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John Francis Campion (1849–1916) was the wealthy owner of several hard rock mines in the Leadville Colorado area. After 1900 he made a second fortune growing sugar beets. The community of Campion Colorado is named after him. Campion is a somewhat obscure figure today but was well known in his day. His big gold strike at the Little Jonny Mine in Leadville made him and his partners rich. He had help engineering the dig from James J.