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P:ii)U«hvd KrrrySalunUyut Crystal Colo.
A. a7JOHNSON,
Editor and Proprietor.
Entered at tub Post-Office at Ckvstai,
C dorado, kuii Transmission Tukocgu the
Mails as Second-Class M attkh.
TLRMN-i'AY AULIMS -AD YAM €Es
One Year S 3 00
Six Months, 1 75
Three Months, 1 00
Crystal I*o.;l-Office Directory.
Mail arrives and departs every
Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
SATURDAY, AUGUST *27, 1887.
EDITORAL ETCHINGS.
O, no! Dave Day hasn’t been haul
ing President Moffat, of the l). <fc K.,
over the broiling irons, er nothing!
lis his sister Isaac —not Davy.
The MulJoon appears to have all
the fighting on hand at the present
time with Ouray that it cares about,
suul has no desire to face Colorow.
There wperaa to be as many generals,
colonels and majors in the State that
are ready to fight the UUs as there are
red-skins, and a private individual
stands no show to use his winchester.
From the fuss that is being made
over the Utcs by the Denver papers
people in the east would be lead to be
lieve they could walk through Colora
do, and that they numbered up in the
tlitms&iidj.
/Tiie Ilagerman tunnel on the Colb
/rado Midland railroad is 2160 feet
i J mg and at an elevation of 11380 feet'
: hove sen level, and passes under the
.apex of the Continental divide at a
depth of 600 feet from the surface.
Maurice Atkins, vice-president of
the Rocky Mountain News, died at
1 /.is Angeles, Cal, last Monday night,
v. here he was visiting in hopes his fail
ing health would he restored. The
sympathies of the Current are exten
ded the family in their uflliction.
The Gunnison Fair Association will
hold their second annual fair on their
grounds September 21, 22, 23 and 24.
A grand display is expected and a
good programe of games and races pre
pare 1. Handsome posters have been
sent to different sections of the county
and one is to he seen at the post-office.
Ir a mining claim is worth working
it. should be done well no matter if on
ly assessment work is done upon the
property each year, and s it. would be
much better to concentrate the work
•n a tunnel or shaft upgu the vein at a
promising point, rather than scratch
along the surface of the vein each year.
Tiie citizens in this section do not
room to take much stock in the Ute
v,ar and are attending to their business
although there is not a single man who
i.A not ready to shoulder iiis rifle should
necessity demand it, and we b lieve
t iey could e >ma nearer extermina
ting old Colorow’s band than some of
the State militia sent from the valley
XJWIIS. ,
It is understood the contractors who
done the work on the Midland railroad
iiinucl with air drills will drive the
proposed new working tunnel on the
Avivanite mine, and it is expected they
will knock out ten to twelve feet of
rook every twenty-fbur hours. The
tunnel will be upwards of 1500 feet
and when completed will be of great
benefit to the mine. It will biing the
surface workings out of nil danger of
fno w slides and the ore viil be above
them.
The opportunity for investment in
ttie resources of the surrounding dis
trict has commenced to attract public
attention; and we believe there arc a
few enterprises under way that will
materially help the development of the
mini try. That this section should he
::n attractive point with the advance
ment of the railroads in this direction
i without doubt., and we may expect
t > see an advancement in figures upon
mining and other properties. The new
rtrikes which are being made around
us gives evidence of the value of our
resources.
In its last issue the Gunnison News
Democrat printed the semi-annual
statement, oj Gunnison county for the
si;f months < tiding June 30th, 1887
This statenie.it makes a better showing
than any ala emen' over puldislvd by
o».r counfv. On Jaiiiixry 1.1*87 the
total amount of legal warrants of the
county outstanding, including the
court-house bonds, was $20,457, and
this amount Ims been reduced to $22,-
842. on the same date there were also
outstanding $16,094 in assignments of
revenue, which amount on June 30,
1887, had been reduced to $8,510; thru
tiie statement shows a reduction in the
county debt |of over SII,OOO in six
months, and this under a Democratic
administration. This statement is the
best evidence that the affairs of the
county have been managed in an eco
nomical manner, and the county officers
may well feel proud of their work dur
ing the past six months.
