The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-04-04

Chicago Creek has been secured by
Tom Johnson and associates from K [
Bonney now win the Colorado q SOU
thern, W. j. White, lhe che@in ing gun
magnate, c. A Wnmpfhelmer, big
New York manufacturer ard Importer
and c. f. Lawton of the Mutual Lif,
of New York Ine property has been
taken over under lease and option I
purchase for $50, GOO The II patented
and Is unpateuted claims IN the group
OF which the claims covering the. Qlito
vein are the best known. These
claims together with one third inter-
est in the Quito were purch 4sed NUN
ber OF years ago by r. {. BCuuey all,
his associates and embrace ali of The
ground once worked by D. {. Roberts
who took out over 100000 from ut
mine, operating stamp mill at the
Ouilo. G. NJ. DeCamp acquired what t
was known as the Hamley interests IL
the QUITO clam two-tmrls ID terest
but was never able TO secure the othe
oae-tnird interest, together with lie
entire holdings belonging TO Is tn )
and associates adjoining at both 9Hde
with the Quito Claims. Their claim.
covered more than one mile # the u IL
to vein. In addition TO the CLANS
owned by the Bonney crowd johnson
has secured lease and bond on the De
Camp tw o-thirds interest IN the Qui,t
claim so that he can now go ahead and
operate the entire holdings without
danger OF a law suit. DeCamp put the
Quito Shaft down to a deLth oi 4O9i
and becnuse of the pecuIar conditions,
was opening up an ore shoo Tor the
Ronney crowd instead Vt for himself
IL is SAID ii fine body of ore was fouua
pitching to the south side of Clic igu
creek under the claims On that side but
DeCamp did all MS drifting to The west t
within the quito ground. 1t is pro
posea by Johnson and his assoc ates to
rake the ater cut OF the Quito shaft
ana Immediately begin drifting under
the creek to the east 1t being generally
understood that tie pay streak lis o.
SIZE on that SIDE. BoHney did c.
cradle dev llopment work on the south
size If the creek, sinking a shaft ane
rupning an adit level on the Quito vein
also driving TWO long tunnels on the
Sodt. creek side into the hill for 900
feet In addition TO the q ato. ven it
is thought tire God Leaf Vein wi t
found on the south side of Chicago
creek between that and Soda crecA,
the apex OF q. t being " e GOV
cred with the side lines of the large
group. AT the time Bonney and $3.50
ciate, acquired the Roberts holdln. s
they made every fort 20 buy the two
thirds interest IN the Quito owned y
Hamley- it is known that Ave- y
Moore who held the Hamley optiou was
offered $50 900 for the two thirds in
tcrest but refused it and set his hgGte
at 100 coo. At a later period DeCamp
took over the option held, by Moore.
The Quito is the Oldest minin c aim
IN Clear Greek county. 1t is located
up Chicago creek about one mile and
within half a mile of the first discov-
ery of gold in Colorado-J ackson> dig
gings made famous by George Jackson
in 1859, When located the outcrop
was alive with free gold and the en-
tire vein was staked under the name
General Taylor" in those days in
claims of 100 and 200 feet in length
Since that time the amount taken out
is a problem. Some declare that the
grass roots produced quarter Of a
uillion. ANYHOW the vein is rich in
free gold. DeCamp found the streak.
and lost it again. Men who worked
for him declare they know where he
lost it and that they can go INTO the
mine and find it. If so abou' all Mr..
Johnson and associates have to do Is
90 into the drifts, timber u, and begin
mining the ore for little stopping has
been done in the levels below 200 ft.
If the rich free gold streak is not
found the mine can produce mill ore
within the Quito claim while on the
south side it will ship both smelling
an mill ore from four foot ore bady
IN that side Of the creek.
The earliest maps made of the Idaho
Springs section during the SOS show
the Gen. Taylor, yet its production
came from above the adit level at the
water level. Everything taken out 70
dnced pold and today the only dump is