The Cook County herald., 1900-10-27
CRIPTIi 'R NOW.
THE FAMOUS TOWN rs Still
PRO OsPEROUJs


First view tho ,,I Dis one Mine
s.1 Names.
The mining center Of Cripple Greek.
Coll is still mecca for thousands of 81
people who chase the fantasy of 9
wealth. 18th al its changes res, #
tragedies, decay an reconde scence-s.s
Cripple Creek is more prosperous than S
ever. The town has a population of
:25,00O and the district Of SO, 900. So
One feels the spell Of the district the
moment he passes within its confines
and looks for the first time upon q II
prospecting hole or the magic name of
some fortune making company blaz-.s
ioned pon the walls Of a big shaft
writes a correspo ondent The pulse h
5quickens at the sight, the eyes bright tt
en-, there is a thrill along the spine
The germ has entered the blood. From
that moment until a man quits the re-
gion for good and all he is not safe;;$
his peace of mind is in danger. The s
germ works like a strange stimulant.|
Tt allays apprehension and quickens
every faculty until the victim loses
fear of loss and is seized with an over
weaving confidence in his ability TO
make a speedy fortune. He has seen
men who have made fortunes in a day
and he sees around him evidences OF
wealth and successful ventures. For.
tune-making looks easy. Yes, it is
easy. Why don't more men do it?"
he asks himself, and then adds, il he's
foolish. Watch me- Z zys.. #. :s,5 i.
g It isn't hard: to guess that one is in
the enchanted region. He breaks
through the mountains and comes upon
little pocket Of a valley remarkable
only for the greenness of it's grass and
. here and there hole in the ground,
surrounded possibly by a ring of brok-s :
en- rock AS: he advances these holes
and rock piles become more mum
The mountain side is thick with them
Each hole and pile of rock mark the /
place where some man has tried for a
fortune and failed, and where some
other man may try again and sue
ceed. 81 49, z@f = i -
Owing to the difficulty in recognizing
valuable ore. which is less now than it
was a few years ago, piles OF rock +
very rich in gold have sometimes
been thrown aside as worthless and
left for others to reduce and make for
tunes. Il. -. %.S:, 81 E' II y
i. History, biography, fiction, poetry,
mythology and science are all levied
on for names for the various mines and
mining companies. .,.,g..@< i ss5es i.
2 A few of these names are worth not
ing. .sThe Arabian Nights is one Of
the first things one thinks of on enter
ing the district. Then there is the
.'Apothecaries'' mine, named probably
from the direction Of the thoughts of
the projectors fol lowing the considera-
tion Of the possibility of failure. Ben
Hur is commemorated in a mine bear
ing his name. There IS as.B..sP B. 20. E.: =
mining company inviting the inVests
ments Of the Elks.s Then there are /
mines called "The Carnation, he
Rose" )" CLEOPATRA Colonial Danes. z n
Perhaps one of the most popular
names is that of the Cripple Greek
Madonna" # .s5
Is OF course there1is Croesus, and
the fellow who had hopes of making a
fortune, and thereby securing the hand
of some fair maiden or widow named
his prospect Cupid One mine is
called Dante y Just why is not ap-
parent unless the projectors had in :
mind the inferno" and the inscription
over the door of the regions of gloom,
Abandon all hopes ye who enter
here.'' Fortune is courted by a name
in her honor and George Washington
is not forgotten. Neither is Gladstone
nor the golden calf. A mining camp
could not fail to produce a Jack Pot
mine. nor a t'Gold Coin" There is
also the comprehensive title 'sKlon-%
dixie, Cripple Creek and .Galena." he
Last Dollar contains the biography of
its owner in a nutshell. The puritans@
are remembered in three names, /" = F'ur
itan. >, n tMaydower'' and Pilgrim &
Some gambler, doubtless, named the @
..Monte Carlo s.The Pay Car is the /
suggestive and hope Inspiring name of
another. In anticipation of possible
.catastrophes, another company has
named its mine the RED Cross. The
s.Red Umbrella probably had in mind
the impression made upon hi him 3 by
some red umbrella Of the days Of his
youth. Some poet has named his mine
the E Robert Burns. '' Some historian
has called his the Rubicon
IN the Cripple Creek hotel lobbies
one meets representatives of every
class the district contains. # he is
after a mine or wants to buy a claim,
the man is there who has mines and
claims to sell. is no trouble at al
to find prospector who has a claim
that he is sure is full Of gold t.ric her
than nything n the district z He I
has taken out samples Of ore that have
sassaysd t.hu hundreds of dollars to the
ton He carries a few samples Of 1
roasted ore IN his pockets and on this &
the big beads of. yellow gold stick out II
IN a most convincing manner.