The Lamar register., 1898-12-21
NAMED DAWSON CITY.
nEw oolp cAMr BOOMING
Crowd. coattnne 20 F,eeh 10 Grssnhsru
Hlsl.--csnen CITY ia Tusnaoii


Denver. Dee. IA special from
Canon city TO the Rocky Mountain
News says:
There Il no abatement In the excite
mcnt caused by the strike In Hannum
4 pnwson's claim, the Copper King, In
the Greenhorn mountains, n few miles
from this city.
The owpers claim 10 have the gold
and TO have In placr a weli'dcnned
vein which can easily he traced for
miles across the country.
The owners further assert that 500
pounds Of quartz have been laid away
which bristies with free gold. some OF
this. they claim. win run 10 per cent.
sold. Rock not showing = spcek Of
gold under . strong glass. pans Al the
rate OF one and two ounces to the ton.
according 20 Interested parties returns
Men have swarmrd TO the hills to-
day in a constant stream. and the
claim stake is greatly in eyidcnec.
Mining nien from Cripple Greek. Colo
RADIO Springs and ncuyer have visited
the locality.
In hOnorof the discoveries, the town
site sampany has named ifs prospect
i've city Dawson. The tide Of human
Ity having rci In. busins=ss houses arr
hssinE eFcctcd. the first to be estsb-
lishcd being n restaurant. which viii
b. In full blast 10 morrpw, The ineyi-
table whisky shop viii also flourish
within = day or two.
People ieft the city At midnight TO h.
on the ground AT daylight this morn
Ing. aud At dark tonight the read was
still lined with foEtun. huntsrA Canon
City was taxed 50 u. utmost capacity
10 supply couEeyaDees for The anxious
ones, while rasRy made the trip co
foot. an sorts % puitis are t-ciEs pa,
together Tonight and Il is probable
that the rush Tomorrow viii eteesd
that OF to-day.
Teiegrams and Telephone messages
have bsen pourinx In all day. which
viii b. followed by a heavy inffuI Of
strangers oa the morrow
Application for paiea; on the coysprr
King. where the rich strike was made.
was Gled to-day. u covers several osk.
Dawsoa a Co. tributary aud aajAccn,
60 the Faalu tunnel
The main vein has hsen trarcd 10
day for distance ~ affcrn miles. the
Indications t-cinE v.ry Eopd- Some par
ties ciaim that u l. an extension Of
the famous Bassick vein. given fame
through years Of httxntiea at Silver
clir.
An e1tcrt Is aaotsd az saying that
many of the cropp'uEs 10 the vicinity
win yssid 50 % the ton. Or Bartlett
o. the AmeTiean Eiae nnstl.ai smsitez
pruuonncss Il the biggest fhing 10
Colorado. sisveioPmsut considered One
Of the fir-, msa on the Es5ani was ID.
". Richards, the mining Operator HIS
opinion couforms with that Of others
The country IN which the strike has
bren mad. u extremely broken ON the
surface. and until addifianal WORK has
been done II IL impossible TO dc;ernipe
what opportunity iherr win D. sor ad.
ditional fortune hunters The whoic Of
the hill about the Dawson property
has been sraked. whiie she ledge has
been traced foT a hong dissance. tlsere
has no, yet hseu time 10 uncover par
orr at any other point than the original
discovery
II developed today that the rnd was
made while ieyciing a planr ou which
90 build a wood pile and not while dix
ging cellar for a cabin. 4 sticE %
giant powder was put la TO knock on
some Of the rocky protubeTances. and
the explosion uncovered the rcin
IL u suggested by persons Interested
In learning The truth AZ the eari!ess
possible time that Large shlpmen, Of
ore be made TO ene OF the Pueblo
smelteTS in order that the average val
ne may be- determined While the eye
di-cioses that the rock carries high
value. the assay obtained from Lead
vile was not an a quantity sufficient
to fix with certainty the average OF
the vein