Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-05
Located Near Buelah, Colorado by
s. q. Ainley.
OWNER lSAW WELL KNOWN OTTUMWAN
Went to Colorado Several Months
Ago for Benefit of His Health
Claim Among the First Located In
New Gold Field.

"The Ottumwa Courier" is the
name of a claim located near Beulah,
Colorado, the little town in the foot
hills of the Greenhorn range OF noun
tains. where a snort time ago gold
was discovered which it is said assay
ed $2,700 to the ton. S. G. Alnley, a
South Ottumwa boy, and the son of
Joseph Ainley, is the owner of the
Courier claim, and was one of the first
men on the ground after the discov-
cry. Owing to the fact that he was
early on the scene of the discovery,
he secured a claim next to the one
which assayed this large amount, al
though, as he says in letter received
in Ottumwa today, this claim may
have been "salted" for the assay. At
any rate, Mr.. Ainley is in on the
ground floor and will get the benefit
if there De any.
Mr.. Ainley left here some months
ago to go west for his health. He re-
sided in Pueblo for several months,
and about four weeks ago he went to
Beulah. He tells about the claim in
an original manner, in letter receiv-
ed today by James F. Powell, bust
ness manager of the Courier. The
letter follows:
Beulah, Col, Oct. &c, 1901.
J. F. Powell
Dear friend-You have doubtless
heard of the big gold strike made here
recently, but | want to tell you that
on one of the claim stakes the inscrip-
ton reads like this, so you will know
that old Ottumwa is strictly in it:
"The ottunlwa Courier"
sT, the undersigned, claim by right
of discovery this lode, lead or min
eral deposit, with all drifts, spurs and
angles, running $50 feet east and $50
feet west from this stake, and $50 feet
north and $50 feet south from this
stake. S. G. Ainley.'
Each man is entitled to 10 1-3 acres
as a claim One assay in the claim
next to mine runs $1,000 to the ton
seven feet below the surface, but it
may have been "salted." OF course,
we don't know as to that, but old pros
pectors say that they think it is good
and have no right to dispute the as
say.
l have been here for over month,
and of course was one of the first on
the ground, as l live only mile from
where the discovery was made. The
first mill run was taken to Pueblo
Thursday and we will not know any
thing of it for while. 1t certainly
looks good.
l sent one assay down to Pueblo
from near the top of the ground. and
it ran $500. That is pretty good from
off the top.
Yours truly, S. c. Ainley.
Mr.. Ainley has many friends in OF
tumwa VINO will be glad to learn that
he is "in on the ground floor on some
thing that may prove to be very good.
The best wishes of his Ottumwa
friends are extended to him in his ven
ture
Another OttumWan Interested.
Mr.. Ainley encloses with his letter
clippings from the Pueblo Chieftain
in one of which mention is made of
J. M. Beaman, sheriff at that place
and former Ottumwan. Mr.Beaman
is an old printer, and was at one time
foreman in the Courier composing
ROOM The following is said of his
connection with the new gold coun
TRY:
Former County Clerk J. M. Meales
lis one of the men who has a great
deal of faith in the Beulah district
Both he and Sheriff James l.. Beamar
are interested in the Hecla Gold ant
Copper Mining company which for the
last three years h $ been at worl
close to the Jerusalem road about
three miles above Beulah. The shat
is now down rs feet and the ore j:
copper glance assaying rich in copper
with trace of gold. All the minera
So far has been found in rich pocket:
of from so to $50 pounds, but Mr.
Meales feels confident that at great
er depth the gold will increase il
. quantity. He has always believed
that at Beulah would be discovered
continuation of the same rich vein!
and strata which have made Cripple
Creek famous the world over
NEW RURAL ROUTES.