The Springfield herald., 1898-12-23
NAMED DAWSON CITY.
NEW GOLD CAMP BOOMING
Crowds Continue to Flock to Grecnhorn
Htlls-Canon City In II 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, Il few miles
from this city.
The owners claim to have the gold
and to have in place well-defined
vein which can easily be traced for
miles across the country.
The owners further assert that 800
pounds of quartz have been laid away
which bristles with free gold. Some of
this, they claim. will run 60 per cent.
gold. Rock not showing speck of
gold under a strong glass, pans at the
rate of one and two ounces to the ton,
according to interested parties returns.
Men have swarmed to the hills to-
day in Il constant stream, and the
claim stake is greatly in evidence.
Mining men from Cripple Greek, Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver have visited
the locality.
In honorof the discoverers, the town
site company has named its prospect
i've city Dawson. The tide of human
ity having set in. business houses are
lished being a restaurant which will
be in full blast tomorrow The inevi
table whisky shop will also flourish
within II day or two.
People left the city ut midnight to be
on the ground ut 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.
Telegrams 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
err valuable claims located by Hannum,
Dawson Il Co., tributary and adjacent
to the main tunnel.
The main vein has been traced to-
day for a distance of fifteen miles, the
indications being very good. Some par
ties claim that it is an extension of
the famous Bassick vein, given fame
through years oI llllSatlOH at silver
Cliff.
An expert is quoted as saying that
many of the groupings in the vicinity
will yield $40 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 ID.
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 adj
ditional fortune hunters. The whole of
the hill about the Dawson property
has been staked. While the ledge has
been traced for a long distance, there
has not yet been time to uncover pay
ss-:. E : cnI, nthor pnint than the original
it dfvesoPed to-day that the find was
made while levcling n place on which
to build wood pile and not while dig
ging cellar for n cabin. A stick of
giant powder was put in to knock OF
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
lie may be determined. While the eve
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.