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CHEYENNE WELLS .- Station on Kansas Pacific Railroad, 177 miles east of Denver.
COAL BANKS .- Station on D. & R. G. R. R., Fremont county. A. F. Alexander, John Humphrey, general merchandise; Dr. R. E. Smith, physician and justice of peace; Miss Mitchell, teacher.
COLFAX .- Colony town in Wet Mountain Valley, Fremont county. Population 100.
COLORADO CITY .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
COLORADO SPRINGS .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
CONEJOS .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
CORONA .- On the Platte, 27 miles below Greeley, Weld county. Population 100. One store.
COSTILLA (Cos-tee-ya)-A small settlement, or Plazas, in Cos- tilla county, 34 miles from Ft. Garland, 18 from San Luis, 40 from Conejos.
CRISMAN .- See Camp Tellurium.
CUCHARAS .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
DAVIDSON .- Station on C. C. R. R., 8 miles from Boulder. Davidson Coal and Iron Co., and Excelsior Coal Co .; Robert Smith, general merchandise; W. A. Davidson, coal; J E. Jones, hotel.
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DAYTON .- Miners' camp on the border of Twin Lakes, in Summit county, 5 miles from Granite. S. M. Derry, hotel and supplies.
DEER TRAIL .- Station on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, 55 miles east of Denver. One of the principal shipping points for live stock in Colorado. A. K. Clarke, general merchandise.
DEL NORTE -- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
DENVER .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
DIVIDE .- Camp in Lake county. R. B. Newitt, general mer- chandise.
DIVIDE .- Station on D. & R. G. R. R., 52 miles south of Denver.
DOWNIEVILLE .- Miners' camp, Clear Creek county, Bullion Gold and Silver Mining Co.'s Mill.
DUDLEY .- Mining camp in Park county, 7 miles above Fair- play. Population 100. Mt. Lincoln Smelting Works. W. E. Musgrove & Co., general merchandise; Dudley Hotel. Mining companies : Moose, Horseshoe and Lincoln.
EAGLE ROCK .- Mining camp in Boulder county. Eagle Rock Hotel, by M. Boneberger. Principal mines: Equator, Mel- bourne, Paymaster, Milan, Little Belle, Wheeling, Whole, Gol- den Eagle, Lone Star.
ELK PARK .- 25 miles above Del Norte, up the Rio Grande. Saw-mill, Shaw & Bassett.
EDGERTON .- Station on the D. & R. G. R. R., 67 miles south of Denver.
EL MORO .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
EMPIRE .- Mining town in Clear Creek county. Population 200. Humboldt Gold Mining Co., and Rosencrantz Gold Co. Mills; Wilson, lumber; four stamp mills; hotel Peck House; E. L. Nash, grocer; Paul Lindstrum, brewer. Principal lodes in vicinity : Silver Mountain, Tenth Legion, Gold Dirt, Rose- cranz, Livingston County, Conqueror, Principal tunnels : Aorta and Sciota. Distances: to Denver, 47 miles; Central, 16; Ida- ho, 10; Georgetown, 515.
ERIE .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
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EVANS .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
EUREKA .- Mining camp in San Juan county, near Silverton. E. P. Snydham, Montague & Co., miners' supplies; Dr. J. P. Wallace, physician and assayer.
FAIRPLAY .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
FALL RIVER .- 2 miles from Idaho Springs, and 11 from Georgetown. Fall River House, Gus. Schampp, proprietor
FLORISSANT .- In El Paso county, 33 miles west of Colorado Springs. Castello, general merchandise; Florissant saw-mills.
FLORENCE .- Station on D. & R. G. R. R., 8 miles below Canon City. A. F. Alexander, general merchandise; V. R. Tanner, physician ; J. A. McCandless livery.
FLOYD HILL .- Terminus of Georgetown Branch C. C. R. R., F. L. Peck, agent.
FORKS OF THE ANIMAS .- See Animas Forks.
FT. COLLINS .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
FT. GARLAND .- See complete Directory, in Part II.
FT. LUPTON .- Station on Denver Pacific Railroad, 26 miles north of Denver.
Fr. LYON .- See Complete Directory, in Part II.
