Crystal River current. [volume], October 09, 1886, Image 1

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Crystal River Current
VOL. 1. No. 2
WEEK’S ROUND UP.
Op ud Don the Hirer—A Few Lines
From Created Bette-City fioaalp-
Cmrrent Sews etc.
X^foMlUe.
Ones there vu a maid whose besot j
Put to shame the choicest art;
j Yet she'd shirk no household dutj,
And she even had a heart.
O'er her face smiles ohased each other
i Like the sunbeams in the rose—.
| And she never let her mother
Sweep the steps or wash the clothes.
Every night the grand plane
Seng -responsive to her touch.
And this maid of charming manner
Oft made bread and pies and suoh.
She was fair of form and feature,
Diamonds paled beneath her glance—
Yet this handsome, dassling creature
Used to tnend her brother's pants.
P. B.—Her address hss been Jest,
—Merchant Travsler.
Latest Hew York Quotation*.
/ Bar Silver is worth .97 cents
Igr oz.
Lead $4.50 per 100
Crested Butte Notes.
The City Hall is undergoing re
pairs this week.
Archie Davis closed his saloon
-on the first of the month, as did
Tom Qainnin. Hence two more
dry spots in town.
The Crystal River boys made
things lively here last Tuesday
night.
The Prohibition meeting was
well attended on Tuesday evening,
at the City Hall. They were very
jubilant, and expect to win a great
victory this fall.
The C. C. St I. officials are ex
pected in this week and will go
down Crystal River to look after
their interests there.
Harry Dean and Bob Gibson are
attending the state convention in
Denver this week. Bunko seems
to have bestoed “Boodle,” as the
boys heve telegraphed for money.
On Tuesday night Bob Sterling
was called upon by the band and
citizens of Crested Butte, and they
endeavored to make his last night
with them one never to be forgotten
by that worthy. Speeches were
mode by Dr. Fuller, Bob Short and
Mr Sterling. Dr. Fuller paid him
-a glowing tribute, and Bob Short
made three or four speaches from
the same copy and then Mr. Ster
ling spoke -of his surprise at the :
honor that the boys done him, and
then they all took something,
•Some took whiskey straight, others
a cigar, but the writer took a bad
cold simply because he was small,
•peaking from an avoirdupois stan
dard, . : >•,
8. A. 01.
A Card of Thanks.
The Hock Creek boys, while in
Created Butte seeing their friend,
Mr. Robert R. Sterling, depart from
the Elk Mountains for an extended
Ymtei* foriegn lands, express their
- b|*rt'felt thanks to Mr. and Mrs.
Sflffljrt, for their kind reception the
‘iHujfiijj piiniinnii in Mr. Sterlings
m to Mr. Satn Brust
his excellent dinner given the
JH- Sterling bad de-
Mnj thr good and kindly
existing between Rock
and Crested Butte continual
fo come. J|
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W. V G. ©.'Griffiths was
week. Ho will start
CHYVfAL, C'OLOItAItO, S -TUttDAY, IM JOKER 9* 1886
Mining Poiters.
Williams 4-Batt are making a
good wagon. road from the Irene
down to Snow Mass.
W. F. Mason and Tim Bing hare
got some good Iron locations at the
head of Avalanche Creek.
C. M. Hammond is doing assess
ment work on the Exchange upon
Sheep Mountain above town.
Charlie Shaw is pushing his
cross cut tiinnell to catch a vein at
good depth, and we hope he will
strike it rich,
Chris Lucus has gone over to
Avalanche Creek, where he has a
contract on some iron claims be
longing to Bob Eaton.
Andy Gathrie has run ten feet
on the- Silver Belle, upon Mineral
Point, and showed us some rich
grey copper ore that was taken out
this season.
Brunett, Clayton & Go. have lo
cated and worked four more iron
claims on Snow Mass Mountain.
There is a vein of iron from 4 to
10 feet in width as fine as any in
the State.
Justice & Knight have shipped a
car load of high grade galena ore
from their claim the Cortz, at the
head of Yule Creek. This vein is
in the marble belt that extends
along the South side of the creek.
Cummings and Bailey, who came
over to Avalanche creek, from As
pen this season, have struck a vein
8 to 10 feet wide that carries a large
body of galena ore, and they are
very enthusastic over their find.
Boughton & Horoney are work
ing B. B. Sterling and Joe Phil
lip’s Carbonate claim upon Iron
Cross Mountain. This claim shows
an out crop of iron and galena car
bonate the'full with of the location,
and is one of our coming producers.
