Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-08-10
HOW It SEEMS TO Be
ABOVE The CLOUDS
Another Letter From the Noun
tains of Colorado
Hubert ALI Writes Of the Mine Owned
There by Former Grant County
People

People
The Herald has received a very in
teresting letter for publication from
Hubert F. Alt, who has been in i'll
health for some months and who is
now in the mountains near Coaldale,
Colorado, where he went few weeks
ago with Delos Edwards for recreation
and health. Mr.. Edwards, il COM
PAW with his father. brother Clint,
and other relatives, the Bushnells,
owns an interest in some mining
property there that seems to have
very promising future.
Mr.. Ats letter contains much that
was included in former letter,
written to his parents and which.
without his knowledge, we published
in The Herald two weeks ago, hence
we cannot print the present interest
ing letter without repeating consider
able that was in the former.
The following portion of the letter,
however, which was not contained in
the former one. we believe will be
read with interest and we give it
herewith:
The most interesting of all are the
fine mountain streams and elegant
fishing. Really Mr.. Lowrey it's
almost as good as Mcpherson s. Not
like fishing for suckers, and one need
not go nine times to get one little
trout as I did at home.
Probably the best fishing is in the
Gunnison river. Near the entrance of
the Black Gallon the stream is lined
with campers and devotees of rod and
reel are having great sport. The
novice as we'll as the exper fenced
fisherman is having his share of sue
cess and we'll laden creels are the
rule, rather than the exception.
While very few Of the fnny
monarchs are being caught, scores of
two and three Founders have been
landed, which is an achievement
sufficient to satisfy all but an unusual
ly ambitious angler, such as my friend
Virgil ShowaIter. Mountain trout
especially are v5ry capricious and
fckle as to their diet and it is difficult
to forecast with any certainty "A
hours in advance what variety of fly,
ON what character of bait will tempt
their appetites. 1t is this Inconsistency
that makes their capture fine art.
and renders successful angling thing
to boast OF. The water is naturally
deeper near the base of the mountain
than at points farther up towards the
source and the "big ones" find a
retreat to the pools along the rock
bound channels of the river. This is
probably one of the best trout streams
in America. One of the professors
who is connected with the faculty of
Harvard University and who is camp
ing here now, has fished in ell the
principal streams from British
Columbia to the Mexican frontier.
He stated the other day that the Gun
nison river was pre-eminent for rain
UOW lIOub Oh IulS AAAH
should surely be an inducement for
some of our Lancaster sportsmen to
pay us a visit before we break camp.
Our camp of prospectors are all
Grant county people and roll call is
as follows. c. w. Bushnell, S. G.
Bushnell, formerly of Muscallonge.
G. A Rogers of Beetown; Matt
Edwards and Delos Edwards, of Ian
caster. Mr.. G. w. Bushnell located
ON this mountain twenty five years
ago and has prospected since that time.
&c was induced to come here by the
Love Mining Co., of Colorado Springs
who offered $50. 100000 to any pros
pector who would locate the rich
vein of ore known to be on this peak
The Edwards and Bushnells have
I, some fine looking prospects in gold,
silver and copper and the work is
progressing rapidly. They have
already been offered SIS, 900. 90 for a
hole that has been sunk but fifteen
feet. Ore that has been shipped to
Salida shows good quality and assays
from 5000 to $4,000 per ton.
They also have a large marble
claim which without question is a
fortune in itself as soon as it can be
placed on the market. The quarry
has already been opened up to a length
of nine hundred feet and breadth Of
one bundled and sixty feet. AS far
as the work has gone they have dis
covered some thirty varieties of the
finest texture of marble The walls
are solid and there is absolutely no
waste in quarrying it. The character
and formation of tne marble resembles