FT. MORGAN .- Old government fort, on the Platte, 52 miles below Greeley.
FOUNTAIN .- Station D. & R. G. R. R., 89 miles south of Den- ver. J. N. Brown, general merchandise.
FRANKSTOWN .- 30 miles sonth of Denver, in Douglas county. California Ranch Hotel, Noftz's Hotel; C. J. Monroe, Gard- ner & Jones, general merchandise; L. F. Notz, wagons and blacksmithing; W. W. Cantril, lumber; L. Welty, boots and shoes; F. M. Houtz, attorney : W. S. Camp, physician.
GARDNER .- A small village on the Huerfano, 10 miles above Badito, on the route to Del Norte, via Mosca Pass. Population 100. Hlas a hotel, school-house, two stores, blacksmith shop, post-office. Geo. E. Blake, general merchandise. Distances : To Pueblo, 60 miles; Canon City, 75.
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GEORGETOWN .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
GLENDALE .- On Left Hand, Boulder County. Prof. H. S. Goff, assayer.
GOLDEN .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
GOLD HILL .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
GOMER'S MILLS .- On D. & R. G. R. R. McCurry & Barnard, general merchandise.
GRANADA .- Station on A., T. & S. F. R. R., in Bent county. Population, 100. Thos. Reynolds, blacksmith; E. K. Davis, billiards and saloon; A. Olson, boots and shoes; E. K. Davis, W. W. Jones & M. Burns, livery; T. B. Nolan, D. R. Smith, general merchandise; Perry House, Mrs. F. G. Lester.
GREELEY .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
GREENLAND .- Station on D. & R. G. R. R., 47 miles south of Denver. H. M. Foster, general merchandise.
GUADALUPE .- A Mexican plaza, opposite Conejos, and capi- tal of Conejos county. General merchandise, E. Salazar, M. S. Salazar; blacksmith and wagons, O. F. Smith.
GRANITE .- Capital of Lake county, 50 miles southwest of Fair- play. Jensen & Johnson, general merchandise; Granite Hotel; Arkansas river, Goff, and Cincinnati Gold Mining Co .; E. Loes- cher, assayer.
GUNNISON FORKS .- In San Juan county. Cameron Smelting Works. .
ILALL'S GULCH .- A mining camp in Park county, 8 miles from Grant post-office. Hotel. 200 miners. Brownell & Wood, gro- cers and miners' supplies. Hall & Judd's Reduction Works.
HALL VALLEY .- Location of Hall Valley Silver-Lead Mining and Smelting Co., Park county; 3 blast furnaces: capacity 45 tons per day. A. W. Brownell & Co., general merchandise. Principal lode, The Whale.
HAMILTON .- Mining camp in Park county, 12 miles north of Fairplay. Population, 100. W. Ballinger, attorney; Thomas Dunbar, H. H. Lienthal, hotels; A. Blandin, general merchan- dise; Peabody & Crozier, Curtis & Barrett, S. Taylor, W. Leo- belt, miners.
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HARDSCRABBLE .- Camp in Park county. E. S. Morgan, gen- eral merchandise.
HARTSEL SPRINGS .- Park county. Clarke & Wherry, hotel and baths.
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS .- Capital of Grand county. Ganson's Hotel; Kinney & Son, Capt. Dean, hotels and boarding houses; Stokes & Brown, general merchandise; Wythe & Burns, camp outfits.
HOWARDSVILLE .- See compete Business Directory, in Part II.
HUGHES .- Junction of the Denver Pacific and Boulder Valley Railways, 9 miles north of Denver, and 7 from Fort Lupton. Telegraph, express and post-office.
HUGO .- Station on the Kansas Pacific, 105 miles east of Den- ver. Hugo Hotel, by J. R. Miskelley; Lane's boarding house, Hill & Rogers' store, a six-stall engine-house, and cattle yards.
HUERFANO CROSSING .- In Huerfano county. Carlile, Ken- nedy & Hoffman, general merchandise.
IDAHO SPRINGS .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
JAMESTOWN .- Mining camp, 10 miles northwest of Boulder. Peabody Mineral Springs : hotel and bathis, C. F. Pease ; Morley & Co., general merchandise; Willard Mills.
