The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-23

IDAHO SPRINGS. COLO. s
Mrs Leo Johnson and her mother of
Denver visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
johnson this week.
Among the many visitors for the
summer are H. E Elliott and family, Of
Oklahoma City, Okla.
w. A. Maxwell, formerly of this city
and later the proprietor of the Brighton
Blade, has had the misfortune to lose
his printing plant and building by fire
The loss is estimated at SIS, 900.
Guy C Stumm has recetly returned
from an extensive. trip to Chicago,
Ohio. Michigan and other eastern
places. He has for his guest at pres
ent an old friend, G. F Goener of Kan
sas City, Mo.
Machine drills have been put in op-
GRAFTON al the breast of the Oneida adit
tunnel A large tonnage of fine ore 10 !
being taken out of the 1S-inch streak |
and the breast is being advanced from
three to TOUR feet per day.
d. J. Macdonald is getting good re.
suits in the Kitty Clyde mine up Spring |
Gulsh owing to his persistent push and
practical mining work. The ore that
is now being mined, it is stated, runs
up in value as high as $lOO per ton.
County Commissioners Ellis and
Hickman inspected the Virginia canon
road on Tuesday and were well satisfied |
with the work that has been done there |
under the supervision Of George Straub. |
The crushed rock section in particular |
was the subject of very favorable COM
ment,
Mr.. and Mrs. O. H. Shaffer enter
tanned Thursday evening with q beef
steak fry on Filtration peak Those
present we're: Mr.. and Mrs. N. Wood
and son, Seattle, Wash. Miss Teresa
Wood, of Golden, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Wood, Mrs. ]. J. Kane, Mrs. Sprague
Stewert.
The contract that was awarded
Wright and Morrow tor putting in the
large ore bins for the Rockford tunnel
and other improvements is rapidly
approaching completion. With these
conveniences the shipments of ore from
the Magalona and Donaldson veins will
be greatly augmented. Manager 'Nye7
is giving his closest attention to all de-
tails in order to effect the highest pos
sible savings.
Miss Ethel Peterson. of Empire, died
in this city on Sunday shortly before
) midnight after brief illness She had
been working here for some time and
was a sister of Mrs Arthur Brown of
this city and Mrs. Joseph August of
Lawson. Her remains were taken to
Empire on Monday. She was an ex-
emplary young lady and her early TAX
ing away at the age of twenty three
, is a matter of sincere regret.
} Considerable attention is being given
to mica mining in this county. Ship
: ments have been made on a large scale
= from the Floyd hill section. There are
) several good deposits Of commercial
mica in Squirrel and Warren gulches
I and over in the Bear creek and Beaver
brook sections. The deposits in Squir-
rel gulch are being opened up for
shipment by Frank Seroy and he il get
ting an excellent quality and good
, sized sheets.
| The Bard creek mining section in the
: western portion of the county is exper-
fencing a boom. Several of our citi
t zens have bsen up there to look up con-
: ditions. Among these are John McColl
! Lew Oliver, John Rohner, A. E. Ross,
, Fred Stroehle and Oscar Hayes. Bard
] creek runs between the south Clear
Creek and the West Fork and empties
: into the latter q short distance below
a the town of Empire. Tom Cunning
a ham and his associates have been opera
r ting in that section for some time and
' the strikes that have been made are at
t tracing considerable attention.
The sudden death of Everett (SD
Lambert on Tuesday was not only
|. surprise but great shock to his
friends here He had been i'll for sew
eral days and it finally developed that
He had appendicitis. On Monday morn
a ing he was taken to Denver on a litter
, to have an operation performed at the
!. Ga nSr n1 tDn lot,