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Crystal River Current.
VOL. 1. No. 52.
LOCAL SPLINTERS.
Our weather has been change
able this week, with a fair amount
of rain.
The grade of the Aspen & Wes
tern railroad is being completed to
wards Carbondale.
Will Lloyd and Mart Creller
have gone down to Brush creek to
work some mining property.
C. J. 8. Hoover is busy these
days preparing patent papers for a
number of mining properties
around these parts.
Ike Reyland has been making a
a large quantity of native black
currant wine from currants gather
ed around Scofield.
Mason & Ring have secured a
location upon a body of colored
marble, upon which they have been
doing the assessment.
The wagon road up the river
from Carbondale is progressing
quite favorably, and our citizens
are in hopes it will be completed
this fall.
J. O. Jordan starts for the east
this week, and expects to return
early next spring with the intention
of doing considerable work upon
his mining property.
Wilbur Wright is up from Coal
basin and intends to remain in
Crystal for some time, and may
possibly work the Catalpa the com
ing winter.
Mr. Thomas H. Wigglesworth,
chief engineer of the Midland
railroad, lias resigned bis position,
and Mr. B. H. Bryant has been ap
pointed to the position.
Horace Miller and August Oel
kers started for Denver the first of
the week, after completing their
work for this season upon their min
ing interests around Galena mt.
Prof. R. C. Hills and Mr. Paul
Blount, Supt. of the Osgood Coal
Co., were in camp last Saturday to
meet Mr. J. A. Kebler,of the White
Breast Coal Company, who came
over from Anthracite.
C. H. Frohn writes from his home
in Detroit that he has made the
acquaintance of more young ladies
than he can look after, and that he
is thinking of establishing a colony
out here. That’s right, Carl, bring
them along.
Frank Augustine, who is inter
ested in the Aerial Chief in Chica
go basin, came over on Thursday
last to take a look at the property,
which is a large vein in the granite
formation, carrying galena and
copper.
’Squire Beardsly purchased two
of the new 40-82 Winchester rifles
for Henry Anderson and Bill Wood.
They are said to be the finest sport
ing rifles in the market, and we
may expect to see the boys bring in
plenty of game after this.
J. P. Crotty was a pleasant caller
last Thursday. He reports the
mining outlook as improving in
Crystal basin, and has given a
bond upon his property to Aspen
parties who are at work erecting
cabins with a view of developing the
property.
Doc Evans, of Crested Butte, is
opening up his large contact vein
on Brush creek, which shows a
large amount of ore, carrying a
good percentage in grey copper.
The now strike is considered valu
able and the owner proposes •to
push work for all he is worth.
Tho’s Gannon, of Carbondale,has
received the sub-contract from J.
W. Orr, of Austin, Texas, to carry
the mail between Crystal, Prospect
and Satank. We now receive our
moil every Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday. The service is a good
thing for the citizens along the val
ley, but the contractor gets soup 1
as he has to pay a good round
bonus in order'to fulfill his bonds
with Uncle Bam,
George Banning has returned to
his home in Glenwood j Springs,
accompanied by Hon. C. H. Flet
cher, who intends looking over
the transformation that has taken
place n<ong the Crystal, Roaring
Fork and Grand River valleys with
in the last two years.
Wm. Harris, one of the owners
of the Milwaukee mine on Sheep
mountain, came up from Roan creek
to look after his mining interests.
He says there is quite a settlement
of old Gunnison county citizens
down that way who are prospering.
Among them are Frank and Charlie
Cannon, who are running a cheese
factory quite successfully.
Hon. C. H. Fletcher, the genial
old-timer of Gothic, who is now a
resident and member of the legis
lature of Aurilla eounty, Dakota,
arrived in Gothic this week, look
ing hale and hearty. He is largely
interested in the Grey Copper and
Aurilla up Copper creek, and was
surprised to see such a splendid
showing as there is in the working,
and it is the intention of the owners
to get things in shape to open up
the property ns soon as possible
another season.
We have our doubts about the
Great Western Mutual Accident
Association, of Denver, being any
thing more than a fraud to extort
money out of the miners in the state,
and we believe it would be policy
for a few of the papers that do their
advertising to investigate matters.
We know several parties who have
been defrauded out of tlieir money,
and wo see that policy holder No.
2232, residing near Loveland, is
being treated in like manner by
the company.
