Gunnison news-champion., 1903-08-14
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hest camp an the .-eky Mountain
region
The influx II prsSpoctars and
tanning men continues and eueraetic
digging in the hills surrounding has
this week uncovered MANY promls
Ing leads 0f gold quartz II takes
time D. make a mining camp f1r
Hiore than one bonanza must be dis
covered However. some If the
new hnds show remarkable surfacc
ore and their owners have faith that
they viii develop Independents with
proper work FaIth iH the camp j.
al-o shown by business men who
are building rapidly aud sabstau-
TALLY D. take care # the material
wants of residents la anather cod
umn j. shown a portion of main
street IN Bowerman a. II appeared
some DAYS ago. The Boworman
City Land company. which has ac-
gpired title to the t1wnsite has men
with good deal Of push IN charge
of its affairs and are planning for
beautiful city. While sone conflicts
occur It j. pretty generally admitted
that II l. better o. have the real cs-
tate matters controlled by one com
pany with means 10 push things
X. {. Sterling Of Cripple Creek,
one of the FIRST men to enter the
Camp Bowerman district. after the
Bowerrnan discovery. was in Denver
saturday last and displayed several
very rich samples Of free gold ore,
and told Of a number of claims Sc
cured by himself and two cumpan-
ions that nearly rival the famous
liowerman strike Mr.. Sterling
claims are located three-quarters of
a mile from Camp Bowerman in the
next gulch east lie kept his finds
secret for some time. but prospec-
tors IN that section finally learned of
them and a general rush to the
place began.
Mr.. Sterling and partner loca-
ted two claims July 49, They had
not gene more than half dozen feet
in the ground before they located
grade OF ore that averages several
thousand dollars to the ton. Some
parties staked the San l.oreine
claim, Immediately adjoining that
Of Mr.. Sterling, and the claims were
found to overlap. Trouble fol
lowed, but it was quickly settled
by the claims being merged under
one company.
We have four claims being
worked now" said Mr. Sterling
We started eight men, and intend
TO push the development as rapidly
as possible. Our claims are the
Wabash Nos | and ,, the b. and O.
and the Anna Moreine We are to
form stock company TO work them.
Adiutant General Bell is identified
with us, and J II. O Neil, of Hins-
dale, Mich, and j. +. Simpson of
Pueblo, make up the company. We
have the funds to carry ON the dew
elopment and we Will push the
work. We have already gone
twelve feet into he ground and the
ore seems to become richer as we 60
down.
The camp is building up rap
idly Men are hocking in from all
quarters and things look very
prosperous. And, by the way, the
people who claim Boweruan hasn't
got the bonanza claimed are totally
listaken. | was there and saw the
place before it was covered up, and
! know that his find is all that was
claimed for it. There have been
several fine strikes in the district,
but they have been carefully sup
pressed for fear of litigation in the
present unsettled condition Of
things. There is plenty Of gold
there.
On the east ridge Of Waunita
park. four miles above Sargents,
James Kendall has discovered four
feet Of maganese ore. 1t Is Of eX-
cellent quality and carries 81 to the
ton in gold This vein Is located
on the same copper claims that Mr.
Kendall has been developing for
wears. In prospecting between two
known copper leads he struck this
manganese.
In Snow Blind gulch, three miles
east Of Waunita. Clifford and Porter
II White Pine, have uncovered a
rich lead which exhibits two feet Of
excellent gold quartz, and are pre-
pairing to operate the claims.
II. W. Hardy Of Chicago, has
purchased Of Plikaer and kraul of
Ourav. an interest in ten claims near
Bowerrnan for 5000. Mr. kraul