The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-08-10

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Opening ab kstth Park 10 ~ Thing.
Further infotmatioh comes to q In
regard to the SpsninE up Of the coal
fislds In North PAtk bt the LAr4mie
Hahus Peak I Pacific railway. Tho
Northern Coal company already has
much OF It's machinery in the isid
and plans to be IN operation ~ soon
a. possible after the railway reaches
there. The output Of the mines VIII
b easily thirty or forty caTs eay
Of hard coal which does not bfsak
up into slack and IL very clean. It
leaves few ashes and burns loofsr
than the coal Laramie Il accustomed
to, according to a gentleman who
has been trying II.
The supply there seems unlimited.
Everybody who digs . hole in the
Park runs into coal. 1t varies In
quality In different parts. but all
Of It seems to be astonishingly hard
and clean. Eastern capitalists who
were out here = few months ago
were very much surprised when they
picked up pieces Of It not to find
blxck handswhen they tossed it back
and to see thechunk remain whole
when it struck the ground.
The North Park ranchmna drives
300 or 400 yards from his house.
loads his wagon with coal and drives
back home again. He doesn't have
to pay q cent for 1t. 10 you zee there
are advantages in living off the rail.
road
The total consumption of coal In
Laramie does not reach ten cats q
day. including the Union Pacific de-
mand here. At present Rock Spring.
Gum. Hanna and sampo Goals are
coming here. Tho Rock river coal
mines are only forty miles away. but
are a mile from the railroad and can
not seem to make terms with the
railroad advantageous enough to al
low shipping. The Citizens' Goa
mines arc twenty miles west Of the
city, near theLaramie. Hahns Peal
and Pacific and will probably be
opened In . short time. And now
with another vast field Of hard coal
Nearer the city opened up. Laramie
should begin to have cheaper coal.
The Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pa
cific will act only ~ the transpqrta
ton agent for the Northern Colorado
Coal Company.
~ all PROBABILITY there will bs biz
celebration At Walden when the last
spike 10 driven connecting It By rail
With the outside world, for not only
the coal fields will bs opened mp. but
stock shipping facilities viii be great
" improved. Thsra will not b. thai
thirty or forty mile drive that tough
ems the meat nor the delays hitherto
necessary. Farming products will
have . quick and easy outlet to mar.
ket unknown before.
Il will mean IN influx Of new set
tiers into the Park and q big develop
ment Of it, agricultural resources
Thousands Of acres Of fertile land lie
waiting for the farmer and mafksa
for the produce IL ready and waiting
The farmers and stockmsn in the
park are somewhat Indifferent. 1t ap.
pears. They are = well-to-do class
who have lived there many years and
have acquired neat bank accounts
and are living in ssmi.rstirement and
ease. The railway will make things
handy for them, but It will have to b
In operationawhile before they real
ixe its importance to them.-Laramie
Boomerang.
Hemssssksrs' Excursion Ratss q
Tsxas and New Mexico Points
During 1911.
o On the first and third Tuesdays
Of each month during the entire year
the Colorado and Southern Railway
will sell round trip homeseeksrs'
tickets to many points in New Hexi'
CO and Texas at greatly reduced rate
Final limit twenty-five days. allowing
liberal stop-over privileges. For do.
tailed information. rates etc. call OF