There is a rumor that arrange
ments are pending looking to the
construction of a railroad line
across the country from some point
near Fort Wingate on the Atlantic
and Pacific railroad, via Rico and
Telluride down the Uncompahgre
and up the Grand to connect with
the Midland. There is certainly
something of the kind in the wind.
Prominent officials of both roads,
accompanied by engineers, are now
looking over the country for the
second time this season and it sure
lymeans something. It shows that
the matter is under consideration
at least. —[San Miguel Journal.
Assisstant Engineer-in-Chief
Byrnes, of the Midland, was in
Aspen Tuesday, and stnted that the
Midland track would be about thir
ty-two miles above the mouth of
Frying Pan to-day, four miles
above Hell Gate. Track was being
laid at the rate of 8000 to 9000 feet
per day. After reaching the mouth
of Frying Pan it would take six
teen days to lay the track nnd build
the bridges to the west bank of
Maroon creek, where the road
would reach by the twenty-fifth of
October. It would take nearly a
month to build the Maroon and
Castle creek bridges, but while this
was being done the company would
furnish easy transportation into the
city.—-[Times.
Give Them a Chance!
That is to Bay, your lungs. Also
all your breathing machinery. Very
wonderful machinery it is. Not on
ly the large air-passages, but the
thousands of little tubes and cavi
ties leading from them.
When these are clogged and.
choked with matter which ought
not to be there, your lungs cannot
half do their work. And what they
do, they cannot do well.
Call it cold, cough, croup, pneu
monia, catarrh, consumption or any
of the family of throat and nose and
head and lung obstructions, all are
bad. All aught to be got rid of.
There is just one way to get rid of
them. That is to take Boschee’s
German Syrup, which any druggist
will sell you for 75 cents a bottle.
Even if everything else has failled
you, you may depend upon this for
certain.
Elk Mountain Assay Office.
Assays of all descriptions prompt
ly nnd carefully attended to when
sent by mail. Address;
S. C. Robinson.
Pittsburg, Colo.
CRYSTAL, COLORADO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 18S7.
MINING BREVITES.
Tom Motlierl and Jim Steel are
at work upon the Osgood Co.’s mar
ble up Yule creek.
The Hanlon Bro’s contact has
opened out better than ever since
our last issue, and there is over 3
feet of carbonate ore which will pay
to ship.
The Ella in Crystal basin shows
up a large body of galena and cop
per ore, and gives promise of be
coming a good producer with de
velopment.
The Norman shows up 2 feet of
copper and galena ore, with consid
erable grey copper, and has im
proved with the development work
put upon it this season.
A force of six men are at work
upon the Black Queen, under the
management of D. D. Fowler, and
a whim has been placed in i>osition
to push development work ahead
as fast as possible.
The Annie, upon Mineral point,
is being worked for Hoover & Ster
ling. There is some good mineral
in the drift, but the rock is very
hard, and slow progress is made
with the work.
Henry Anderson has discovered
a good vein of mineral upon the
marble claims in which he is inter
ested, and it is proposed to open it
up. The vein underlies the marble
and runs up the hill.
Justice & Knight have polished
some splendid marble specimens
that snow up the various grades
there is to be found in the ledge.
Such samples as they have to show
will tend to advertise our country
and create more interest in the
marble.
The smelting industry in Colora
do is making rapid headway, and
with the great advantages she has
got there is a time coming when
our ores will be treated for much
lower figures than what is paid at
present.
D. D. Moak is still hard at work
upon the January, which is an ex
tension of the Sylvanite mine. The
ore keeps improving, and the own
ers expect to have the property in
shape to commence shipments by
next season.
There seems to be a lack of push
in a number of our mine owners,
and development is slow upon prop
erties that would be considered
bonanzas in older camps. What
we want is men with the backbone
to sink over 100 feet on good show
ings, nnd the time is coining when
such will be the case. Our camp
contains numerous properties that
will not be neglected by practical
mining men.
The tramway which has been put
up to the Augusta mine is working
successfully, and 25 to 30 tons of
ore is being brought down from the
mine daily. Will Finlayson is in
charge of the tram, and takes great
pleasure in explaining matters to
the numerous lady visitors who go
up to see it working.
Last week another good strike
was made by G. R. Reed, J. B.
Anderson and others upon the old
Champion property up the east
fork of the river, about half a mile
from Galena Park. The property
having been abandoned for some
time they decided to prospect the
ground, when they found the vein
to cross the stream where it crop
ped out boldly for 15 feet in width,
upon which they commenced to dig,
disclosing a fine body of grey cop
per and antimonial galena several
feet in width. The boys are
highly pleased with their strike
and have made two locations upon
the vein—the Apex and Hercules.
