Gunnison news-champion., 1910-08-26
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mining discoveries have borpe up, y
the ear but we're Received as stories
from TAR couptry Vet the pros
pectors have stack - their Job aud
with the Star bnterpr,se both work
ing on large scale wacn encoar
aQement Is feh by all those who
have Interests around Dorchester or
Italian peaks
The crying need Of this section is
better Transportation fseslIties.
From Dorchester 30 Aspen - only
p miles. bot u ~ over Iavlor range.
lmpsssIble IN some winter months
and very steep ON both sides with
dangerous slides along the route
30 dIfhcslt is the road thai even IN
summer the i0ar horse teams are
gone hive days on the r0snd trip.
with two ton load That makes
the frelghtiae charge from twelve 10
twenty -hve dollars a ION, and makes
a tremendous tax upon economical
development of evea bonanza mines
No wonder few mine owners can
undertake the preliminary work of
opening ore bodies on a large scale
And with change of the mail
route from Tin Cup and II Elmo to
Aspen on July first, every parrlcal Of
this trade streams into PitkIB
county Aspen miners get the Jobs,
Aspen teams haul the freight, As
pen rsnchmen sell the hay and grain
and vegetables, Aspen merchants sell
the goods and cash the pay checks
This is because Aspen business men.
though farther away, natural condi-
tlons considered than Gunnlson and
Crested Butte, have appreciated the
trade and gone after it, Last winter
the merchants Of that city donated
above two thossand dollars to keep
the Taylor psss road opea.
1t is we'll known that the proposed
road through Taylor canon would
open the main artery of the district,
making water grade connection with
Dorchester. and Tn Cup mines alike
Hit fhhSt w itiiit. anu thf
commissioners have already spent
many thousands Of dollars on the
preliminary work of building first
class bridges and fixing the Tay lor
river and Lotus canon roads. How
ever, il would take from seven 10
ten Thousand 10 finish the four miles
OF TAYLOR canon road, and this does
not seem to be available just now.
An alternative proposition pre-
sents itself. From the Star mine
around Italian peaks, through the
head of Spring creek and down Ce-
ment creek TO the railroad at Book
ers 10 Just about fifteen miles. A
good trail, perhaps fourteen miles
long, which Frank Stewart and
Howard Marshall constructed, has
opened the path Coming down
this trail last Wednesday with Man
ager Jenson, Sapt. Larson and Mr.
Marshall the writer view every foot
OF the proposed road, and it WAS the
unanimous opinion that it was the
shortest, quickest and cbespest
route 10 rail commanication. The
fosr miles aroand Italian mountain
is almost at timber line. but through
heavy timber or grassy parks, and
comparatively even grade Two
miles down Grassy hill 10 steep, but
all plo~ and scrsper work. The
two Cement creek parke are pillow
and scraper work and easy grade.
Two short caaons, ere the most ex-
pensive part Of the rosie, bet will
hardly cost more than two or three
Thousand dollsr~.
The nee management OF the Stsr
mine ls energetic and determined 10
find some route 10 lesssn trspspor-
tation expense. This wosld give
then two days round trip for fosr
hors- teams, snd down grade almost
all the wy for q three ton losd.
They offer TO contribste literally or
10 build the road srossd Italian TO
Grss.y hill il the coanty, the citizens
Of Gunnison and Crested Bstse snd
ranchmen will do the rest. II Ought
10 be done and done quickly. We
understand Crested Butte has offered
TO help. but wants the road up
Brush crrek. This is natural and
would be fslly - short q route 10
the head e Taylor river, bot four
mile~ longer to the Star and Dor
chester and eight miles further from
Gunnison points With = deep canon
10 cross.
The Cement creek road would
oped the whole cosntry d the north
end Of the park, By the shns1l
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