Evening journal., 1900-04-26
AN ELUSIVE BONANZA
THE STORY OF THE LOST LODE OF
GORE RANGE.

How Tenderfoot Accidentally Dis
covered This Wonderful Hank of
Gold aud Why lie Didn't Enjoy the
Richness Thereof.
They were telling mining stories IN
the courthouse. ana Dee Reese, the
lawyer, asked:
"Did you ever hear Of the lost lode
Of the Gore ranger
The other lawyers sitting around
him said they had never heard Of It
and then waited for him TO begin. Mr..
Reese borrowed a fresh chew of tobac-
co and told this story;
Hundreds Of experienced and mex
| perlenced miners as well have spent
a great 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 men
from Iowa visited Routt county. Colo,
In the fall Of 1896 on a 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
ern Colorado. One OF the party was
a druggist. who had gone on the trip
for his health. He knew nothing OF
mining. He had been warned by an
old miner before be left Iowa not 70 be
fooled. as many tenderfoot had been.
by what Is known as fools gold or
iron pyrites. SO this druggist paid no
attention TO the rocks. but attended
strictly 10 his hunting and fishing
zone afternoon while hunting for
deer he started a fine buck and fired at
him and wounded him. The buck fell,
but got up and ran before the druggist
could get to him. Where he fell was a
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 a 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 70 rest.
"In the enthusiasm Of the chase he
had not noted which way he travelled,
and he realized that he was lost in the
heavily tlmbered mountains. with
night coming ON. He knew it would
be useless 10 try and find the camp
that night. so he gathered a pile Of
dead limbs and kindled n 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 frellght He
got up and examined II, supposing Il
was the fools gold he had been warn
ed against But the rock looked so
pretty that he broke or several pieces
and put them in the pocket OF his
: hunting coat intending 70 carry them
back to Iowa with him as curioslties.
"rhe next day he wandered all the
forenoon. and then found the Gore
. pass road over the range and followed
1t 20 the camp. That very afternoon
a regular mountain snowstorm began.
and the party broke camp. returned to
J Steamboat Springs and from there
went east.
"The druggist, whose name ! have
forgotten, stald in Denver for q few
days on his way TO his home ia Iowa.
In the lobby Of a hotel In Denver the
talk drifted 70 mining. and the drug
gist mentioned the specimens of stone
he had found aud was taking home.
An old miner never misses a chance to
examine a specimen and in this group
In hn 1lNlf old
20 or. He asked to be shown the speci-
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 1t closely and exclaimed:
"Man, that's the richest specimen
! Of gold bearing quartz l have ever
seeng
1.-The druggist thought at first that
|, he was being jozed with. but at last
the old miner induced him to take the
Specimens to Burlingame, the best as
! sayer In Denver. Burlingame assayed
! a piece Of the quartz and reported that
It yielded gold at the rate Of $1,000 to
4 the ton. The druggist was not salts
I fed. He submitted another piece OF
O the quartz TO another expert assayer
!. and got a report that it yielded gold at
the rate of $4,000 TO the ton.
s ''The druggist returned at once to
\ Steamboat Springs, but there was snow
4 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 havel searched for IT.
b too. but no trace Of It has been found"
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