The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-03

Before. and which Experts Said Could
Not Happen-But it is Demonstrated
Now Beyond a Doubt, and Everyone is
Digging for Dear Life-Description of
the Mining Camp in the Cripple Greek
Territory.
Denver, Dec. 2-For the better infor-
nation Of such as are interested in the
great wealth producing district, Cripple
Creek, and who will not plead guilty to
a mild interest at least in the camp
which says in the liberal western man
ner of assertion that it will demonetiZe
gold by the year 1904 little touching
It's geography might be OF value. Those
Early day thoroughbreds who blazoned
their set purpose and alternative on the
canvas sides Of their wagons and start
ed across the plains to find gold were
Invested with the spirit OF prophecy.
pixies Peak of Bust" as a proposition,
has been oyerworked in the passing of
many years. More than thirty years af-
ter the original searchers painted out
the first three words Of their motto, and
turned eastward again, the most pro
ductive deposits IN the history Of gold
seeking in America were laid bare.
Ten miles from the summit Of the cele-
brsted rise of ground the treasure
bearing veins were struck. The Peak
lies to the southeast and towers upward
Of a mile over Cripple Creek. The pres
ent ore producing area lies in the south
west corner of FL PaSo county, distant
twenty miles in an air line from Colo
RADIO Springs-fouty by rail and eighty
miles from Denver, as the straight, for
ward crow marks his flight. The pay
stresks as at present defined are COM
pretended in a stretch Of country whose
dimensions are six miles north and
south and four miles east and west.
The breadth Of the territory enlarges at
points so that the area ranges from
twerty-four to thirty miles.
The elevation is from 9,40O to 10. 500
above tidewater and is justly regarded
q s something of a climb. 1t is reached
by two railways. The Denver and Rio
Grande was the pioneer. It blasted its
way up from Florence last year. The
gradient is $50 feet 10 the mile. and in
some brief stretches more than 230 feet.
II cost the Florence and Cripple Creek
RailYay-tlle corporate name Of the
"a 'A1A~AA s1JllitN lIoL III EAttSE 81 Sl.Vttt-
600 to build tine forty miles Of narrow
gage track. 1t has been in operation a
year. Six months ago the extension of
the Colorado Midland reached the dis
frict Its terminus is now at Anaconda,
one and a half miles from the Cripple
Creek camp proper. The lines have
been bread winners from the start
The charges are s. per ton TO the smell
ters, and there We're thousands of tons
awaiting the freight cars
TOPOGRAPHY OF CAMP.
The camp of Cripple Creek is built in
the northwest corner Of the territory.
In the southeast corner lies Victor at
The foot Of Battle Mountain, which hill
one enthusiast figures would produce
$50 gold To the ton If It were cast into
the smelter in its entirety. On the slope
above Victor are the Independence and
Portland properties. The ride through
Sbn Sulches, across the natural parks.
and over The mountains from Cripple
Greek 10 the other points is best made
on horseback. Even the sedate and
lowly burro is not TO he discarded light
ly where the alternative is walking.
To The month of Cripple Creek lies
Mineral Hill -Four miles To the east
ward Of the summit Of Mineral Hill lies
ii
bull fight last summer. a fight that
was nothing at all but a fake and de-
fusion. Between Min&Ssl Hill and Gil
lett are Carbonate and Tenderfoot hills,
with a succession Of smaller mounds
and intervening gulches and draws,
which are yet unnamed On each.
claims are staked out at every possible
angle and direction. the nd and side
lines crossing and overrunning like
those in a pattern book.
There is never a lawsuit lacking when
a pay streak is found. There are al
ways from one to forty men who pre-
sent some show OF claim. Burns and
Doyle, original owners of the Portland
claim of seventy-nine one thousandths
acres, had 'thitry-two law suits TO set
tie OF adverse claims TO quiet before they
We're granted a patent.
East of the trail from Cripple Creek
to Victor lies Gold Hill. 1t slopes up-
ward ] 900 feet to the southeast of Grip
pie Creek, and on the opposite side OF
1t in Squaw Gulch is situated the town
OF Anaconda, which takes its name from
Moffats great group Of Anaconda mines
and tunnel The Anaconda claims over
10 acres They are situated in Raven
Hill and from the Morning Glory claims
ore valued upward Of $3.50. 900 have been
taken. Raven Hill is all right-more
than thirty of it's mines are producing
high grade ores.
The next camp assed is Elkton. The
mines of this company are turing out
mora than thirty-five tons daily. South
of Elkton are Beacon Hill and Aredua.
Still further south. across Arequa gulch,
lies Grouse Mountain.
GROUP OF RICH CLAIMS.
Keeping the trail from Elkton, the
southern bases Of Raven Hill and Sduav
Mountains are skiTted and Victor IS
reached Northwest of Victor lies Big
Bull Hill. in which, or in a tunnel pro-
Jected therein. an ex-Chicago newspa-
per proprietor has large interests, which
the courts in Denver have been called
upon to define.
Goldfield camp lies at the northern
base Of Bull Hill. Due north from Vic
tor lies Gillstt, and in the intervening
territory lie Battle Mountain. Indepen-
dence (the town.. Altman. Bull Noun
tain and Classy Guloh. Northwest from
Bull Mountain are Ironclad Hill and
Globe Hll These are the prominent
spots. The smaller hills and gulches
have not been named
Much might be said of Cripple Creek
scenery. From one Of the plateaus be-
tween Raven Hill and Squaw MounGin
me view IS unimpedei 20 the Sangre 6e
GT'Sto Mountains, 100 miles 10 the south
ward. But the Cripple Checkers don't
permit the landscape 10 trouble them
much. Their interest begins where the
grass roots cease struggling
The geoEraphers OF the work. owe the
nomenclature Of the district 10 che Wei
~ family. George Welty and his bro
Their are row cleaning up abo1,r 600
daily in The livery business. They con-
duct this as a p0ofitable incident 10
mining and other enterprises. The Wei
Tvs ane fora,aandsd naonla Tha,. -,