, 1876-03-03
CHISHOLM,


BToRI Of TIE p1scovhnEn OF the EalNA NINE.
Special Correspondence Of 1'tt Chicago 1+41uns.
Eto1N, ILL.,, March 2.-The pleasant little City
OF ElgtD, like tho Ir!shman's farm, consists of
''tuo hills and bridge" Desidcs small scc-
Aon Of the Fox River, its chef pDBsesaonH Rre
ono Of the State Lunat,o Asylums, and Mr..
Robert Dsuco Chisholm. the latter tho discevorer
od Tho famous Emma Mino. OF ali tho lucky
sud un1ucky man who In tho flush days bored
the mountains With tncir picks, and capitalists
With their expectations, none hha yet located q
lad Which las panned out 10 much scandal III
tbs 1nd OF Old Bob Chisholm, up tho s1le OF a
tnouota!n In Little Cottonwood Cauon; md aa
the old nAn looks back upon Lis hntdships and
forward to tho full fru!tion of what thoBc hard
ahips developed for bin, ho fools disposed to
look philoaophtcAllT upon the war and turmoil Of
which he is tho innocent occasion, aud to give
himself but li.tlo uuoaainess as to the ultimate
of the bnsiasss.
| Chisholm, who Is Of Scotch deacent, Maa born
In the State Of New York, somewhere in tho
ne!Rhboxhood Of aixty years ago. Along In tho
r80s ho cAmn West, settled for a short time In
Chicago. and finally moved to Elgin, whore no
Bought farm. Bot tue old mans taste did not
iio in Tho furrow. Bomehow ho gns tic idea that
Coda earth waH ct for nobler duties than the
produotlon Of cAbbsges, mud ho finally wandered
Away into tho ulouatatn1. "nDdcrod up and down
}Shs vAlleya and through tue canpns, picking up
q stone hero aud turning over sod there. Ths
old man was rather down At tho hoel in tho8o
days. Nov he talks g!ibly OF thouaanda here
and great massss Of shining orc somewhere elso.
E1hen ho scuttled around lvoly foe something 10
ssk Nov II IL difficult for him to remember
iwhether ccrsain 8l00 600 Wers paid In currency
es gold: Then II waa dinicult for him 10 propbesy
whste ths next meal was coming from,
1ne year leai, and tho ten succeeding years,
found him proNltn8 about tho Ga1ona mines,
hts !nck vasied,-8omattmes good, sometimes ro-
mtltshy Pa. It ID recorded that during this
Slime 10 bill ths target on several occasous, bu!
% rAs cleaned out tust Rs Often &ad at tho ou3
70 ths tenth yesF all he could show for hts labor
:NaN he.P Ct s1perence and hole Ia every
70 gol hs.an H. pounding
Colu1peia, aud In tho latser part OF 1864 ha
esueiE hts pick IL the bingham Canon, Rono little
ustar|ce from sslt Lake Csy. In 1865,
fRoaFxoToR NAHKD siLt9 bRAtN
struck tho slte Of thu old North 6tar Nine, and
Ohnntoi9' Who had beon shown pieco OF tbs
Or, .nsde uo hts mind that from ths birthplace
as pSoe pn OF orc must sons day sprang tho
lnser ct OF bra! In his ind. aud sftar afda sod
one- shlrd OF 1t tn Philadelphia for a30O0o
0lut .ef Aoa man named Dfeeze started tu to
too f,x vp ,' tLs pas snsy seemed TO have
Eaan; thsy took opt, and apally ths Canon Of
1lttQs Cottonwood wAs deserted, ~-SSA -
cnshaaln ha - s9a 9a hs mining partner J. F. Wood
Nsv ada, and waso axashiuR around In tIs PHI.
FAC sEst region, Whom thsy fsll ia With -~&
! sANxa =. LION
md, hsa partner, Col. byron. Lyop sni1 nvro,
ox ned soms ground in the pahranscst, ", Til
obtisholm and Wool1uan. Chisholm md Wona. ~
nsn Owned soms land In tho bingham Canon,
20 az Lyon md nsron. but LJoa and Byron
ps'ned soms land IN the Littla CottonNood .hila
Ck d4eoana hsd enly IN sys Oh ths mountkin. .sids.
h N shlsA n<sto hAa naakad his vpndktfui tisns