The Toinichi Valley Smelter at
Gunnison, lms both its furnaces in full
blast and turning out a large amount
of bullion each day, which speaks vol
umes for the management. They have
spared no pains to make the enterprise
a success, and are securing ore from
al! points and competing with the large
smelters at Pueblo and Denver. The
inking companies and miners in the
Elk mountains should bear this in
mind and encourage the enterprise,
if they have ore wc do not see why
they cannot commence making s-hip
meuts at once as well as waiting for
another season. From the mineral
showing in the country there should be
much more ore produced than there is,
and we fear our eastern mining com
panies are rather tardy in developing
their properties, which should not be
the case when they have the opportu
nity of marketing their ore within the
county. The cost of transporting ore
from ihc mines to the smelter from
most points will not exceed 815 per
ton which should start up our mines
that are owned by companies.
Prospectors Developing the State.
\ No sooner does the cold air give
way to the warm breath of spring, when
snows fade away into mountain streams,
than the prospector shoulders his tools
* ol discovery. The mountain towns,
. locked up for months by iccv enclosures,
hail him with delight. Persistently
he goes to work, and strike after strike
is made to add to the State’s famous
treasures. Difficulties do not discour
age him; the exhilerating mountain
breezes, deep slumber by his camp fire,
a good shot at a lion or antelope,
crowned by the finding now and then
of a vein of precious mineral make his
journey to wealth most agreeable.
The season of 1887 will prove ex
ceptional in the number of small
strikes. Nothing of a character is re
corded which made Leadville famous.
But the labor expended by a host of
enthusiastic prospectors is resulting in
the formation of new mining compa
nies and a further outlay of eastern
capital for Colorado labor and Colora
do machinery.
With those who are ignorant of the
formation of rocks uiul the character
of a vein, mining is a lottery and a
doubt. Untold wealth is in store for
him who has his geology by heart, and
\ who will only trust to himself in the
investigation and purchase of a mining
property.
The prospectors are hard at work,
aid their neighbors at home trust they
v ill meet with still richer finds as they
o imb along the Rockies.—[Denver
Fouvnal of Commerce.
Messrs. Dowling, Fitzjerald and
Burk caine over from Crested Butte to
look over the new strikes being made
on our lime contact. They were much
pleased with the looks of the same, and
believe the boys have a good thing,
and, from what they could see, think
this vein carries more mineral than
any vein in the country.
The Editors Prayer.
O. may the wicked who refuse to
pay the printers’ bill, be forced to travel
without shoes, up a flinty hill; and may
they never turn about or sit down < n
a rail; until the money they shall out
or send it on by mail. —[Merry World.
Notice of Forfeiture
To Cbr-rles Steam*, hid assigns or legal repre
sentatives:
You are hereby notific 1 that I have exponded
one luifiii’cil dollars in labor and improvement
upon the Lincoln lode, situated in the Elk Moun
tain Minin;' Lnsiriet, Gunnison County, Colo
ratio, as will appear by ecrtiGcale on fiio in the
Recorder* office of Gunnison county, in order to
bold the said premises under the provisions ol
Section 2X24,-revised statutes oft ho United States,
being Cue amount required t-> In.id the same fu;
the car euuin , December Hlft, 188li. And i:
within ninety d-n s from this notice of service by
publication, you fail or relu.-e t.. contribute you:
portion of said expenditures os co-owner, tojjoth
>r with the cost u» this noiioe, y mr interest in
.aid claim- will Duo mu* tiie property i.f iLe sub
wilier, uud.fr said so •lion 2224.
U lines-, my hand this slli lay of July A. D.
,s> 7 William Uoi cukh,
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Mining Application No. 131.
S-rvey No. 40:t2. District No. 3.
IT. S. Land Offico,
Gunnison, Colo.. August 22nd, 1SS7.