JULESBURG .- Station on the Union Pacific Railroad. Popula- lion, 50. Hotel by James Wear; Lobenstein, McLain, Dubois, hides and furs. Distances: Old Fort Sedgwick, 3 miles; Wy- oming and Nebraska lines, 5 or 6 miles.
KIOWA .- Station on K. P. R. R., in Elbert county. N. A. Gleason, A. L. & H. Gleason, D. H. Wood, G. R. Chapman, George Aux, Joseph Oakes, E. P. Clark, Ed. Rundel, principal stock raisers in the vicinity. W. S. Gomer, saw-mill.
KIT CARSON .- Junction of the Arkansas Valley Branch with the Kansas Pacific Railroad, 150 miles east of Denver. Popu- lation, 25. Southern Hotel; D. D. Ryus, merchant and shipper.
LABRAN .- Coal station on D. & R. G. R. R, 9 miles' below Canon City.
LAKE .- Station on the K. P. R. R., 92 miles east of Denver.
LAKE CITY .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
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LA JUNTA .- Station on the A., T. & S. F. R. R., and terminus of A. V. R. R., 20 miles west of Las Animas. F. O. Kihlberg, forwarding and commission.
LA PORTE .- A small settlement, 3 miles above Fort Collins, Larimer county. Tri-weekly stages to Fort Collins and Long- mont. Geo. Stearly, blacksmith; J. L. Allen, general merchan- dise ; La Porte House, Fabian Moreau.
LARKSPUR .- Station on D. & R. G. R. R., 43 miles south of of Denver.
LA VETA .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II. .
LAS ANIMAS .- Opposite Fort Lyon, Bent county. F. Walker & Co., McMurray Bros., general merchandise; Gilman House, Merchants' Hotel ; Reed & Co., slaughter-house.
LINCOLN CITY .- A mining camp in Summit county, 4 miles east of Breckinridge. Lincoln City Smelting Works, William Smith, supt., are located here in French Gulch : capacity 10 tons per day.
LITTLETON .- Station on D. & R. G. R. R., 10 miles south of Denver. Hill & Bro., general merchandise; Bell House; David Powers, restaurant; Little, Lilly & Co., flouring mill.
LIVERMORE .- A small settlement on the North Fork of the Cache a la Poudre, 20 miles above Fort Collins. Fisk Hotel.
LOMA .- Old settlement on Rio Grande, near Del Norte.
LONGMONT .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
Los PINOS .- Old Indian Agency, 8 miles south of Conejos.
MILTON .- 1 mile down the stream from Saguache : is a flour- Ishing little village, containing a post-office, M. E. Church, store, two blacksmith shops, one hotel and one saloon. Population 150.
MAGNOLIA CITY .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II. MANITOU .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
MASONVILLE .- 3 miles from Floyd Hill, terminus of Colorado Central Railroad, Mountain Division. The Masonville Reduc- tion Works, Jonas Meyers.
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MIDDLE KIOWA .- County seat of Elbert county, 45 miles southeast of Denver. Running Creek P. O. J. G. Baldwin, C. Rastetter, general merchandise; John Josh, Robert McDowell, W. Leach, blacksmiths; Mobley & Thomas, liquors; J. C. Mob- ley, hotel; Kiowa Hotel, John Mather; Hooker & Miller, lumber.
MINERAL CITY (called Mineral Point), La Plata county, 17 miles north of Silverton. Dowling & Ketchum, general merchan- dise; Hofer & Weeks, restaurant; H. B. Perry, hotel; Kosley, bakery; E. Steinback, assayer; Alb. Dyes, notary and J. P .; Dakota & San Juan, Yankton, and New York Mining Coin- panies. To Forks of Animas, 3 miles; to Ouray, 10; to Bur- rows Park, 8.
. MONTEZUMA. - Mining camp in Summit county. J. H. Yonley, assayer ; Montezuma House, Plummit Hotel, J. D. Perry ; M. Wolf, general merchandise; Boston Silver Mining Co., Sukey, Youley and St. Lawrence silver mills.
MOUNTAIN CITY .- Above Central. C. C. Miller, general mer- chandise ; Hockin & Champing, contractors.
MONUMENT .- Station on D. & R. G. R. R., 56 miles south of Denver. See Directory.
