The Jasper Museum

Relics

Things found in or around Jasper, and what they can tell us.

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Zero items in this collection

Objects found in or around Jasper. Each one is recorded with where it was found, what is written on it, and what is still not known about it.

Strike in the Minneapolis tunnel, 1882NewThe earliest clipping in the collection. W. S. Judd cuts a vein 382 feet into Cornwall mountain, and the Chieftain expects it to rival the Comstock.
Newspaper clipping · Colorado Chieftain, 20 January 1882
A correspondent doubts the Jasper ore, 1887NewA visitor describes seventeen patented mines on Cornwall, none working, and says plainly that he does not believe the assays.
Newspaper clipping · Weekly Register, 14 October 1887
The Little Anna, 1894NewA sixteen inch vein of gold quartz struck by Pearce and Goodhue. The figure is lost where the scan is cut.
Newspaper clipping · Rocky Mountain News, 20 April 1894
Thirty million tons in sight, 1896NewA mining expert puts 30,000,000 tons of ore in sight on two groups of claims. It is by a wide margin the largest claim in the collection.
Newspaper clipping · Rocky Mountain News, 12 June 1896
Opening up the Jasper mines, 1898NewSenator Frank Moody starts work on his Cornwall claims. A ventilating plant goes in and his brother Clarence supervises.
Newspaper clipping · Rocky Mountain News, 7 March 1898

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