Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-19

COLORAD0'S DAWSON.
NEW GOLD FIND WHICH HAS CAUSED
/ An OLD TINE STAMPEDE.
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Camp L. Named For tie Miner Who
:: Discovered = Pay Streak In an
Aoandoned copper Mine wild
Rush For the New Field.
A lew gold strike has been made in
Colorado, and tho miners of the west
have joined in another of those famous
stampedes. BY a curious coincidence
the strike was made BY man named
B. 4. Dawson. So the new camp is
called Dawson. inst at present it is
even livelier than The Klondike metrop-
oils of the same name.
Dawson iasa miner and prospector.
He has four brothers who are also min.
ere. He had been wandering about the
Colorado goldhe]ds for several months.
A few weeks ago he was looking over
the site Of the Copper King, an aban-
doned copper mine about ten miles from
Canon City and almost directly south
Of Denver. Colorado Springs and Grip.
pie Creek are also in, the neighborhood.
Dawson decided to put up sbanty and
spend some time in the neighborhood.
A careless blow of bis az as he was
clearing the ground knocked the top
from a projecting ledge and showed him
q vein Of gold which is said to have as
sayed as high as Sic, 600 to the ton.
Dawson at once located his claim and
sent for his brothers. The news leaked
out. and within "a hours thousands of
people were on their way to the new
strike. Being in mining neighborhood
and comparatively easy Of access, the
rush was a big one. Where Dawson g
lonely hut had been tents BY the hun
dreds began to spring up. The first one
was erected by an Fenterprising saloon
keeper who, led the van in a wagon. He
took with him three barrels of whisky.
, Three restaurants were started the first
forenoon. =
The mining camp was peopled as
though BY magic. Two dance halls were
in full blast when night fell over the
!. new camp, and q general provision store
was doing land sofhce business 4's.a's q :
The news of the find was telegraphed
to Denver and all the other cities Of the
state, and every train that has gone into
Canon City since then has carried car
loads Of fortuae hunters.
The excitement aroused by the dis.
covery of gold grew hourly. Denver
i capitalists sent trusted agents to the
scene, accompanied by expert assayers,
with instructions to buy every claim
that could be purchased if the ore tests
should warrant the investment. In
Canon City and Dawson City the ex.
[, citement was at fever heat
y Long before daylight on the morning
after the news was spread the old Canon
City and Silver Cliff road was throneed
with a long string of wagons, horses
and men on foot from Canon City. The
hills on which; the find was made were
spotted all day with the prospectors.
No profession or. occupation withheld
it's members from joining in the hunt
for gold. : i ~.,.-
Old men who could not bear the
weight of picks scrambled up the snowy
slopes in the wake of boys just out Of
the graded schools. Former convicts
just out of the peuitentiaries, lawyers,
county officials, tradesmen and clerks
i; Joined in tho procession with prospectorr
and trained geologista.
Women, even joined in the chase.
Men on foot begged transportation from
the luokier ones in wagons and even
prayed men On horseback to allow them
the privilegeo of hanging to the horses
tails. ~S>f ts%..y
Experts on the ground say that there
can be no doubt that q new and wonder.
I fully productive goldfield has, been dis.
covered. The skeptical said at first
that only = pocket had been found, but
this theory has been. exploded by new
finds made. The original seam showed
oubes and threads Of pure gold in places,
but most Of the specimens show it
mixed with mica and copper.
The new town which has been staked
ont lies at thi foot Of Greenhorn noun
tain, half mile from the discovery
claim = Oreede and Cripple Creek have
both been emptied Of their floating pop.
ulation:s A town company has been
formed and crude kind Of local gov.
ernment organized. A spur railroad
track Will beput into the town. .
All the scenes which have made "a
NOUS the mining camps Of former days
are being REPEATED in the new Dawson.
Reports Of new finds cause frantic
stampedes at tintervals. Spectators are
eagerly bidding for olaima and manv