The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-03-21
An NELUsIyE BONANZA
The STORY or TIE Lo3T LODE or
CORE RANGE-

17E SICkr Or tT6 LII lODG Vt
CORE RANcE.
How Tesserfoof Accidentally Dis
coxrred TITS wonaerfuI naPk OF
Gold and why Ne DidR't Enjoy che
EIchness Thereof.
They were telling mixing stories in
tie courthouse. and Dee Reese. the
iewyer. asked:
Did you ever hear Of the lost lode
OF tie Gore range"
The other lawyers sitting around
hha said they hsd never heard Of it
and then waited for him 10 begin. Mr.
Reese borrowed a fresh chew Of tObac-
co aud told this story:
-Huudnssis Of experienced and mex
pcriencpd miners as wen have spent
a great deaf Of time aud money boxing
for the lost lode OF the Gore range.
a.d they are searching for it yet
This famous mine was found and lost
IN tke fan OF 1896. 4 party Of men
from Iowa visited Routt county. Cole.
10 fke fall OF 1896 on hunting and
fishing trip. The party male its
heatlgraffers at Steamboat Springs.
In latter part Of October the party
moved up and went into camp on
Rock creek. in the Gore range Of
rleuniains. which runs through north
ern Colorado. one Of the party was
q druggist. who had gore on the trip
FOR bis health. He knew nothing Of
mining. lie had been warned by an
old miner before be left Iowa not to be
fooled. as saany a tenderfoot had been.
hy what is known as fools gold or
iron pyriics So this druggist paid 10
aftcniion 10 the rocks. but attended
strictly to bis hunting and fishing
-GBe afternoon while bEniiDg for
deer he started a fine buck and fired AT
Tim and wounded him. The back fen.
tut sat un aud ran before the druggist
could -p; 10 him. Where be feil WIS a
pool Of blood. which Showed that he
vas badly wounded The hunter fraiied
hsm Icy tie blood spots on The dead
iravrs and grass for mile aud there
found where the buck had lain down
and t!len rising had gone on agaia- In
this way the chase continued until
sundown. aud then the hunter, who
was exhausted. sat down on an out
cropping ledge Of rocks 70 rest
III the enthusiasm OF the chase he
lad not noted which way he Travelled.
and he realized that be was lost in the
heavily timbered mountains. with
night coming on. He knew il woJld
be useless 10 try ail lnd the camp
tllat night. so he gathered a pile Of
dead nmbs and klndled q ere against
the ledge of rocks and laid down with
his feet TO the blaze and prepared 10
sleep. While lying there he noticed
the rocks sparkled in the freight He
got up and examined it, suppOsing ii
was the fools gold he had been warn-
ed against. But the rock looked SO
pretty thai be broke or several pieces
and put them in the pocket Of his
hunting eoas. Intending 10 carry them
hack TO Iowa with him as curiosities-
'-rhe next day he wandered all the
forenoon. and then found the Gore
pass road over the range and followed
il TO the camp. That very afternoon
a regular mountain snowstorm began,
and the party broke camp. returned TO
Steamboat Springs and from there
went east
The druggist. whose name / have
forgotten. staid in Denver for 4 few
days oa his way TO his home in Iowa
Ia the lobk. OF hotel in Denver the
talk drifted 10 mining. and the drug
gist mentioned the specimens OF stone
he had found and was taking home.
An Old min never misses q chance TO
examine a lecimen and in this group
in the hotel bsy was an old prospect
or He ash 10 be shown the speci-
mems. The rusSist went TO his room.
fished up old bunting coat from
the bottom f his trunk and took out
the piece OF stone. The miner exam
ined it closely and exclaimed:
MAN. that's the richest specimen
OF gold bearing quartz have ever
seem
The druggist thought at first that
be WAS being joled with. but At last
the old miner induced him to take the
Specimens TO Burlingame. the best as
sayer in Denver. Burlingame assayed
n piece Of the quartz and reported that
IL yielded gold AT the rate of $1,000 to
the ton. The druggist was not salts
fed He submitted another piece OF
the quartz 70 another expert assayer
and got a report that il yielded gold al
ihe rate Of $4,000 to the ton.
The druggist returned at once 20
Steamboat Springs. bat there WAS snow
IN The mountains. He went back TO
Iowa and returned to the Gore range
the next spring and has spent every
summer since then looking for the lost
iode. and Others have searched for il.
TOO. suJ no trace of il has been found"
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