CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1898-12-29

DaWson lily stlii continues W dt
tract the attention of many people,
and things have settled down to a
solid working basis Assessment
work is being done on hundreds of
claims. while actual developments are
being prosecuted on others. An oc-
casional rumor Of rich assays is cir
culated and numerous pieces of extra
good looking quartz are exhibited.
Some very promising holes have
been opened. Perhaps the best show
ing at the present time is on one Of
the claims in which F. A. Raynolds Of
the Fremont County Bank is interest
ed Several very flattering assays
have been secured from the property,
and the material brought to the sur
face now contains strong indicati, ms
of the close proximity of mineral.
The Copper King people are doing
now what they should have done at
the outset; namely. developing the
vein where the first rich mineral was
disclosed. The proposition is opening
up in q manner calculated to encour-
age those interested, while it serves
TO convince others that there is some
thing besides Indications hidden in
the mysterious recesses.
Billy Hall, well known mining
nan Of Colorado Springs. reports the
.enmp ssall right "a III associates. aad
declares con6ds0tiy thst '-thc pros
pects ara better than they were at
Cripple Greek when that camp was
the same age We quote from an
article in the Denver Republican:
''Mr. Hall brought back specimens
Of ore from one Of the three claims be
has located which 10 declared by min
ing men here TO be as fine a sample Of
ore as they ever saw In Colorado.
This sample was taken from the Edith
Maria claim, the exact location of
which AIR. Hall would rather not have
known Just at this time, and the
depth at which it was taken was only
four feet. The width OF the vein at
the point at which it was encountered,
at depth Of three feet eight inches,
was three and half feet, and it in
eTeAs-s in ,ssusita rapidly. Mr.. Hall
believes he has struck the vein from
which the Copper King is slide. and
believes there is rock in IL that will
run sixty ounces. He panned some
of the carbonate in the ore similar to
the sample which he brought back to
the Springs, and found ii running
over five ounces, even at the shallow
depth which has so for been reached.
Mr.. Hall is confident that the vein
into which he has gone is a continue
tion Of the Bassick vein, as the direc-
tion, northeast by southwest. is just
right to take it along the ledges to
Silver Cliff, and the formation is ex-
actly the same.
Two men who supplied Mr.. Hall
with $3.50 each when he went down
to Canon City were offered Sl25 each
this morning for the one-fourth in
terest which he secured for them with
the money, but they refused Il. be-
lieving that the camp is one Of the
coming ones of the state.
Mr.. Hall was a pioneer at Cripple
Greek and he says that the ore he
has found in the Ehith Maria claim
shows far better for the amount Of
development done than any. he ever
saw in the Cripple Creek district.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORT.
To The Public - The Canon City
Chamber Of Commerce having OBJ
served with much interest the vary.
ing reports regarding the finding Of
gold In the Copper King mine. situated
about FIVE miles southwest Of Canon
City, concluded to investigate the
matter and make known the facts in
connection Herewith.