The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24
GOOD oRE-eio CROWDS.
Dawson City Continu-s To Boom and Pros
pectors Cover the HiiiA

pectors Cover the Hills.
Denver, Dec. 10.-A 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 |, was hid
den, broke Off pieces with pick, ear
ried the specimens into Canon City and
mad one OF them assayed.
The assay ran 4TS.05 ounces, or So
581 In gold to the ton.
Dawson City had Il 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. l.. +. Jewett, upon whose plac-
er claim the town is built, saw that 1t
was growing so fast thu, he would be
Obliged to survey 1t this morning or
perhaps lose his right to the land. He
ana the company which surveyed the
townsite below. therefore set c. w.
Wells OF Cripple Creek to work survey
the placer claim for n townsite.
Lots We're 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
Soxl25 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 $GO-S1O 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 X. W. Griswold OF Cripple
Greek. member OF the Mining Ex.
change OF Colorado Springs; ]. H..
Adams. Interested In the Gold Sover.
eign mine Of Cripple Creek: c. NJ. Mae
Neill OF the Colorado 4 Philadelphia
smelter at Pueblo: G. II. White. presi.
dent OF the FL Pnso Bank at Colorado
springs; John Hissong. Il rich ranch.
man OF the district.
Ihe camp became more excited us
the day went on. Three or four fights
over locations In the hills We're report.
ed. Several OF the men began TO carry
revoivers. Last night thirty or forty
people stayed In Dawson. Half OF
rolled up in their blankets around
camp fires. Other fires CLEAN over the
nils in every direction. Half way up
the Grcenhorn mountain shope th,,
light at the Dawson mine. where two
OF the owners remain on guard.
The claims which are attracting III,
most attention at present are the Daw.
son. the Sentinel. owned by Jcwctt and
IL. \. Dawson: the Mike Sutton. owned
by the Dawson people: the Emerald,
Gem, owned by Matt Speakman; tho
Copper Boy. owned by Gardner 4 Cur.
lis; the Mabel r.. owned by Paul Mass
o- Leadville: the Queen Bcss. owned
by Il. i. Jewctt. James II. Peabody
and A. ii. 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 10
work on week days wen, into the hills
Tor 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 n
horse after 10 o'clock In the morning,
The Rio Grandc railroad has been
looking into the situation. W. II. Paul
civil engineer Of the Denver A. RIG
Grnndc. examined the country between
Canon City and the Dawson mine Yea
terdny morning. J. j. Burns. supcrin.
tendent OF division No. l OF the Denver
4 Rio Grande. will look over the same
ground next Tuesday morning. An OF.
| ficial of the road. who does not care 10
have his name mentioned. said:
THE Denver Il Rio Grandc will jumu
nj the chance OF putting railroad pas,
Dawson City II the strike turns out ns
good ns II In at present though, 10 be,
From point Just above Canon City
n road about five miles long over Tho
hills can be run to the new town, and
from the town carried over a low dI.
vide Into Grape Creek. where the old
Denver 4 Rio Grandc line ran 10 West.
clifre years ago. The old road was
washed out for about five miles abov.
Canon City several years ago, but from
that point opposite Dawson City 10
Wcs'clifre. the roadbcd and a grca,
part OF the roadway remain As IN.
road past Dawson City would run Ia
Wcs'cllfrc 1t would not depend upon
the mines nlonc 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 be- found In the
corridors OF the hotels discussing the
prospects.
Every train that left this city ycstcr.
day for Canon City over the Denver
4 Rio Grnndc and Santa Fe railroads
carried small crowd OF eager pros.
pcctors and mining engineers, all head.
ed for the new camp.