A. W. Brownell has completed
his assessment work at Snow Mass
for this season upon the Bellview,
Ben Buttler No. 4, John M. Max
well and F. G Bichardson claims.
The two latter improved consider
able, and be has a small streak of
Antimonial silver in the John M.
Maxwell.
Van Scycle & Co’s, claim on Ava
lanche Creek is being steadily
worked and a cross cut is being
run in which they have struck a
Small spur that carries a streek of
ore about an inch wide that assays
from 900 to 1.000 ounces silver.
The opening at greater depth is
anxiously looked for.
If reports be true. Uncle Bob
Hicks has struck it rich. He has
heen showing some fine ore in camp
which he calls black stiff. Uncle
Bob hns worked faithfully nnd from
present indications we are inclined
to believe he has struck ore that
will make him a mine with develop
ment. The ore resembles that of
Aspen and is found in black lime.
Work has been stnrted up on the
Governor Tabor and Change prop
erties on top of White House
Mountain. The vein is a contact
under our marble ledge and it was
on this property the marble first
attracted the attention of a pros
pector, who was an expearenced
marble cutter. He also found large
bodies of lead and Iron carbonate
with solid mnsses of galena that
DBHhun 30 to 75 ozs. silver to the
|S||g||HMi?70 per cent lend. At pres
P®j||s!vW?r r ’Perty is boing opened
cave where the whole
matter t" 1 nn * r ° n
HHppEonate> An incline is be-
HEwnV on this body of ore where
I it is thought a richer body will bo
|foitsd.
Little Nonsense.
Fall weather.
A light snow on Wednesday.
Wliat has become of your sum
mers wages ? ' i
Provisions are coming over
the divide for the winter.
What aristocrats can’t do—cut
Colorado beef with a fork.
Assessment work should be at
tended to before snow flies.
Coal will be delivered in Crystal
from tlie new coal mine down the
river. _
George Melton is kept busy
hauling in supplies for the Grand
River Coal & Cooking Co.
Wm. Parry, Crystal River’s boss
carpenter, is repairing the second
story in Al’s store building.. y
J. C. Osgood’s Coal Co. have put
two new four mule teams on the road
hauling in supplies for the winter.
Tom and Bill say Missourians are
the boys to “skin” mules.
Ia and Out of town Personals.
A. B. Fish and Jack Neull took
in Crested Buttte. last Wednesday.
W. J. Atwood, of Gothic, has re
turned from Glenwood where he
has been rusticating for a few days.
J. G. Sanbourgh returned from
Gunnison Wednesday, he is one of
our old stand-byes, and will devel
ope his mining claims all winter.
Mr W. P. Thompson, surveyor
on the Colorado & Utah R. R. staff,
down the river, made a trip over
the divide to the Butte, on Tuesday
last.
Fred Johnson, our esteemed
brother, has returned from his trip
to Trappers Lake. He had a grand
time eating game which he did, not,
shoot.
Geo. Brown and Billie Sacks
came over from Crested Butte on
Friday and will run the Osgood
pack train from Prospect to the
different camps on the coal land.
J. A. Kebler, General Superin
tendent of the J. C. Osgood Coal
Co., was in town the early part of
the week. He is a rustler, and
keeps things mooving along the riv
er.
J. W. Phillips, Superintendent
of the Grand River Coal & Coke
Co., passed through town on Thurs
day on his way to the Buttes. He
is getting in lots of supplies for the
winter.
Mr. J. C. Osgood was in camp
last Saturday, having returned from
liis fishing and hunting trip to
Trappers Lake. He found tilings
running smoothly at the coal banks,
and has now gone to Denver.
R. R. Sterling, U. 8. Deputy-
Mine Surveyor, of Scofield, said
good-bye to his old friends on Tues
day and started for his old home
in Cincinnati. After a short visit
with his parrents he will start for
London, England, where he will
reside for about two years.
Mrs. T F. Richardson has be
come quite a mountaineer, and does
not feel nervouce traveling over our
rough roads and trails. She came
over from Crested Butte, without
an escort, to enjoy camp life with
her husband, Mr T. F. Richardson,
who is in charge of the Colorado
& Utah Railroad survey party.
Frank and Mrs Edgerton, of Sco
field. packed their bag and baggage
last Monday and moved down to
their ranch in Jerome Park. With
regret we bade, them good-bye, for
Scofield will look lonesome as we
pass the old house where we were
all welcome. However, we hope
to pay them a visit at their new
I. homo when the chicken crop comes
j in next season.
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