The Red Cloud chief., 1877-06-21

's vi u CallfOfnia MiIliOnairet
wealth. a Told BY Himself.
SAN Francisco. Nav 1s-Jobn A
suffer was indeed the hero of a revolu
uon IN the history Of civilization. Thu
nfst oiscoverer Of the gold at the mil
nee is still living. and his is an ex
ample Of the fate Of those who, in nd
oing to the wealth of nations, have i'm.
poverlshed themselves. He has still
Ills unaudite1 claims before the Gov.
for supplies furnished the
army in those early days when by his
means the infant settlement was pre-
served from the Expectations Of the
INDIANS. 1t Is now only 70 yeara
since Suffers men brought him q hand.
ul OF glittering sand found in a mill
siuice, n from that day to the close of
1876, n product Of gold and silver has
been el,147. Oo0oo0 IN this State alone.
IL is a common mistake to suppose that
TINS production is regularly increasing.
far from it. From an interesting table
statistics compiled by the editor of
the Commercial Herald, il appears that
tbe greatest yield was in 1863, namely,
S~6s,oOo,00o. In 1875 il was the smallest
since 1s4s, namely. e%17,7O0OO0, and this
was increased during the last year only
S1.300,OO0.
To-day met with James c. Flood.
Who has not heard Of the "raid" of
Flood u OBr1en on the Bank Of Cali
fornia, and the tragic death eff RalstOn
consequent upon that time of excite
mentg / asked MIR. Flood if all this
was true. ~All was a lie" he said :
SRalston was a good fellow; ne died, I
don't know how-well, the Coroner's
jury gave the verdict, but I tell YOU
this: ! did not drive him to it. He
owed me a great deal of money. and
only two days before his death he told
Sne he was in trouble, and asked me not
to present a check of his for $500 900.
which | held. / kept my word, and
] when i heard of the run on the bank,
although i knew it would go down !
did not call for my money. He was
my friend"
Mr.. Flood is about fifty years of age,
OF robust appearance and pleasing ad.
dress. He was ready to answer all our
questions, and, moreover, volunteered
somewhat of his personal history,
Which j reproduce in brief; for people
like to hear how q SELF made man"
made himself out of nothing into a
golden image of the value of s25. 900.
81 came out here" ne said, sin 1S49. I
, was a coachmaker by trade, and readily
adapted myself to the business of a
carpenter, at which / earned $40 a day.
But i had the gold fever like all the
rest. SO l struck out for the mines. Well,
we had a rough time that winter. 1t
was as much as We could do TO dig our
selves out of the snow without digging
much gold. But / stuck to il, and /
made $4,000. / thought / was rich, and
SO i went home and took my family out
West. where l bought a farm. ] soon
found that $1,000 was moi a fortune.
So we sold out, packed mp, and came
here again. i went into business, was
successful at first, then went under
owing $4,000. learned that money and
paid up. From one thing to another /
got into the Hale and NOrcross mine,
and that gave me my first big start
I've been in the mining business ever
since. / never bought a share of stock
that / did not pay for. ! never
sold a share short. Mining is a risk,
anyway; but it is a risk almost always
the wrong way to people who speculate
bonanzas. Well, l believe in them; but
you need not pin your faith on me. I've
a right to do what | like with my W.
money. I've got q comfortable home
of eight Oom for my little family. and
SO l spend what l don't want for mar
keting and clothes in bOnanzas. I've
followed the Consolidated Virginia
and the California down from par to
"a, their present price. I've bought
10000 shares of the first and $4,000
shares of the last, and I'm going to fol-
low them down to the bottom; for l
know-at least l think that i know
that there is more money in them than
has ever been taken out; any way. l
shall stick to it. As to those Mining
Boards, / don't care if the Stock Ex-
change closes tomorrow, and there is
never another share bought or sold. If
the mines fail, why then I'll take the
money I've got out of them and set the
timber on fire, and that will be the end.
No, don't 60; I'm not busy-Tm never
busy now / was busy when l had to
scull round to get S.. Now / a af-
ford to pay my clerks and talk with my
friends."-Eper'ng Post.
The Romance of Mrs Vanderbilt's Life.