The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-07

w. S. Leebrick came up from Den
yer the middle of the week to look
after mining business.
Allie Weinberger went to Denver on
the early morning train Thursday for
few days stay in the big city.
Ben Martslon has been laid up sew
eral days with grip but was able to
go to Denver on the afternoon train
yesterday.
Daniel Gabriel was a city bound
passenger on the afternoon train
yesterday. He goes to look after
some mining matters.
A. H. Scarr and j. B. Elmendorf of
Denver are in the city representing
the Waugh drill and are operating
with it in the Lucania tunnel.
At meeting Of the county board
this week the valuation of the Cen
tral Colorado Power company's prop
erty was reduced from $1,000 to $500
per mile.
The friends of Rev. w. NJ. Dye, for
merly pastor of the M E. church were
pleased to welcome him here this week.
He 10 now stationed at Hardness church
North Denver
Mr.. and Mrs Winfield of New York,
have been spending several days at the
Club Hotel. They are interested in
mining here and were giving their
attention to their holdings.
The latest report from w B Smith
is that he is gradually improving at
the St. Joseph hospital, Denver: 1t is
also stated that he is considering max
ing Galveston, Texas. his future home.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Short and
Master Jimmy Carr spent day or
two in Denver this week, Mr.. Short
being called there to look after some
ore shipments that he had made to
one of the smelters.
Miss Nellie Merwin, who for some
time has been employed in the local
telephone exchange, has this week
been transferred to the main Office in
Denver and will be employed on the
toll line board there.
Miss Mary App and Mrs. j. w.
Brenner, of Altoona, Pa, spent a
couple of days here this week enroute
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at Long Beach. California. They were
the guests of Druggist J. B. Gayman,
of the Elliott pharmacy.
Another old timer has returned to
Idaho Springs to spend his remaining
days here After an absence of some
six years Job Whitford has concluded
that Idaho Springs was a good place in
which to live, He had lived here for
merly about twelve years.
| A game of baseball between the
| High School and the Methodists was
pulled off last Saturday resulting in a
score of II to Is in favor of the High
School. The battery for the High
School was Pat Cullen and Wade and
for the Methodists, Colburn and Cad
wallader
Advices from the Modern Smelter at
Utah Junction have been received to
the effect thal the plant will close
down for period of thirty days or
more. This will be a source Of disa-
ppointment to those who have been
patronizing it and who have been
well pleased with the results obtained
there from.
Superintendent Fred Nye was chaper-
oning party of interested people to-
day. He showed them the workings
in the Rockford tunnel, the Centurian
mines and other properties that are
under his direct supervision. The par
ty consisted of A. A. Alexander, of
Cleveland, Ohio, Frank Hoet, John C.
Stenson and son all of Port Clinton,
Ohio. They arrived here Friday eve
ming.
The Gilpin-Imperial company has a
vein Of ore fully three feet in width
that will run better than $40 per ton.
On the foot wall and also streaks rum
ming through this vein there is much
higher grade of ore. Assays were
made this week that returned $40 in
gold, $751; in silver and $61. 10 in cop
per. The company is sufficiently T.
nancsd to carry out plans inaugurated
and it will not be long before it will