The daily tribune., 1906-07-10
THE GOLD FEVER
CONTINUES UNABATED
Dozens Of Prospectors arc Going to
New Gold Camp to Dig the
Mineral.

8. P. Smith. the we'll known Will.
liAmsburG COAL operator. has just re-
turneu from tt..sss GOLD district. where
sxcitemens with some men 10 at fever
heat
Mr.. Smith 10 more snthused
than ever with the outlook Of the
camp and IL sansuine OF she out-
como. He says the Damp IL booming
and that ne Believes It has the max.
Ing Of second Cripple Crock.
According to hts statement huu-
dreds Of olsims have been located.
Nearly all the towns Of southern Colo.
RADIO are represented In the camp.
In the last two weeks all the avail
able territory In close proximity to
the original Andraoich strike has been
located. and four fractions of olaims.
not more than four feet In width and
800 feet in length. have been filed on.
Prospeotors on the outskiits of the
supposed original confines Of the gold
formation have gone through the
lead surface Indications and are now
entering gold bearing formation.
This Ia true in tha bottom of half a
dozen lO-foot holes. Farmers who
own decided land through which
gold bearing leads are supposed to
traverse. are turning . deaf ear to
all offers Paul Hosea has refused
$40, 600 for the. mineral bearing sec.
tion of his farm.
Frank Bettis. Canon City oper.
ator. who ten days ago secured 3
$3.50. 600 bond and lease on the
Andracich mineral farm. 10 keeping
the tunnel under . paddock. This
leads to the belief that the mineral
vein is more valuable than generally
supposed.
Mr.. Smith says that be does INST
believe that the gold bearing rock IL
confined to that particular locality
and has directed a number Of pros
pectors to work on apparently the
same formation north Of the original
discovery. in the direction Of Flor.
ence. He believes 1t will prove q
continuation of the same paying
ground.
His belief is borne ont by the geo.
logical report issued by Prof. Arthur
Lakes. who inspected the ground
four years ago and who says that the
Ilse district IL continuation Of the
Cripple Greek ore belt. Prof Lakes
report says that the same formation
exists clear TO Rosita. another neglect
ed Custer county mining camp.
Mr.. Smith says he has decided to
build . 50.ton stamp mill Just as
soon rs numerous tests which his ore
is undergoing are finished. He ia
the belief that the cyanide treatment
ia better adapted to tile oras OF the
district than is the chlortnAtion pro.
cess. He will also operate = oonosn.
tratiug plant In connection with the
stamp mill.
Within the last ten days Smiths
ore body in the bottom Of . 60.foot
shaft has widened from four feet to
an unknown width. ~ neither wall
has b:en reached at the bottom of the
shaft. The ore values have also in.
CREASED from $37 ton to as . ton
Four tons Of ole were shipped from
a prospect hole. located near the
franklin mine. to the Canon City
,, zinc sme lter, last week. Returns
have not been receive. The Franklin
mine is 600 feet deep and has large
reserves OF ore.
Hundreds of ASSAYS have been made
Ia the last ten days and the returns
are anywhere from trace to 900
ton In gold. None of the ore came
from . greater depth than 10 feet.
and most Of IL WAS knocked of the