MONTGOMERY .- Mining camp in Park county. Pioneer Mill, 15 stamps, R. B. Chappell; Piqua Ore Dressing Works.
MORRISON .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
MOSQUITO .- Old mining camp in Park county. Trent's Stamp Mill, Chas. Hill, superintendent; London Co.'s Reduction Works.
NAPIESTE. - Station on A., T. & S. F. R. R., 26 miles east of Pueblo.
, NEDERLAND .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
NAMAQUA .- A small settlement on the old Denver and Laramie stage road, 4 miles above St. Louis and 20 above Ft. Collins, in Larimer county. It has a population of 50, and a variety store, kept by Senor Mariana Modena.
NEVADA .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
ORO CITY .- Principal mining camp of Lake county, and known as California Gulch. Fairplay and Arkansas Valley Stage Co.'s
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coaches tri-weekly, carrying mails and express. Population 200. Principal mines : Homestake, Printer Boy, Berry, Five- Twenty, Great Eastern, Oro Ditch & Mining Company. Mau- rice Hayes, assayer. Store-H. A. W. Tabor. Hotels and boarding houses-F. Walls, J. Pearce; also, brewery, two saloons, one meat market, one shoe shop, two blacksmith shops. Oro Lodge, No. 16, I. O. O. F. Distances : Granite, 18 miles; Dayton, 17.
ORODELFAN (Gold Diggings). - Is the new town at Hunt's Mill, 3 miles up Boulder Canon, at junction of Four-Mile creek. The place used to be known as Maxwell's Mill, then as Hortonville, then as Hunt's Concentration Works. George B. Stinchfield, miners' supplies ; W. F. Hunt, restaurant; Mrs. Horton, boarding house; Hunt's Concentration Works.
OURAY. - County-seat of the new county of Ouray, on the Uncompahgre ; population 250. Principal mines : Trout, Fish- erman, Begole, Ophir, Grey Copper, Wheel of Fortune, Young Bull, Balm of Gilead, Yankee Boy, Virginius, Grand View, Great Western, Silver Star, Gertrude, Bullion, etc. Distances : To Mineral Point, 10 miles; Animas Forks, 13; Lake City, 35; Silverton, 25; San Miguel, 30; Uncompahgre Agency, 30 miles ; Indian Creek or Lake Fork, 65; Los Pinos, 90; Saguache, 140; Del Norte, 175; Colorado Springs, 300; Denver, 375; terminus Utah Southern R. R., 210; Salt Lake City, 300.
Directory-Postmaster, Milton W. Cline; deputy P. M., E. S. Mills, Jr. Town Trustees-M. W. Cline, prest. ; J. Y. Neuman, R. F. Long, Jas. Call, Theo. Stevens. Town clerk, Wm. Munn. School Board-Jas. Dixon, prest .; Wm. B. Haines, sec'y; Geo. H. Smith, treas. Public School - Miss Libbie King, principal. Justices of the Peace-A. Cutler, Geo. H. Smith. Corporations-" Ouray and Lake Fork Toll Road Co.," J. Y. Munn, prest .; Wm. B. Haines, sec'y; E. S. Mills, Jr., treas .; Geo. P. Wilder, A. W. Begole, D. F. Hart, Thos. Gibson. As- sayers-Win. and Chas, Munn. Attorneys-Cutler, A., Haines, Win. B., Lydon, P. O. Banker-Mills, Jr., E. S. . Blacksmiths -Phillips, Geo .; Stevens, Theo. Hotels -- Ouray House, Mrs. Jas. Dixon. Brickmaker -- Geo. Robins. Carpenters and build-
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ers-A. Oak, J. P. Rowell. General merchandise-Craine & Chaffee ; Mills, Jr., E. S. Mining supplies-Powder, Giant and Hercules fuse - Mills, Jr., E. S. Dry goods, clothing, etc .- Mills, Jr., E. S. Doctor-M. L. Woods, M.D. Saloons and groceries-Nate Hurt, Wm. Lee, W. Kahl, Mrs. Tanner. Butch- ers-Ed. Clutty, Sam. & Dick Morrison. Restaurants-Mrs. Brenan. Notaries-Haines, Wm. B .; Cutler, A .; Mills, Jr., E. S .; Woods, M. L., Dr.
