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The Elk Mountain Pilot.
VOL. i.
L. R. THOMPSON. F. W. FULLER.
THOMPSON & FULLER,
Beal Estate Ag’ts&Mine Brokers
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HAVE FOR SALE SOME OF THE
BEST BTJSIITESS LOTS
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. ILT TOWIST
GOOD MINES NEGOTIATED. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
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F. W. FULLER, NOTARY PUBLIC.
FOB BENT.—Three Urge burlnrsa Krwms iu Harding Bros.’ Block on Ninth st. Possesion given about July Ist.
CORNWALL, CRAVEN & CORNWALL,
TJ. S. DEPUTY
MINERAL SURVEYORS,
and
ASSAYERS.
SURVEYORS FOE TIIE TOWN OF IRWIN.
Gunnison Co., - Colo.
J F.H. KELLOGG,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
(MB. NINTH ST. AND AVENUE F, RUBY CAMP
IRWIN P. 0., COLO.
ft B. BAKER. GEO. SIMMONDS.
BAKER & SIIKMONDS,
LAWYERS,
4£-Mi?fixn Daw a SfKciAr,TV.*E*
0-TJi>r3sriBo^r,, - cqilo.
AARON HEIMS, DAN A. NOBLE.
Gunnison City. Ruby Cump.
HEIMS $ NOBIE,
i ATTORNEYS!
I AND NOTARIES PUBLIC.
PGunnison and Ruby, - Colo.
CHAM. N. BAXTER, GEO. A. HAWLEY,
Late of Bouton A Denver. Lute of Chicago
BAXTER & HAWLEY,
Attorneys and Counsellors
i
MINING LAW A SPECIALTY,
OTTliTlsriSOlsr, COLO.
0
lots in GmmLon, Ruby, Irwin, Pitkin,
Gothic, Crested Buth'A Mines in Itul.y Camp, Chalk
Creek, Elk Mountain and Quartz Creul: Milling Dis
tricts, Gunnison couuty, Colo.
' DUNN & MALONEY,
Attorneys and* Counsellors at Law.
4«*Mining and Real Estate a Specialty."’*®
~ Ninth St., - - Irwin, Colo.
" FRANK MCMASTER,!
LAWYER,
Gunnison, Coi.o.
IDw. J!im O. Hoicl,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Irwin, Colo.
‘ JOHNM’CORMICK;
BUILDBB
AND CONTRACTOR.
■stlmstee made and plans drawn for all kinds of
buildings. june24tf
~1el:
Contractor Mb Builder
ZjUMBXIR
For sale, and orders taken for
TABLES, DESKS, STOOLS, ETC.
Seventh st., Oan. Postoffice, Irwin.
Jnn»24lm*
K. W. WOODS. WM. D. HIGHWORDKX
WOODS & HIGHWARDEN,
SHAVING & SifilNG
1 «. HAIR CUTTING A SPECIALTY.
Ninth St., next door to Postoffice
JOB PRINTING^!
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL
4D»e on Short Notice at Pilot Office.
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H. IE-A-IR/LE,
SDRVEVORadASSAVEK.
IRWIN, GUNNISON CO., COLO.
L. M. BROWN,
U. S. MINERAL
STJZRATEI'Y'OIRj,
Ninth Street, Opp. Hotel.
lEWIIT, - - COLO.
WALTER H. GRAVES,
CIVIL EXG-I]NBSn
And C. S. Deputy
MINERAL SURVEYOR,
(Late oj the U. S. Territorial Survey.)
Cor. Ave. D. and Ninth St., Irwin.
juno24lui*
W. SC. Underwood,
(Formerly Assintant to State Geologist.)
ASSAYING,
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MINES EXAMINED,
Mining Convcyaneer, Notary Publie.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
IRWIST, - COLORADO.
Elk )tf MAIN SAliiiiN.
lEWIN", COLO.
WHISKIES!
Wines, Brandies and Beer.
