, 1873-07-09
THE LUCK OF THE PRESIDENT,
A silvcr Fortune for tho Hero OF Apo
49,. ,mhttOrs

$50. mhtaOEs
xn From ths gtorqete,en tcol9 Miner, July 2,
Whom proeidont Grant atoppol ut 1dnllo
Springs for fow mtnutos, during hiH. recent
flying trip to Colorado, he WAS approached, In
tho parlors Of tho Doobco House, by ,an onth',-
elastic admiror, who had como from tho mouth
Of tho Nation aud who. aftor cordial hand
shake, handed 10 tho Gouoral Oil envelope, colt
edged,s Of ions ions qndtvidod ialf interest IN and
- aulcb, oloar Crock County, eto. Doforo
tho President could recover from his surprise tho
giver was gono and may Hoayon's blessing
20 with him, for wo shall have nothing moro to
say concerning him: T1s 1o no =, thu gcEn
Tho wealth Of MI onpro, but 1t haa yot to bo dis
cloBed. Other friontls crowded In and salutod
Tho great Holdior and. just ns tho carriage which
was 10 convoy him away drove up to the door, q
man entorod tho parlor In somo hasto, ap-
proached tho President, md In a fow wor1B told
him TINT ho had boen with him through tho Po-
ninsular campaign, and was prosent at tho final
popsnmmation, Of. tho war;. that ho had long
wnntod to pay hia ahumblo tribute to tho grcnt
tho misunderstanding him n scn1od package !;
aud tllon quickly turned away md was lost IN tho
crowd. -, :
This pachngo VIM also found to contain good
Grant "one undivided ono-RaI{ intorost In md
10 certain ailvor-boaring lodo situated in tho
lowor eud Of tho county. We wonld glyo tho
naae of the miuo but for tho fact that the givor
vas, and still is, retoont about tho matter: and
thAt Con. Grant, for roaEonB OF his own, did not
havo tho deod recorded, and 1t would be q
breach OF confidence in us to disclose tho namc
and location Of tho property. I'hon, too. D
patont to tho promises will soou DO applied for.
and unprinciplcl men might 1le adversely.
At tho time Of tho giving Of tho dood rs men,
ton cd above, tho only development on the lode
was shaft nt tho discovery, some thirty foot
dcop, which showed homo IMMORAL, but very
much scattored but about elk weeks ainco, tho
crts-ns that is not his namo), wont down tho
mountain about 800 feet from tho discovery, a1d
started 4 drift on tho lodo. Ho kept worry quiet,
but worked with will, and has roaped lis re-
upon q body Of oro abundant enough md rich
enough to turn the brain of tho Oldest PROS
pector. Tho bare statement of tho wealth dis.
closed , would sound Like eomo story Of
would seem inorealblo to any ono unae.
quaintod with tho rich mineral. deposits
sometimes found III this region. Roborta CON
knued to drive tho drift, which Is now about 100
{eot {e,o ip iength, and nearly under tho discovery.
sizo, and for 30 feet the pay strealf varies from
II inches to 4 foot in width. II Ia mostly gray
:opper aud brittle silver, aud is wonderfully
sich., we were told Of On assay OF one specimen
which showed coin value Of s19, $50 to tho ton.
There Inns boon no stopping as yet, but in run
ming the drift Roberts has taken ont aomo eleven
tons Of flrae-olnss orc, which will probably nver-
ago. 1,6o0 OUNCES, and which is, wo understand,
10 be shipped to Germany. There is, nt tic
In sight; and nobody knows tho extent or width
Of tho pocket.
Thus the matter stands. Roberts Inns said
nothing, aud has shipped his ORC away without
tion Of tho lodo-thero are, probably, not five
UeOple VINO know AbOut either The deed to the