, 1896-09-19
ENCANPNEXT.
CARBON COUNTY'S NEW AND
WONDERFUL GOLD
CAMP.
1t is Almost Due West of Laramie and
May Be Tributary to This City
Free Gold Shown in Leads of
Great Promise-One Hundred Peo-
pie Already on the Ground.

The Saratoga. Sun gives the follow
ing account of the new discoveries on
the Grand Encampment.2 % miles south
of that place:
From a gentleman who has been
over the ground where the new gold
camp is situated, we learn that it lies
nigh up in the mountains On the south
fork of the Encampment river, about
six miles from Swan p%ostofice. The
river has cut through the mountains
and travels in a deep gorge, having but
little fall. This cut has exposed the
mineral leads and made them easy to
lind and to get at. 1t will be no trou-
BILE, it is said, to obtain a tunnel site
1000 feet from the surface by running
in from 500 to 600 feet. There is abund-
ance of timber in the adjacent noun
tains for all purposes.
A. II. Huston and Benjamin Guile
ton, the discoveries of the camp, made
the find four months ago, since which
time one or the other has been on
~tinually on the ground guarding their
interests with jealous care. They have
staked a large number of claims for
themselves and friends, yet they have
not been able to cover all the ground
in sight. A large number of other men
have secured claims and are well pleas
ed. Huston and Culleton have done
little beyond the assessment work on
their claims, though they are making
preparations to open III their leads to
see what they contain. and to that end
will put on three shifts of men.
The country is very rough, high.
rocky hills with steep sides alternate
with deep canyons. The belt is sup
posed to be about two miles wide, and
1t has been traced across the country
for 40 miles. Many claims have been
taken but there Is a vast quantity of
ground yet open for location, which is
presumably as good as any yet taken.
When Huston and Culleton first
discovered the lead they did a little
surface work. going down some six or
seven feet on the lead, which was very
narrow at the surface. At a depth of
seven feet a blast was put in which I'M
covered ore that was literally plastered
over with gold. The vein. which had
not shown any free gold before, had
widened out here to eight inches. AS
soon as they saw the gold in the lead
they carefully put the rock back in
place, covered up the lead as best
they could and went to prospecting
other leads and locating other claims.
One very conservative gentleman.
who was over the ground, and with
whom we conversed, said: THE quartz
in the lead is the richest l ever saw in
my life. II the other leads in that vi
cinity land there are lots of them, for
the belt is thought to be two miles long
and has been followed by surface indi-
cations for 40 miles,. are anything like
as rich as what I saw. it is the richest
thing in the world.
"One old Cripple Creek mir2r says
the latter camp is not a circumstance
to this. The country is awfully rough:
| climbed hills so steep l had to hold
on with my hands to keep from falling
over backward. The belt runs south
east and northwest as near as | could
Judge"
The location of the new find is on
the south fork of the Encampment at
the mouth Of Purgatory creek. AS yet
there are no cabins in the camp and
the prospectors are living in tents.
There is much conjecture as to the
course Of the belt, all parties agreeing
that 1t runs northwest and southeast
and that 1t crops out so that it can be
followed on the surface for many miles
one prospector claiming that it had
beeen traced for a distance of 40 miles.
There can be no question but what the
same belt Of mineral is crossed by the
road that leads to Battle lake. The as
sertion OF some hat 1t extends over
to h Sandstone. and hat the Doug
las mine is at the northwest end OF the
belt Is not generally accepted.
Before going on a sea voyage or into
the country, be sure and put a box OF
Ayers Pills in your valise. You may
have occasion to thank us for this hint.
To relieve constipation, biliousness
and nausea, Ayers Pills are the best in
the world. They are also easy to take.