JUST'Cigars a Specialty.
JSSSyGive us a Call, j
ta-CLI B ROOM ATTACHED.'^
BLAKEY & ROGERS, -PROPITS.
COLLINS & DAUGHERTY,
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RETAIL DEALERS IN 1
LIQUOR S !
Choice Wines, Cigars, Etc.
Bet. Ninth Street, and Ave. F, Irwin.
LEADEORDI CARRIER,
Wines, Liquors ;
THE BEST BRANDS OF CIGARS.
Ninth St., Below '- Postoffice.
Don't forget the old
IPIOUSTIEIEIE?/
Saloon, where you can get a good drink of Willow Run
or Mcßjayer Whisky.
~ —ETJLY—
Health Office.
Tenth St. Opp. Recorder’s Office.
THE CHOICEST HORS IS THE CAMP.
CIGARS A SPECIALTY.
GIVE ITS -A. CALL.
TJIsfKOISr
BABY IRETIMT
I BY TCENNIGES & RESQNER, r
j Ninth St., Below Postoffice, Irwin.
[ R.W. HESTON,
Blacksmithing!
HORSE SHOEING,
A Specialty Made of Mining Tools,
TENTH ST, BET. AVES. C a« P.
IBWXOSr, - - COLO.
IRWIN, (RUBY CAMP,) GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1880.
COLOSSAL FORTUNES.
Individual Wealth in Ancient and Modern
Times.
Doubtless the* laboring classes of
this day in all civilized communities
are better housed, fed, clad, and paid
than the same class at any other time
in the history of the human race; yet
there never was a time of greater dis
satisfaction among workingmen. Dur
ing the magnificent reign of Louis
XVI. there was more extreme poverty
in France than there is now in all
Europe, Ireland included. The con
dition of the emancipated Russian
serf is far better than that of the
French or German peasant two centu
ries agp; and within the historical era
there is no record of a time when fifty
millions of the common people and
poor were so comfortably situated as
the fifty millions who now inhabit the
United States.
But if the condition of the poor has
improved, the private fortunes of the
rich have so increased as to utterly con
found all attempts at comparison with
the rich men of past ages. “As rich
as Croesus ” has stood for an adage
these twenty-three centuries. Yet
Croesus was a king who devoted his
whole energies to the acquisition of
gold, and there is good reason to be
lieve that we have not less than half a
dozen men and women in this state
who are richer in gold and its equiva
lents than' this Lydian monarch. The
richest man in Rome at the time of
Ca:sar was Crassus. His fortune has
been' carefully estimated by several
historians, but never above $8,500,-
000 of our money. This is not much
more than William H. Vanderbilt’s
yearly income, and it is more than
si,‘'ooo,coo below the appraisement or
the fortune of the late William S.
O’Brien, of this city. The Astor
estate was valued ten years ago at
$40,000,000. At a moderate rate of
accretion—say 5 tier cent. —it must
now amount to $60,000,000. The
yearly income at the same rate is
$3,000,000. This is a third more than
the entire income of the monarch of
the British empire, and a good deal
more than the entire revenues of the
English government 250 years ago.
It is asserted that there are eight or
ten English peers whose incomes each
exceed the allowances of parliament
1 to the queen, and yet the richest men
in England are commoners. Half a
century ago the reputed wealthiest
man in America was Stephen Girard,
|of Philadelphia. His estate was ap- j
praised below $15,000,000. There!
are probably now. one hundred private
foatunes in the United States each
greater than 'Girard’s, and half dozen
more than twice as great. In the pur
chasing power of money the ancients
had the advantage. A dollar would
buy more a thousand years aga than
five will now. Forty years back a
man who had SIOO,OOO was rated as
quite rich, and one of $500,000 phe
nomenal. The latter class were not
as numerous in this country as those
of $5,000,000 are now.
