Wilmington journal., 1873-07-18
the PRESIDENTS LUCK,
GIft-Takings & to some rposc
Grants GolcOnda I'M COl0radO-A
silver Lode Given Him by n Sol.
dier.COmrade PrOves to be s. Pay
ROcks'-WOnderf discoveries.


silver Lode Given Him by n Sol.
dier.COInrade Proves to be s. Pay
ROck,'-WOnderfE discoveries.
From the Georgetown (Col.) Miner, July3
When President Grant stopped at
Idaho Springs for few minutes, du-
he WAS approached in the parlors of the
Beebee House by an enthusiastic ad-
mirer, who had come from the noun
tains to pay his respects to the Chief
Executive of the nation. and who,
after cordial shake hands, handed to
the General an envelope containing
deed, properly signed and acknowl-
edged, of zone undivided half interest
in and to the Lode or Lead, situated
in - Gulch, Clear Greek county,"
etc. Before the President could re-
cover from his surprise the giver was
gone; and may Heavens blessings go
with him, for we shall have nothing
more to say concerning him. The
lode he thus generously divided may
contain hidden in its depths the wealth
of an empire, but it has yet to be dis
closed. Other friends crowded in and
saluted the great soldier, and Just as
the carriage which was to convey him
away drove up to the door man
entered the parlor i'll some haste, ap-
| preached the President, and in few
| words told him that he had been with
| him through the Peninsular campaign,
and was present at the final consum-
nation of the war; that he had long
wanted to pay his humble tribute to
| the great commander, and begged his
acceptance of the enclosed-handing
him sealed package, and then quickly
turned away and was lost in the crowd.
This package was also found to contain
good and sufficient deed conveying to
Ulysses S. Grant zone undivided one
half interest in and to" certain silver
bearing lode situated in the lower
end of the county. We would give
the name of the mine but for the fact
that the glver was, and still is, rett
cent about the matter, and that Gen.
Grant, for reasons of his own, did not
have the deed recorded, and it would
be a breach of confidence in us to dis
close the name and location If the
property. Then, too, patent to the
premises will soon be applied for, anG
unprincipled men might file adversely
At the time of the giving of the deco
as mentioned above the only develop
ment on the lode was 4 shaft at the
discovery, some thirty feet deep
which showed some mineral, but yer,
much scattered; but about six week.
since the remaining halloween (whon
we shall call Roberts, as that is not hi
name) went down the mountain abou
300 feet from the discovery, ant
started drift on the lode. He KEEP
very quiet but worked with will, an,
has reaped his reward, for after driving
the drill some fifty feet he has com'
upon body of ore abundant enough
and rich enough to turn the brain o
, the oldest prospector. The bare state
ment of the wealth disclosed woul,
sound like some story of the "Thou
sand and One Nights" and woul'
seem incredible to any one unac
quainted with the rich mineral deposit
sometimes found in this region
, Roberts continued to drive the drift
, which is now about one hundre
: feet in length and nearly under th
,. discovery. The body OF ore has,
= anything, increased in size, and TO
fifty feet the pay streak varies froI
twelve inches to four feet i'll width
1t IS mostly gray copper and brittl
: silver, and is wonderfully rich. W
were told of an assay of one specime
which showed coin value of $40, ,2S
to the ton. There has been no stop
, ping as yet, but in running the drii
Roberts has taken out some eleve
. tons of tirst-class ore, which will pre-
badly average 800 ounces, and whic
8 is, we understand, to be shipped t
Germany. There is. at the loves
=, calculation, so We are informed
= $50, 900 in sight; and nobody know
>. the extent or width Of the pocket
I Thus the matter stands. Roberts ha
! said nothing. and has shipped his or
away without disclosing to anybod
:. :. the richness or the location of the lode
>. There are probably not five peopl
= who know about either. The deed t
:, the President has not yet been pr
= upon record, but he is of course IL
9 formed regarding the value of his Co
> orado property. What his flltur
!, course will be we do not know. W
= ! respectfully suggest, however, that tn
= President insist that our delegate t
: : Congress-. B. Chatfee-who is a
:. experienced miner, shall come to Cole
y RADIO ut once and look after the proper
. ty. So fortune smiles upon the de
serving. The hero of a hundred bat
% tie fields, who now wears the laurel
Z he SO nobly Won, may yet, after his re
, tirement from his high office, seek i
y Colorado, among our majestic peaks,
place of retirement and a home; an
=. our mountains may pour into his co
;. fers from their abundance a forum
= : which will be a fit recompense to hin
Z and fit tribute from Colorado.
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