Show 4 H i i 8 ht 14 H K 8 8 H FAMOUS MINING STRIKES by THOMAS E STEWARD M 4 8 SS MS 4 1 H A 4 16 SS 8 ai V 41 holy moses and last chance HE rich strikes at creede colo THE of ores containing silver gold lend and zinc brought about in 1891 find 1892 a repetition of af tile the early day mining rushes that had been so picturesque tur esque a phase of early western life creede became a roaring mining camp and its population swelled to in a few months its newspaper the creede candle which is still published then carried at its masthead the lie bogan bilogan its day ell all day in the afie daytime nod and there Is no night in creede there this outburst of mining enthusiasm started with the discovery of a rich claim by N C creede and ills his associates shown a piece of ore from the claim creede exclaimed holy moses I 1 that name canie u was as given to the mine which was not the first but was wa one of the important early discoveries in ahe abe district in june 1801 theodore and julius blaas wore were grub grubstaked staked by two butchers of et el norte calif and set out for the creede district it la is reported by IV 11 II emmons author of the united states geological surveys survey Is treatise on the district th that it allowed their burros to get loose find and r started to chase chae them picking up a rock to shy at one of the animals he noticed unusual mineral characteristics in it and examined the immediate territory more closely in this way was discovered the last chance mine cloe it the amethyst was waa flaked out and by the end of 1892 ore valued at had been taken from these and adjacent mines nearly half of it from the amethyst and more than one third from the last chance As an example of the way prospectors dealt with their finds it Is recorded that hint biaas sold his share in the last chance for and one of the two men who grub staked the outfit sold for each the other el norte butcher mr granger was offered but refused and retained possession of his property aline A line was wag rushed into creede by the denver denter and rio grande railway and business was wag soon thriving in the new community mineral production of mineral coun uie total |