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William Beamond likely purchased the Caledonia Place property for its coal prospects since within a year, <br />he sold the surface rights to Joseph Butcher of Weld County, while retaining the mining and mineral <br />rights himself. Throughout the 1890s, Beamond is associated with the Acme Mine and Caledonia Mine, <br />as Superintendent and with labor negotiations during strikes. He also prospected in silver, gold, and <br />tellurium, most notably with the highly profitable Scotia Mine in Salina. A Louisville Times article from <br />1893 notes Beamond and his business partner James Cannon sold the Scotia Mine for $50,000. <br />Beamond served as Mayor of Louisville for two terms from 1894-1895 and 1897-1898. William and Ada <br />moved frequently, but are listed as living in Louisville in the 1900 census, in Colorado Springs in 1903 and <br />back to Louisville in the 1910 census. <br />WOr1DERFUL ORE. <br />Ii i,. t--45upd hh iheScott% Mime at Suuim.r- <br />vide. <br />One of the richest strikes ever made in <br />the 1 .-'^ rr^nuldetcounty mining, has 1 <br />been made in the Scotia mine at Sum-1 <br />merv-i]le, The discover}- of a rich body <br />of ore in this tunnel was no surprise, bur <br />returns from an aettial shipment of the <br />are yesterday caused the eyes of the <br />owners to bulge out and everyone to <br />dram a deep breath, A certificate be- <br />fore us gives the asronishing figtirea of <br />r63 ounces gold and },yst} ounces silver <br />The pay streak is a +ride one_ Mr_C. A, <br />Rus;cli says he never saw a handsomer <br />breast of ore than now appears- in the <br />Scotia. Clarence Colvin, the surveyor <br />and ussavcr, w o is certainly a man well <br />prepared to estimate the valuable of al <br />strike, said last eventng that be coiisid- <br />ere it, one of the richest strikes ever <br />made in Boulder county. Iti= below the <br />Victoria and in the rich belt which in <br />treats gone by rendered Summerviile's <br />itafrte a synonym for everything that is i. <br />rice, in silver mining, Eight thousand dal <br />i:ir (:re is se.arce but i, i found in large <br />quantities, according eo all reports, in <br />tl]e SLn iia_ The property is owned by <br />rtiViIllano Beamond, jarnes Cannon and • <br />[titers of Louisvilk. <br />Joseph Butcher Ownership, 1892-1905 <br />Left: Newspaper article from the Boulder <br />Daily Camera in 1892 reporting on the <br />Scotia Mine, the same year that <br />Beamond purchased the property at <br />1025 Front. <br />Below: Boulder Daily Camera article from <br />1894, on Beamond's run for Mayor. <br />Herman R uge and George Frutth, <br />1 well known Louisville Populists, were in <br />town today-. i h.. sav that a warm cam <br />paign is on, with the popular Billy Bea- <br />rrtond, Populist noriinec for mayor, <br />walking straight away from HEM? Wall- <br />lace, Mayor Bob Lock's richt hand man <br />:il the aos: r,fii :e sv-u;dira:e. +I r. Bea- <br />; mond is one of the most popular cdiz ns <br />l of the place, genial, able and hcntxt and <br />shoairl give Louisville an excellent terra <br />"s mayor. <br />Joseph Butcher (1847-1922) was a Welsh miner who came to the U.S. in 1880 with his wife Maria (1851- <br />1925) and their six children. For $50 he purchased the surface rights to Lot 3 Block 17 from William <br />Beamond and it is possible that he built a house on the property. The Boulder County Assessor card from <br />1948 lists the date of construction as 1896. However, this date could not be verified through other <br />