Of course there is not gold and sil
ver enough in the world to represent
the aggregate of these little private
fortunes, nor a tithe oC them. They
are invested in lands, houses, govern-!
ment, / railway, bank, mining, and
other stocks. The national bonds of;
England, France, and the United j
States cover nearly ten thousand mil- i
hops, and the railway securities of the !
United States alone cover nearlydlve 1
j thousand millions. The largest pri
vate landed estates are held in Spanish
K.. 1 :
i America, Mexico, Russia, England,
: and the United States, but the largest
lof all in the latter country, are by j
, corporations. It is thought, and justly, j
1 a great hardship to the common peo- j
pie of England and Scotland that the j
i duke of Sutherland should own over
j 1,200,000 acres, and many other
1 pnninent nobles more than 100,000 ;
each. But there is one corporation in
this country that has been granted
■ 49,000,000 acres, and sen 48,000,000,
and two others, represented by less
than ten men, 25,000,000 acres. At
the time that Henry VIII. confiscated
the estates of the Roman Catholic
church in his dominions they did not
amount to a tenth as many acres as
the grant of congress to the Northern
Pacific railroad, but they were enough
to lay the foundations of the richest
nobility in the world, and their reve
nues to-day can hardly be less than
$120,000,000. Reasoning from his
tory and analogy,- the most stupendous
private fortunes in the United States
during the next fifty years will he real
ized from the enormous land grants,
now hardly worth $2.50 an acre, but
hereafter as surely to be worth from
SSO to SIOO as a dollar is worth one
hundred cents. A corporation whose
land grant covers, say 20*000,000
acres, and whose stock is to the extent
of 90 per cent, in the hands of, say ten
persons, if it can hold on to its lands
for twenty or thirty years free of taxes,
will have a property in land worth
anywhere from $400,000,000 to 2,000,-
000,000 or $36,000,000 to $360,000*-
000 for each of its principal stock
holders. These figures, though they
at first thought seem to run into the
region of fable, are not much more
astounding than the exploits of the
Vandeibilts, Astors and Packards al
ready realized, Th? great landed
estates of England are protected by
laws of entail and primogeaniture, for
bidden in the United States.—San
Francisco Chronicle.
A TENDERFOOT’S EXPERIENCE IN
COMING TO RUBY.
Mother Nature is in one, of her
moods in tears for erring children. I
suspect the sun is mildewed or done
something wrong in heaven, and God
has hidden His face; and while things
are “ tiusly,” my mind reverting to a
few STfert days ago, in happy exulta
tion, to an extended trip to the now
famous Ruby, in accordance with my
wishes and desires, we (my concomi
tant and your humble servant) com
menced our trip to the land of milk
and honey, in joyous expectation for
a few months, just to pass away the
summer, you know, for our health. So
many resort to such a distant burg for
health without it, you know, we
would “cave,” and in consequence of
our health, and desires joyous, happy,
mind serehe, we commenced our trip
from the terminus of railroad naviga
tion, in a “coach” drawn in grand
style by six magnificent stallions. On,
on, our way, every moment in hor
ror, looking for the keen scythe of the
noble red man. Indians ! Ugh! I
have a supreme regard for the red man,
and being possessed of an expected
reception from one or a dozen, as the
case might be, had prepared for them.
Coffee for two, you know ; two hun
dred feeders and a pair of those re
peating 17-timers. O, what ungrate
ful wretches to entertain the noble
red man without the necessary articles
of barbarous utility. O, no; we were
prepared for them —had heard of them
before we started, and don’t .know
whether we are sorry we could not, nor
have had no chances as yet to, enter
tain them; but think we would prefer!
defering until, at least, we were out of.
a pent up equipage.
Arriving in “All Pine ” we found ’
we would be so crowded in the coach .
