The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
GOLD STRIKE AT HAHN's PEAK
Another Part of Colorado That VIII Surely
be Heard From


Hahn's Peak, Colo, Feb. IA good
strike is reported eight miles above
| Steamboat Springs, at a place called
| Dry Water, two miles southeast of Sid
! ney pOStoffice. 1t is reported that the
! strike is in an immense porphyry ledge
nearly one hundred feed wide The
| lucky finder is John Weiskopf, who is
now running the Steamboat Pilot. The
| ledge, which is found to be rich in gold,
can be seen for several miles and ap-
parently passes across the country
Many assays have been made in the past
from the surface, but only slight values
were found.
Weisl1opf, however, put a man to work
to tap it with short cut and tunnel
He tapped about twenty-five feet be-
low he surface and ran into it not for
from twelve feet. The material show
ed no difference from what it did on the
surface, but samples were taken from
each streak and tested at Steamboat
Springs by r. NJ. Dusen, the local as
sayer. Ten samples were taken and
gave six ounces gold, the other seven
nothing. The three that did give values
compose about three-fourths Of the mass
of rock.
The ledge very much resembles a soft
cinder, and shows much weather wear.
The portion carrying no values is APP
parently some kind of lime formation.
Many OF the people are wild over the
find and this ledge where it crops. and
territory where it does not show. but
Is supposed to be covered up. will be
staked for miles regardless of two feet
Of snow that covers the ground. 1t is
claimed by some experts that there is a
broad strip Of rich territory around Dry
Water, which may be true, as there
IS much eruption rock scattered over
the ground and the shales crop out
wherever cut by arroyOas or creeks.
l. IS reported that II. p. Gillespie will
open Up with a large force of men on
his Fourmile territory in Routt county.
as It Is claimed he is meeting with sue
cess in his European visit. The county
records at the Peak show that nearly
10000 acres Of placer ground have al
ready been located in this county,
fraction over 100. 600 at Fourmile. the
balance at H2hn's Peak and other Dor
tons Of the county. and still much more
VIII be located that VIII pay. II *
said by some that Twentymue Lark.
eight miles west Of Steamboat Springs.
viii he the next placer field to spring
into prominence. Many small pill walls
are shown. containing gold that was
washed out Of the Eulches over there.
but only few locations have vet been
made.
\ meeting was held a. Steamboat
Springs recently 10 consider the advis-
hillty Of building a Smelte- TO handle
the mass OF lOw-grade ores in this conn
y. The people were very enthusiastic
and the plant viii probably be erected
Three different parties agreed 70 donate |
S.,eS. The extraordinary efforts some
%. The mine owners are making 10 keep
all news - their properties from he
and the aviditv they
manifest IN swapping I'd property that /
Is open Tor location o. purchase. Is con |
S,o-r@1 by some of the wiSe-carss 20 /
mean that Sood strikes have been made /
III their properties
Miner * Co. the bankers al Steam /
ooat springs, are putting in 4 general /
store a. th-s place Wj-her < NcVT- |
mans o.; me Sana place aye putting il |
q stock Of miners supplies and nsohfn-
cry.
Il Is reported by the sunari0-srda7.
o. the Hahn's Peak Mining and Ra5rc-
ton company, a new Denver orsar,izs-
tom. that II VIII bring in a s5w-r,f-I
and diamond driN. the latter n ran ~
several supposed ore deposits on is
claims
The Independence people az Column
Dine claim thar they have out and ss-lz-
'd ten 20 twelve tons OF ore that vii
Mill $3.50 per ton The ol6-ciu,ers who
nave good claims n this section appear
10 have but little idea Of incorporating.
TEE skipper of q vessel need never b.,
vino Ut fresh csSs. He can always lay 70.