The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume], September 16, 1880, Image 2

About The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??

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ELK MOUNTAIN PILOT.
xtPcnLiatncr snoty tiTl bsday at
tewiK, GlnnisoSt County, Colo.
Jk©. L. Lacey. Jno. E. Phillips, i
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Xjaooy cfc Fliillipa.
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS, i
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TEEMS.
One Copy One Year, - - $3.00;
One Copy Six Months, - - 1.751
One Copy Three Months, - -1.00
(Invariably in Adran**.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 16, ISSO. j
Judge H. W. Clough died in Den
var on the Sih inst.
Sixty stands of arms were stolen:
from the armory of the Pitkin Guards,!
Leadville, last Sunday right.
Chas. Gourley shot and killed John |
D. Collins, at Ohio City, last week.
Tin; coroner’s jury say the killing was j
not felonious. |
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Frank Moody had his hands so,
badly lacerated by giant powder, in !
Hardee mine, Trout creek district,'
on the ictli, that amputation was;
necessary.
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Senator Teller will speak in Gun-1
nison City on the 20th inst., on the j
political questions of the day. The j
Senator is one of the Republican’s j
strongest guns. j
The only newspaper correspondent j
in die Gunnison country that writer. a|
sensible, truthful and unprejudiced
letter, is the correspondent of the
Colorado Springs Gazette.
Nickel Smith coipnitted the crime
of rape upon a little girl, in Pueblo,
on the Bth inst., and on the nth he I
was taken from his home and hanged |
by a band of masked men. 1
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We make mention in another part |
of the Pilot of a murder which j
occurred here on Sunday. We hope the
Gunnison News will not know more :
about this affair than we do, and pro- 1
claim it a “ kanard,” and the Demo - 1
era / call us a donkey.
Pitkin
C, C. Morgan, of Leadville, Com- j
missioner of mines for Colorado. As j
a mining expert he is said to stand
high, and enjoys the confidence of
English as well as American capital
ists.
A gentleman who has had consid
erable experience ia mining and gen
eral business, and who has been spend
ing the summer in the Gunnison,
says he never saw as good a place for
men of capital, and nerve to make
money in. —Denver Review.
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Dispatches from Minneapolis, dated j
the 10th inst., state that the twenty
mile race between Miss Cook, of Cal
ifornia, and Miss Pinneo, of Colorado,
for a put.se of $2,000, was a splendid
affair. Miss Cook won in torty-eight
minutes and fifteen seconds, beating
her competitor nearly three miles.
Thomai Morgan, former deputy
sheriff at Kansas City, Mo., a few
days ago shot and killed Rich. Stev
enson, a former superintendent ot the
St. Joe, Mo., gas works. The trage
dy occurred at Leadville, and was
caused by jealousy on tire part of:
Stevenson, whose wife had left him be-;
cause of ill treatment.
Gunnison City has a mail seven i
times a week, but Irwin only gets six ;
mails in the same period of time.
Why this discrimination? Sunday, j
the miners’ day of rest, they come to
town, and it is the only dav thev
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have to receive and answer corres
pondence. and to accommodate them
is not only a matter of courtesy, but a
duty, on the part of "the proper au
thorities.
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A paper of the times that is fast
succeeding the old moss back sheets
of Denver, is the Inter- Ocean. It is
typographically, a beauty; editorially,
pre-eminent; morally, strictly first- 1
class; pdlllicaUy, republican, but un-i
biased and untfammejed. It is per- ;
spicuous and a friend to the miner; •
and no matter if its editor does part
his hair in the middle, ‘wear corsets,
women’s silk hose or/ chew- snuff, it
would not make him any njore of a
man to go with his hair unkempt, I
his breeches down below his waist, to;
wear dirty socks or drink whisky. His
paper is a success, and that is more
than most Colorado journalists can
lay of thfir iheeis.
THE CAMP.
The camp at present is very quiet.