Assays from the vein returned 96
oz. of silver to the ton. The pro
perty is splendidly situated, and it
is surprising it should have remain
ed open to location for so long a
time ; however, we believe the pre
sent owners will push developments
and are contemplating to' work the
property during the coming winter.
Jim Nelson is making good pro
gress with his work upon the Belle
of Mexico, and has opened up some
of the finest looking galena and
copper ore that we have seen from
this property, and it only requires
development to make this a pay
mine.
William Muncey says that he has
nothing to do with the working of
his anthracite coal banks, having
leased them to the Midland railroad
for ninety-nine years on a royalty.
He says the company has a consid
erable force of men at work devel
oping. The company will, he says,
reach the banks with a short line
from Satank, through Jerome park
and is now building the line.—[Re
view-Press.
Up to the present time the owners
of the Scofield and Elko concentrators
have not made an effort to put their
mills in successful operation, although
we were iu hopes something would lie
done this season. These mills could
be made to pay if the owners would
thoroughly overhaul the machinery
and have the proper kind put in place
to successfully treatj'the ore and estab
lish a market for the mine owneis,
where they could secure cash for large
or small quantities of ore as they bring
it to the mill. This is done in other
camps throughout the state, and if the
same course was pursued here we be
lieve there would be a large number
of mines worked that are now lying
idle. That concentrators are a success
we need not look any farther away
than Irwin, where Mr. Matt Nichols
is doing good work. He being practi
cally acquainted with the process, he
has placed the proper kind of machin
ery in the mill to treat the ores of that
camp, and the same could be done in
the mills at Scofield and Elko. It
would pay the companies interested in
these mills to put them in operation,
rather than let them remain in their
dormant condition at a loss to them
selves and a detriment to the country;
therefore we hope they will take some
action iu the mutter.
Dr. Norman Karr, of Loudon,
says that intoxication is a “ dyna
mical and psychical disturbance of
the brain and nerve function—a
pathological state with its post-mor
tem equivalent in hyperplosnia of
the neuroglia.” Goodness gracious!
No wonder a man’s legs persist in
walking crooked when he is in a
state of hilarious inebrity! But it
is doubtful if a man’s head feels
any larger next morning after be
ing on a “ dynamical and psychical
disturbance of the brain and nerve
function,” than when he has been
enjoying an old fashioned jamboree
called in simple United States lan
guage “ a plain drunk.”—[Ex.
For. Lease: —The Eureka mine,
on Treasury mountain, will be
leased upon reasonable terms to
parties meaning business. Apply
to; A. A. Johnson,
Crystal Colo.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To S. P. Bunnell, S. C. Huopo, Grant Black ter,
Geo. W. Andrews anil Nathaniel Jennings, your
assigns or legal representatives.
You aro hereby notified that we have expended
100 dollars in labor nnd improvements upon the
Belle of Mexico lode in tho Elk Mountain, 'or
Rock Creek,) Mining District. County of Gunni
son State of Colorado,ns will appear by certificate*
on file in the recorders office of said county, in
order to hold the said premises, under the provis
ions of section 2324,revised statutes of the United
States being the amount required to bold the
same for the years ending December-?!, 1885 nnd
1886. And if within ninety days from tho notice
of service by publication, you fail or refuse to
contribute yonr proportion of said expenditure as
co-owner your interest iu said claim will bocornc
the property of the subscribers, under said section
Witness our hnnd this 15th day of September,
A. D. 1887. W. F McINTYRE,
C. M. HAMMOND. AW
First pub. Sep 24, last pub Dec 31, 'SUB^
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Edward Borgc, his heirs, aaMßr/,,.] L .j. a l rep
resentatives:
You are hereby notifiM^Hr^/hg V c expended
one hundred dollars improvements
upon the Little
ated in Elk Moun[,Strict. tJunnison
county, Colorado, , ~,,itiliente on
file in the n county,
in order to bold ifl , „„d.r the |.ro
ot . Cl| of tlic
Uuitol Staten, ' , re , | „ir.- lto hold
tho«Jll.«tortl,oy^^*;. n „ ,„ber Mil, IWU
nndlSMI. And j £„,. t j.htyt from lhi«
notion ol
to contribute ,:,el exprn.litum.
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