PAGOSA SPRINGS .- On the Rio San Juan, 70 miles southwest from Del Norte. Are the largest in the country, the main spring measuring 85 feet across the surface.
PARROT CITY .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
PLATTEVILLE .- A colony town ou the Denver Pacific, 32 miles north of Denver, laid out by the Platte River Colony. Population 40. A. A. Stone, A. B. Dearborn, general mer- chandise. Platteville Hotel.
PROVIDENCE .- The new mining camp on the South St. Vrain, about 6 miles northwest of Jamestown.
PUEBLO .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
RALSTON .- In Jefferson county. Murphy Coal Mine, W. M. Reid, supt .; Ralston Coal Company; Wm. Carroll, blacksmith.
RIVER BEND .- Station on K. P. R. R., 84 miles east of Den- ver. W. B. Moore, Otis Davis, general merchandise: Sanborn & Pierce, wool; S. F. Clark, physician; G. F. Clark, railroad agent and telegraph operator; Hidacker & Benton, billiards.
ROCK RIDGE .~ Douglas county, J. A. Case, general merchan- dise.
ROLLINSVILLE .- On the South Boulder, 40 miles from Den- ver. Rollins Hotel. Distances; Central, 10 miles; Boulder, 20.
ROSITA .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
RUSSELLVILLE .- The point of the first gold discovery in Colorado, and one of the old Pike's Peak miners' camps; on Cherry creek, 35 miles south of Denver, and 10 miles from Frankstown.
RUBY CITY .- In San Juan county, Mount Snefiles District. Population 100. To Ouray 6 miles.
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SAGUACHE .- Sce complete Business Directory, in Part II.
SALINA .- Mining town in Boulder county. Daily stages to Boulder, Gold Hill and Sunshine. Population 100. Reduction ' Works. H. G. Sartore, general merchandise. See Directory of Sunshine.
SALT WORKS .- Located in South Park, 20 miles southeast of Fairplay. There are 2 evaporating pans, 11x28 feet, and sev- eral smaller pans and tanks. Distances: Chubb's Ranche, 5 miles; Granite, 24.
SANGRE DE CHRISTO .- A mining Camp on Cottonwood Creek ; 30 houses. Beck & Co., Bowman, stamp mills. Principal mines: Bonanza, Badger, Jackson.
SANTA LA SARIA MINES .- Boulder county, 17 miles above Boulder. North Boulder Silver Mill.
SARINDA .- Settlement, 89 miles below Greeley, on the Platte.
SAN JUAN CITY .- Mining camp in Hinsdale county, 54 miles from Del Norte, and 40 miles from the mines. C. W. Brooks, postmaster and merchant.
SAN LUIS .- Opposite Guadalupe. County seat of Costilla county. Often called Culebra. Population 300. Distances : Ft. Garland, 16 miles; Costilla, 18.
SEDALIA .- A small village in Douglas county. Called Round Corral. Population 75. Has a store and boarding house. Distances : Castle Rock, 12 miles; Frankstown 12.
SILVER PLUME .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II. SILVERTON .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
SMOKE RIVER MINES .- In Middle Park. Hohn's Peak Co., T.W. Brooks, supt. ; Nichols, Bragg & Co .; Purdy Co.
SOUTH ARKANSAS .- At mouth of Poncha Pass. J. P. True, general merchandise, hotel; hot springs.
SOUTH PUEBLO .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
SPRING DALE .- Mining camp in Boulder county. Principal mines: Ellen, Gladiator, King, Ohio, Lillie of the West, Louie, Glasgow. Seltzer Hotel.
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS .- On Bear River, 48 miles northwest of Hot Sulphur Springs, Weld county. Forty springs, 60º to 110° temperature. Hotel, bath-houses, store.
STERIING .- On the Platte, Weld county, below Greeley. J. C. Funderburg, general merchandise; J. G. Ivy, physician. Distances : Julesburg, 64 miles; Sarinda, 10.
ST. LOUIS .- A town on the Big Thompson, sixteen miles above Ft. Collins. It has a post-office, drug store, two physi- cians, two blacksmith shops, meat market, two hotels, and one general store. The Douty Flouring Mills are here.
