Last Chance
Jul 9, 2015 16:19:34 #
The Last Chance the last major strike. In 1890, Theodore Renniger unsuccessfully searched the area north of Creede, Colorado. He was about to give up when Ralph Granger and Erick Von Buddenbrock grubstaked him with $25 and three burros.
Renniger started searching Creede's steep ridges and rugged rhyolite canyons in August 1891. Things went wrong. His burros wandered off. When he finally caught up with them on the side of Bachelor Ridge, the animals refused to budge. Frustrated and weary he decided to prospect right where he was.
Luck was with him, chipping away at a nearby rock formation, he uncovered a weathered outcrop of lead-silver mineralization in amethyst quartz that marked a north western extension of the Amethyst Vein. Renniger named his discovery, the Last Chance. Renniger quietly asked Nicholas Creede to assess his strike. Stunned by it's richness Creede urged Renniger to immediately delineate, stake and register his claims. Once Renniger had done this, Creede quickly staked the adjacent lower ground and named his claim the Amethyst Lode.
Renniger started searching Creede's steep ridges and rugged rhyolite canyons in August 1891. Things went wrong. His burros wandered off. When he finally caught up with them on the side of Bachelor Ridge, the animals refused to budge. Frustrated and weary he decided to prospect right where he was.
Luck was with him, chipping away at a nearby rock formation, he uncovered a weathered outcrop of lead-silver mineralization in amethyst quartz that marked a north western extension of the Amethyst Vein. Renniger named his discovery, the Last Chance. Renniger quietly asked Nicholas Creede to assess his strike. Stunned by it's richness Creede urged Renniger to immediately delineate, stake and register his claims. Once Renniger had done this, Creede quickly staked the adjacent lower ground and named his claim the Amethyst Lode.
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Jul 10, 2015 04:17:20 #
Crichmond wrote:
The Last Chance the last major strike. In 1890, T... (show quote)
Beautiful shot and great story :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Jul 10, 2015 07:11:49 #
Great story. I always loved old buildings falling down and you captured a great one. Nice looking at it.
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