The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-15
Beer and Talk.

Tho day was hot at Frisco, Utah, and
the throe drank beer and talked. 1t ap-
pearcd from their conversation that they
had all had more or less experience in pros
pecting. Ono said:
Tho biggest thing ever struck was once
when me an Newt Bowdcn was prospcctin'
One day we felt the earth kinder trcmblin',
an saw smoke on the top Of Il mountain.
We climbed up to the top-twas long
pull. When we got there we foun' it was
volcano. Twas all bilin' in the crater.
One place In the crater was lower thar
t'other parts, an cliff struck right down
from this low place; it went down bout
soven hundred feet. The earth KEEP trem-
blin'. An stream bout twenty feet wide
by five feet deep run outen the crater or
gap, an mado clear jump seven hundred
feet down."
"Water7" interrupted one of the listeners;
'spooty hot, wasn't III"
"Watcri twas quicksilver.
''Quicksilver!"
"You bet. We went down to the foot
Of the fall. Tho stream of quicksilver from
the fall run few hundred yards an sunk
1t KEEP tremblin' 2" !.
'sWhat made the tremblin' ~ ..
''The quicksilver strikin' below; heavy
you know. Me an Newt both got sick;
he sicker than me. lie KEEP gittin' worse
an died before could get him to q camp
got to a camp and was sick for months;
was salervated. My teeth all came out
l hain't no teeth now nor toe-nails,
nuthcr."
"Why didn't you go back to the quick
silvcr2" 49,.
"Fraid or gittin' salcrvated agin. Killed
Newt. you know"
Number two said: "Well, the richest dis.
cov'ry ever made was one time when /
was by myself. saw bluff bout three
miles off; 1t had queer look. went to
it; twas more than thousand feet high,
an nearly ever bit of 1t was solid native
silver. You could walk 'long an look at
it for mile 'thout Ueein' anything but ell
ver' Some places silver had oozcd out
while the cliff was hot, an made things
like big icicles; some Of them was hangin'
down 800 feet long. located bout three
miles of the lodge, an left
''IIow come you 80 poor2" asked one.
"Wcll, I'd got back in days ride to
camp, an was packin' up one mornin' after
breakfast; as come to the fryin pan my
mule had one him root in 1t, an tapped
him on the leg TO make him step outen it,
an he up an kicked me on tho hoad."
But he didn't break your heud."
'sNo; but can't remember directions
| since" .I .'. e#l
The third ono began: III was by myself,
too, when struck 1t big. One day was
prospcctin' through an open country, an
travelled on until after night, tryin' to find
water AT last / rode over ridge, amino
ticed that my mules shoes KEEP clinkin
against somethin'. Ihad fine young mule.
There was q valloy at the bottom of the
ridge, an water. 1went to sleep, an walked
up when day begin to break, but rolled
over an slcp' again. Mex time | walked,
the sun was up, but ! couldn't hold my
eyes open until I'd tried 2 long time, there
was such a glitterl $50 ,s,f a1 syts,;
@ 'Mica, ono Of tho party suggested. d
(, ttGold, sirl Gold, everywherel I'd thrown
part Of my blanket over, o chunk to make q
pillar; tho chunk was gold, solid gold,
Tho ridge Id come over was gold, solid
gold. On tother aide Of the valley were
mountains Of gold, risin' up an glitterin'
In the aunshine. Oae high mountain had