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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
3
Mrs. P. A. Cunningham sells her five acre Lincoln Park fruit ranch to Prof. L. S. Cheney of Madison Wisconsin for 6000 dollars. A brother will occupy the house and Cheney plans to make it his home after improvements have expanded the trees and cultivation.
Elmer Perrigo a rancher from Oklahoma visited Canon City and bought a pretty little home with two acres at Orchard Park. He plans to move his family here soon after a Canon Investment and Realty representative showed him the property.
J. M. Bartlett & Co. closed a deal for 160 acres five miles west of Montrose for $8,000. Buyer is J. F. Wilson of Great Bend Kansas who will move in immediately. Montrose realty is active with several other sales pending.
A steel girder bridge sixty four feet long will span the double track of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad at Canon City. Plans by railroad engineers call for a top quality structure to replace the existing wood bridge used by the F C road where it crosses the Rio Grande tracks.
Spaulding Camp becomes ore shipper with two carloads from Westcliffe sent to Salida for smelting. Blue Hen ore also loaded for shipment to Salida. Bay State near Grouse Mountain prepares a carload. Prairie Dog yields ore with lead and silver values. James Ryan of Silver Cliff attracts St Louis capital for Lead Dollar in Boneyard Park.
Prospector activity surges in Spaulding as ore blocks form in mill-ready deposits. The Marium mine at Rye starts a large mill for 23 feet of copper and zinc ore with a 400-foot tunnel eighteen miles southeast. Spaulding Mountain ventures include Magnolia and Queen of the Hills with 125-foot tunnel exposure and a twelve-foot milling ore body. Company leadership includes C. C. Hamlin president J. Q MacDonald vice president and general manager K. C. Schuyler secretary J. H. Waters treasurer O. K. Parker chief engineer and B. H. Hopkins stenographer.
Construction starts on the Beaver Land and Irrigation company plan under contractor Billy White of Florence. Thirty teams work on an open ditch 15 feet wide and 8 to 12 feet deep, plus a 42 inch pressure pipe 14 000 to 16 000 feet long. The project includes a dam intake on Beaver Creek and a 1000 foot tunnel to bring water to the open mesa, aiming to begin reclamation by January and expand farming across Fremont County.
Anton Adamic begins work on securing creek water ten miles from town to reclaim Webster Park land. He plans a reservoir, cement pipes, and a local pipe plant to export, aided by fellow countrymen seeking homes. Endicott group expands Texas Creek mines promising gem production while Bohemia mines supply rose quartz and amethysts.
Freemont County exports gem stones from Texas Creek mining area to Oberstein Germany. J. D. Endicott C. A. Begh tel A. H. Davis and partners ship rose quartz amethyst garnets and other stones for cutting polishing and jewelry. Oberstein near Leipzig is a center for this industry.
The Cuckoo coal mine near Chandler, owned by Great Western Coal, needs more miners as orders outpace labor. Prosperity is claimed at all county mines, yet worker shortages persist. The firm sent a recruiter to Colorado and paid travel for many from Denver, but some go to Florence and do not work or choose closer mines.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron company paid off its miners for last month's labor, disbursing a large sum in Fremont county. Fewer men work at the mines now, but earnings are said to be higher as the company rushes coal orders and ships many mine cars each day. Old papers 10c bundle of 50. Record office.
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