Gilpin observer., 1918-03-28
LOOKING BACKWARD
From the Files Of the Observer for
the Week Ending March 25, 1898.
twenty-five Years Ago.
Silver S2h; lead 4.05.

Mining
Silver 82H lead 4.05.
George Fertig, owner Of the Gold
Band tunnel group in the Yankee
hill section, had ore worth $50 to the
ton and mill dirt running from 5 to
z ounces to the cord.
The Lutz, under the superintend-
ency of r. c.. Johnson, was produc-
ing big, the smelling ore from the
300 levels to the surface had been
running from $50 to $3.50 ton and
the ore from there to the bottom
(53O feet) from $3.50 to $34O ton.
The stamp mill ore varied from to
6 ozs. gold to the cord.
The Doves Nest at the head of
'sIo SuNesIq uem 'uouBo pIuISIIA
stamp mill returns showing from 6
to ozs. to the cord, and the smelt-
ing product from $50 to $3.50 to the
ton by the carload.
Gre bodies in the Frontenac aver
aged from to feet wide and were
producing large quantities of mill
dirt, averaging as high as 100 cords
month. The smelling ore was run
ming from $50 to $50 a ton.
! Mill dirt from the West Topeka
was running from 4 to 8 ozs. gold to
the cord and the iron $50 ton. The
pay streak was from l to 2% feet
wide.
The Mollie Gibson, owned by Jas.
Snow. producing ore near surface
foot wide, composed of galena and
yellow copper iron that ran from $50.
to 500 ton in silver and copper.
A crosscut run from the 800 level
in the Gold Rock cut fine looking
crevice. Recent shipments 4 to 6
ozs. gold to the cord in the mill, the
smelling ore running from $50 to
$120 ton by the carload.
The Plutus, owned by l.. Sternber-
ger, was working again under the
management of Chris. Hesselhine.
The shaft was 40 feet deep and in
ore. showing feet of mill dirt worth
from to 4 ozs. gold to the cord and
inches of iron running from $50
to s75 ton.
Political
! Central City nominations-People'
ticket. John c. McShane, mayor; w.
II. Parenteau, alderman 1st ward; ].
S. Beaman, alderman End ward; Jas.
Morrison, alderman 3rd ward; Alfred
II. Belcher, alderman 4th ward. Re-
publican ticket, Ferdinand French,
mayor; no nomination for alderman
1st ward; VIM. Harvey, alderman End
ward; VIM. G. Perry, alderman Bird
ward; Geo. Branch, alderman 4th
ward.
Black Hawk nominations = Inde.
+ pendent ticket, Ebenezer Rich. may
or; B. F. Lowell, Treasurer: ]. l..
Chapline, assessor; John Tonkin,
police Judge; Jas. Thompson, Jos.
Retallack, Phillip Tabb, Christopher
Hansen. aldermen respectively in the
three wards. Citizens ticket. John
Sleep, mayor; treasurer, assessor and
police judge same as on Independent
ticket; Jas. Sanders, Thor Crook,
Jos. Zeigler, VIM. Boardman, alder
men.
Nevadaville nominations Peoples
ticket, Jas. Cannon, mayor; John
Lying. John Semmens, Martin Law
lor, trustees.
Local.
The choir of tie Catholic church
that would assist in the Easter SER
vices was composed of. organist and
soprano. Miss Maggie Leahy; Miss
Rosie MCGOWAN and Miss Mamie
Loughran sopranos; altos. Misses
Nora and Lizzie Galligan, Miss An.
ME kearns; tenor. Thomas Craw.
ford; baritone, Joseph Dewhurst. In
strumentalists, 1st violin, Prof, Ward; !;
End, w. F. Flick; violin cello Geo.
Stroehle; clarionet, Louis Flick; solo
cornet. Walter Pryor. Offertory duet,
Miss Leahy and Miss Nora Galligan.
The funeral of Mary Ellen. daugh.
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Driscoll oc-
Cured Friday morning from the
Church of the Assumption. A special
requiem mass was sung by Rev. G.
Raber.
Samuel Brooks of Central. who had
been getting. out logs for the ]. E.
Lghtbourn saw mill in Moon gulch
met with a painful accident on Tues
day last. He was engaged in clear
ing sled road thru the snow to the
mill. and when in the act of cutting
some projecting limbs from a tree
close to the ground, his axe glanced
and struck him across the side of the
right foot. inflicting an ugly cash