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<br />aton N Minerah and Geology of der ,Mined
<br />LandReelmnodon Board. '
<br />Fire Publleanaa November 19, 2004
<br />. 3,at Publication : Danmbcr 10,1004
<br />Aeblirbed'mdm Wendy Regisur•Ga'
<br />GILPIN COUNTY
<br />wine rn vacation Flom Capetownr
<br />SoaOl Africa rind was a gold geolo-
<br />gist I caked hind if there wain say
<br />tr,eth m the heazsa)t that "Central City
<br />is robe richest square mile Cta go]d) on
<br />earth." Ho acid, niter having muted
<br />Ole area that it actually did seem to ba
<br />the richest sgnara mile an• earth, but
<br />only beeawe Sottdt Africa's mixes go
<br />ranch dnpv than a mi1o, so be fig-
<br />ured that he world give South Afr(cs
<br />a cubic tnile.'Ihere was ao cable mile
<br />ht South A6iea he believed mould
<br />equal the gold production over a span
<br />of 100 yeah in Central City, is this
<br />cubic milo,
<br />ecattge of this, gold is rn important
<br />of Central City's ebamete5 sad
<br />ors evetY thread of the incredrbla
<br />c tapestry of in formatiaq weath-
<br />discov~ry, mining and oa into
<br />tizatioa, Pumping IIfa into the
<br />of rho world, sad for quite a
<br />ile acting u the single standard by
<br />ch other material valsea, It'ke the
<br />oaetary system, could be judged.
<br />yoae comiug to Cmtra] City and
<br />ending any time here who has rat
<br />m real gold, in the flash, will be
<br />ova real gold by locals who aro in-
<br />"gtied bq it, who lmow what it looks
<br />and what It is tsrorth. Usually is
<br />ntral, we see gold occurring is
<br />es: is galena, sometimes with
<br />'roes; is tptam, oRea by itself and
<br />eavtmly beautiflO sprinkled against
<br />e pure white of the stone; and somo-
<br />' es, strangely, deposited in vatiow
<br />Ilic formations, or pure gold
<br />uggets of all sizes, or deposited
<br />' a pyrites matrix. •
<br />When I first moved beta, Central
<br />'ty was"a classic mining camp, still
<br />'vo, out of the old West When you
<br />of dnmk is Ora bars of town, a lot of
<br />w and tell was going on (in be-
<br />tweea the sets with the moat inrredi-
<br />ble end mast unpredictable and most
<br />amical teat of truly great cbarm;ters
<br />have ever bed a part to the play o
<br />' e with), by this i mean mainly gea-
<br />ogical specimens cad guns. I was
<br />ended about rho same number of ge-
<br />logieel specimens ere I was uatoatkd
<br />and invrted to inspect both
<br />attar light, a Hale mare up close like.
<br />A lot of Ocoee specimens ware ran
<br />old,which I bad not seeabefarxe any
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<br />.After being ahrnvn s wtde range of
<br />gold spetdmeus, I wrnt m sevtxsl
<br />miaq tours and mining mwetmte (of
<br />which omly the Historical Society
<br />Musetalt on Pirst High St is. now
<br />open), and several rock ahopa In
<br />town. Some of dose had fabulow in-
<br />temational coHecOtuu of geological
<br />apecimena-besides the tea] gold, theca
<br />was acomplete raptesentatiaa of Col-
<br />orado and even wM1d minarets in
<br />Central Ciry. Aa a matter of fact, the
<br />original flrepl8ce !n the ra*t*
<br />O'Miaea Hotel (raw Oolden Rtne)'at
<br />Eureka sad Maio Sheets here in town
<br />wan build of smaas which included a
<br />~• charecierlstid 'ttiineral ••from'•every :•
<br />ctuunry ht the state-rove know moat of
<br />the aigaificaat othtezab of Colorado
<br />ere (or wtra7j represented in that one
<br />piece. That bxeplace may be hidden
<br />from view at present by a layer of
<br />gypsum bowl, but it is there-lt7ck the
<br />real soul of the old Ge»trtO IXty•ready
<br />to awakrn in a aewrebirth, oa the East
<br />aide of the main floor of fire Golden
<br />Rase.
<br />GOI;.A NUGGET'S: The yotlOt had
<br />boundless energy. She enjoyed tFalk-
<br />log In the country for miles, since she
<br />could not yet drive. After a toaerdial
<br />deluge hit Central City, she was wallt-
<br />illg down the Yugitis Canyon Road
<br />tlver the saddle of Qttsttz liiH and
<br />was coming down the old (vtttreated,
<br />ua-road-au:faced, un-paved) dirt
<br />road A golden gleam is the gravel by
<br />the edge of rite mad caught her~eye.
<br />she beat aver area picked up the
<br />stunt. U was a pretty one all right; it
<br />`moat bb fool'a• gold-no piece of ae1'
<br />gold could be Otis big, crofter the gohi
<br />rush. $ut the parity and uplifting
<br />quality of iq beauty cotild only be
<br />good luck. She really liked it She put
<br />the atone is her pocket A vividly bn1-
<br />Uant rainbow tanerged IOce 'a ghost
<br />)'coin the atmosphtxe. She nddrassed it
<br />as if it were a peraoa, tbankittg it for
<br />f its giR.
<br />"Sun. Oold is just laying around
<br />here," she thought, whimsically. She
<br />bed heard that the main drift of the
<br />gold deposits was discovered m be
<br />k between Ore Gregory strike above,
<br />Motmtaia City between Black Hawk
<br />1 and Central, rend then trop through the
<br />• Mammoth _ Miae and 1-akc Gutch
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<br />robe sound o
<br />of atode, u •
<br />an moil, sc
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<br />while strut
<br />was for we
<br />One June
<br />First Aigh
<br />atone Lapp
<br />down lam
<br />what wed t
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<br />now propr.
<br />bwhles; h
<br />tired m Cd
<br />with a geo
<br />to him and
<br />ins, mend
<br />could. hear
<br />maeAings.
<br />He held c
<br />bubble,sa
<br />Ire lifted a
<br />and waver
<br />than 9hOW
<br />placing tht
<br />ins Lila cal
<br />"Solid
<br />vqt}
<br />capsules, t
<br />charms fo
<br />airy.... I
<br />these caps
<br />gtmm ball t
<br />"Make a.
<br />"Oh yea
<br />imagined.
<br />Now that
<br />been haul
<br />ball spec
<br />every clay
<br />everyday
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