Reported discoveries of gold and silver j
in other localities have caused hun- j
dreds to depart recently in the perhaps
! vain hope of acquiring sudden wealth,
but from reports which reach us daily,
their ambition has been withered by
disappointment, as many are returning
I to this locality where they have here
tofore acquired valuable interests. It j
lis very evident from the present ap
, pearance that this as well as many j
1 other mining localities in the moun
tains, will be extremely quiet until
I next spring, but it is equally evident
; that this and many other mountain
mining towns in-the vicinity will be
extremely active during next spring
arid summer, from the fact that the
| development in mines already nude,
! together with the flattering prospects
| which have been discovered, will war
i rant the influx of a large number of
; people and capitalists.
Thousands of locations have been
made upon veins, many of which, at
least, will develop into mines of value,
and this alone will induce the owners
and many otilers to return. Hundreds
of sensible men who have experienced
and know the evil effect of perambu
lating over the country, will remain '
here, or within the vicinity of their |
property during the winter, and it is i
this class which is more likely finally
to succeed. It is the history of mining
< ountries, that the impatient and un
stable miner has failed, and has gen- j
orally spent a life in traveling from
place to place'and as a consequence
finds himself in the sear and yellow
leaf, penniless.
But this article is not intended to
cast reflections upon the judgment of
many persons who may deem it to
their interest to spend the winter in
some other locality than this, because
a great many are so situated that it is j
their interest to so do. |
But we hope that the faithful miner!
who has been so fortunate as to obtain !
interests here, and who is not in a
prosperous condition financially, will
not sacrifice those interests by leaving
them, in the vain hope of discovering i
and securing others in other remote j
sections of the country. !
IMPORTANT.
Some time in December we expect
to issue a pamphlet entitled “The
Resources of Irwin and the Ruby
Mining District,” in which we will
give an accurate and concise histori
cal sketch of this region from the
time of its discovery up to the present
date ; the different routes, distances
and fares to points of interest in this
state; a number of biographical
fetches of pioneers and distinguished
citizens of Ruby Camp ; a geological
brief of the country ; a history of our
mines, how and where to “ strike it
rich,” the cost of mining, etc., etc.
As we desire to get out a work that
will be creditable to ourselves as well
as an honor to our town, we ask the
kind assistance of old timers in the
matter of obtaining data. We also
intend to insert a few advertisements,
and as our book will receive a large
circulation, it will prove the beat j
medium for the mine owner to get
his property before capitalists. Send 1
in your orders. j
NEW MILL.
The Gunnison Crushing and Samp-!
ling Works, which are located between
Ninth and Tenth streets, near avenue
D, Irwin, will be readv to huv and
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\ sample ores of all kinds by the first ol
! October. The buildings are about!
| completed and the machinery will be i
j put in place as soon as it arrives.
Messrs. Rose, Reed & Co., the pro- ;
prietors, are practical men, Mr. Rose
having had several years experience
in the treatment of ores in this state, ;
and Mr. Reed is a practical assayer and
chemist. These gentlemen spent some
' time this summer in traveling through
tne San Juan and Gunnison country, :
1 and finally settled upon this camp as
. the best point for their works.
This enterprise will be a great con
venience to our mine owners. Tlere-
tofore in order to get a mill run or
: small lots of ore sampled it was neces
! sary 4o ship to Crested Butte or Den
; ver, which trouble will all lie obviated
| as soon as this mill gets in operation. !
It will be seen in another column that
j they advertise to buy and pay the
highest cash price for gold, silver and
lead ores, and as they are prepared
j to nin all winter we predict they will
; have all the ore they can handle, em
! Paying quite a force of men. As
soon as they get in operation we will!
give a more complete description ol!
the works, capacity per <lav. etc.
TENDERFEET MINERS.
I The number of rich lodes that lie
! uncovered in this camp are untold. j
! The entire country for miles around is i
staked off and held by ten-foot assess-1
ment holes. A few of these claims
have yielded pay rock from the sur- \
face, and in snch cases the property j
has changed hand* and is now being
j worked by capital. In no instance;
: where a mine has been located on a !
