The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-03-15
Tht '9tw '3orth'#e
Saturday, March Is, 1873,
eoeEson ON MS TRAVELS.


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From the Cincinnati Commercial
Some eight or nine years since there came
10 the surface In San Francisco, Cal., .
sharp sdventurer who proiessed to have die
covered In Oregon the richest gold mines
ever revealed to the eyes of man. Theirlo
cation was bis secret. He hadn't the CAPT
tai to work them. and he wanted TO raise a
company to 90 secretly and take possession
Of them. lie went by the name Of c. A.
Robson. He organized company sccur
ing from them the bonus he sought, and
started out with them. After leading them
. weary tramp of many days. through great
hardships. he finally succeeded in giving
them the slip, and nothing was left
for the dupcd party to do, but to return,
crcstfallcn, to San Francisco.
Not quite year ago the same man turned
up in Boston. and quietly repeated his Gan
Franc isoo trick. He organized company
of 40 young men in that city, who equipped
themselves fully for their long journey In
search of the great gold mines they were to
secure ell to themselves They started to 20
BY the Isthmus, and Robson (who had se>
cured their money In advance to consider.
able amounD was to meet them on the
Pacific side. He failed to meet them. of
course.
Not long since be was attempting to Op.
crate in the same way In Louisville, where
he was exposed and now we have him In
this city, boarding at the corner of Walnut
and Ninth streets, since week ago last
Friday, attempting to "orgsnizc accompany"
here. But he appears TO have about reached
the end Of his string.
He IL pennilcss, it appears, and with one
foot fairly in the grave He is consump>
tive wreck, with his right lung completely
gonc and his left following 1t. But as he
sits In bis room and cndures the rack Of his
dreadful cough, he still clingst to hi: scheme,
and directs what vitality is lef. to him to
the business of roping in dupes. He Is u
man Of about forty>five years. five feet rine
inchcsin height, with heavy whiskcrs mixed
with gray, and has defornity the left
foot. Unable 10 go out much, he has en-
dcsvored to carry out his plan BY sending
out for people and having them call and cx-
anime hisspccimens genuine. it is believcd),
Of quartz, gold and silver nuggets, &C.,
which he keeps In walls and spread out on
his table.
We present here copies of hisprinted de.
scription" and ARTICLES Of agreement"
"DEscRrTroN OF A GREAT GOLD AND SILL.
YER DIsCOvHRY
Lately made In q new and unexplorcd re.
gion, and In dense forest and underground
which is. in oil probability. the cause of its
not being discovered before These mines
lie high on the mountains on the head Of
streams of water. The disoovcrcr has pros.
pectcd for distance Of twenty miles, has
found many veins of rich quartz which
show above the surface for distance of
from Two 10 five miles each vein or Iced, and
In many places show abovc the surface
twenty feet high, and vary In thickness
from two to twenty feet thick, also vary in
distance apart, some lying high on spurs.
Others crossing hollows or gulches: also In
many of these gulches there orc streams OF
water which can be conveyed TO cover near.
ly all Of these mines, and In many gulches
found pure gold Is fine - flour dust 10 the
sic Of nuggets. I brought samples with
INC Of the ore from many different veins that
will speak for itself, u which invite at.
tcntion.
"These mines lie within ono hundred and
fifty miles Of steam conveyance. and with
snsll expense there can be . wagon road
made to them, and there 10 no trouble to be
appreciated from Indians whatever. The
climate b healthy and water pure and In
abundauce, timber in great abundance for
bu'haiag purposes, average value of ores
from ten dollars to ten thousand dollars per
ton. The law Of the United States. allows
each locator q claim of two hundred feet
square on each and every vein lode without
expense; also, several claims on placer
mines to eace locator The bed.Uck 10 com.
posed of granite and slate formation.
These mines are located In one of the |
Territories Of tho United States, and when
once known to the world, there will be fifty
thousand men engaged in working them.
Ihave had twenty-five years experience IN
mining, prospecting and exploring the west,
and believe these mines to be the richest |
ever discovsred, and In which . limited |
number Of reliable men can secure large
fortune In short time and with small ex.
penie.
For further information call on ths dis. |
cover or the agent, At"
THE articles Of agreement provided that |
the company should give Robson joint |
note for 5000, payable when the mem.
bers should be pat IN possession of the gold |
mine. but on the signing Of the agreement,
each subscriber was to pay certain amount
In cash to Robson TO enable him to carry
out his scheme. ....
Robson Is . smooth and very plausible
ta'kcr. He imprcsses those who call on him
with the idea that the business mast be kept
. profound secret. He would prefer to take |
into the company only skilled artixans.' He |
would prefer young men of limited means,
but OF enterprise. because !. IL on that rclass |
that he wished to bestow the great udvan.
tage OF this tramp along the royal rad Of |
wealth. He hes not been at oil successful |
here, not having raised enough even to nay
bic board; aud to-day bis shining suggets
will be attached to secure his board bill III
appears that be was hero last summer and
stopped 1t The same house with bic wife and
06ild (wlo are supposed to be II o. near
Mansfield, o. and that he had plenty Of
|cwelry and money. His business Was not
lhCn known II snns,~. e>sA>.a ..-..l>aa.