Show TOMMY COOPER CYCLING CHAMPION NOW A MINER I He Writes Writes-a tes a Salt Lake Lako City F Friend of His Experiences in in I j Colorado Tommy Cooper the bicycle champion of 1900 1000 is now Interested in a a coal mine ne nenear near Montrose COo Cob In a letter received received re- re by a friend In this city the ex- ex e cycle King told of his new experience lence as follows follow s sIt It is quite a change from riding a bicycle to digging for for foi dusky diamonds underneath the ground but the climate out here In n Colorado is simply superb I am living in a log cabin twenty six miles from a town to and that town of only 1300 with communication to it by horseback Our Oui mines are located 1100 feet above sea level and nd this elevation is a little bit hard haid on my breathing machinerY machinery ma ma- chinery but I am feeling really better than ever b before fore in life If It I gc get the racing fever again next summer theother theother the theother other riders will have to look out for tor forme me It looks looks as though we had a pretty good thing out hole here in our coal mine since it possesses a vein two thirty-two feet thick about 1000 feet wide and over a amile amile amile mile long with excellent quality of soft coal worth woith out here heie from to 7 57 a ton But 1 I II is jg a very ery lonesome place and we ha hav to cut notches in a astick astick astick stick to tell when Sunday come conieS comes I |