The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-06-26
"a YEARS AGO
Cop,sd frem the Filss Of ths Elk nj.
Pilot, Then Printed In Irwin

From July to Aug. 6, 1885.
Uncle John Chestnut is in town
from Irwin.
Gothic is livelier now than at any
time since 80.
Miss Kittie Schaffer will visit C. B.
ere many moons.
Miss Annie Songer is here on a
visit to her brother Frank.
Over 100 prospectors are now up
Avalanche Creek, near Crystal.
Sixteen cars of ore We're shipped
from Crested Butte last week.
Tim Bowling will open a saloon in
a few days to be known as the Ruby.
John Tetard, a son of Marshall Te-
tard, is here on visit to his parents.
Hallett's jack train left for Ash
croft Monday morning loaded with
grain
Miss Bessie Patrick who was on the
sick hist last week is at her post Of
duty once more.
Songer's stage and express line rum
ming between here and Gothic, is do
ing a land Office business.
Mr.. Metzler will probably start the
Rose mill to do sampling for the
Bullion King mine this summer.
There will be two mile race on
roller skates on Friday evening. Tom
Swan and James Phelan being the
principles.
Miss Whiting came over from
Gothic last Friday and in company
with Miss Mary Block and Mr.. S. P.
Spencer visited Irwin on Sunday.
Adam Miller came in this week
from his claims on Brush Greek, and
has gone up Slate River, as he says
to make things boom up that way.
Mrs. Snyder and Miss Nina, Miss
Josie Crawford, Miss Whiting and
Messrs. Ed. Barthel and Ned Worth
ing rode up to Elko on horseback.
Pittsburg is beginning to have a
little boom. Several families have
moved in during the past week and
all the vacant houses are occupied or
spoken for.
Some of the boys report that SAINT
Robinson is building dance hall in
Pittsburg. Well, SAINT is a live wide
awake fellow and will do anything to
promote the welfare of his town.
Crested Butte is now shipping 20
tons day of high grade ore, princi
pally from the Augusta and Forest
Queen mines. This output will be
nearly doubled in the next thirty
days.
Horace Miller reports 500 pound
chunks of copper with hardly any
rocks in it, besides high grade ore of
antimonial silver. The property con-
sists of four claims anil belongs to a
Denver party.
Miss Annie Best, of Denver, and
we presume one Of Denver's Best, is
visiting Miss Mary Axtell in Crested
Butte. We imagine this visit will be
the means of one of Crested Butte's
bankers visiting Denver quite often
this winter.
The Fourth passed off here without
any disturbances to speak Of. Al.
though the town was full of people
from the outlying camps. and many
of our visitors and home people were
also full, they we're as a rule giving
vent only to their patriotism.
Misses Jessie Kelly and Eva Tetard
were the young ladies who were con-
testants for the prize at the skating
rink last Friday evening. After d
lengthy trial the prize was awarded
to Miss Kelly. The rink was crowd
ed and many were unable to get
nearer than the sidewalk.
At the Fourth of July celebration
given here AL. Stauffer won first prize
and John Bruce second in the pony
race. In the 100 yard foot race Tom
Braddish won first prize and Milt
Dale second. The boys foot race
then came on in which Henry Miller
took first prize and Willie Gray and
Jimmie Angus ran q second heat for
second money, Angus winning.
Fay Hoyt started for Denver on
Sunday, and Doc Fuller accompanied
him as far as the Buttes, to keep
his spirits up" we expect. On his
return he will bring to our social
circle the pleasing addition of a
charming bride. Most of our citizens
had the pleasure of Miss Hunts &C.
quaintance last year.
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