Gunnison news-champion., 1903-09-11
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tlJn thai within tea vcslrs trgaa this
date there Wssl b. a ieasi a dazen
ualHsS - wh.i j. Hag chri-ieae1
>herrsd tl=irIcf thai ala,sr sIn8llar
lBes n aeseiapmeuf. ALL be- a. rich
and productive a. Nh Portland la
Dependence aud Ms.rv Nekinaes IN
CripFlc Cre,k THIS Impre--laH L.
based uFau rather ear,sf,.l exaalHa-
tlon ai She Tremendous oatcrsps II
the t,Iau groups. the Psy Well aud
many efher seIn- alanx the Contl-
neutai divide. oversAaeiaWei BY the
stupendous M1nsment.l Ia,suntaln.
writes General Hall IN the Deaver
Post. IH referring D. Ganni-on eoan-
- : latest discovery
Mhile standing upon aud tramp
ihg over the l1fiy attitudes. az Prof
= \ HAYDEN and his corps Of su-
perb ge1lasisis staod and tramped
aud made their observation an ls12-
1874 1t vas made entirely clear
why they predicted that here would
be develaped some ii The richest
mines IN the Rocky mountains. For
the evidence ~ written in the cliffs
On every side. vau can SEE ii every
where without the aid 1f a magnify
mg glass. The cr1ppiBgs are So
boldly manifest. - strong and dis
unct a. 90 he unmistakable The
mineral ZONES aud the barren zones
where IL would be worse than Idle
90 prospect because nature has
marked the lines 50 plainly that
nome but the blind can tail io disfin
gulsh them are uniailiug guides 60
the inexperienced a. we'll a. 10 the
man who has spent his life in hunt
ing ior mineral There j. no soil.
no timber 10 obstruct the search. A.
10 the value Of the l1dcs. ii is seen
hrst IN their great width. ranging
from Two 90 three to twenty 30 thirty
feet between walls a granite on one
side and porphyry ON the other, and
IN the forty OF fifty ASSAY certificates
thai have been published ia these
columns, are great dykes Of porphrv
and quartzite here and there.
How Tu GET THEKE
Camp >herrod Is situated in a
beautiful grass-coyered bowl-shaped
valley, fringed with pine timber and
traversed by two or three small
streams of clear. ice cold water.
This valley is situated two and
half miles below the Alpine tunnel.
and ten mules from the pretty town
of Pitkln, and thirty CHI miles from
Gunnison. You take the South Park
branch of the Colorado and Southern
railway Men are camping all about
the locality. MANY in tents Camp
fires CLEAN on the slopes above and
below.
There are two or three log cabins
in the upper part OF the basin
Horses and COWS Craze ia the rich.
grasses found here, but
nowhere else.
MI around 1t are tremendous
chains OF bald mountain peaks
whence, it you Eisten, you can hear
the stars sing IN the azure Grna-
meut
pE~ERTED ACENE8NrIuN $50.
Why has this vast naturalization
Of almost incalculable prospective
value been neglected for Bcarly a
quarter of a century, Let me tell
YOU. 1t viii be remembered that
Leadville was discovered in IS7S-79.
From that base scores Of men wan
derrd over vast scope of country,
Pitkin. White Pine. Tin Cup, Gun
nlsnn, Gothic, Irwin and many other
towns and camps grew out Of this
movement \ few along in the early
eighties crept into the valley we now
call Sherrud. lC--ated claims and did
some work upon them, drove a few
short tunnels. remained until their
supplies were exhausted and then
struck the trail for other points and
more exciting scenes of action.
There were no assayers to determine
the values The samples sent to
other points were assayed for silver
alone. Not an order was given for
gold determinations. Nomatter how
rich the ore, they were unable to
ship it There were no roads. no
outlets but rugged trails. The new
era which made Colorado what IL is
today had but recently dawncd. So
these pioneers abandoned their dig
gins, packed their holdings upon
their backs and struck out for more
attractive civilization. leaving what
they had found 10 be developed by
later generation.
oNE NINE SHIFTED Sl2.m0ODO.
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