! to Ruby Camp, that we concluded by j
1 preference, we would rather keep 1
| company with “Shank’s mare,” al-;
I ways so ready in an emergency, and .
| in due time made purchase of one of
| the necessary conveniences of this
j wondferful country. What would we
i do without them (the burro, I meah),
for be did us such great service that
memory in the distant future will re
l cur in happy thought to “ Pacific ”
; that was the name of the burro, in
! consequence of our move toward
i wealth and the Pacific slope. He
1 was very pacific, I found it out, for
by venture I played circus in trying to
i mount his posterior, he became pos- j
sessed ofa desire to stand on his head.
He missed me, and I thank Heaven I
lived to wend my way to prosperity.
We arrived in Virginia City and
; were so hospitably received, by our
t j hostess, that in a few short hours,
| with Morpheus, we were on our way
; etherial, into realms prepared for
- those only whose fastedious nature
; prefered a shank trip rather than a
[ week’s delay in a beautiful velley sur
i rounded by “ All Pine ” and world’s
■ of wealth.
In three days we were on our feet
i and headed again for future felicity—
. wealth. We were told we could find 1
ilit in Ruby. Wealth, you know —so |
; 1 we were also told—brings content- j
i ment, and it happiness, and both ev
j rything on earth. What would we !
.j give to be in Ruby ? An honest con
. fession is good for the soul, and as
tenderfeet we were, and in deference
to these hills, our feet, or rather my
feet, yielded to the swaying mon
archs, and in low meekness and hum
ble pity, we succumbed, and oh, I,
say it with remorse, pe.eled from
knuckle to joint, slowly,wearily down,
down Taylor’s river, until at night our
Pacific grew r so tired we camped under
the canopy of the poor man’s tent,
and again in a few short minutes in
submissiveness yielded to rest —what a
heaven of rest. We had headed with
Sol to reach Uncle Tom’s cabin, beg
pardon, Jack’s cabin, but too far, too
far for oilr Pacific.
At four o’clock, a. m., ere old Sol
had arisen we were wending our nearly
i spent energies toward our previous
day’s anticipated destination and by
eight o’clock the gilded mansion
grew monstrous in the haze of the now
burning day. Upon arrival we break-;
fasted, and I, too sick, having as 1 was;
aftenvards made aware, an attack of:
the mountain fever, repaired to the j
comforts of a bed. At nine my wea
ried companion again set out,and I was
to meet him at night at the “Buttes.”
At 12 o’clock, by the kind care of the
matronly Mrs. , *.vho adminis
tered to an invalid’s wants in the shape
of “ Sage Tea,” I was on foot and took
stage to compensate for my getting on
foot so soon. While on the way 1
espied my worthy companion with
Pacific, and a dozen of others who had
joined my aforesaid companion, trying
a sort of “up hill ” game, or in other
w'ords trying to climb a Colorado hill,
at an angle of about 40 degrees. At
six he with trusty Pacific reached the
Buttes, and found, to our surprise, a
neat, cosey hotel, the Forest Queen, 1
and there, too, found one of those
good, kindly angles, which if the
world was without would render all i
. . I
stagnation. Mrs. B. administered to;
my wants, unsolicited, which made it j
more than pleasant, and soon I was j
with the spirits, hovering in supreme j
regal guise, monarch of all I surveyed.
In the morning, quite refreshed
from the supper of the previous eve, j
J and (tender) feet bathed, I repsirat]
!to the dining room and partook of a I
bountiful repast, and after my com-1
pan ion and myself had settled our
bills, commenced what we hoped
would soon be over, our journey to
Ruby, which place we reached by 12
o’clock noon. We entered the town
of Irwin, which is Ruby camp proper, j
! through a concourse of people,, all 1
i busy building, and found to our j
surprise, quite a thrifty looking place,
J numerous parties congregated on either
j side of the principal thoroughfare,
’ Ninth street, who eyed us in marvel,
| for surely we were the two most -de-
J lapidated, care-worn, weary looking
j individuals that ever set foot in Ruby,
i Thank God, the goal is reached, our
trials overhand trip ended. We soon
found shelter under a convenient roof,
and are now citizens of the town.