ST. JOHN .- Mining camp in Summit county; population 150. One store; St. John Smelting Works. Principal mines: Com- stock, Tiger, Chautauqua, Teller, Radical, Star of the West, Hannibal, Promise, Treasure Vault, Cooney,
SUGAR LOAF .- Mining district, in Boulder county, 10 miles west of Boulder. E. H. Lincoln, C. E.
SUMMIT .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
SUNSHINE .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
TELLURIUM CITY .- Mining camp in Hinsdale county. Most promising lodes : Mountain King, Allen Dale, Troy, Providence and Little Sarah. Distances: Forks of Animas, 7 miles; Min- eral City, 9; Lake City, 22.
TEXAS CREEK .- Fremont county. Lake House, J. Walts, proprietor.
TRINIDAD .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
TWELVE-MILE HOUSE. - On Cherry Creek, Arapahoe county. J. G. Meloin, hotel.
TWELVE-MILE RANCH .- Half-way station between Del Norte and Summit. Peter Rousselot, hotel and saloon.
ULA .-- A small settlement 10 miles west of Rosita. J. A. Davis, general merchandise; J. H. Hoge, physician; W. N. Amsbury, preacher. Principal cattle owners: Hudson & Seiber, Hunter Bros., J. J. Reaser, W. T. Frink.
UNCOMPARIGRE-Indian Agency .- W. D. Wheeler, agt.
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VALMONT-In Boulder county, on the Denver & Boulder Val- ley Railroad. Daily mail and express. Population, 100. Hotel, T. J. Jones. John Jackson, general merchandise ; T. S. Smith, drugs, paints, oils, etc. ; Samuel Hays, A. P. Arnold, blacksmiths ; J. K. Deering, physician; J. M. Carnahan, W. J. Graham & Co., flouring mills; J. C. Hersey, teacher; T. J. Jones, quarries. Good public schools; Presbyterian and Methodist churches. Distances : To Boulder, 31% miles ; Erie, 9; Davidson, 412 ; Den- ver, by wagon road 25-by railroad, 43.
WAGON WHEEL GAP .- Wagon Wheel Gap Hot Springs, are 30 miles west from Del Norte, at Wagon Wheel Gap, on the Rio Grande, at an altitude of 8,400 feet. Here are two springs; one has a temperature of 135 degrees.
WALSENBURGH .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
WEST LAS ANIMAS .- See complete Business Directory, in Part II.
WARD .- Mining camp and district, 8 miles north of Caribou and 6 above Gold Hill, in Boulder county. Population 400. There are Smith's Hotel, the Ni-Wot Mill of fifty stamps; the Baxter, Long & Ulverson, Weist's Snider, Sivyer, J. Ellingham & Co., and Ward Mining Co.'s stamp mills, and other stamp mills and chlorination works. Principal mines: Columbia, Ce- lestial, Neillson and Humbold.
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PART II.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF TOWNS AND CITIES,
(DIRECTORY OF SMALLER PLACES MAY BE FOUND IN PART I.)
ALMA.
Mining town at the mouth of Buckskin Gulch, Park county. Atlantic & Pacific and Western Union Telegraph. Money order telegraph office. Daily mail, express and stage lines. Popula- tion, 700. Principal mines in the vicinity : Lincoln, Eagle, Ford, True Blue, D. H. Hill, Russia, Donville, Erie, Gertrude, on . Mount Lincoln; and Hiawatha, Moose, Dolly Varden and Secu- rity, ou Mount Bross. Distances : Fairplay, 512 miles; Sum- mit of Mount Lincoln, 9 (wagon road all the way) ; California Gulch, 90 (by road) ; South Arkansas, 12; Breckenridge, 14; Twin Lakes, 80.
ALMA DIRECTORY.
POSTMASTER-C. E. Edgar. EXPRESS AND STAGE AGENT- C. G. Hathaway. TOWN CLERK-C. E. Edgar. TOWNTRUSTEES-J.G.Brooks, president.
Educational.
SCHOOL BOARD-James Moy- nahan, pres't ; J. G. Brooks, treas'r; Abr'm Berg, sec'y. TEACHERS-W. E. Musgrove, Miss Aggie Pollock.
