Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
RADrUM sToREHoUsE
OF THE UNIVERSE


become a missioner in the belief of
many. The term arose from the fact
that the SURFACE workings of the
veins produced greater and richer re-
suits in pure gold than any other
like discovered aurifer0ls formation.
That Gilpin county has held this
unique situation for the past SO years
despite of later discoveries is mat
ter of record.
Gold and silver is still consider
ed as precious and forms the basis
OF the monetary system of the
worlds commerce. When the use of
the so-called precious metals is ell
minated as being useless as money
On account of the advanced position
that the nations of the world will
take in the near future, then Gilpin
county will still be considered as the
"head-stone of the corner, for it is
to Gilpin county that the world will
look for the life principle which is
the source of all that is.
In pitch-blende ore, uranium to the
extent of over 500 is being mined
at the present time within the area
of the so-called and rightly named
richest square mile on earth While
uranium has been found in limited
quantities in Some of, the mineral
formations in Europe it is here and
only here, that ore of as high grade
has been discovered. In the south
ern part of the state, recent exploita-
lions have disclosed bott vanadium
ard uranium being the highest per
cent of commercial ore yet disclos-
ed.
A recent cartoon in one of the
big Denver dailies, shows the Denver
Chamber of Commerce pointing to
greater Colorado, with many of the
towns and camps of the state as
aids, but old Gilpiu is missing in the
artists picture Gilpin: the section
that made the Rocky Mountains pos
sible, is eliminated, apparently of so
little consequence to the present day
population, as being not worthy of
who sought the gold found at Greg
ory Point, there would be no Colora-
do, no Leadville, no Cripple Creek,
no Golden. no San Juan. I'm fact, the
region from the Missouri river to the
D.. Sierras would be a desert waste.
With the mining of high grade uran-
ium IN our midst new era has COM
menced, which places Gilpin county
as the Mecca to which all nations
of the earth will look for the much
sought radium, which, with dts life
giving principle, Is bound to strike
off all the shacke,s to which human
Kind is heir. A grain of raLtum is
valued at 100000. An ounce is not
OF pitch+blende is required to fur
nish even d grain of radium which
is now regarded ats being cne of the
fundamental principles of all life.
That pitch-blende carrying in ex-
cess of 500 uranium lis being min
ed in cur midst, quietly and unos-
tentatiously, will prove a surprise ITO
many, even to some old timers who
regard gold as being the sole acme
of ambition.
That the territory comprising Gil-
pin county should be overlooked by
those who aim for a greater Colora-
do, Is beyond comprehension; for
here is the enc and only mineral in
xl, 40, do,
of mankind. The curative properties
of radium are little known, its pow
or is not even guessed at. Sufficient
that 1T is the greatest element yet
discovered. A move has been made
to name Colorado the radium state,
certainly the blessings of climatical
conditions have radiated to the out
er world so that the sufferer from
tuberculosis and other ills has
sought relief from his suffering un-
der the turquois sky and in the pure
atmosphere of these Rocky Noun
tairs, but to the radio activity born
within the confines of the richest
square mile on earth" he must now
give ene Cieult ior ing DeHeiN ne
has received. The source of this
radio activity is now known. 1t Is
now mined I'm quantity. Mines IN Ggl-
pin county are outputting uranium
ores of such high grade that $500
per pound in the crude lis a common
occurrence. As the uses of radium
become more known, the unlimited
supply of the stored UP energy of
the universe within the confires of
Gilr.n County will be in greater de-
man1.