Cañon City record., 1901-04-25
THE DAWSON COPPER BELT.
Trip Through the 0reenhorn Noun
tain Timing District and the New
Oil Fields of Webster Park.

On Saturday morning last, in COM
pany with three other gentlemen who
are more or less interested in the
above mining district and new oil
fields, l had the pleasure of getting
an insight of what is going on in this
new field which. when fully developed,
will add wonderfully to Canon City's
material prosperity.
l presume that not all of our citi-
zens are aware that within a few
miles of Canon City, to the southwest,
lies a section of country which holds
in its grasp of granite. untold wealth
waiting in stole silence the magic
touch of capital.
We started early; the morning was
bright and the air fresh and pure.
The roads were good and by ten
o'clock we arrived at Copper King
No. /, located in Green's Gulch, four
teen miles from Canon City and eight
northwest of Dawson City. Copper
King No. belongs to a group of
mines owned by Chas. Swanson, A. NJ.
McGeary and E. S. Yankee. This
group of prospects is located ON
spur of the main copper belt. the
vein running southwest and dipping
slightly to the west. A shaft has
been sunk to depth of l3S feet,
uncoverjng well defined vein of cop
per running as high as AZ per cent.
Over a thousand dollars worth of
machinery is on the property, also a
we'll built and comfortable boarding
house. This property is sufficiently
developed to show very conclusively
that it is a fine concentrating propo-
sition. Other properties are being
worked in this gulch and several men
are employed.
The next point visited vas Marsh
Gulch. In this gulch is group of
prospects owned by company re-
certify organized under the name of
the Canon City Consolidated Mining
and Milling Company, consisting of
F. ]. Doran, A. Z. Wilson, W. J. Viii
son, DR.. McDougal, VIM. l.. Huffman,
and |. N. Pepper, the latter Of Kansas
City, Mo. This group of prospects
is located twelve miles southwest of
Canon City and six miles southwest
of Dawson City, located on the main
copper belt, and appears to be con-
tinuation of the ore body found in
the Copper King at Dawson City.
The company contemplates, in the
near future, erecting a concentrating
plant near these prospects, having
water sufficient within a short dis
tance to run it. These claims were
located by F. ]. Doran, formerly of
Cripple Creek, man who has spent
twelve years of his life in mining
and prospecting, and knows good
thing in his line when hesees it.
/ A forty-fve foot shaft has been
sunk on the Metallic Princess, show
ing pay ore from the first, and grow
ing in richness as depth was gained.
About ten tons of ore lies on the
dump running from So to $40.
The Lucky Day Mining and Milling
Company has group of prospects
on the east side of Grape Creek. two
miles west of Dawson City, that are
very promising. On the Bonanza, one
of this group, shaft $50 feet deep
has been sunk, and over 100 feet of
cross-cutting has been done, passing
through stringers of rich copper ore.
The ore is raised by means of whip.
From Marsh Gulch we traversed
the new and prospective oil fields.
Webster Park is beautiful expanse
of territory, some eight miles in
length by six miles in width, hemmed
in on all sides by mountains and hav-
ing an altitude of more than 5000
feet. There are certainly some very
perceptib,e signs of oil in this unex-
plored field. Crossing the Park from