From the October 8, 1886 edition of the (Ouray) Solid Muldoon:
The Animas Forks Pioneer will hereafter be published in Silverton. The newspaper will start out as a six-page, six-column effort, in the hopes of filling a long felt want of getting in its work on the business of the Miner.
A great many false rumors have been started as to the dissolution of myself and partner in the Bowman & Stone Mammoth Department store and the Angel of Mercy saloon. To set …
