, 1874-08-22

Quo nsas died Of, tho r,ounta,N.toyor ami noun
1alta-Whfhkoy conf btned ibltt ain assured by m
OLD roBltlont TINT ho would llAvo boom killed lad
ho survived tho plyata Of Ills paiystusan.
Tho habits, u1asnosa, cnstoms, and modes Of
lifo, Mero worry primitive IN. tltoso curly go!dun
dayu. 1'hoY lid 1lo church. court: t:louaca, writ
Ton lnwh; Jasticcs of tho roaec, political rlrgB,
Indian aoeto1g' Or sattrolig.lninloa women. All
claolY tho, sntno rights as nnotlor,' no more.
Now and tlon, WHOM MI important question camo
up. requiring tho knowledge and Rsscnt OF tho
cntifo community. tito fashion Of tho oar]y
Dr1tona WIS adopted. md
MEETING HELD IN TIE orEN AIR
whether tho point at Issue was tho disposition 10
be mnlo Of gan,btor or a'horao- -thicf, or did
puto betweon mining olaims; tho proceedings
wnro short aud lacontc, and tito broyity Of tho
resolutions and epoocles could DO studded with
profit by our moaorn Legislators. Everything
Ilo soutcneo, wllatovor It might bo, was at once
carriod tnto oiToct; antl tlion tho miners diB-
onn Gulcl, In tho fall Of IYd2, dr.tnhon follow
by tho lla1nn Of Nicliols, tus for tho fun Of tho
thing, hauled: ont his Iovo}vor and Hlos
German peddor through tho lleau. Tho afrnir
occurred at IL Ill. At ! p. m. tho lfclous body
cuniod ono hour. Whom tlo gamblers, prostI-
tutes. and other rlff-tar became too Numerous
for comfort. thoy woro warned to lcavc; and WOO
It was hore, In 0alona GuloI, that tho historic
clAp was nabhol for exhibiting strong pro-
poliAity 10 talso other t,ooplo's' horses. lilo
Vigilance Committee cnllght. him, dollsca lin
With coat OF tar and foAthorB, and, placing
linn nstradalo Of his mulo, warnei lin to loayo
town IN haif an hour Or bo ahbt Gentlomon,'
aai1 tho horo, "if yon'1l cut fno a gool gal, and
ifthiH id nulo don't b,ck, | don't want but
flfteon minutcs." Tho follow ia aatd to DO still
alive, and tho owner Of good rauch aomewhoro
Oh tho banks Ut ttIG plnttn >
But pcrlnpB tho most stirring aud eyontful
history of ali Culclies belongs to -
r. suEono1A. il.
situated At the hoad of The swan River, whoro 1t
Rrouts oilE from tho main raugo, It WaB dis
covered i'll 1860 by,a party Of Goorgians; honco
its name. The party consisted OF tiya mon.
TnoY mined Quo summer, nlll actually took out
more gold Than thoy could carry over tic range.
meath On old stump aud, going back tho next
soaBon. was astonlahct to tind lilo guch awart,-
Ing with men and fllod from top to bottom
with ,ninera' cabsnB. uo looked In vain
1or TINT familiar stump, aud for q long
his trcaauro. At last.llo found his stamp; a
hlacksntll-shop Ind boon built over 1t. Ho
stepped iii QUO 1no morning, aud Hecurot1 Ills
treasure, much to tho nstonlahmont Of tho
worthy proprietor, who bud no idea that 10 rich
! leau roposea nt:his worry feot. Quito NUM-
bor Of noted characters llayo vieited, wrought,
aud toled Ill Georgia Gulch. Tho Ereat trayoler,
Baynrd Taylor, has boon 1sGra, lnorallzod bonnali
these pines, and scratched of letters in that
cabin. Ho cania at tue holght of tho
rush,: md bccamo infatuated With tho rest.
For timo tho world Of litornturo was
in danger OF sustaining great loss; for Bayasd
invested in q, ,niino. tooh to rubbor-boots, md
took Ills turn In tho grouu1-aluico with the roat
OF tho boyh:: At last dishonest partner frozo
him OUT md Dayard loft the galch slightly dis.
gnstel. The mining cabin wLer0 q. q. Cnrpen-
tor, tic present Executive OF Iowa, cooked his
l,asl and patched luis brooches, still Stands at
tho lnout4 Ut tho gulch, aud ID polluted out to
tho visitor. Hin former partner, nIr. Cobb, Ia
still mining, md Interested in some heavy s,nelt-
i.te-wor!a at lincoln. Mir. Cobb ia: d modest,
uuasaulnlng gentioman, aud is rather dlspoHcd to
syinpathiZo than rejoice oyor tho foltiluo tl,at
has hefa!lon lis fornior partner.
As l remarked before, tho cra OF speculative
mining has long since pagscd in this district;
but, for those who wiDh to pursue tho buai-
HeHs Of
LEGITIMATE MINING,
know Of no bettor tsld than tint presented
by Park, Lake, and Summit Counties. Every
business Inns its riaks, and 80 has mining. But,
taking tho actual results OF this interest, aGreo
with un English writer, Mr. Odds, that It shows
less risk whero it has been pursued aB regular
business. tlan any other; and wllaro prudenco
md economy have boon practiced. larger propor-
tiona1 profits. 1t is free from tho risk attending
close competition. oyer-imporsation dull mar
kot dead seasons, changing fashions, Htock
remnants, bad debts, aud tho worry Of hundred
asnoyances. 1t iB not QUO soaRon that you make
aud nuothcr lose, nor one tlmo TINT you arc foar-
ful md another jubilant GU account OF maj kat-
changaa. II o good mlno s Owned with eacll
shaft, loyol, audslope III order, mud all the dead
work with the opon'l,g year ahoad, and largo
rosoryeH In store, 1t is tho 1noRt atenlfaBt,
trustworthy, nud romunoratiye Of MI invest
mentH. II.