly enacing Q country which is capable of supporting S0,000, 900 inhabitants, but which is content with loss than haie that number. In 1875, the population of Germany surpassed that of France by only 5000. 900: 1t now exceeds it by over 90, 000.- 900. In anohter twenty years there may be counting the subjects of the Kaiser swarm Ing in Brasil. Argentina and the United States. M de FoYi1le has thus had the courage to tell his fellow countrymen that their nation is marching with 0uickened step to its doom"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-03
NO SALES REPORTED
LITTLE CHANGE oN COTTON MARKEr
There Was . Slight Advance But 1t Was
 Merely . keadjustmsnt of The Market.


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 Tho. local cotton market remained dull price went up to s-is cents. there were no sales reported. In fact the rise was only tsadJustment Of the market that was warrantsd by Monasy's close and not ducers.
 The stasnation was not merely local. h New Orleans and New York the same dull ness prevailed Everyone wore the .'I first two weeks Of Fsbruary the repu. tation of being period of dulIness. small spot business and slightly sageing market. Some believe that a bear pool tn New York away all the dullness. Others believe this Is gossip to take up the attention of busy market.
 There is A loss of confidence in q further are merely confronted by a market that is resting for a while. There Is every indi- cation that It will pick up after the middle of February. preparatory to March snip had tendency to lift the market. All eables and telegrams from points or con sumption either were indecisive or bore ex- pected Information.
 There % were some isanirss tsa from NeE ras Eng so great change in values would be likely for
 only few scattered bales were recelv- ss here ons SsoSs of tn. asss05s ports that there is some cotton being held by farmers. It is in very small quantities and owing to the exposure to the weether, is likely to be in poor condition when 1t arrives. .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-03
Chicago Grain anal Isreauce.

Chicago. H., Feb. 2.---An increase of nearly i've million bushels for the week in the worlds visible supply of shs sa wheat markst sn here ssndMsnt soday ana a1 caused net loss at the close oi
 corn. oats and provisions also closed
 There was reversal of local trade sion. sentiment in the pit being bssr- course of the market was largely shaped by the leading bulls. who sold freely from start to finish, The fact that the short interest was eliminated Sslpea S to ewssla weaken oy tSe narkst noticeable feature of today's .proceed- ings was the shifting over from the May. delivery to the July option owing mer delivery. The chief V wsaEenins factor was Bradstrets statement of the worlds visible supply. which showed an increase of l,soo,ooo for of flrmness at the opening. due to the strength of the foreign wheat mar kets, but this was soon dissipated. The market closed weak and only a Nay ss' at ''ns sss Psns snS q Jas sas
 cisarances of wheat and flour were cquhl 70 laS,UUU DuBhelS. Primary rec ceipts were 322,000 bushels compared with s7e,000 bushels the correspond ing day a year ago. Minneapolis, Du- luth and Chicago reported receipts of
 The corn market developed a con- siderable weakness on expected iri- creased receipts of corn from the in- terior. Receiving houses sold steadi- " throughout the day, which seemed to lend color to the rurnors of more liberal movement in the near future. The slump in wheat also had q dey pressing effect. The market closed weak with prices down S-S to 1-2@6-8c. compared with the previous close. Final ,quotations on May were at e3 1-S@1 1-4c and July 63 1-sc. Lo- cal receipts III cars, with A of con-
 Oats exhibited a weak tone during the entire session. There was free selling by shipping concern that bought heavily last week, influenced probably by offerings or Argentine oats at New York at lower prices than grain from this country was being offered. The weakDess of wheat and corn also had considerable influence. The market closed weak with prices down I-4@3-6c to 1-2c, with May at 61 3-4c and July at 4s S-sc. Local re- ceipts were S7 cars.
 Provisions were weak on general qutdation. Local packers were prices. were. l-2c to 15c lower.
 Estimated receipts tomorrow: cars; hogs. 4e.00o head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-03
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