Summer Workings.
Great Prepa ati ms are being made
For this Summer—Some
Innovations.
Recent developments show that Big
Mi nook has goo 1 pay as tar as the So s
but the work so far having been only
prospecting ami the lay of the ground be
ing chiefly that of a hydrant icing propo
sion little has been, or may likely be
done, until provisions for handling it on
a large scale have been settled.
Slate creek from 3 above, to 7 below
will be handled by flumes and will no
doubt sustain, as a payer, the reputation
it made last summer. As a prospect the
ground is verv shallow, in oulv a few in
o
stences being more than three feet deep
auc not unfrenquently nuggets weighing
£40, are picked up on base rim.
McDonald and Halley who are now
taking out good monev on discoverv,
Florida creek, will work their properties
by under ground sluicing next summer.
This will be a new method to Rampart
but will be the starting point for the
small steep creeks so numerous in the
sountrv and prospecting well but not war
ranting winter work Mid not carrying
sufficient sir f me water for the usual sum
mer sluicing. Messers McDonald and
Halley consider that by their method
they can work at a profit dirt that would
not pay to hoist from a 30 foot shaft.
As the season for winter work begins to
draw to a close the miner is accordingly
preparing himself for his summer actions
and Ramoart, unlike her neighboring
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camps, is just entering upon the more
extensive and profitable season of tile
year.
Until last year's developments proved
differently, the spring cleanup was the
key that locked the mines until another
frost, but the Rampart miners’ incom
parable energy and experience have
found creeks that are not only more eco
nomically worked in summer, but could
not be, to any success, worked anv other
time of year. Also means by which our
smaller creeks heretofore boasting only
winter or deep diggings, are profitably
converted into summer work.
13 g Mi nook hereto ore called winter
diggings will be worked by hydraulics
and ground slu'eing. The continuous pav
found from 17 to J5 above, has decided
Die mine owners to work the bniches by
mean; of water carried from upper Mi
nook and tributaries adjacent to the
ground worked, while the creek proper
will be haudled by the usual process.
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i Important.
! A meeting of the citizens (A Ram
part and vicinity is called for Fii
day night at the land office at 7:30.
The obieet of which is to secure a
site on which a court house and
jail may he erected.
Circle and Ragle have been pro
vided for in this divison, and it is
understood that if the people show
interest in the matter the court will
make a reservation of the lots donat
edand.in t.;e summer,makean order
for the erection of the buddings ag
gregating $3,ooo.
This should appeal to all ;it should
be an easy matter to consumate and
should he presented to judge W'iek
ersham before he leaves the camp.
A large attendance should tie
o
monstrate the people’s interest in
the matter.
Hliitmer Arrested.
Corporal Shinner was arrested
this morning for assault and battery
on ’Liza, a squaw with whom he
has been living. The case was
set for hearing at 2 o’clock this
afternoon, and Shinner allowed his
liberty. When the case was called
the complaining u itness could not
be found, and tiie defendant r lead
ed not guilty, he was held in $1000
bail and turned over into the mar
shal’s custody. The case was set
for heaiing, by Judge Balliet, for
next Tuesday.
Atty. Thomson has taken a trip*
to Idaho bar; he will remain there
until his restoration to health is
assured.
Wobber and Baker left this
morning on a hunting trip.
London, Jan. 1. Sir John Ten
niel’s finai cartoon will appear to
morrow in Punch, when he will re
tire after 50 years connection with
the paper. He is in his 81st. year.
Chicago, Jan. 6. Philip D. Ar
mour, millionaire packer, died here
of muscular affection of the heart.
Boots,
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Underwear.
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5
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