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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1907
Page
8
Dall DeWeese released 50 000 brook trout in the DeWeese Dye Ditch reservoir at Grape Creek head bringing total fish turned loose to 850 000 in recent years. He plans 100 000 rainbow trout this summer and 20 000 more in Grape Creek below the dam. Local fishing may become premier in the state within years.
Dall De Weese filed for record a plat of Reservoir No 3 to be built in Grape Creek canon eight miles from Canon City. The dam will be 200 feet long 100 feet high with 6429 acre feet capacity and about $68000 cost. The reservoir will back water up the canon to a maximum depth of 75 feet and cover suitable land near Lincoln Park.
The report lists multiple mineral ventures led by De Weese, Spaulding, and others. It notes extensive ore prospects at Terrible mine with twenty five workers, water in a shaft, and planned hoists and a 300 ton concentrator. It details Blue Hen, Black Diamond, and Rockvale properties with copper and gold, tunnels, ore shipments, and new management changes.
Report from Fremont County notes ore finds at Hosea ranch and other districts with 100 foot shafts on Canon City properties. Mines like Bay State, Alice No. 1 and No. 2, and Prairie Dog are active with trials of shipments and proposed mills. The district shows about seventy five workers, varied claims, and ongoing development despite mixed ore grades.
Denver news reports James Mitchell and Charles Williams, convicted safe crackers, were moved under guard to Fort Leavenworth to serve long terms for cracking the Williamsburg post office safe. Each received five year sentences and fines of 5000 dollars on two counts.
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