The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-01-02
50 YEARS AGO
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Pisst, Thsa Psistsd In lrwis

The faro to C. B. on the mail stage
is $3.50; Gunnison $500.
Irwin has tho only brass band in
Gunnison county. It is good one
and does honor to our town.
George Mellen, . photographer. Is
in camp taking steroscopic views Of
camp and surrounding country.
Tho Pilot is ON sale at Preston 4
very's. Gnnnison City; also at Sam
Purdy's news depot. Crested Butte.
Tho work Of putting up the wire
for Cunnison, Ruby, Crested Butte
and Gothic Telegraph Co. is being
prosecuted lively.
Tho machinery for tho Lead Chief
miae. costing about $4,000 has been
ordered and will be forwarded here
to the mine Immediately.
+ Mai Chester Of tho Cunnison News,
came up from Gunnison last Satur-
day to SEQ the fun at the election,
which occurred in Haverly. Monday.
Five saw mills, working night and
day are selling all the lumber they
can produce at sS5 per thousand feet.
but they cannot supply the wants Of
tho district.
Irwin,s first bank will open its
doors to business the early part Of
next week. It will be known as the
Bank of Irwin, and will transact .
general banking business, under the
firm name Of Copinger 4 Metzler.
Three dance halls, ono variety
show, twenty-five saloons, ons brass
band. three string bands, keno rooms
innunerable and gambling houses till
you can't rest. are showing up'' we'll,
and native silver is plentiful In all.
1t IL rumored that the Ruby Chief
mine has been bonded to the Good
Enough N. Z N. Co. for the sum Of
$se, 900. 5000 Of said sum being
paid as = forfeit. It is considered
ono Of the most promising claims b
tho district.
Tho Government has given con-
tract to Messrs. Stesrns 4 Bowman
for the carrying Of tri-wsskly mail
between this place and Crested Butte
they will also run line Of hacks
between Irwin and Gunnison City vis
Cr. Butte. daily.
Two beautiful boquets, composed
Of sixteen different varieties Of Wild
flowers. found thsir way to our sane
tum. last Monday. through the kind
ness Of A. n. Ditto, one for each Of
the editors The junior says "thanks"
and 70 senior says "Ditto."
We learn from Howard J, Smith.
Esq., Of Crested Butte Smslter, tlAt
h. intends to remodel his long rover
bratory furnaces and will have every
thin in good running order in couple
Of weeks. He has made arrange
msnts to purchase . large proportion
Of the rich ores Of this district.
A meeting Of the citizens Of Gun
nison City was held few evenings
ago for the purpose Of organizing =
hotel company The company was
organized under the laws Of ths
State, E. P. Jacobson, Alonzo Hart
man, J, R. Parks and BENZ. J. Wolfe.
being tho original incorporators.
Tho Elk Mountain Hotel, Geo. b.
Spahr, Prop, has been completed.
Ths building was no sooner finished
/ than the rooms that were fitted up
for offices in ths second story were
rented. DR., O'rerrall occupies room
No 2, D. w. Douthitt, attorney, has
No. /, Mr.. McDougal, attorney, and J.
H. Havron, architect and contractor,
have No. >.
Doc Evans who resides in Crested
Butte, informed US last Sunday that
he l. working ten mon on his diner
snt prospects throughout the camp.
| In one of his claims he has had as
says in gold from IS up to $1e: The
Little Daisy lode, located three miles
north Of town shows TWENTY-FIVE
ounces silver to tho ton and seventy
two per cent galena-
Thers has been shipped from ths
Forest Queen mine to Hilps works,
Denver, thirty tons Of orc within the
past week They have over ono hun
drsd tons of ore on the dump ready
for shipment, and are loading teams
! Just ~ fast - they can procure
ther There are eighteen men en-
plcyed IN sorting ore, and altogether
there are forty mon employed on ths
mine, and the force il being incrsas-
ed all the time. The output from
this. mine this summer Will b. enoF-