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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1883
Page
4
A partial OCR fragment references Bramo6, Rnaves, and a weekly ingest test at Ha e. It mentions a list of entities and appears to be a terse internal note without a clear event or outcome. Further readable details do not clarify the subject.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a terse notice about a local company or facility with reconstruction or restoration plans. No clear names, dates, or places are legible, leaving the exact subject ambiguous but indicating a corporate or municipal project.
Weekly notes from the Old Sweetwater district describe the Mocart and Miners' Delight shafts with 250 foot depths and three foot veins yielding 40 to 50 dollars per ton. The Duncan and Soules & Perkins show high grade ore near 40 dollars per ton, while Lone Star specimens glitter with gold, and Buckeye produced 13.50 per ton. Numerous mines sit idle due to funding, despite past yields and mill operations in the Atlantic and Canilo districts.
Denver & Rio Grande will burn anthracite on passenger engines as work continues on Utah division expansion. Oregon Short Line ends forty miles east of Naples Idaho and thirty miles east of a stage crossing while Union Pacific aces 1950 acres of Crested Butte coking coal land and eyes South Park rail link this summer. Four surveying parties map Oregon Short Line down the Snake River from Olds Ferry to Lewistown amid mineral timber and agricultural promise. Emigration to Dakota expected to surge next spring led by Canada inquiries to General Emigrant Agent Powell of the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul linking routes and settlement. Water pipes have been on a bust.
A letter from Luke Mills Wisconsin promises aid if needed to find missing H. T. Plumb of Cheyenne. His New York employer Gibb and family express deep concern, cite alleged robbery and blackmail, note two drafts for 150 dollars, and hope for his safe return.
The Ogden Pilot reports a train robbery attempt near Ogden with rewards totaling one thousand dollars per offender. J N Taber sheriff of Elko County led twenty men toward Montello, a Terrace posse pursues, and A G Fell with Sheriff Brown depart Ogden for the scene. Central Pacific offers five hundred dollars per robber, Wells Fargo adds fifty dollars each, totaling up to a thousand. Ross of Ogden, longtime express agent, has repelled two prior attacks and remains key to the investigation.
Geo W Jackson found Colorado's first gold in February 1856 while elk hunting near Clear Creek. The 98 cent nugget resembled a puppy's foot. He thawed more gold from Chicago bar opposite Idaho Springs using an Indian treaty cup as a pan and sent the gold to his mother who had it made into a ring setting.
Hartville January 19 1883 Whalen Canyon mines gain prominence with ore showing 47 percent copper 17 silver and 4 gold according to Prof Bailey of your city. Prospecting at Garfield Wild Oat and Green Mountain Boy areas hints at large ore bodies. A miners party at Government farm despite 20 below zero warmth and hospitality marks camp life.
Not Rich Yet from Fort Robinson Nebraska writes to the Leader disputing an article titled Rich Army Officers. He claims he has run a sheep business since 1872 with over 5,000 sheep and reports three years of expenses over 16,000 dollars and receipts just over 15,000, asserting no wealth from stock trading.
An advertisement asserts that blood purity and richness are vital to health and that iron is the cure. It promotes Brown's Iron Bitters as cleansing and fortifying the blood without causing teeth staining headaches or constipation, claiming it is not injurious.
A Baltimore woman cites Brown's Snow Burrars as a restorative for consumption in her letter dated February 12 1880. She reports her eldest daughter improved after one bottle and credits the remedy with relief from wasting diseases including consumption kidney complaints and indigestion.
An 1890s style advertisement for Dr Henry Wagner Denver Colorado promises cures for seminal weakness and urinary disorders without surgery. It markets a booklet The Young Man's Pocket Complaint by Wagner and claims free consultation, thorough exam, and a $500 forfeit if a cure fails. It lists address Box 2389 Denver and Spinney Co as the business.
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