! Success to us is our hope, and to all
| those who labor as long as we did,
1 being from five days to as many Weeks
endeavoring with perseverance and
: persistence to reach the richest ruby
silver mining camp in the world; also
success to our town, which frsm the
outlook bids fair to outrival the famous
i Leadville. Tenderfoot.
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i The Elk Mountain Pilot will be
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sent to any address for $3 a year.
Single copies, in wrappers, ten cents
each.
MINING LAWS.
The following three important ex*
j tracts from the mining laws now id
j force may be of interest to many mind
i owners: ™
! Where two or tiiore veins intersect
or cross each other, priority of title
shall govern, and such prior, loeMiort
shall be entitled to all ore or mineral
’ contained within the space of inter*
j section ; but the subsequent location
i shall have the right of way through
: the space of intersection for the pur
; pose of the convenient working of the
i mines, and where two or more veins
unite, the oldest or prior location shall
take the vein below the point of union*
including all the space of intersection*
• Where a person or company has or
may run a tunnel for the purpose of
i developing a lode or lodes, owned by
said person or company* the money
so expended in said tunnel shall be
taken and considered as expended on
said lode or lodes; and such person of
company shall not be required to per
form work on the surface of said lode
or lodes in order to hold the same.
Where non-mineral land not con--
tiguous to the vein or lode is used of
occupied by the proprietor of such
vein or lode for mining or milling
purposes, such non-adjacent surface
ground may he embraced and included
in an application for a patent for such
vein or lode, and the same may be'
patented therewith, subject to the
same preliminary requirements as to .
survey anji notice as are applicable to
; veins and lodes; but no location here*
! after nude of such non-adjacent land
i shall exceed five acres, and payment
! for the same must be made at the same
rate as fixed by this chapter for the
superfices of the lode. The owner of
a quarz mill or reduction works, not
owning a mine in connection there
with, may also receive a patent for his)
mill site as provided in this section.
Mr. J. S. Buell, a mine engineef*
writes that he considers the greatef
the upheaval, the nearer to the surface
is the mineral found. It is also richer.
It therefore costs more to develop A
mine in a comparatively low altitude
than it does in a high one. That b
because returns are greater and quick
er in the latter place than the former.
The exceptions to this, claimed as a
general law, are found only in vein*
irregular or faulty in character,
Mr. Buell claims the paximum of
vein discovery will be reached at 12,-
| 000 feet above sea-level. Up to that
| level, he states that experience has de--
| monstrated that the less will be the
| proportionate cost of the primary dc--
| velopment to make the mine self-sus
taining. This is the position assumed
' by Mr. Emerson in regard to the mine*
jeworked by his company in Clear Creek
j county, Colorado.
Mr. Buell says of elevatftn and capi
i tal that the relations are as follows:
Ku|iii<va cn|>it»4
Abov© wa level. f.,r one wine,
11,000 feet (iOO/XX?
0,000 feet . 300,009
7,000 feet 400,000
5,0()i Lfeet 800,000
i 3,01 NO feet 600,000
| feet . 701,000
j Professor Thomas Eg lest on read a
paper before the members of the New
i York Academy of Science, on the
origin of gold .‘Uggetts, and of alluvial
gold deposits. He said that all placer
deposits were in sands, which were
alluvial, apd of two kinds, shallow and
deep. The deep placer deposits of
' California averaged thirty to forty
! cents per square yard. The time
would come .when the “tailings,"
which now are wasted, would be
worked to greater advantage than
much of the lighter deposits. In dis
cussion with J. S. Newberry, President
of the Academy, Professor Egleston
affirmed t.he solubility of gold* and
stated that the large nuggets were
formed by a process of chemical de
posit. The sjieaker exhibited a largp
number of vials containing gold com
' bined with its amalgamates, the result
of many months experiment, which
illustrated the theory of chemical de
posit.
Starch has no sale uv Irwin.
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