Notice is hereby given that 11. Morideatli
Jones, whose post-office address is San Diego,
California, has made implication for a patent lor
1500 linear feet on the Mountain Quail Lode,
bearing silver, the same being 750 feet N. Easterly
and 750 ft.S. Westerly from discovery shaft thereon
with surface ground 300 feet in width, situated
in Rock Crock or Elk Mountain Mining District,
Gunnison County, State of Colorado, and described
i* the plat and field note* on tile in this ofiice ad
follows, viz: Var. 11° 42' to 14° 54' n:
Beginning at cor. No. 1, whence cor. to Secs.
1-12 | f-7T.12 S.R. £7 w.and S5 vr. bears s. 39°25'
k. 1)432 ft. U. S. 1,. M.Elk Mt. bears s. 82° 47'
w. 4240,5 ft. Thence H. 43° 0' w, 300 ft to cor.
No. 2; thence s. 46° 54' w. 1500 ft to cor No. 3;
thence s. 43° 6' k. 300 ft, to cor No. 4; thence n,
4*1° 54' r.. 1500 ft to cor. No. 1, place of begin
ning; containing 10,32 acres ana forming a por
tion of the unsurveyed lands in Township 12 S
11, S7 w. 6th Meridian, sabYlocation being record
ed in volume 60 page 47 of the records of Gunni
nison Co., Colo., adjoining claimants, none known,
Frank 1’. Tannrr, Register.
First pub. August 27, last Oct, 29, *87.
Mining Application, No.22 Ute Series.
U. S. Land Office,
Glen wood Springs, Colorado, August 10, 1887.
Notice is hereby given that Ira 11. Cline, whose
post-office address is Crystal, Colo., for himself and
as atty. in fact for Oscar Coy and T. J. Hudson
and George Turner, for himself, have filed their
application for patent for 1500 linear feet of the
Hudson Lode bearing silver with surface ground
302,58 ft. wide, in llock Creek Mining District,
Gunnison County, Colorado, and designated by
the field note and offieoa! platen file in this office,
as Survey Lot No. 4222, said lot boir.g described
by metes ami bound*, ns follows, to wit: llegin
ing at cor. No. 1, designated by X 1 | 4222 cut
on llock WutT, whence bears a. r. cor. Sec. 1, T.
12, 8. R. 87, W. S. 4.'° 07' 33" k. 9692.51 ft.
thence n. 19° 47' b. 400 ft. to cor. No. 2; thence
n. 4° 47' R. 1100 ft. to oor. No 3; whence br.
Steamboat Mt. s. 21° 5,3' *'• Galena Mt. b. 8° 27'
K.; thcnco N. 77° •*-!' v. 302,58 ft. to cor. No 4:
thence s. 4° 47' w. 1100 ft to cor. No 5; thenoe
a. 19° 47' w. 400 ft to cor. No. 6; thence s. 77°43'
k. 392,5,3 ft. to place of begining.
Variaoion from 14° to 14° 50' p.
Total area, 10.32 acres, less conflict with Sur.
No. 342S 1.56 acres, leaving net area claimed
8.76 acres.
Adjacent claim Sur's. No. 3428, 3734, and 2316.
S. J. DkLan,
Gullet A Barnes. Register.
Attys. at Law, Gunnison, Colo,
First pub. Aug. 20; last. Get. 22, '87.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Edward Borgo, bis heirs, assigns or legal rep
resentatives:
You are hereby notified that I have expended
one hundred dollars in labor and improvements
upon the Little Alice lode, or mining claim, situ
ated in Elk Mountain Mining District, Gunnison
county, Colorado, as will appear by certificate on
file in the Recorders ofiice of Gunnison county,
in order to hold the said premises under the pro
visions of section 2324, revised statutes of the
Uuitcd States, being the amount required to hold
the same for the years ending December 31st, 1385
and 1886. And if within ninety day* from this
notice of service by publication you fail or refuse
to contribute your portion of said expenditures
as co-owner, together with the cost of this notice,
your interest in said claim will become the prop
erty of the subscriber, under said section 2324.
Witness my hand this 2Sth day of July A. D.
1887. R. Holloway.
First publication July 30, last Oct. 29, *87.
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