A Colorado School of Mines graduation thesis written from the field work of a Colorado Geological Survey party, and a firsthand account of a gold rush at Jasper written while the rush was happening.
A graduation thesis written from the field work of a Colorado Geological Survey party under Dr. Horace B. Patton of the School of Mines. Patton took charge of a party each summer to study an area that had never been mapped. This one covered the Platora district, taking in Platora, Summitville, Gilmore, Stunner and Jasper.
The author notes the work should be of special interest "because a rush was in progress at the time, and a good many prospects were being located," the interest driven by the discovery of gold at grass roots near the town of Gilmore. It is a firsthand account of a gold rush at Jasper, written while the rush was happening.
He also records that the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad were contemplating building a line into Jasper, and describes a natural falls of about seventy five feet on Wightman’s Fork near where it meets the Alamosa.