The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-04-02

put in a couple 70 shots so that they
could get further view of the for
nation. Free gold was disclosed and
the report the experts made was Z
confirmation of the rumors that were
rife A written statement signed by
the men stated that they find the
Copper King claim OF Dawson City,
FIVE miles southwest OF Canon City,
to have an immense true assures vein
in place and immensely rich in gold.
Billy Hall of Colorado Springs Wis
tied the district. located three claims
and took home ore that the mining
men OF that city declared to be the
best they had ever seen. Shep Mau-
pin of the Cripple Creek district and
also Of Gold Coin fame. visited the
district and stated that the gold dis
covery was no fake.
These favorable reports by COM
petent mining men made Dawson
City a town OF two thousand popuia-
tion in two weeks. At this age the dis
trict was declared to have far bet
ter prospects than did Cripple Creek
when 1t was as old.
Assays by the hundred were made
by local assayers and of fifty-two
consecutive assays. excluding the ia
nous Copper King. they ran In gold
from 40 cents to s40.s0. and an assay
which the late F. A. Reynolds hal
made from one OF his many claims
ran 36 $40 ounces to the ton, or s726.
With values of this kind known 20
be within the radius OF a mile and c
half actual work began in earnest and
steps at organization were made. The
Miners Protective association was
formed with ]. W. Magee president
and Frank l.. Strang secretary. Then
came the first bona fide sale, and II
was to a woman. Miss Evalyn Nc
Comas. now OF Denver. Is the lady
who has this distinction. She paid
81 900 for a third interest in a claim
In Jennings Gulch owned by Mink
Brothers and Tanner. George Strong
and associates took a $4,000 bond
and lease on the Bonanza claim stu
ated on the east side OF Grape Greek
about a mile and half northwest of
Dawson. 1t was owned by Frank
Young and Sam Sheperd
On the Queen Bee claim owned by
f. Ford Jewett. J. II. Peabody and a
Mr.. Rudolph, great body OF low
grade ore was found averaging over
eight dollars TO the ton. When this
was made known there were many
would-be purchasers. Messrs. Beecher
and Marmaduke also received big Of
fers for their claim, but held on In
the hope that never materiaIized.
The Copper King made the first
shipment OF ore from the district on
February "a. 1899. to the American
Zinc-Lead Smelter in Canon City. The
old dump was hauled bodily and con-
sisted OF everything from the grass
roots down. After the smelling and
hauling charges were deducted the
shipment netted the owners OF the
mine 81 ton. This proved to be gio-
rious news to the excited populace
and the adverse criticism that had
been floating about since the first
discovery was made we're suddenly
hushed and nothing but praise for
the future of the district was heard.
Cripple Creek in her palmiest days
could not send grass roots and sll to
the smelter and get such a net re-
turn, was the popular boast.
The news OF the shipment spread
like wildfire and a rush similar to
the one OF few months before again
filled the district with fortune hunt
ers. Morrison's Copper King hotel
and Howell * Hansbraugh's hotel,
which was constructed by T. NJ. How