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Show eon cher is FULL 0FV1BGI GOLD Cresson Strike at Cripple Creek Said to Have Upset Up-set All Mining Theories By International News Serv ce. DENVER, Colo Dec. 13 Gold U pouring 111 e water from the Cresson strike at Cripple Creek, according to ad j vices received here today from Cripple ; Creek. Some of the leading gold producers of Colorado have been permitted to io-pect the bonanza chamber of the property and the s ght of a chamber fu 1 of virgin gold ; glittering under the dim lamps of the i miners has stunned them 1 Manager Sanale of the Portland mine j Eays that the Cresson ore struck at 1200 i feet below the surface upsets all previ ! ous theories of the Lnited States geologi i cal Burvey The experts est mated thn va ue of the ore from So 000 000 to ?100 000 000 The chamber whe the gold is being mined w th p cks, the ore being too sof for blasting is sealed with a heavy steel door similar to a bank ault and the miners work under guard There are ru merous smal cavities In tl e s Ivan te wa s and th s go den gra n pours In rl ulets without being m ned. It Is declared that the cave of gold for such It Is was found to coot a n large Quant ties of broken ore made up of de composed quartz, and pure gold nuegets of large size. |