Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-05-11
"A CANINE PRoSPECTOR.
THE ONLY DOG IN THE WORLD EVER EN-.
oAeED IN PgtsPFCTINo r r GOLD.

THE ONLY DOG IN THE WORLD EVER EN.
-,oAoED IN PgtsPECTIke r. R GOLD.
In n cnr'ain town IN this county there
isa well known individual who has \
controlling interest W three or four good
paving mines, ard who owes the wealth
he il rspidlv mcumulating to strange
circnm >isncp. He came % This county
in early times 1--WE don't like to mention
tho oIact date else The reader mav lien
tifv the gentleman. who FIR varinus good
reasons desires 10 not have his name
brought bef re the public. and up N his
arrival was dead broke With him. ~
u sort of rhum. Travelled an old sailor
named Tom. who had for hi. ever con.
slant c,mpaninn large. hut very gentle
dog. That ia. the canine was gentle
enough when nothing went wrong: hut
~ SIRE "a \ mnn dared Ia lntrude upon
his own or his master's rights, the saga
cions animal would display the ugliness
of an untamrd tiger
Well. thing, went along smoothly hr
some time. md th" Q"nt eman referred TO
in III" opening part of this article and
Tom had nv working claim together ne
ar'ncrs. laid bv. quite respectable
stake Then our sailor friend hecsmp
imhn"d with .pirit OF unrest. and went
10 Virginia City, heing one nf the fr>t
men who worked on the Comstnck. -
Since then h.. hns never been heard from,
aud is generally supposed to be d"nd -
But before going awav. Tom, who had
tried 10 persuade his friend to nee mpanv
him without avail, went to him one day
and .nid :
Here. -. want to turn this ami
mile (mraning the drg) over to you.-
If don't come back. take good care of
him for nv sake"
For manv weeks the poor dog mourn
ed hi. owners drpsi siturn. refusing Ia stir
from the cabin where he had seen hlm
last, and eating only enough tn keep tho
breath of life in his body. Then he
seemed to sud lenlv forget tn. past. md
would daily accompany the newsstand
master to the qua'tz digginQs in which
the latter wa> employed. There the mi
ma| STAYED patiently MI dav. qrncrally
having by tn. mouth of the ,hnft, but oc-
ca,innallv descending with the miners.
which batter act seemed to be regarded
bv him as special favor.
THAT purp will be n miner vet"
laughed many An I'D gold hunter. hut
they little though. they were so near the
truth.
Five wears ago -
struck one OF the richest lodges ever d"
veioped in his section. and immrdiatelv
sold out to u stock company for large
sum : the outs ide world never knew any
thing of the Transaction. being lett tn
wonder whore his sudden riches came
from. The mine has .nce been worked,
aud il said to pay well ut present.
In the Fall of 1875 he mnde n second
,irike, and letting n few intimate frierd-
into the secret. formed II corporation aud
erected the necessary works, him. eli
retaining controlling interest. Aud
now we hear OF two more mines in which
he IL thu chief owner, both of which me-
shld To have been discovered by him, and
MI "f which nro psving good dividends.
To-day he is very rich. hut were stran
ger to ask hi< next d,nr nrighbors what
his flnancisl coudtinn WA. the answer
would probably he: "Oh. | guess he
has nothing only what he earns in the
-nine q"
The secret of this mans goud fortune,
we have the most relinple authority for
smying, lies in the Dig which his former
chnm, Tom gave him years ago!
How can that be? the render will
doubtless smiingly ask. We are told bv
n gentleman of undnubtrd verncty, who
has seen him ut work, that that canine
knows more about pro-p'cting for quartz
lodges than any mining expplts in the
county. and that by some mysterious
means he il enabled to trace the course
of one for long distances. "apparently bv
extarnal indicaion.." Whether il !. hv
" external indicati,ns," ;" or bv som. suht-
Ter sense. however. we are not prppsred
tn say, hut leave the problem for others
Ia solve, if they can Carson Tribune.