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Show SUPERIOR WYOMING. SUITJIUOU Wjomlnc May 27 Ciiitou ilKi'UHMCAN 1 came here a short time ao to take a position ns straw -buss In tho mines of the Superior Super-ior Coal Co , twentj-one miles north-cibl north-cibl of Itock Springs and secn and one miles (rom the main line of the U. I They hae two mines In operation opera-tion and arc taking out, about twenty-the twenty-the cars of coal a rlaj. Thcv are lay-Mil lay-Mil tracks and opening up more mines' and expect to take out 100 cars of coal a (Ui when they get in full operation opera-tion There Is able force of carpenters, carpen-ters, masons and plasterers here, who will build between four and live hun drcd houses There are seven seams of coal In sight, ranging from seven to fourteen four-teen feel thick, and It Is as good as the best Itork Springs coal There Is Is no water here, all the water wh have being brought hero In cans and sold for twenty-five cents a barrel Tho company drilled a well here fourteen hundred feet deep, but got no water. Then thoy pulled tho bole out of the ground, cut It up In three foot lengths and sold them to the ranchers for post holes They are sinking another well now and If they fall to get water they will pipe It from Greco river twentj-two miles nway. The company claims to have enough coal in sight hero to average 100 cars n day for forty vcars. This Is a bleaky desolate place, the elevation being 7003 feet The people living here get their coal delivered for two dollars a ton. The company Is building a large store at the "B" mine and there will bo several branch stores at other mines. Prices for provisions and supplies cost about the same as at, Rock Springs H F. IUm, Superior. Wjomlng |