CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-08-02
DAWSON CAMP A WINNER.
The Copper King Getting Into
Richer Ores.
PERSISTENT WORKING COUNTS.
More Than Six Hundred Feet Of
Development Work Shaft Is
Now $50 Feep Deep.

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other: the formation is not right;
you'll find no gold or silver there"
And 50 it may be regarding the ter
ritory just to the south and west of
Canon City.
Much has been written regarding
that mineral section known as the
camp at Dawson City; so much, in
deed, that not few people are ready
to express the opinion that Dawson
City camp is a myth, place where
the fool and his money soon parts y
1t may be true that much of what
has been said in the past has been
overdrawn, or, at least, could have
been expressed in mildCr terms, and
still have said volumes for the camp.
But Dawson City camp is no idler's
dream; it is verify. and in the near
future development will convince the
most skeptical that mineral is where
you find it."
To know this camp one must visit
it, must tramp its hills and gulches;
examine the float, follow up the out
groupings as they appear on the sur
face and test the ore exposed. Go
down into the old prospect holes and
study the rocks there uncovered; see
how they dip; study the general for
nations of the country. Talk with
the miners; not those windy, loud
mouthed ones, but with those who
SAY nothing and saw wood"
1t was the writer's privilege on
Friday last to pass the day at Daw-
son City camp as the guest of the
Copper King people. The day was
hot still it was passed very pleasant
ly under the efficient supervision of
mine superintendent Play. The ride
to the camp was made enjoyable by
ever changing scenery continually
unfolded to US on this our first trip
to that camp which has attracted
such wide spread attention during the
past eighteen months.
The greater part of the time, how
ever, was spent on the Copper Kings
ground, as our limited time would
hardly justify an attempt to carefully
examine other properties. At a
later day the camp will be again
visited when other properties will be
examined.
When the present owners of Cop
per King located the property in 1898
they found an old tunnel or "ten-foot
face" that showed up fairly well in
pay ore, but not in sufficient quantity
to justify continuance of work at
that point, as an examination of the
ground seemed to Indicate that the
claim should have been worked from
some point lower down the mountain
side. With that object in view the
work was suspended and surface pros
pecting was started. A good vein
was uncovered and preparations were
made to start work on new tunnel,
erect a cabin, etc. In leveling the
ground for the cabin and also for
ground for tramway rough and
rocky place must of necessity be
cleared, and in doing this some rock
literally alive with free gold was dis
covered. The news spread like wild
fire; hundreds of people quickly COW
cred every available foot of ground.
Canon City seemed for time desert
ed. Not a for long time, however, as
miners and prospector came .focking
here from every quarter. 1t was i'm
possible to keep the excited crowd
away from the golden rock.
Directly opposite this point the
new tunnel was started and run in q
southwesterly direction for dis
tance of 160 feet; from the end of
this tunnel drift was run 81 feet in
a southerly direction. In both these
workings large bodies of low grade
ore were uncovered and lines the top
and one side of the tunnel almost its
entire length. From this and the old
upper tunnel 160 tons Of ore were
shipped to the smelter, the returns
from which were quite satisfactory
Every indication to the practical
minsr however, clearly demonstrated
that the claim should be worked
through shaft, and the ground was
again carefully prospected to ascer-
tain the trend of the gold bearing