The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
AN ELUSIVE BONANZA
TIE SroRY or THE LOST LODE OF
GORE RANGE.

How Tcnderfout Accidentally Dis-
covered rhis Wonderful hank OF
Goid aud why lie Didn't Enjoy the
Bichncss Thereof.
They were telling mining stories In
the courthouse. and Dee Reese. the
lawyer. asked:
Did you ever hear of the lost lode
of the Gore rangcY
The other lawyers sitting around
him said they had mover heard Of it
and then waited for him TO begin Mr..
Reese borrowed fresh chew Of tobac.
60 and told this story:
"Hundrpds Of experienced and mex.
pericuccd miners as well have spent
n grcnt deal OF time and money looking
for the lost lode Of the Gore range.
and they are searching for it yet
This famous mine was found and lost
In the fan of 1896. a party of mon
from Iowa visited Iloutt county. Colo.
In the fall of 1896 on hunting and
fishing trip The party made its
headquarters at Steamboat Springs
In the latter part OF October the party
moved up and went into camp on
Rock creek in the Gore range Of
mountains. which runs through north.
crn Colorado. one OF the party was
druggist. who had gone on the trip
for his health He knew no,llng Of
mining Ilc had been warned by an
old miner before ne lpft Iowa not to be
fnAipH ~
by what Is known ns FOOLS gold. or
iron pyrites So THIS druggist paid no
attention to the rocks, hut attended
strictly to his hunting and fishing.
"One afternoon while hunting for
deer he started n fine buck and fired at
him aud wounded him The buck fell
but got up and ran before the druggist
could get to MIN. Where he fcll was n
pool of blood. which showed that he
was badly wounded The hunter trailed
him by the blood spots on the dead
leaves and grass for mile and there
found where the buck had lain down
and then rising had gone on again. In
this way the chase continued until
sundown. and then the hunter who
was exhausted, sat down on an out.
cropping ledge Of rocks to rest
"1n the enthusiasm Of the chase he
had not noted which way ne travelled.
and he realized that he was lost In the
heavily tlmbered mountains. with
night coming on lie knew 1t would
be useless to try and find the camp
that night. so he gathered pile of
dead llmbs ana Eludlcd fire against
the ledge of rocks and laid down with
his feet to the blaze and prepared to
sleep. While lying there he noticed
the rocks sparkled in the lrclight He
got up and examined il. supposing it
was the fools gold hc had been warn.
ed against. But the rock looked SO
pretty that he broke Off several pieces
and put them In the pocket Of his
hunting coat, intending to carry them
back to Iowa with him as curiositles.
"rhe next day he wandered all the
forenoon. ana then found the Gore
pass road over the range ana followed
it to the camp That very afternoon
a regular mountain suowstorm began.
and the party broke camp, returned to
Steamboat Springs and from there
went east
"The druggist, whose name have
forgotten. stald in Denver for Il few
days on his way to his home in Iowa.
In the lobby OF hotel in Denver the
talk drftcd to mining and the drug
gist mentioned the specimens OF stone
he had found and was taking home.
An old miner never misses chance to
examine II specimen and in this group
In the hotel lobby was an old prospect
or. He asked to be shown the spec-
mems. The druggist went to his room,
fished up the old hunting coat from
the bottom of 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
seenr
"The druggist thought ut first that
he was being ioked with, but NJ last
the old miner induced him to take the
specimens to Burlingame, the best as.
sayer in Denver. Burlingame assayed
piece of the quartz ana reported that
it yielded gold ut the rate of SlT,OO0 to
the ton. The druggist was not salts.
fed He submitted another piece of
the quartz TO another expert assayer
and got report that II yielded gold at
the rate of $3.50 to the ton
THE druggist returned at once TO
Steamboat Springs, but 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
lode, and others have searched for it,
too, but no trace Of 1t has been found"
Kansas City Star
weighing the Raby.
The weighing Of Infants. pait Of
fha routine In chtl1rou'u hostft,ls aud