Cañon City record., 1901-02-14
DAWSON CITY CAMP.
Work Resumed on Copper Boy--A
New Company to Help Develop
Promising Claims-- Work
on the Copper Boy.

the Copper Boy claim, secured bond
and lease on the half owned by Waldo
& Dawson and Mrs. Russell, and Feb
ruary 4 commenced work on the same.
Under the supervision Of Mr.. Kaye
the property will be thoroughly clean
ed up and all the workings put in
good condition. In a drift near the
bsttom of the winze, in the upper
workings. solid body Of ore eight
feet wide, running high in iron sui
phide and well impregnated with cop
per sulphide. also carrying gold and
silver, has been opened for some time,
and some shipments made from same.
When these shipments were made,
nothing was received from the smelt-
ers for the iron. kt~the present
time there is good demand for this
class Of ore, and a royalty will be
paid now for the iron, thus this large
body of ore will pay neat profit.
While at work last week in the
drift running from the lower shaft,
Mr.. Kaye decided to definitely locate
the vein which is supposed to run
close to the shaft; starting in west
erly direction and toward the foot
wall, the vein was cut and body Of
ore almost as solid as that In the
upper workings, was opened. No test
has been taken from this body, but
from appearances it is quite as good
a. that above. This is at depth Of
10 feet, and no doubt when greater
is reached immense bodies of ore will
be opened that will pay good margins.
Mr. Kaye is much elated over the
showing and feels confident that there
is = big mine below. He il a man of
few words, and but few people know
Of his work and experience during
tn. last few years. He, with few
others, have large group Of claims
on the Sangre de Cristo range from
which fine specimens Of gold and cop
per have been taken. From some OF
the ground gold is freely panned.
while the quartz is. beyond doubt, as
fine as anything outside of Cripple
Greek, and so closely resembles it
that few experts on Cripple Greek
ore can detect it.
A great future is believed TO be in
store for this belt Of the county.
Last September Mr.. Kaye took hold
Of a copper claim five miles south of
Rosita, in the edge of Wet Mountain
Valley. and now has shaft 100 feet
deep on 1t with drift of % feet at
the bottom. The ore body was not
cut at this level on account of water.
and not being equipped to handle the
flow had to abandon it till lat,r
period. At the 50-foot level the ore
body was opened from which as fine
specimens were taken as ever came
to Canon City. He shows one block
Of very solid copper ore weighing i5
pounds, carrying carbonate, red and
brown oxide Of copper which runs
81 7-l00 per cent. copper, i7-l00 OF.
gold, and 6 l2-l00 OF. silver, making
about 500 ore. This streak Of ore
is about ~ inches thick and lays on
the hanging wall Between it and
the foot wall there is about feet of
copper schist which shows a value of
$ls to $22. Here is the making of
a good mine, and Mr.. Kaye prizes it
very highly.
Besides this, he owns a group Of
four claims lying above the Copper
Boy and the Copper King mines,
which some day will be valuable, as
good gold showings have been opened
on all Of them.
A deal is under way whereby the
Copper Boy will be taken into a stock
company which is being formed with
the Orphan Boy. the Windy Point
and the Little Dorotha, with some
other claims in Dawson Camp along
with some Cripple Creek property.
This will make a strong company, and
It is contemplated to do the opening
work on the Copper Boy. II the deal
is contaminated, shaft 200 feet deep
and 200 feet Of drifting will be the
tirst work done, and no doubt large
showings will be made as the result
Of such development.