Gilpin observer., 1906-07-19
NEWS FROM The MINES and MILLS
New Camp Of spauIdIna.


I, Aaron Mcclure, one Of the pioneers
OF the Cripple Creek district, was in
Denver a few days ago, after a pros
lecting and reconnoitering trip to the
new Custer county mining camp that
lis opening in the vicinity of Ilse. Mr..
Mcclure has been CT ar of rain
Ibows for many years and $ to be con-
sidered competent to speak of the mer.
its of new candidate for public favor.
I'm an interview he declared that Ilse
has many OF the earmarks of a winner
and ne expects to see important ship.
ping mines come as the result of the
present rush of prospectors.
Ore OF good shipping grade has been
opened in three properties and there
,aer many prospects that are to be
ranked as most promising. One sale
on bond for 100000 has been closed,
another for $45,000 was made within
tine week to Cripple Creek men and in
every way the new section is rapidly
coming into favor, says Mr.. Mcclure.
1t is granite country coursed by
porphyry dikes and the ore shoots ap.
pear to occur at functions of veins
with dikes. The ore runs largely in
gold, much of the oxidized surface
quartz showing free gold in liberal
SHOW silver-lead carried in quartz
gangue. The extent OF the mineralized
zone has not been traced, but proper
ties that are ranked as shippers are
scattered mile or more apart and it
is thought that careful prospecting will
reveal many profitable veins.
About $50 are now at the scene of
the discoveries and they are going in
rapidly from such nearby points as
Florence, Cripple Creek and Canon
City. The opinion expressed by pros
rpectors is generally favorable and all
appear to have faith in the camp max
ing permanent one. The Franklin is
one of the old properties that was
worked in the days of the districts for
mer activity-about twenty years ago.
1t fell into neglect and is now owned
by William Lennox of Colorado
Springs, one of the successful opera.
tors of the great gold camp 1t was
worked through a tunnel which caved
in but has been reopened for twenty
feet and shows some good ore in smell
ter grades.
Cripple Creek parties have bought
the Custer City location of Ed Spauld-
ing and Simon Smith. agreeing to pay
$4,000 cash in few days. The vein
lis opened with shaft fifty feet deep
iand drift for forty feet and stopping
for few feet on the vein has been
carried almost to the surface. Its ore
shows free gold and assays have been
had in high figures.
Mcclure and ]. w. Shimwell have
four claims located a mile and three
quarters away from the Franklin and
preliminary work has revealed promis.
ing veins, indicating an extensive area
for prospecting.
Andracich and associates made the
discovery that gave rise to the pres
.ent inflow on a piece o. patented farm
ing land. A bond has been given TO
outsiders and the first payment of
$1,000 il understood to have been
made under an option for $16O.000. II
has a considerable body of smelling
grade.
The new camp has been given the
name of Spaulding and is to be
reached by wagon road running up
Oak creek to the south from Florence.
the distance being twenty-eight miles.
The road is good one, kept in good
repair and teams make it between
Florence and Spaulding in four hours
on the down trip. A camp of tents IL
rapidly forming and a townsite is be
ing laid out. Shipments cannot be
made to any considerable profit until
railroad is built.