: fair looking lead and a shaft sunk a
! reasonable depth, has it failed to show
I rich mineral. But the prospectors
| who own leads in this vicinity, and
who arc confident that pay mineral
j underlies them, are not able to sink
j anything more than a ten-foot shaft.
i This we all know, and cannot censure !
the prospector because he allows his
i claim to remain undeveloped. But
| he is to blame, in many instances, for
| not allowing others to dev jx - it, and
| especially is this the case if pros
j pector be a tenderfoot. They value
j their claims to highly and frighten off
j capital, whereas if a reasonable sum
; were asked, the claim would be pur
i chased, development made and raa
! chinery put upon it, thus proving to
. the outside world cur mineral wealth,
jas well as giving a new impetus to
j business here and enhancing the value
j of mining property and real estate,
j The tender-foot prospector, having
j only a few short months ago sat by
| the fire side in the old farm house of
j the east, smoking his pipe, and while
reading the fabulous stories of Colo
rado’s transcendent wealth and trans- j
figurative powers, dreams that he,
too, has only to sell off his farm and
go west to become a millionaire im
mediately after landing in Colorado
and placing a pick in the ground.
The exqusite dry goods clerk also has
this dream as he leans over the coun
j ter with scissors and calico in hand
I and says, “ yawd or hawfyawd?”
{ The smoky blacksmith, as he plies the
j bellows to his forge, has silvery vis
ions, too, and he at last closes shop
and goes west.
These tenderfeet, with their igno
rance of mining life, mineral, etc., at
1 once procure a cheap edition of
J rado’s mining laws and learn how to
stakep&ff a plaint rjsmd do
work. This is as much as they wairt
to know, and with this knowledge
and a wagon load of stakes, they
follow up the pioneer miner staking
the entire country, mineral or no
mineral. By chance they occasional- j
ly strike a pay streak, and this news
reaching the east incites others to
leave comfortable homes to come west
and undergo hardships and privations
with the vain delusion of striking it
rich.
These prospectors sink their assess
ment holes regardless of formation or
indication, and although they can
but get from a trace to ten ounces, if
you should want to buy their claim
they would ask from SIOOO to sloo,f
oco for it. As the assessment work is |
done and the claim surveyed and re-1
corded, you cannot relocate it for a:
year, or buy it on account of high j
price. Thus the claim remains idle !
! for a year, and if perchance the ten-:
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j derfoot is able to do the second year’s j
j assessment work,it remains idle for two j
! years ; and so it runs until it is sold
| or its time expires and is relocated by
• some one who knows something about '
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mining or has money to Lire experi
; enced men.
This is why a camp never aniounji j
to much the first two or three years. I
Inexperienced men must give way to |
; experience. Many disgusted tender-!
feet are now leaving Ruby Camp for j
the guid excitement, the carbonate j
boom and Kerber creek hurraFi, and
it is hoped they’ll never return. We
want capitalists, not dead broke ten-.
derfeet who think when they get a
ten foot hole in the ground in a good '
locality, they have a sloo,coo mine. ,
For the benefit of our Gunnison;
! contemporaries we would state that
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“ tne rough element oi Ruby and the •.
sheet that caters to it, the mob ” etc.,
have witnessed a dastardly murder,
but have made no attempt to lynch
the murderers. “ They will receive
1 justice while here,” but after they go
!to Gunnison we expect to here of
them being released, esspecially so if
they raise the wherewithal to
i “ subsidize ” the little ring.
The Gunnison Improvement com
pany has filed corporation papers with
i the secretary of state. The company
1 organizes with a million dollars capi
-1 tal for the purpose of mining in this j
«ountv.
SPRING CREEK.
Spring Creek, Sept. 12.
| Editors Pilot:
I Although inis camp is but a few
i weeks old, yet the fact has been dem
' beyond peradventure that
j we have the true Leadville carbonates
: and plenty of them. This fact no or.e
will nowjdispute. These carbonates
‘ are proving more valuable in quality
• and quantity as depth is reached, in
; consequence of which the miners are
cheerful and confident as to their fu
ture success. Assays give returns all
the way from seven to 176 ounces of
silver per ton.
There is no discount on this place.
She’s booming ! There are already
! two stores, one hotel and saloon in
full "blast here, and more on the road,
among which are Beesen &Co. These
merchants intend staying all winter
as a great number of mines will be
worked. ;
The Doctor lode is looking better 1
every day and will yet prove a bo- j
nanza to its owners. Dodd’s, J. R. j
Mugan, Col. Dodge and the Haswell j
Mining Go’s properties are all showing;
up handsomely. H. B. K. !
