The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-02-21


to fully equip the mine with a large
special bronze pump which will resist
the acid attack of the water On &C.
count of the non-facilties at the
mine to cope with the water situa-
ton it has been necessary to close
the mine temporarily, but action will
be resumed on Mr. Bacon's arrival
within the next ten days The char
acteristics of the ore at the Good
Hope shows a high grade of sylvan
mite. said to be of the same class as
Stratton made his millions on. The
vein shows ore as rich as, if not rich
er, than the famous Camp Bird at
Ouray. There is also talk of install
ing the plant with solutions for treat
ing the ore as it comes out of the
ground If all these developments
are made, it promises to be big
thing for Gunnison county.
The Juvenile Band orchestra, COM
posing the 5th, 9th, 7th and sth
grades, played at the Normal Assem-
bly, Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
Some very good selections were given
especial note being given to little
Arthur Miller and John April who
played a clarinet duet with Miss
Rhoda Gavette at the piano. The
orchestra viii give recital at the
College auditorium at 300 p. m, Fri
day, afternoon which will be O pen to
the public.
T., An interesting robbery took place
at Vulcan, a few days ago The res
idence of DIR. Weise was broken into
and considerable stuff taken, and the
home of John Fox was also entered,
the thieves making an entire clean
up-even to bed and springs. Some
articles have been recovered The
thieves are known and the affair
promises to prove interesting, with
speedy prosecution.
Richard Walker experienced some
of the joys of motoring Wednesday
morning when he lost a perfectly
good wheel off his car while driving
down the Main street of our little
city. He spent an interesting hour
getting adjusted to running order
again.
Miss Leona Strand of Montrose,
spent the weekend visiting Miss
Phyllis Gordon, who is attending Col
lege here. Miss Strand, who is now
teaching in district l at Montnose,
will be remembered as attending Col
lege here duringflast summers term.
Negotiations are under way for the
sale of the Maple Leaf property, now
owned by the Sills Consolidated Gold
Mines and Milling company 1t looks
as though the mining game in Gunni-
son county is again reviving.
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Miss Hazel Perry and Cora Jard;ne,
who spent few days vacation with
their parents at Powderhorn, re
turned last weekend and have again
resumed their duties at the Western
Union telegraph Office.
Superintendent c. B. Carpenter,
Master Mechanic p. C. Mohisky, Di-
vision Engineer Darby, and Train
Master Peake. of the D. G. R. G. W.,
are spending few days in Denver.
Miss Phyllis Gordon. who is attend
ing College here, left Thursday for
her home in Montrose, where she will
remain for few days visiting her
father, w. NJ. Gordon of that place.
Mrs. Egon Stangel and little daugh-
ter Collette, of Howerls, Nebr., are
visiting in the city at the home of
Mrs Stangel's sister, Mrs. John Nc
Donough. Her stay is indefinite.
| S. j. Miller returned from Salida
Wednesday where he has been in at
tendance upon Mrs. Miller. He re-
ports her greatly improved and get
ting along splendidly.
Mrs Tom Murray, who is critically
ill at her home with influenza, is re-
ported getting along as well as can
be expected at this writing
The Fine Arts department of the
Western State College presented an
exceptionally good recital in the Au-
ditorium, Tuesday evening.
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Mrs. VIM. Manley of Crested Butte,
came to town Tuesday to attend the
Crow-Moffit wedding. She will re-
main here few days.
John c. Reagan of California, ar
rived in Gunnison Wednesday and
will spend few days attending to
business matters.