La Junta tribune., 1898-12-24
GOOD oRE-s,o CROWDS.
Dawson CRY Contisuss TO boom sad Pros
peetors Cover the Bilia

| Dawson City Contisuss Boom asd Pros
| peetnrs Cover the Hilia-
| 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 un-
covered the vein. removing the loose
rock and canvas by which !: was hid
den. broke on pieces with a pick. ear
ried the specimens into Canon City aud
had one OF them assayed.
| The assay ran iIS.O5 ounces, or go
561 In gold 10 the ton.
| Dawson City had boom yesterday
| which was surprise 10 everybody.
Even the owner OF the property upon
| which the town Is placed WAS not pre-
pared for the sudden growth OF the
town. T.. +. Jewett. upon whose plac-
er claim the town is built. saw that IL
was growing SO fast that he would be
obliged to survey II this morning or
perhaps lose his right to the land He
and the company which surveyed the
townsite below. therefore set c. w.
| Wells of Cripple Greek TO work survey
the placer claim for a townsite.
| Lots were sold before even the cen
| ter line OF the main street was run.
| During the whole day bur 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 nj first
| $40. then SD-xlO down and the rest
TO be paid when Jewctt and the Town
,f
tie The buyers OF the lots were among
the most prominent people in camp. in
Guiding II. w. Griswold OF Cripple
| Greek, n member of the Mining Ex.
| change OF Colorado Springs: J. H.
| Adams. interested In the Gold Sovcr-
eign mine OF Cripple Greek: C. NJ. Mac-
! Neill Of the Colorado & Philadelphia
| smelter at Pueblo: G. II. White. pres
dent OF the Ei Pas, Bank at Colorado
Springs: John Hissong. rich ranch
man OF the district.
| The camp became more excited as
| the day went on. Three or four fights
| over locations In the hills were report
ed. Several OF the men began to carry
reyolvers. Last night thirty or forty
people stayed in Dawson. Half Of
them slept In the tents. The o;her4
| rolled up in their blankets around
camp fires. Other fires glenm over the
| hills in every direction. Half way M
| the Greenhorn mountain slione 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 paw-
son. the Sentinel. owned by Jewett and
Il. y. Dawson: the Mike Sutton. owned
| by the Dawson people; the Emerald
Gem. owned by Matt Speakman: the
Copper Roy. owned by Gardner Il Cur
tbs; the Mabel h.. owned by Paul Nass
of Leadville; the Queen Bess. owned
| by +. +. .Icwett. james II. Peabody
and \. H. Rudolph, and the Good
| Night. All these claims. it is 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 rc
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 on,
could procure rig of any kind or a
horse after 10 o'clock In the morning.
| The Rio t;rande railroad has been
look ius, Into the situation. w II. Paul
| civil engineer OF the Denver 4 Ria
Grande. examined the country between
Canon City and the Dawson mine yes
| tertlay morning. j. J. Burns. superin
| fendent Of division No. of the Denver
4 Rio Grande. will look over the same
| ground next Tuesday morning. An Of
| fetal Of the road, who does not care 10
have his name mentioned. said:
| THE Denver h Rio Grande will junir
| at the chance of putting railroad past
Dawson City II the strike turns ont n.
| good as it is mt present thought to be
| From n point just above Canon City
| a road about five miles long over the
hills can be run to the new town. and
| from the town carried over IL low di
vide into Grape Greek. where the old
Denver & Rio Grande line ran 10 West.
ellie 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 10
Wes;cliffe. the roadbed and yrea,
part of the roadway remain. AS the
road past Dawson City would run to
Westcliffe. 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
Rio Grande and Santa Fe railroads
carried II small crowd of eager pros
pectors and mining engineers. all head
ed for the new camp.
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