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tain. This wealth remained undisturbed for a quarter of a 

 century, until discovered by accident, after the swarms of 

 miners at Pike's Peak had sought other fields. The new 

 field, Cripple Creek, is now known throughout the world. 



While the locations of some of the rich deposits of gold 

 in this country have been only briefly noted, the regions most 

 remarkable in some respects will be described more in detail. 



Central City, a few miles northwest of Denver, has been 

 steadily producing gold for twenty five years; averaging a 

 production of about $500,000 annually. The collapse of 

 silver mines at Leadville resulted in the search for gold at 

 that city; and mines of remarkable richness have been found. 

 These mines produce hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth 

 of gold annually, and promise to continue to be rich producers 

 for many years to come. The unparalleled gold discoveries 

 at Cripple Creek followed closely upon the finds at Leadville. 

 And since the discoveries at Cripple Creek gold has been found, 

 and many mines are being worked, near Telluride and at 

 other points in southwestern Colorado. 



The stimulus given to gold prospecting by the discovery 

 of the remarkable deposits in Colorado resulted in finding 

 rich gold and silver deposits at Marysvale, near the center 

 of Utah, to which point the Rio Grande Western railroad 

 was speedily extended. The mines at Deep Creek in Utah, 

 were discovered a few years ago. Almost due south of Deep 

 Creek, near the thirty ninth parallel of latitude and imme- 

 diately west of the Utah state line, is the gold camp of Osceola, 

 Nevada. Osecola had one of the few exhibits of gold mining 

 operations at the Chicago Columbian exposition. Only 

 recently a mineral deposit rich in gold was discovered at 

 Detroit, a point almost directly east of Osceola, and distant 

 therefrom about fifty miles. Since the opening of the mines 

 at Detroit, valuable finds have been made within a radius 

 of thirty miles of that camp. 



Pioche, in southeastern Nevada, about thirty miles 

 west of the Utah line, is one of the pioneer mining camps 

 of Nevada. Like the famous Comstock lode of Virginia 

 City, Pioche has produced gold and silver in almost equal 

 proportions; but the gold alone would pay for operating that 



