Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-30
LOsT LoDE og TmE oonE nANGR:
Hundreds Of Miners Have Tried in
Vain ~ Find H.

Nulh 10 hIhN NJ
They were telling mining stories In
the courthouse, and Dee Reese, the
lawyer, asked;
"Dld you ever hear OF the lost lode
OF the Gore rnnge"
The other lawyers sitting around
him said they had never heard oI VI
and then waited for him TO begin. Mr..
Reese borrowed fresh chew OF tOhAe-
co and told This story;
"IIundreds OF experienced and mex
penlcnced miners as well have spent
great deal OF time and money look
Ing for the lost lode OF the Gore
range, and they are searching for IL
yet. The famous mine was found and
lost IN the fan Of 1900, A rNrty Of
men from Iowa visited Routt county,
Colo, In the fall OF 1896 on q hunting
and fishing trip. ihe 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 throughnorth.
crn Colorado, One Of the party was
a druggist, who had gone on the trip
for his health, lie knew nothing Of
mdnlng. He had been warned by an
old mdncr before he left Iowa not to
be fooled, MS MANY tendcrfoot had
been by what is known ns fools
Tgold,' or iron pyrltes, So the drug,
gist paid no attention TO the rocks,
but attended strictly no his hunting
and fishing.
Zone afternoon while hunting for
deer he started u fine buck and fred
M him and wounded him. The buck
fell, but got up and ran before the
druggist could get TO him. Where he
fell was pool of blood, which showed
that he was badly wounded, The hun.
ter tlNilcd him by the blood spots on
the dead Leaves and grass for n male
and there found where the buck had
lain down and then rising had gone
on again, In this way the chase con.
tinucd until suQdown, and then the
hunter who was exhausted, sat down
on an out'croppng ledge Of rocks TO
rest.
"ln the enthusiasm Of the chase he
had not noted which way he Travelled,
and he realized that he was lost In
the heavily tmbcrcd mountains, with
might coming onI He knew II would
he useless to try and find the camp
that night so he gathered Il pile Of
1cnd limbs, nnod kndlcd n fire against
the ledge Of rocks and laid down with
Ihs feet to the blaze and prepared to
sleep, While Tying there he noticed
The rocks sparllcd in the frelight He
got up and examined II supposing IL
was the fools gold' he had been warn,
cd against. But the rock looked so
pretty that he broke of several pieces
aud put them In the pocket Of his
hunting coat, intending o carry them
back to Iowa as curlusitlcS.
"rhc next day he wandered al the
forenoon and then found the Gore
pass rond over the range and followed
it To the camp, That very afternoon
regular mountain snowstorm began,
and the party broke camp returned to
Steamboat Springs and from ther,
went cast.
"rhc druggist whose name 7 have
forgotten, staid in Denver for few
days ON his way TO his home in Iowa,
In the lobby of hotel in Denver the
talk drlftcd 10 mining, and the drug
gist mentioned the specimens Of stone
LA l,,.1 f,,,,,,1 t,,Is
An old miner never misses n chance to
examine specimen and in this grouE
i'm the hotel lobby was an old pros
pcctor. lie asked to he shown the
specimens The druggist went to hii
room, fishcd up the old hunting coat
from the bottom Of his trunk and
took out the pieces OF some. The mln
er examined II closely and exclaimed;
"Dlnn, that's the richest specimen
OF gold bearing quartz | have even
seem!
"Thc druggist thought at first that
he was being ioked with, but at last
the old miner induced him TO take the
specimens to Burlingnmc, the best
assaycr in Denver. Burlingume ns
saycd n specimen Of the quartz and
reported that It yielded gold at IN,
rate Of $1,000 10 the ton. The druggist
was not satisfied. lie submitted an.
other piece of the quartz To another
expert nssnycr and got report that
II yielded gold at the rate of $4,000
to thc ton.
"Thc druggist returned at once Ia
Steamboat Springs, but there was snow
in the mountains. lie went back tc
Iowa and returned 10 the Gore range
the next spring and has spent every
summer since then looking for the LOST
lode. and others have searched for 1t
too. but no trace of II has been
found,-'KOnsas City Star.
During fire at Hawk Point 4