The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-09-03

FAN A. SEPT.
Missing a Fortune.
HAHu LUCK OF A COLORADO
/ III aa8 90 MINER.
s3# aiss 20 ---- saa 81 asl sa a.a6f
"A Prospect Hole Which Failed to Pan
l4atH sfi outr - His Satisfaction.
sx Ipadyille Chronicle. s,.. 3..'e
q. How / missd my fortune ~ said Tim
Buckley, With . good natured chuekle.
"Lordyl Tn afraid ycu'll 60 back 90 me
IL L teli you, bpt IL was dnrn mean trick
and no mistake; bat I don't know - you'll
blame me whoa Iteil you the facts. He
vas rich, and /, Ike many poor prospect
| or what's worked and worked and never
gits ahead any,g I seed my t,tis clear to .
cool forty thouend, and just took the bull
BY the horns and aaid 'Gse-up r" ,....a IN Fl
Tim gave another chuckle as no thought
! over ths pasr and Anslly commenced; s
!" NJ ana my partner had been prsspect-
tn' on the hssS ssss q the Arkansas, And
just made up orr minds % strike Il or bust
Everybody else around 10 was getting rich
hand svsr fist, and thar vas no particular
reason why vs shouldn't We thcught,
Lsadvills was just rising into nstoristy and
every inch Of giound for milss aFeund lad
besn stared out in claims,s sot that when
Bill and me-Bill was my partner finally
came to the conclusion that vs'd 20 to min
in, too, thar Was no room for ns anywhere
except to do the next best thing and strike
the Arkansas. We dug m incline into .
hill, and at the end OF the frst week we'd
run q hole IL feet deep. The indications
were tp-top, and when - packed our burro
on Saturday afternoon, our pockets nlisd
with specimen, which looked frst-class,
No we're just about the two happisst NOR
tails that ever vent into an sssay shop. ~
/. Wen, tbs assay panned out II ounces,
which Vas 3 sort OF dampee on our fssliA's,
Of course, but soncladin' that by next Sat-
urday we'd run it up TO fifty Or . husdrsd
~ we're back TO our claim and pitched in
again for all twas out, Nsxt Saturday W
vent back to tewn sgsia to have another
assay made, and twas 'levsn ounces seain.
| !" We felt mad when the sssaysr told q
made mp our minds be was no good On earth
at bis trads, and on Sunday ve pegGsd back
to our claim, determined to 20 to man
what understood his business next tine We
wanted an assay made qz ii g.ssg sor.
"Ws did try another the following Sat-
urday, but 10 was no use. It vas 'lsvsn
ounces just the sans. -. ~. =.
81. We kept vorkla' away like good fol-
lows two weeks more. and bed set the hole
sll or sixty feet into the hill, when We left
Tor town and just let the burned prospect
hole 20 70 thundsr. ss... J b.. f's.s i.
s''Lsven ounces vas no showing ut oil,
and rsther than work aaother week with
nsver any better indicatisss developing, ve
just made up our ninds to starve to death,
for in tks end Ii vas aIl tho same anyhow,
vs Thought. I 4. s.s'. ,ala 'sa .al ..51.. n
:" As usual, I stopped at the hotsl sunday
afternoon. and while lookin' ovsr the papers
In the readln' room heard two men taihin'
tosethsr back o. ne'ab ,ut uaines, and as
how one o. them would like to git hold Of
m interest In . good payin' lode for some
Eastern capitalists. eaa 'a5s .i5a ss5l q
lssI don't know what give me the idea,
but 1t struck all OF sudden. like; and, fixin'
the mans face ON my ,mind,I passed out Of
the room and took walk up Fryer hill TO
think the matter over. s1l - ~, Z, h, e Il. I
ia" What had concluded ito do was this !:
Salt the mine; take that fellow up to 1t and
sen IL 70 him; make or break. aaaT20 & st. 7
81 made bee line for the Little Chief
mine and illsd my pockets with e,takins
~ much - | could lug Of. Tho ore look
cd for all the world like the ore in our mime
and, On arriving there, at once cot to work
stickin' pieces into crevices and patchin' up
the walls Of the tunnel until the hole looked
like the best best payin' lead In the State.
Then returned. s.aes Aa.a.t.tsi e. i. hssag +
"Next mornin' returned early to the
hotel ana introduced myself 70 Mr.. Bitter;
cold him had struck 10 rich and would sell
out for sixty thousand dollars. finally in
duoed him 70 VISIT the mine. ls II aI.i.. f3 1.
]" He sst to work 4 -spreadin' . newspa-
per on, tho ground and began to pick where
| told him. He folded It carefully MP and
We rods back TO town, where be had an as
/ say made. It gave him 900 ounces, which
| set him wild With excitement.
| - From that moment you nevar seed .
fellow stick % close 10. another a Bittsrs
did to me. He was afraid I'd sell out the
mlne 10 somebody else before he could GIT .
chance to bay 10, and uhe began TO watch
every, step tooks Nothing would do tbut
I had to 90 to his room with him and drink
and eAt the best there vas In tho hotel.
Then he began to make propositions, Offer
| ing forty thonsand. 3n,3syg hs.b .dt5Y w.
told hun could mot think of taking
/ less than sixty thoussnd, half Of that for
i BIN and half to 40 TO me; bat he urged 90
hard that finally | said T'd ses Bill and fnd
ont what hs thought about II. eSs' te"'
"a So BnI ~as called' and being posted,
be tbousht - how perhaps ws'd better take
lit, ifhwas I casl trsnsAcsion. aa ilsal< i
q Yes, said I, II it's cash sale guessed
we'd tais IL. sssa tes saStH aAtiise
!" Blttsrs said Of course ii was cash, and
right then and thefe pulled sous hls walled
and fxed up tho papers, which Bill and
signed Win the understanding that ths
money was 70 be paid over the pext day,
ana everything straightsned ap.
/ "Ths next day came, and ~ | walked
Into the hossl seed Birtors sittin' thar y
waitIn' for mo. 'i'a = = !" aess Il &
/ "As Txas about 10 70 where hs at, ons
fellow spoke Up out sofoths crowd lond
enough far sssryoue TO hear: rHallo Tim
I nndsntand yonr mins assayedo lever
ounces to the ton ths otharsday
ssYou 1svsr sd si6h ! look On : mani
| fass - thss On Bittsrs' whsn - heard thai
I rsnask.. tried 70 laagAR v ok bat n ~