The state herald., 1898-12-23
GOOD oRE-BIo CROWDS.
Dawson City Continues to Boom and Pro,
pectors Cover the Hills.

OOOD OHE-bIC CHOWDS.
Dawson City Continues to Boom and Pros
pectors Cover the Hills.
Denver, Dec. ia special dispatch
from Canon City to the Republican,
says:
The presence Of gold In the vein of
the Dawson mine Is proved beyond
doubt.
Your correspondent yesterday I'M
covered the vein. removing the loose
rock and canvas by which It was hid
den, broke off pieces with pick, ear
ried the specimens into Canon City and
had one OF them assayed.
The assay ran 41SO5 ounces, or So
sol iii gold to the ton.
Dawson City had boom yesterday
which was surprise to everybody.
Even the owner of the property upon
which the town is placed was not pre-
pared for the sudden growth of the
town. ID. II. Jewett, upon Whose plac-
ef claim the town is built, saw that II
wds growing so fast that he would be
Obliged TO survey 1t this morning or
perhaps lose his right TO the land. He
anu tile coinpaiiy which surveyed the
towhslte below. therefore set G. w.
Wells, Of Cripple Creek to work survey
tile placer claim for a townsite.
Lots were sold before even the CEN
ter line OF the main street was run.
During the whole day but four half
blocks were surveyed and all the lots
IN these blocks were sold. Each block
contained twelve lots. The lots are
2ox12o feet The street called Denver
avenue Is sixty feet wide and runs
east and west.
The terms for the lots We're at first
$40, then $GO-$10 down and the rest
to be paid when Jewett and the Town
Company could give guarantee of Ii
tie. The buyers of the lots were among
the most prominent people In camp, in
Guiding II. w. Griswold of Cripple
Creek, member of the Mining Ex-
change OF Colorado Springs: !. ii.
Adams. Interested in the Gold Sover-
eign mine of Cripple Creek; C. NJ. Mae
NELL of the Colorado & Philadelphia
smelter at Pueblo: C. ii. White. presi-
dent OF the III Paso Bank at Colorado
Springs: John HissOng, a rich ranch.
man OF the district.
Ihe camp became more excited as
The day went on. Three or four fights
over locations in the hills We're report
ed. Several of the men began to carry
revolvers. Last night thirty or forty
people stayed In Dawson. Half OF
them slept In the tents. The others
rolled up In their blankets around
camp fires. Other fires CLEAN over the
hills IN every direction. Half way up
the Greenhorn mountain shone the
light nj the Dawson mine, where two
or the owners remain on guard
The claims which are attracting the
most attention at present are the Daw.
son. the Sentinel. owned by Jewett and
is. \. Dawson: the Mike Sutton, owned
by the Dawson people; the Emerald
Gem, owned by Matt Speakman; the
Copper Boy. owned by Gardner Il Cur
tis; the Mabel b., owned by Paul Mass
OF Leadvllle: the Queen Bess. owned
by Il. Il. Jewett. James II. Peabody
and A. ii. Rudolph. and the Good
Night. All these claims. II Is sup
posed, are located ON the Dawson form
alton except the Mike Sutton.
The people in Canon City have com.
pletc confidence In the strike. Large
numbers Of people who are Obliged 10
work on week days went into the hills
for the first time yesterday. Although
hundreds OF people from outside the
town went In their own wagons, no one
could procure rig OF any kind or a
horse after 10 o'clock IN the morning,
The Rio Grande railroad has been
looking into the situation. W. II, Paul.
civil engineer OF the Denver n Rio
Grande. examined the country between
Canon City and the Dawson mine yes.
terdny morning. J. ]. Burns. superin.
tendent Of division No. l OF the Denver
& Rio Grande. will look over the same
ground next Tuesday morning. An OF.
fetal OF the road. who does not care 10
hive his name mentioned. said:
''Thc Denver Il Rio Grande will jump
at the chance OF putting railroad past
Dawson City II the strike turns out ms
good as II Is nj present thought to be-
From n point Just above Canon City
n road about five miles long over the
hills can I've run to the new town. and
from the town carried over low dl-
vide into Grape Creek, where the old
Denver & Rio Grande line ran TO West
ellie years ago. The old road wns
washed out for about five miles above
Canon City several years ago. but from
that point opposite Dawson City To
Wes'cliffe, the roadbed and great
part OF the roadway remain. As the
road past Dawson City would run to
Westclinc II would not depend upon
the mines alone for subsistence
The excitement and interest In the
strike near Canon City still continues
In Denver, and all of yesterday little
knots Of men Were to he found In the
corridors of the hotels discussing the
prospects.
Every train that left this city yester.
day for Canon City over the Denver
X Rio Grnnde and Santa Fc railroads
carried n smnll crowd Of eager pros.
pectors and mining engineers. all head.
ed for the new camp.