The silver star., 1898-12-22
GOOD oRE-Blo CROWDS.
Dawson City Contiauss - Room and Pr"s
psctors Cover the Hi1lA


Dawson City Contiauss - Boom and Pr"a
psctors Cover the Hilla
Denver, Dec. 19-A special dispatch
from Canon City to the Republican,
says:
The presence Of gold in the vein Of
the Dawson mine h proved beyond
doubt.
Your correspondent yesterday un-
covered the vein, removing the loose
rock and canvas by which It was hid
den, broke of pieces with pick, car.
ried the specimens Into Canon City and
had one Of them assayed.
The assay ran 47S.O5 ounces, or 3d.
561 in gold to the ton.
Dawson City had boom yesterday
which was a 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. Il. +. Jewett, upon whose plnc-
er claim the town is built, saw that II
was growing 80 fast that he would bc
obliged to survey 1t this morning or
perhaps lose his right to the land. He
and the company which surveyed the
tOwnsite below, therefore set G. w.
Wells of Cripple Creek to work survey
| the placer claim for tOwnsite.
Lots were sold before even the CEN
ter line of the main street was run.
During the whole day hut four half
blocks were surveyed, and all the lots
in these blocks were sold. Each block
contained twelve lots. The lots are
25x125 feet. The street called Denver
avenue is sixty feet wide and runs
east and west.
The terms for the lots were at first
$40, then $G0-$10 down and the rest
to be paid when Jewett and the Town
Company could give a guarantee Of H.
tie. The buyers OF the lots were among
the most prominent people in camp, in
Guiding X. w. Griswold of Cripple
Creek. n member of the Mining Ex-
change of Colorado Springs; ]. H.
Adams, interested in the Gold S0ver-
| eign mine of Cripple Creek: G. NJ. Mac
/ Neill Of the Colorado e. Philadelphia
smelter at Pueblo; c. II. White, presi-
dent OF the Ell Paso Bank mt Colorado
Springs; John Hlssong, a rich ranch
man Of the district.
The camp became more excited ns
the day went OH. Three or four fights
over locations In the hills were report
ed. Several Of the men began to carry
revOlvers. Last night thirty or forty
people stayed In Dawson. Half OF
| thCl Saeut Ill tue teutS. Inc OtncTS
rolled up in their blankets around
camp fires. Other fires CLEAN over the
hills in every direction. Half way up
the Greenh0rn mountain shOne the
light at the Dawson mine. where two
OF 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
b. X. Dawson; the Mike Sutton, owned
by the Dawson people; the Emerald
Gem, owned by Matt Speakman; the
Copper Boy, owned by Gardner & Cur
tbs; the Mabel B., owned by Paul Mass
Of Leadville; the Queen Bess, owned
by e. +. Jewett, James II. Peabody
and A. ii. Rudolph, and the Good
Night. All these claims, It IL sup
posed, are located on the Dawson form
alton except the Mike Sutton.
The people In Canon City have COM
plete confidence In the strike. Large
numbers Of people who are obliged to
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 n rig Of any kind or 10
horse after 10 o'clock in the morning.
The Rio Grande railroad has been
looking into the situation. w. 81. Paul,
civil engineer Of the Denver & Rio
Grande, examined the country between
Canon City and the Dawson mine yes.
terday morning. ]. ]. Burns, superin-
tendent Of division No. Of the Denver
& Rio Grande, will look over the same
ground next Tuesday morning. An Of
ficial OF the road. who does not care IA
have his name mentioned, said:
"The Denver 4 Rio Grande will jumI
nt the chance Of putting a railroad past
Dawson City II the strike turns out NJ
good as It IL at present thought to be-
From point Just above Canon City
road about five miles long over the
hills can be run to the new town, and
from the town carried over q low di,
vide into Grape Creek. where the old
Denver 4 Rio Grande line ran to West
cline years ago. The old road was
washed out for about five miles above
Canon City several years ago, but from
that point opposite Dawson City IA
Westcline. the roadbed and q greai
part OF the roadway remain. As the
road past Dawson City would run "a
Westcliffe II would not depend upon
the mines alone for subsistence"
The excitement and interest In tho
strike near Canon City still continue,
In Denver. and all Of yesterday little
Knots OF men were to be found In the
corridors or the hotels discussing thu
prospects.
Every train thnt left this city yester
Day for Canon City over the Denver
q hio Grande and Santa Fe railroads
. carried q small crowd Of eager pros
pectors and mining engincera an head
ed for the new camp.