The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1878-07-19
NAMES OF MINES
WHY THE BOYS ARE so PECULIAR IN THEIR
SELECTIONS.
Lock Melone In s.L. Trihnn,


Names Of mines, like ones emotion
when eating Llmburger cheese for the frs
time, are peculiar.
The locator of Dry Hash probably show
| prominent feature Of boarding houses, and
has large circle ofacquaintanoes. Moon
beam, indeed, is moro poetic but not sc
euphonious, nor SO suggestive of Utah al
Boss Bedbug. Little Blk leaves one to in.
fer that there is Big Blk ; in fact, on
| consideration. wen concede that there
are great many of them. Mollie Dar.
ling shows, that although she is getting to
be quite an old maid, she still has admi-
rers. The fraud is an exhibition of human
nature; the locator wanted to prick the
pride of the vein and spur it to belle its
NAME
On inquiring Of one miner why he had
named his claim "I Know All " he ex-
planned
"When left the East, left my girl
another lady. When got ont here, wrote
to my girl that was doing bully. That
wasn't so but you know how fellow will
write. Wrote that expected to return
soon and cage her in q palace. She an
swersd ~ know sll. Yours no more,
Jane"
Asking another why he chose to name
his mine the Terror, he replied:
g For lady" ......
sHow? Didn't know that was female
name" I'll
Swell, you see, that's my wife !: she's o
holy terror. Left her ip, Gold Hill"
: The owner of Damn the Luck said
!" Two of ms started out prospectin', and
had two mules. On the morning after the
drst night we had ,one-other choked his
self to death with the rope. Next day
t'other mule went over precipice-we had
none." ..a.l.
"Lost your tools9''
emo" sadly and respectfully,
Scrub ?'' ~
"Worse."
/" What ?" sEsya .Aaa s.sy ~
"The big cantsen, quarter full of whis-
Ky, went over with that mule. Damn the
,Luck was located soen after that"
i Tom Pike being QUESTIONED as to his
naming . location Joab johnson, said ~
:. " That-that-was my .name in the
States"
q, 'sI asked the proprietor of the Last
Chance IL he really considered. that bus
last chance for for fortune; if he failed would
he try it again ?" .s....t..a
!" No, sir; no, sir ; '~ill go to robbin' the
stages ~ ssaa 4a
Ever of Thee ssemsd to whisper Of an
absent object Of love, Said ] to the OWN
or: ~
, "That name was coined by your heart;
She comes to you In sweet dreams p
"And by day your thoughts turn fon6ly
to herP'
yes" 4E@ T.
"Ah, fond hearts sundered by cruel cir
culnstances. Are you long parted 2"
every"
"Her name, good man, Perchance I
may meet her in my travels and tell her
Of thee"
"Nancy r.
To the man who was showing me his
two claims, remarked
"From the name, the Treasury, you
must have high hopes Of this ?'
"That isn's why I named 1t that"
"Why, then %
"There's nuthin' in II, /
"And this second one, Hector, You ad-E
mirel the valiant Trojan?"
fsNamed for my dog, Hector. He's dead. /
Buried over thar; come an, see his grave
aNo,I was Just passing. y,
Saying to o miner, one OF . family /
"What fancy led yon to name this claim
Tim Finncgan ?" zs
He replied
"Weli, stranger, il was at PRESCOTT an
me an Tucson Jake was playing game
Of kersock, jess fur the drinks, you know,
when il, comes ono of them crazy, blood
thirsty hell hounds that turn loose in mi-
ming camps sometimes. ripped out his six
shooter, shoot the barkeeper dead, then
turnin' on me an Tucson Jake, said
aNow, either Of you move an inch an
T,il blow the top of your d---d heads
osf?''
eve knew bed do 4. Thar was the
barkeeper dead, and thar Was the pistol
pointing night ct US. 1t was fearful, We
dasr't take full breath. lakes feelings
worked on him so powerful that he could
ros keep still: he hitched around . little.
Quick al lightning ID bullet laid him at my