The Lamar register., 1898-12-21
GOOD E-sro CROWDS.
Dawson City contisu-- to boom aud Pro.
p~otor. Csy-r the Hin.

p~ctor. css-r the Hill,
Denver. Dee. ia special dIspatch
from Canon City to the Republican,
says:
The presence OF gold 10 the vein OF
the Dawson mine Is proved beyond
doubt
Your correspondent yesterday uu
covered the vein, removing the loose
rock and canvas by which {, was hid
den, broke on pieces with a pick. car
ried the specimens into Canon City aud
had one o. them assayed
The assay ran ITso5 ounces, or So
56i In gold To the ton.
Dawson City had 4 boom yesterday
which was a surprise to everybody.
Eten the owner uf the property upon
Nhleh the town Is placed was not pre-
pared for the sudden growth Of the
town. E. 8. Jewett. upan whose plac.
cr claim the town Is built. saw that II
was growing 80 fast that be would be
Obliged 10 survey Il 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 n townSite.
Lots were sold before even the CEN
ter line OF the main street was run.
During the whole dny but four half.
blocks were surveyed, and all the lots
IN these blocks were suld. Each block
contained twelve lots. The lots are
2axi25 feet. The street called Denver
avenue Is sixty feet wide and runs
cas-, and wes..
The terms for the lots were at hrs,
$50, thea S0o-Sio down and the rest
TO BE- paid when Icwc,t and the Town
Company could give a guarantee OF H.
tie, The buyers Of the lots were among
the most prominent people in camp, in.
Guiding II. W. 6riswuld Of Cripple
Crsek. a member Of the Mining Ex-
change OF Colorado Springs: J. IL
Adams, interested In the Gold sover.
eign mine OF Cripple Greek: @. NJ. Mac
NELL uf the Colorado * Philadelphia
stneltcr At Pueblo; C II. White. presi-
dent OF the ~ Paso Bank at Colorado
Springs. John Hlssoug. . rich ranch
uiNn OF the district.
The camp became more excited as
the day went on. Three or four tights
over locations In the hills were report
ed. Several Of the men began 20 carry
revoivcrs. Last night thirty or forty
people stayed In Dawson. Half OF
them slept Ia the tents. The others
rolled up In their blankets around
camp fires Other fires gleam over the
hills In every direction Half way up
the Greenhou mountain shone the
light AZ the Dawson mine. where two
of the owners remain on guard.
The claims which aTe attracting th,
most attention at present are the Daw-
son. the Sentinel. owned by Jewett and
Il. X Dawson: the Mike Sutton. owned
by the Dawson people: the Emerald
Gem. owned by Matt Speakman: the
Copper Boy. owned by Gardner * Cur
tbs; the Mabel r., owned by Paul Mass
OF LeAdyiiie: the Queen Bess. owned
by F.. F. Jewett. James II. Peabody
and A. H. Rudolph. and the Good
Night. All these claims, II 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 TO
work on week days went into the hills
for the first time yesterday. Although
hundreds OF people from outside the
town went Ia their own wagons, no one
could procure a rig OF any kind or n
horse after 10 o'clock IN the morning.
The Rio Graude railroad has been
looking into the situation. W II. Paul.
civil engineer OF the Denver x Rio
Grande. examined the country between
Canon City and the Dawson mine yes
tertlay morning j. ]. Burns, superin-
tendent OF division No. Of the Denver
4 Rio Grande. will look over the same
ground next Tuesday morning. An Of
ticial OF the road. who does not care 10
have his name mentioned. said:
"The Denver X Rio Grande VIII jump
at the chance OF putting a railroad past
Dawson City II the strike turns out as
good as il is at 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 low di-
vide into Grape Greek, where the old
Denver Il Rio Grande line ran TO West
cliffe wears ago. The old road was
washed out for about five miles above
Canon City several years ago, but from
that point opposite Dawson City to
westclifTe, the roadbad and a great
part of the roadway remain. As the
road past Dawson City would run to
westcliffe 1t would not depend upon
the nines 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 be found in the
tho bpEalS hiSpuSsinu the