‘New Opera House Completed’
“The contractors this week finished the auditorium of the new Mancos Opera House, save perhaps a few finishing touches and the curtains have been hung and the stage settings have been put in place. Mancos can now boast one of the finest little opera houses in the state, strictly modern in every detail and of a seating capacity to accommodate seven hundred and eighteen people including the balcony.
The contractors were fortunate in constructing the auditorium that the acoustics are nearly perfect as it is possible to get it, sounds and musical tones are clearly reinforced yet there is no re-vibration or confusion of tones.
The opera house is equipped with an up-to-date moving picture machine which is now in place and the connection made while the scenery for the stage is of the best. The advertising curtain is especially a work of art and the scene in the center of the curtain is a thing of beauty. The stage is especially large, being thirty by forty feet, and is sufficiently large and high enough to accommodate the largest troops and the most elaborate special stage settings.
The promoters of this enterprise are to be congratulated for the erection of this splendid building at such a great expense and the sacrifice of so much trouble and pains, and we feel that the people of Mancos will appreciate their efforts fully. The structure in its entirety has been over a year in building but the contractors, Morse & Bauer, have finally made good and Mancos has another two-story building to attest their ability and genius as contractors.”
‘Ute Mines Sell’
“William Jordan and Jack Kelly last week closed a deal for the sale of their Ute Mountain property to Messrs L.Y. Bassell and L.L. Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, the consideration being $15,000, the terms being $2,500 cash and the balance on $1500 monthly installments.
The property consisted of eight claims on the lower Ute mountain which has been prospected by local capital for several years. The deal was worked up through the agency of B.H. Mason of this place, who was on the property some few days ago, took numerous samples of ore and recommended to the purchasers.
The new owners will have their mining engineer on the ground soon and will start development work at once under his direction. Mr. Mason has other deals on for property in the Mancos mining district but does not expect to do much business until next spring. He is confidently expecting this district to attract a great deal of attention next year.”
‘General prospects of Mancos district: As viewed by an experienced mining engineer’
“In brief I will outline the resources in and around Mancos, which is fast growing into a city. Passing through on the railroad one would look upon it as a sparsely settled farming region but the great foliage obscures it from the travelers.
It may be to the advantage of every one to stop and investigate. They will find buried in foliage a good, clean and moral town with good schools, churches of all denominations, stores of all descriptions, that one could be proud of in a city with 20,000 inhabitants: brick and stone structure of all descriptions surrounded by cement walks.
What is the foundation? The resources: farming, stock raising (beef, sheep, hogs, and poultry), fruit culture, coal mining, and last but not least, the vast mining region only a few miles distant with good roads. Anyone can soon see by passing through the farming district that one and all are prosperous.”