Churches.
CATHOLIC-Father-, pas- tor. METHODIST-Rev. J. L. Dyer, pastor. PRESBYTERIAN - Rev. D. E. Finks, pastor.
Societies.
ALMA LODGE, No. 24, I.O.G.T. DORIC LODGE, No. 25, A. F. & A. M.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Assayer.
Keck, Rudolph.
Attorneys. Alexander, M. J. Cass, Henry C. Derr, C. W.
Bakery.
Savage, Frank.
Banker.
Hathaway, C. G.
Barber.
Hall, Moses.
Billiards.
Bozzell, G. W. & Co. Kirkpatrick, O. McDonald, M.
Blacksmiths.
Andrews, John. Cassaday, John. Kettle & Shepard. Steacy, W. C.
Boot and Shoe Dealers.
Ranken, George K. Weitzel, Paul.
Cabinet Makers.
Gross & Stobaugh.
Carpenter.
Brooks, J. G.
Drugs ..
Crook, Dr. Reichenecker, & Wagner.
General Merchants.
Brooks, J. G. Epperson & Yankee.
Fink, Joseph.
Harris & Bass.
Harris & Moynahan.
Jones, A. E. Penwell, Mrs. C. A.
Hotels.
Central; Phil. Higgins, prop'r. Elgin House.
Rocky Mountain; J. Persson & Co., proprietors. Spring House; Jas. H. Moy- nahan, proprietor. St. Nicholas; Kilduff & Bro., proprietors.
Livery Stables.
Moynahan, James. Sigafus, J. M. Wolff, Henry F.
Meat Markets.
Hufnagel, George. Mulock Rrothers. Whitney & Pollock.
Milliner.
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Newspaper.
Mount Lincoln News; J. Law, adm'r.
Notaries Public.
Alexander, M. J. Dexter, J. V.
Painters.
Borrell, A. P. Frees, John C.
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Physicians.
Anderson, Dr. Dougan, D. H. Law, John. Lewis, J. F. Powell, T. C.
Photographs.
Love, Mrs.
Restaurants.
Hornbeck, E. D. Savage, Frank.
Saloons.
Cotten, William. Harmon, J. B. Lord & Co.
Smelting Works.
Alma Concentration Works; H. B. Grosse, agent.
Boston & Colorado Smelting Co .; Henry Williams, agent. Chlorination Works, mouth of Buckskin Gulch; Law & Co., prop's.
Hall Gulch Smelting Works; Howard Painter, sup't.
Sampling and Concentration Works ; Meyer, Tuercke & Co.
Stage and Freight Companies. Abel's Freight Line to Colora- do Springs.
Denver and South Park, daily to and from Morrison.
Haskell & Co.'s Express and Freight Line, weekly to Col- orado Springs,
Kavanagh & Clark, Express Freight Line, Alma and Den- ver.
Northwestern Stage Co., tri- weekly to Colorado Springs. Spottswood's Accommodation Line.
Surveyor. Milburn, C. W.
Wagon Maker.
Frees, John C.
Watch Makers and Jewelers.
Connor, W. B. Hoffman, J. I.
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Terminus of the Mountain Division of the Colorado Central Railroad. Western Union Telegraph. Daily mails and express. Stages to Central. Population, about 1,500. Principal industry : gold mining, milling and reducing ores. Principal gold mines and tunnels: Bob-tail, Fisk, Gregory, Briggs, Bates-Hunter, Leavitt, Winnebago, Gunnell and Union Pacific Railroad. Total yield since 1859, over $6,000,000. Fully one-half of the ore of Gilpin county is treated in the stamp mills in Black Hawk. Number of stamp mills in operation in the county, nearly all of
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BLACK HAWK BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
BLACK HAWK FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS,
SILAS BERTENSHAW, MANUFACTURER OF
MILLING AND MINING MACHINERY,
AND ALL KINDS OF
IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS FOR STEAM ENGINES, STAMP AND SAW MILLS.
Also, all kinds of Castings for Metallurgists. A liberal patronage is respectfully solicited. Cash paid for Old Iron. SILAS BERTENSHAW.
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