Rich vein widens at Jasper, 1913

The Mizer vein widens, the Gilmore tunnel reaches 180 feet, and auto stages begin running daily to Jasper.

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Two weeks after the assay headline, a steadier report. The latest authentic news from the gold district shows that the rich vein discovered in the Mizer tunnel at Jasper has widened out and shows better as development work continues.

The second paragraph is the one that matters for the wider valley: The Gilmore tunnel at 180 feet depth has demonstrated that a paying mine is assured at that property. Gilmore is named here as a working property with a tunnel of recorded depth, not just as a strike, which makes this the most substantial mention of it the museum holds.

The right hand column records what the boom looked like from Monte Vista. Every train was bringing miners and prospectors in, a good many had brought their families to live there for the summer while they prospected the Platoro district, and daily trips are now being made by auto stages to Jasper from this place.

No figures, so nothing enters the ledger. The original sets a paying mine mine is assured, with the word repeated, which is the compositor's error and is left as printed.