The Meeker herald., 1898-12-24
NAMED DAWSON CITY.
NEW GOLD CAMP BOOMING
Crowds Continue to Flock to Greenhorn
RilIs-Capon city In Turmoil.

Denver, Dec. ia special from
Canon City to the Rocky Mountain
News says:
There is no abatement in the excite
ment caused by the strike in Hannum
& Dawson's claim, the Copper King, in
the Greenhorn mountains, few miles
from this city.
The owners claim to have the gold
and to have in place n well-defined
vein which can easily be traced for
miles across the country.
The owners further assert that 500
pounds Of quartz have been laid away
which bristles with free gold. Some of
this, they claim. will run GO per cent.
gold. Rock not showing a speck of
gold under a strong glass. pans at the
rate OF one and two ounces to the ton,
according 70 Interested parties returns.
Men have swarmed to the hills to-
day in constant stream, and the
claim stake is greatly in evidence.
Mining men from Cripple Creek, Colo
rado Springs and Denver have visited
the locality.
In honor of the discoyerers, the town
site company has named its prospect
i've city Dawson. The tide of human
ity having set in, business houses are
| being erected, the first to be estab-
| lished being a restaurant, which will
be in full blast omorrow. The inevi-
table whisky shop will also flourish
within day or two
People left the city at midnight to be
on the ground at daylight this morn
| Ing, and at dark tonight the road was
| still lined with fortune hunters. Canon
| City was taxed to its utmost capacity
to supply conveyances for the anxious
ones, while many made the trip on
foot. All sorts of outfits are being put
together tonight, and it is probable
that the rush tomorrow will exceed
| that Of to-day.
kilograms and telephone messages
have been pouring in all day. which
Will be followed by a heavy influx of
| strangers on the morrow.
| Application for patent on the Copper
! King. where the rich strike was made,
was filed to-day. 1t covers several 9TH
er valuable claims located by Hannum,
| Dawson & Co., tributary and adjacent
to the main tunnel.
| The main vein has been traced to-
day for distance of fifteen miles, the
| Indications being very good. Some par
| ties claim that 1t is an extension of
the famous Bassick vein, given fame
| through years OF litigation at Silver
| Cliff.
An expert is quoted as saying that
many Of the groupings in the vicinity
Will yield 500 to the ton. DIR. Bartlett
of the American zinc and lead smelter
pronounces it the biggest thing in
Colorado, development considered. One
OF the first men on the ground was d.
NJ. Richards, the mining operator. His
opinion conforms with that of others.
The country in which the strike has
been made Is extremely broken on the
surface, and until additional work has
been done 1t is impossible to determine
what opportunity there will be for ad-
ditional fortune hunters. The whole OF
the hill about the Dawson property
has been staked. While the ledge has
been traced for long distance, there
has not yet been time to uncover pay
ore at any other point than the original
discovery.
It developed to-day that the find was
made while leveling place on which
to build wood pile and not while dig
ging cellar for cabin. stick OF
giant powder was put in to knock off
some Of the rocky protuberances, and
the explosion uncovered the vein.
1t is suggested by persons interested
in learning the truth at the earliest
possible time that n large shipment of
ore be made to one of the Pueblo
smelters in order that the average val
ue may be determined. While the eye
discloses that the rock carries high
value, the assay obtained from Lead
vile was not on quantity sufficient
to fix with certainty the average of
the vein.