The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-05-28

FOUND THE GRIzzLY LEAD.

HOW FOUND TIL E GRIZZLY LEAD.
Il was natural enough that a Mexican
peon. finding himself belated in the woods,
should collect pile of sticks and make a
fire and lay down and sleep. 1t is nothing
wonderful that he should ''make his pile''
on an unknown silver vein by accident.
But all your scientific notions of processes
seemed to be knocked, when Gas the story
goes) the peon got up in the morning and
found where the fire had been a sheltered
mass of pure unadulterated silver. That is
the way the famous Tajo mine was discov-
cred. You think that was one of the 'most
wonderful" stories you ever heard. Wait
till : on have heard mine:
Jim Walters and I Git was only last week J
were out prospecting for silver leads, up in
the mountains-I must wait till all the par
licular friends have located their claims BE-
| fore tell you the exact latitude and longi-
tude of the place. say Jim Walters and
myself were prospecting for silver, and l,
| being an old hand at the business, was duly
charged with test tubes and pocket flask
of nitric acid. One morning, after break
! fast, we started from camp, leaving cur
traps in the tent, guns. pistols, and all, ex-
cepting the bottle Of nitric acid, which was
on no occasion absent from my pocket.
Well, in little while we separated-Jim
taking the one side Of range of hills and
the other. In about half an hour, heard
him screaming at the top of his bent,
mike Mike Oh, Lord, Mike - mike
is my name. "Jim's found it, by golIv !!
he's found something rich and no mistake,
this time Jim's not easily excited. Jim
Loc cot - Of Loot 7 fill
towards the voice. paused to take breath
mike Mike ~ re-echoed Jim. "Mike !!
Mike !" louder and louder. l ran on
gained the summit Of the ridge and looked
down. Jerusalem and General Jackson
what did 1 see b? Mike twenty yards below,
on the tip-top of scrubby oak tree. and the
biggest grizzly out of door underneath,
contemplating him with the utmost satisfac-
lion mike Mike - roared Jim. "H i
and Halifax % / responded. and 1 made for
The timber on my side Of the ridge-grizzIy
in full chase.
l had no time to choose my bush, but
made for the nearest, and up ran like a
squirrel. Grizzly made grab at me, and
carried away the better half of my coat tail.
and tearing it into shreds, sat down to con-
slider. II was wonderful how intelligent he
looked. He measured the tree at single
glance. The vertical distance between US
was awful short. Grizzly felt sure of his
game He laughed laughed just as plain
as Mr.. Jefferson does at the theatre He
was in no hurry, having a dead sure thing
of it. He waited only to enjoy my horror.
This gave time to collect my senses.
thought Of my bottle of acid-it was safe,
the pocket of my coat remained. I utter
ed cry of joy ; my courage and my cool
ness returned in a moment.
Grizzly growled and looked puzzled I
got Secure and steady footing on project
ing limb, and taking the flask from my
pocket l uncorked it and held it firmly in
my hand-I knew it was worth dozen pis-
tolls. Facing old grizzly, and looking him
steadily in the eyes, exclaimed, in def
ant tone. Come on, you internal grizzly
varmint; you're just the specimen / have
been locking for. Com9 on, and I'll assay
you!"
Grizzly growled again, shook himself,
! growled louder and looked up at me quiz
z.cally. The next instant he was on his way
up the tree. He reached the fork and then
slowly stretched himself upward until his
smiling face was within six inches of the
reach of my right hand, when l emPtied
the vial of my wrath directly in his eyes.
Jehosiphat Grizzly tumbled down with a
roar that sounded like gutteral thunder.
He reared and he tumbed. he ripped and
\ he tore. a thousand mad bulls were moth
ing to it. 1t was my turn to laugh; you
reckon did il; l went into fits and out of
them a dozen times. 1 knew the valmint
was stark blind. 1 shouted for Jim {; but
lie only Rugged the tree the tighter. He
thought that was in the last agony. and
that grizzly was making a meal of me.
Finding that Jim wouldn't come. l ran
over the hill to find him and it was some
time before could recall him to his senses
and persuade him to come down. l could
NOT induce him to go towards the bear, un'
Itil we wet back to our tent for our rifles,
for which he sa: out in double quick time,
and l was obliged to follow. Arrived al
our tent, we refreshed ourselves and arm
ed to the teeth, we retraced our Steps lels'
urely to the scene of my triumph and wh2'
scene Grizzly was lying motionless, be
Ihad expended all his fury and l wish
may die if he hadn't ripped up seventeen
acres and a quarter of the toughest ground
you ever saw-true as gospel, l measured
it myself.
Bushes were torn up by the roots rocks
weighing tons were rolled from their beds
But what interested US most was sive
vein laid bare for hundred yards, the pur'
virgin silver glistening in the sun. Talk o
your Bailey leads, your Russ lodges, you
Mexican Tajos Here was vein of solo
; silver, one hundred feet wide 1 measures
! Iit)! We stuck up notices, finished grizzly
and came away. and 1 am now down her
after tools and provisions. Don't tell any
body who l am, or I'll be watched and fol
lowed when 1 90 back. I'll sell in pri
vale way a few hundred feet of the exten
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