The daily tribune., 1906-06-21
GOLD DISCOVERY
CAUSES A RUSH
Andracich Has a Mountain
of Ore.
Simon P. Smith Believes tho
Camp to be a Good One and
That Che Values Will
Prove Permanent.

miles southwest Of Florence are caus-
ing 3 rush Of prospectors from differ.
ent points in the Arkansas valley.
especially from Pueblo and Canon
City. More than rifty olaims have
been staked within the last week and
most of the locators are performing
their initial assessment work.
According to 8. P. Smith Of viii.
liamsburg. who is heavily interested
In the. district the new camp Is bound
to make big ore producing section.
Mr.. Smith says that the formA tion IL
such that q piece of rock can be
knocked off anywhere on the surface
and by melting 1t oan run streak of
lead ont of the rock. Mr.. Smith
has been interested In that section for
many years and has one claim that
runs $s7. 80 In gold aud lead. He has
many other claims both by himself
and in partnership and will locate
others.
He is of the opinion that If the
country is judioiously prospected -
other mineral sections of the state
have been. that Ilse will prove to be
one of ths best camus In the state in
the next few years. In speak, ing of
the ApdrAoich strike. noted BY this
paper Monday. the full facts were not
even suggested. The Tribune said
that the vein was twenty seven feet
wide. which seemed large enough for
any body. but Mr.. Smith says it is a
much bigger proposition and that
Andracich has . whole mountain of
ore which averages. according to
numerous tests. about s27. so per ton
in gold. Sore assays have been re.
ceived from selected samples that run
as high a. $50 per ton in the same
metal. The man has . veritable
mountain of this ore and the supply.
with ordinary mining and shipment.
will never be exhausted.
Andracich 10 . Bohemian far mer
and held his place for many years and
little thought that his ranch contained
probably countless millions In metal
values. He worked on one Of Mr..
Smiths claims some time ago and Il
was there that he became convinced
that tha rock that he has seen every
morning on his ranch. possessed the
same qualities that the Smith rock
did. He ohipped of some Of the sur.
face rock and sent IL to one Of the
Pueblo smelteYa for test The ore re-.
turned es7. 30 per ton and the samples
were taken indisoriminAtely ACROSS
the top Of the hill. Andrsoich now
values his ranch 1t $50. 900 and .
few weeks ago would have been
glad to have taken $1,000 for the
same.
Paul Hosea. another farmer In
the same LOCALITY. has what appears
to be = little better quality of ore
than AndrAcich. Samples Of 1t have
been sent away for test but the re-
turns have not been received.
The ground has been stAket for
miles around Iise but there IL yet
plenty Of room for many good claims
70 be located. Mos Of the population
there now 10 made up Of BohemiAns
and PolAnders. but people are going in
from Westcilffs snd Silver Ciifi.
The Putmsns. we'll known prospeotorn
Of Ilse. have taken up several claims
and will put men to work on them As
an early date.
The only mill site on the creek has
been taken up but . mill will not be
built for the present. The shipper
could do best BY concentrating his ore
and paying freight on the conoep.
trates Mr. Smith says Che ore 10 nf
the free milling sind. The best way
10 reach the country 10 In leaving
) shis city. TO 20 up the Oak creek
grade and kssp on the main road until
llse 10 fssohed and the exoiteioent