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Show ROMANCE OF THE LURE OF COLD Denver, June 30. A romance of the lure of the hidden gold and true friendship friend-ship between two prospectors lies behind be-hind a petition filed in tho counly court hero yeatordny by J. O, Collorette, In which he makes claim of $13,000 againat the estate of the late Maxlno Dagenals, pioneer nrospector and miner, Collorette and Dagonais were ' pals In the search for gold for years. In the early '90's. Collorctto filed on the Blue Flng clam (n tho Independent mining dlatrlct of Cripple Creek Following Fol-lowing the panic of '9S, Collorette wont to Alaska. He gave Dagenals a deed to tho Blue Flag claim, fearing ho might not return, Hn told Dagenals to hold the property in trust for him. Dagenals heard nothing of his friend and one day he sold the Blue Flag claim for $20,000, deposited the money and then tried to find Collorette A few month ago, Collorette returned re-turned from Alaska, learned that Dagenals Dag-enals had died a year ago nnd had hold the money In trust. Collorette now seeks an order of the court authorizing the admlnlHtrator of the estate to turn over the share due him for tho sale of the claim. |