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COLLINS I iJiiW
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DEALERS IN
WINES,
Liquors&Gigm
AU of the Sent brands.
Upper Ninth St.
Irwin, * - Colo.
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Attached to the house is a '
Fine. Lmt Bowk ley
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SI. COPPTRGES, S. t. METZLKR,
President. Cannier
BAMofIEWB
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COPPINGER & METZLER,
Irwin, Colored.
Transact a General Banking Business.
REFERKNCKS.
First National Bank, P«nvor.
Firs*t National Hank. BouMer.
Metroi*oiii;:n National Baltic, N. T. ,
Hank of ivvn as ( iiy. Kihmm City, ?10.
, r >tf - Bank of Ilolucn, Iloldeu JUiseouri.
TlEaca 3 IOIEJS'F PLACE i
To get Pure and Old
,L I Q IT O E S
AXD FIXE !
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CIGA TR S, j
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Rose Sample Rooms.
Wholesale and Retuil I>*al*r in
Fine Kentucky and Imported Liquors.
P W.. ROSE, Opp. Pos,office.
ID JSLISIT
LODGINGS!
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t The only tiret-claas lodging honce in town.
j Nice Spring Gets, Soft Mattresses and j
Neat Bedding.
! SINGLE BEDS, - - s°<" ts
Rear of Postoffice, Ruby Camp. :
J.P.DENIIAM&C. 1 ROBERTS, .
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Embalmers and
Undertakers.
METALIC AND PLAIN CASKS, COFFINB, *r. J
Contractors and Busldcrs.
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lEWUsT, - “ COLO.:
New Jewelry Store
J.H.BIXBY,
Denier iu 1
JEWELRY, WATCHES,;
Clocks, Violins, Guitars, Harps, i
Silver and Plated Ware,
MINING GLASSES, BLOW PIPES,
Compi****, A«ajer*’ and Miner*' Supjdit*, Etc., Etc. i
Preston Sc Verry’s, Main St., ,
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GUNNISON, OCL.
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US' Orders sent down by the stage
driver from Irwin, promptly attended
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i Tlie Grmmison
jCRUSHING^-SAMPLING
WORKS,
On Ninth and Tenth Sts.. Bet. Aves C D,
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I Irwin, - Colorado,
; ROSE, REED & COMPANY
! Will be ready to
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Receive and Sample Ores Oct. Ist
| HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID FOR
Gold. Silver and Lead Ores.
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Mill Huns and Assay* Made.
A. E. BARTLETT & CO.,
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DEALERS IST
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GROCERIES,
CLOTHING, BOOTS & SHOES,
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1 Furnishing Goods,
Iqueensware, cutlery, etc.
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! Nintla St., Set. D and El Avon.,
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jIEWIIT, - - COLOBADO.
I SHURTLEFF & CO.,
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Succcaaor* to
j ‘ FIELD &c IKELSEY,
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Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS,
i CLOTHING, BOOTS & SHOES, HATS & CAPS.
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j Grain , Provisions, Mining Implements, Etc.
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j Sole agents far Hazard, DuPont and Giant Powder
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ITIKTH STSBET, ABOVE PC3TOPFICE
! L. R. THOMPSON. F. W. FULLER.
j THOMPSON & FULLER,
i Real Estate Ag’tsA Mine Brokers
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HAVE FOR SALE SOME OF TIHi
| BEST ZBITSIUSTESS LOTS
IIST TOWFT
j iOuD MINES NEGOTIATED. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
F. W. FULLER, NOTARY PUBLIC.
$cQ uakl
Dealers Isa.
GROCERIES i PROVISIONS
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A CHOICE SCrri’LY OB'
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Fresh Family Groceries
A!ways\on Hand.
dried Fruits, Canned Goods\
TOBACCO, CIGAIIS.JETC.
'cheapest place in camp-give us a call.
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I Ninth Street, Irwin, Colo.
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' E, J. H,ENTIRE, Eo.tß A11,1,'. Co!, A. J: BEAR, Mtikt. CU*.
m’HSTTIKAE & BEAN",
FORWARDERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
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L AND dealers in hay, gran and flour.
goods FOPtVABDED PROMPTLY AXD cAT?FFrr.T.Y
imu' South Arkansas.