Show tftEIcGoLDH I dl Wonderfuly Ri1i h Ds ov 1 i cries Fifteen Mies frO1llLadv1ll1 Lealvie IJ J I IE RUSH fOR THE FIELDS Assays Show High as Forty four Ounces to the Ton 1 STRIKE IN TWOBIT GULCH t t Excitement in the Cloud City Over tho Discovery is Intense People 1 I Flocking to District in Droves Ground Were the Strike was Mado is Known for its Fissure Veins 1 Tho Vein Opened Up is Similar in r Character to that of tho Cripple Creek District Same Territory was I Operated Twentyfive Years AgoI I i but at that Time tho Silver was Token Out and no Attention was Paid to Gold Values a no One Pad Vaues Dreamed of their Existence Bonfires Bon-fires Burning on all the Hills TRIBUNE SPECIAL Lcadvlllc March OAt G oclock this morning two prospectors came lo town from TwoBIl gulch fifteen miles cast of Leadvllle hi this county with the results or assays made from a strike In a claim owned by John King The assays show nothing less than 13 ounces nnda high a 11 ounces gold to the 3 ton tonThe The assays wero mado from a three foot vein In themine also from tho old dump which had been mined years ago for Oliver No one thought of taking an assay for gold until now and the p results were so fabulous that a rush at In once set In for the Ihm gold fields Fabulous prices were paid for teams iJ to take people to the scent and by toy to-y night over 300 1oadvillc people arc on tho ground staking off claims The excitement ex-citement IB i Intense and all night long people arc leaving here PO as to bo on r the ground by daylight C L Some wonderful finds of tellurium have also been reported but excitement 1 runs so high that it I will take t day or two to determine the value of tho new district Bonllres arc burning on all the hills tonight in the vicinity and neveral hundred men are digging a hole deep enough to hold their claim before the second rush occurs tomorrow r4 The ground where the strike was jnade Is known for Its fissure veins 3c and the vein opened up Is similar in character to that of the Cripple Creek lI district This same territory was operated ope-rated some twentyfive years ago but nt that lime tho silver was taken out t and no attention paid to gold values rp as no one dreamed of their existence At several of the old dumps test as tg pays were made today with the result te flint they showed Immense gold values t which only tended to heighten the excitement 12 re ex-citement 1 |