The Dolores star., 1923-01-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| cOrulnE 10 tnuEltS w. Wv
the United States Geological Survey.
Department of the Interior, produced
SO. .JO0.O 900 in gold, 6,0O0.0OO ounces OF
silver, 100000 pounds of leat, 3,GOO.-
900 pounds of copper, and 24,O0O,OOO
pounds of zinc. as compared with &c.
S35,32S in gold. 5.63i ,657 ounces or sill
yer. 1860, ,i66 pounds of lead, 4, 153,i42
pounds of copper, and 2.36O.0Oo pounds
of zinc in 1921. Average prices in
1922 were 81 for silver, SO.l3i for cop
per, S0.OJT for lead, S0.05T for zinc, AS
compared with 81 for silver, SO.129 for
copper, S00i5 for lead, and 5000 for
zinc in 1921. The situation in the
Colorado metal-mining industry during
the first half of 1922 was disappoint
ing, but there was II marked improve
ment as the year drew to close, par
ticularly when the November prices
for lead and zinc warranted hope for
stability of market. There was also
increased interest by capitalists in in
vestigation Of the industry. The price
of nearly 81 an ounce for silver from
domestic ores under the Pittman act
| was all that kept many Colorado mines
in operation in 1922, and the fact that
the governments purchases of silver
under this act will probably be com
pleted within the next twelve months
give cause for serious thought. The
price of lead was low until November,
and lead-silver ores depended on the
silver content to carry the costs.
Pueblo.-Thousands of dollars
worth of first-class mail, parcel post
| a
stroyed in an explosion aboard an
American Railway express ear at Bea
yer creek, near here. The car was at
tached to Denver Il Rio Grande
| Western train. Among other merchan-
| disc the car was carrying a cargo of
acetylene tanks from Denver Some of
these tanks exploded in some mysteri-
Gus manner, according to train Off
cials. and blew out the side of the
| modern all-steel express coach.
Denver.-Governor Sweet Will not
sign the joint resolution, originating
in the Senate, which recommended To
President Harding the appointment of
Representative Frank W. Mondell of
| Wyoming as secretary of the interior
to succeed Secretary Albert Il. Fall.
| He has two reasons. one is that DR..
Hubert Work of Colorado, now post
master general, is being considered,
and the second is that next to DIR.
| Work he favors former Governor
| Campbell of y .zona
Denvcr.-Hog raisers of Colorado
may Craze their stock on the national
forests this year If they SO desire. An
nouncement to this effect was made by
j. IL. Hatton, United States forester al
| the head of the grazing department. in
the course o. his report for 1922. I'VE
| have been authorized to Craze 800
swine in the forests of this state" lie
| said. This is the only state in the
| United States where such authoriza
ton has ever been given"
Boulder.-SiXty members of faculties
of other institutions have been select
ed to assist the professors of the Uni
versity of Colorado ut the summer scs
| sion of 1928. This is an increase OF
eighteen over the nonresident list oi
| last year and was made necessary by
the great increase that is expected ir
| students.
| Trinidad.-With n banquet attended
Ds lIDlt llidh --op men anu NOllItll, lIit
COMMUNICATIVE membership campaign
of the TrinidadLas Animas County
Chamber of Commerce got under way
here. Douglas Malloch, Chicago poet.
newspaper writer and Lecturer, was the
principal speaker at the banquet.
Denver.-At the January meeting OF
directors of the Denver Young Mems
Christian Association, Gov. William Il
Sweet was reelected president for the
| twenty-fourth consecutive year FranB
| McDonough, Sr., and ii. Il. johnson
vice presidents +. w. Birney, secre
tary, and John Evans, treasurer.
| Meeker.-'rhe White River dome, or
the White river near Meeker, has been
designated as a producing gas field by
the director of the United States geo.
logical survey.
Boulder.-A new electrical power
plant, the lGrt st ever constructed on
un artificial lake, will be erected ai
once ut Il cost of S4,000,0O0 at Boulder
lake, four miles from this city, by the
Western Light and Power Company
In addition, $6,OO0O00 more will be
spent by the same company for high.
power voltage lines into Denver, Boul
der, Greeley and Cheyenne and fol
| other improvements.
Grand Junction.-For every five
couples in Mesa county who said ~
will in 1922 there was couple part.
ing at the cross roads with Never
again" on their lips, according to the
records kept by the county clerk and
the county judge. Two hundred and
fifty-one couples were wed, while fiji.
ty-five bade farewell to marriage vows
and sought again the solitude of single
blessedneSs.
Erie.-Charles Nowlin, mine work
er, was shot and killed while strug.